The Steely Dan Vinyl Guide - Part 3

[@CraigJones-u5o]

Tim, thanks so much I thought I knew a tremendous amount an amazing of Steely Dan knowledge. Kudos and congratulations for all you do Tim!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ega9831]

Thank you very much for such a great series. It helped me tremendously to get my Steely Dan collection. I consider myself lucky to find 7 of them today for $145

[@magnuslindoff2644]

Steely Dan ? one of the best bands ever. Wow !!! thank you man for the videos. Great job.

[@liammolyneuxmusic]

Great job Tim. Highly informative I have an original of Everything must go. Released in UK as well as Germany 👍

[@arivcar]

Great breakdown of The Dans albums. I would like it if you could comment on the CD output of these guys at some time.

[@raynewcomb337]

Finally finished watching these very informative videos, thanks Professor!

[@DocJJohnson]

Thank you for such an accurate in depth look at this band in the nineties

[@michaelfavreau7617]

3 outstanding episodes. These 3 and Rick Beato`s Kid Charlemagne breakdown are my favorite Steely Dan youtube spots

[@Universityofvinyl]

Wow, high praise! Thank you, also a big Beato fan

[@gregrupert9613]

Found a Gold album today in NM (Masterdisk RL). Love it

[@donniemunden3283]

Very good series. Thanks !!!

[@mattgrabenstein2615]

Tim, you are the GOAT of Steely Dan recordings knowledge. Thanks for doing such a great job on these videos. It’s like listening to a friend talk shop.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks!

[@francescotenti193]

Great series, a ton of well done research and detailed information on Steely Dan, especially for a newbie like me on this band. It must have taken you a lot of time and hard work to put these together, truly appreciated, thank you. And now, as usual, time for me to do my homework. Based on previous videos I did get 5 of those albums and all of the "good pressings", lucky me! and now on the hunt for the rest.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Rock on!

[@henriktherkildsen936]

Nice informative knowledge. Greetings from Denmark

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks for watching!

[@Stuck_in_the_70s]

Another excellent video, many thanks Tim. Love the subtle nod to ‘Rikki don’t Lose that number’ in the background there - another cracking album! That audiophile version of ‘Gold’ looks cool, I bet that sounds great. My UK copy has a bonus four track 12” with it too - and sounds pretty darn good. I wish they’d done a new album to tour around 1993, wouldn’t that have been amazing. I strongly agree, I think ‘Two against nature’ and particularly ‘Everything must go’ are hugely underrated albums I was so pleased to pick those up and listen to them often - plus they are fantastic sounding records.

[@brianmedeiros6845]

It’s 342am and my shift ends in 45 minutes Lol. I did pickup those 2 record store day titles. I just picked up The Greatest Hits 2 with RL in the dead wax. Your keeping my mail person busy Lol Need to pickup the Northeast Corridor. I’ve never seen Steely Dan Live but they are coming to the Xfinity Comcast Center in Mansfield MA in July which I picked up 2 VIP tickets for 50.00 each with no fees can’t believe it. Now hopefully I’ll have the courage to go with Covid? It’s an open air venue. Thank You Again!

[@Universityofvinyl]

Very nice! I’m no expert but hopefully by July most of Covid will have burned out! Sounds like a great price on those tix also.

[@jbvinyl]

Great infomative series loved it,love the band ,keep them coming.

[@dugaldhutchings404]

Great series Tim. Interesting that you first saw SD live in Germany. I first saw them live in Germany in 2007, the concert venue was outdoors in the grounds of a moated castle on the outskirts of Berlin. A memorable experience.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Sounds like a cool venue! I worked in Düsseldorf and Munich over a two year period, really enjoyed it….

[@dugaldhutchings404]

@@Universityofvinyl Yeah its a great country. I also saw SD at a concert hall on the edge of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland which was spectacular. I saw them again in London and during the concert some crazy guy in the audience jumped up on stage and ran all around the stage, jumping over all the cables and equipment. Walter Becker thought it was hilarious.

[@justinmolinari229]

I’m intrigued & must buy Everything Must Go. The only steely Dan album I’ve never heard because it is always rated last in their Discography. Will check it out!

