Steely Dan ‎– Aja
Label:
ABC Records ‎– ABCL 5225
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country:
UK
Released:
1977
Genre:
Jazz, Rock
Style:
Soft Rock, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
 
Tracklist
Position    Title/Credits    Duration
A1    Black Cow    5:10
A2    Aja    8:00
A3    Deacon Blues    7:36
B1    Peg    4:00
B2    Home At Last    5:35
B3    I Got The News    5:07
B4    Josie    4:30
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – ABC Records, Inc.
Marketed By – Anchor Records Ltd.
Recorded At – The Village Recorder
Recorded At – Producers Workshop
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Recorded At – ABC Recording Studios
Recorded At – Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Mastered At – A&M Studios
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse
Published By – Anchor Music Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – CBS Studios, London
Credits
Arranged By, Conductor [Horns] – Tom Scott
Art Direction – OZ Studios
Backing Vocals – Clydie King (tracks: A1, A3, B3), Michael McDonald (tracks: B1, B3), Paul Griffin, Rebecca Louis (tracks: A1, B3), Sherlie Matthews (tracks: A1, A3, B3), Timothy B. Schmit (tracks: A2, B2, B4), Venetta Fields (tracks: A1, A3, B3)
Bass – Chuck Rainey (tracks: A1, A2, B1 to B4), Walter Becker (tracks: A3)
Brass – Chuck Findley, Lou McCreary*, Slyde Hyde
Clavinet – Don Grolnick (tracks: B1), Joe Sample (tracks: A1, A2)
Composed By, Bass, Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Walter Becker (tracks: A2, A3 to B4)
Composed By, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer, Backing Vocals – Donald Fagen
Design – Geoff Westen, Patricia Mitsui
Drums – Bernard Purdie (tracks: A3, B2), Ed Greene (2) (tracks: B3), Jim Keltner (tracks: B4), Paul Humphrey (tracks: A1), Rick Marotta (tracks: B1), Steve Gadd (tracks: A2)
Electric Piano – Joe Sample (tracks: A1, A2), Paul Griffin (tracks: B1), Victor Feldman
Engineer – Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner, Roger Nichols
Engineer [Assistant] – Ed Rack, Joe Bellamy, Ken Klinger, Lenise Bent, Linda Tyler, Ron Pangaliman
Executive-Producer – Roger Nichols
Guitar – Dean Parks (tracks: B3, B4), Denny Dias (tracks: A2), Larry Carlton (tracks: A2, A3, B4), Lee Ritenour (tracks: A3), Steve Khan (tracks: B1), Walter Becker (tracks: A2, A3)
Lacquer Cut By – timtom*
Lead Guitar [Solo Guitar] – Jay Graydon (tracks: B1), Larry Carlton (tracks: B3), Walter Becker (tracks: B2 to B4)
Liner Notes – Michael Phalen, Steve Diener
Lyricon – Tom Scott (tracks: B1)
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Percussion – Gary Coleman (tracks: B1), Jim Keltner, Victor Feldman
Photography By [Cover] – Hideki Fujii
Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Dorothy A. White*
Piano – Michael Omartian (tracks: A2), Victor Feldman
Producer – Gary Katz
Saxophone – Bill Perkins, Jackie Kelso, Plas Johnson
Saxophone, Flute – Jim Horn
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Pete Christlieb (tracks: A3), Tom Scott (tracks: A1), Wayne Shorter (tracks: A2)
Vibraphone – Victor Feldman
Notes
Very similar to Aja but runout shows laquer is cut by 'timtom'.
An ABC Records USA Recording. Marketed by Anchor Records Ltd. ℗ & © 1977.
Recorded at Village Recorders, West L.A.; Producers Workshop, Hollywood; Warner Bros North Hollywood Recording Studios; ABC Recording Studios; Sound Labs, Hollywood; A&R Studios, N.Y.C.
Inner sleeve has round corners.
Made in the UK.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side, etching): ABCL 5225.A4
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side, etching): ABCL.5225.B5 timtom-cbs
Rights Society: MCPS
Other (Backcover): (AB 1006)