STEELY DAN Countdown To Ecstasy 1973 UK PROBE 1st PRESS - TEXTURED COVER
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Nov 30, 2017
Sold Date
Nov 20, 2017
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STEELY DAN Countdown To Ecstasy 1973 UK PROBE 1st PRESS - TEXTURED COVER
STEELY DANCountdown To Ecstasy
1973 UK PROBE (SPB 1079) FIRST PRESSING
EXCELLENT ORIGINAL COPY - SEEN LITTLE USE - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE WHITE PROBE LABELS
MATRIX: SPB 1079 A-1 / SPB 1079 B-1
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE' PRINTED FULLY TEXTURED MATT SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT PROBE COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
Can't Buy a Thrill became an unexpected hit, and as a response, Donald Fagen became the group's full-time lead vocalist, and he and Walter Becker acted like Steely Dan was a rock & roll band for the group's second album, Countdown to Ecstasy. The loud guitars and pronounced backbeat of "Bodhisattva," "Show Biz Kids," and "My Old School" camouflage the fact that Countdown is a riskier album, musically speaking, than its predecessor. Each of its eight songs have sophisticated, jazz-inflected interludes, and apart from the bluesy vamps "Bodhisattva" and "Show Biz Kids," which sound like they were written for the stage, the songs are subtly textured. "Razor Boy," with its murmuring vibes, and the hard bop tribute "Your Gold Teeth" reveal Becker and Fagen's jazz roots, while the country-flavored "Pearl of the Quarter" and the ominous, skittering "King of the World" are both overlooked gems. Countdown to Ecstasy is the only time Steely Dan played it relatively straight, and its eight songs are rich with either musical or lyrical detail that their album rock or art rock contemporaries couldn't hope to match
Side 1:
Bodhisattva (5:20)
Razor Boy (3:11)
The Boston Rag (5:41)
Your Gold Teeth (7:02)
Side 2:
Show Biz Kids (5:26)
My Old School (5:47)
Pearl Of The Quarter (3:50)
King Of The World (5:05)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels - just a couple of light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but harmless hairlines under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout - an odd one-off light tick noted - nothing really - nothing else to fault the superb sound quality
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+
Some light marks and rub but nothing major - a fine example of this delicate textured cover
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