[@Universityofvinyl]

Well worth it and not overpriced like Two Against Nature on Discogs

[@zackamania6534]

Thanks for the scholarship and editing and posting. Great videos

[@BillsBoxOfSound]

Parts 2 and 3 kick ass even more than the first part! Thanks for seeing this through.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thank you

[@BillsBoxOfSound]

@@Universityofvinyl By the way, I sought out the Alive In America CD and picked it up. Very happy that I did and thanks for the recommendation.

[@jbenz9348]

Good job with the series Tim. Ambitious work, to say the least. I love steely Dan as well and I’m only in my 30’s. My wife gets sick of me playing them, I love the music. I love the music more than the lyrics, there is barely anything better in rock/pop. It stands with the Beatles, Brian Wilson, Dylan, young, etc but darker without getting morose like so many other greats do. RIP Walter Becker Steely Dan doesn’t exist without you. Fagan recently did two nights in my area , but I’m not going at those prices sitting down nonetheless at without half the group.✌🏻

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks for watching

[@augustinetroppe9639]

Dude, I LOVE your videos. You are so knowledgeable and Steely Dan is my favorite band so this series has been a dream come true! Would absolutely adore a similar series on War or The Rolling Stones.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thank you!

[@darbacon1]

Great job on the three part series! Thank you!

[@simonblack301]

EPIC series Tim! After the first installment I highly anticipated the remaining two. I went and found the lost Gaucho! Like the Bob Mould demo, I was unaware of this bootleg. Thanks for drawing both to my attention. I look forward to more series like this as well as your short form videos!

[@wylieroth3145]

Where did you find it?

[@Universityofvinyl]

Hi Simon, thanks much!

[@MAB_Audio_Nut]

Such a Great Series, Lots of great information. You put so much work and effort into this I'm very thankful for all of this great information. I have been a fan of Steely Dan for years and have all their early albums on vinyl and the later ones on CD / Flac Files, I thought I knew something about the band and music until I watched this to find I knew very little. Again thank you so much for doing this and I look forward to more like it. Maybe a Pink Floyd or Supertramp version in the future.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks Mark!

[@mlblue5355]

Fantastic job on all these videos! You’re a serious Steely Dan fan, you’re not messing around! I appreciate it! By the way, after watching your videos, I go to my records and check the runout grooves. Not only with the Aja album, but Zeppelin I and a few other albums I matched with the run outs that you mentioned. Most of the time, you can tell right away without checking, those albums really stand out!

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks, appreciate the views and commenting!

[@markkopernicky3489]

Greetings, Another fantastic part of the Steely Dan series. I learned a great deal about which pressings to look for. I'm fortunate to have very little in terms of Steely Dan vinyl. ...so I can really hunt down the good stuff. Oh and thanks to this series I was pleased to discover that my Canadian pressing of Gold used the same plates as the EU europa pressing you mentioned. ..it has the identical matrix info in the deadwax. Which explains why this pressing sounds so awesome. Keep up the great work. Mark Anthony K Projekt Gemineye

[@Universityofvinyl]

Hi Mark, many thanks for watching and it's great that you're able to build up your SD collection. The completionist in me is wanting to find that Gold Europa pressing also :-)

[@johncameron6289]

A great set of 3 videos. Many thanks. One thing - there seems no mention of of the 2008 pressings of Aja & Gaucho. Any thoughts?

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks John. I didn't have any experience of the '08 MCA pressings. The Gaucho seems to have mixed reviews on Discogs -www.discogs.com/release/1961064-Steely-Dan-Gaucho. Where do you stand on the UHQRs? I passed on CBAT but might be tempted by Gaucho and one or two others....FOMO is real

[@johncameron6289]

@@Universityofvinyl I liked both ‘08s LPs. I think I’m with you re the UHQRs although I did put them on my Christmas list. I do get a kick out of all the opinions of various vinyl releases - best pressing on mediocre equipment vs poor pressings on the million dollar system, which is best etc. LOL. I also like Giles Martin’s advice “forget the comparisons just listen to the music” but the comparisons are good fun. Thanks for yours.

[@Brio-ko8lf]

Awesome video!!!

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks!!

[@ianbalentine6950]

Really loved this series, very well done! Although my wife spotted me on the couch with my Steely Dan vinyl collection and a magnifying glass and figured I'd gone crazy! Thankfully I have NM copies of all of these.Put on the Greatest Hits album and WOW does that sound amazing.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Love it!

