Steely Dan Katy Lied **Unreleased Test Pressing** Alto Analogue
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Description
Alto Analogue
Steely Dan Katy Lied AA 013 (Unreleased)
TEST PRESSING December 1st, 1997
A1/B1
Audiophile 180 gram vinyl
Sealed in the original Alto Analogue poly bag. New, unplayed, perfect. The poly bag has a a 5 inch split as shown in the 3rd picture but the record is still unopened, unplayed, and brand new.
As with all Alto pressings the sonics here are unparalleled by any other pressings
Steely Dan - Katy Lied
Mastered from the original analog ABC Records master tapes using all tube transfer only and pressed at RTI
Less than 100 ever pressed
An excerpt from Michael Fremer's Analog Planet #26 about Alto, Steely Dan, and master tapes:
"Meanwhile, Hobson's former Classic Records partner Ying Tan and his new partner Joachim Boese, of the German Alto label, announced a new licensing agreement and a new label, Alto Analogue, with MCA which has already produced two stunners: Ahmad Jamal's Live at the Alhambra (LPS-685, originally on the Chess jazz subsidiary Argo), and Nanci Griffith's 1989 pop classic, the Glyn Johns–produced Storms (MCA-6319). The original, mastered by Doug Sax, was no slouch, but this reissue had them melting in their seats wherever I played it—which was in virtually every turntable-equipped room. A "must have" for pop music addicts.
These two RTI-pressed, Bernie Grundman–mastered LPs are the first in a series of reissues that will include John Lee Hooker's The Real Folk Blues, Shirley Horn's Travelin' Light (ABCS-538), Rickie Lee Jones' Pop Pop, Joni Mitchell's Wild Things Run Fast, Gil Evans' classic Out of the Cool, and Rob Wasserman's Duets—a long-time audiophile favorite. Alto Analogue plans between eight and ten additional releases in 1997, including titles by Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson,Steely Dan, and Johnny Hartman. And yes, Tan assured me, the Steely Dan analog master tapes do exist—rumors that Roger Nichols transferred them to digital in the early '80s and then threw them away are false."
LP is sealed in original perforated heavy polybag
Jacket is excellent / no splits or bends - see scans
Search words: "Audiophile", "Half-Speed Masters", "Nautilus Super Discs" and "Mobile Fidelity"
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