[@audiotomb]

I was first in line at RSD I got the last 2 TAN, (myself and close friend - there were plenty of EMG Love the sound of this record It really is a huge step up from the etchy cd This was the breakout year of Eminem Song of the year was a joke They won an engineering Grammy award too 4 total

[@jameschant2740]

Cheers Tim on the final chapter of one of rock and roll's most beloved bands in Steely Dan. It's very interesting how their two compilation records, namely, Greatest Hits and Gold don't have any overlap. That's a very rare thing as well as a nice selling point because we know so many bands overlap tracks like there's no tomorrow. Regarding Two Against Nature, Everything Must Go as well as the live record go these records have eluded my collection up until now but they're definitely on the radar thanks to your review, particularly concerning the audiophile quality of them. I had no idea that Two Against Nature had an analogue master tape copy to go with it. Wow, talk about thinking ahead ! Hopefully moving forward we'll see more live and studio recording of the band come out. I can't think of a more deserving band for the large-scale box-set treatment to be released than Steely Dan either. Cheers Tim and thanks again for the amazing detail and effort you put into this 3-part series. Good luck at the Denver record fair to come. On another topic Tim I'm curious if you could identify the model of that nice looking piece of McIntosh gear from your stereo. It appears to be a vintage receiver but I'd like to know the model # of it and you acquired it. Thanks ! Take care !

[@Universityofvinyl]

Hi James! That’s an integrated amp/preamp MA 6100. I got really lucky and found it in great condition about 4 months ago. I did a system upgrade video around that time.

[@jameschant2740]

@@Universityofvinyl Well Tim, I got to say it looks like you got yourself one heck of vintage amplifier. As you said, this is an integrated amplifier. After doing a little bit of research on it there are some impressive qualities about it. The pre-amplification and amplification units are housed one above the other giving them an effective degree of separation and both are connected from the back with an RCA cord presumably. The circuit boards are absolutely robust and the unit weighs in at a hefty 34 lbs. Originally it sold for $ 700. The unit is rated at 70 watts per channel into 8 ohms. The unit was produced between 1972 and 1979. There are two versions of it. I suspect you have version 1 because yours has a wooden chassis. I wasn't able to pinpoint the particular video where you go into detail on the unit though. It's great to know that you're having a great time with this unit. Bravo !

[@Universityofvinyl]

@@jameschant2740 check this out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5epfKeOo76lo9k

[@djbelc01]

I picked up both 2VN and EMG when they dropped on RSD. 2VN is one of the best sounding records I own, dead quiet and beautifully balanced. Unfortunately, my copy of EMG does not sound good! There's a whooshing kind of noise throughout a significant chunk of it, and it actually skips in a few places. I cleaned the record, re-adjusted my turntable arm, and tested other records and didn't have any similar problems, so I figured it had to be the copy of the record I had. Luckily the next day the record store actually had one last copy of EMG that had been picked up but decided not to get, and they let me swap it out for hat. Unluckily, it had the same exact sound quality problems and skips in the same places. I've seen a handful of other people on Facebook mention the same issues, so it sounds like there was a run of bad copies, and I don't know of any way to tell the difference between a good one and a bad one. BTW, I'm the guy who posted the video from that 1993 Nashville concert clip you included. Good news, I recently found an earlier generation copy of that video with much better picture quality, so I'll be posting an improved version sometime in the near future! I'm always working on improving the quality of any live recording I can of theirs and sharing it. Also, PLEASE do yourself a favor and give Walter's solo albums a fair shot. 11 Tracks of Whack is a bit of a shock since it has the lofi demo kind of quality to it, but it was a great way to differentiate himself from the Steely Dan sound to try something different. Circus Money has the more traditional full band approach and sounds stunning. Both albums, along with the demos/outtakes/etc. his estate posts regularly on walterbeckermedia.com really give you some insight into just how much he contributed to Steely Dan's sound. You can really pick up his brilliant lyrical tendencies and unexpected chord changes when you go back and listen to those SD records.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Hi Dan, very nice to meet you here - hope you don't mind that I used that brief clip! I am going to give Circus Money a whirl; I actually think I have it somewhere on CD. RE the whooshing on EMG, I've read about it also and have noticed it in a few places on my LP but ONLY between songs thank God. Take care, Tim

[@djbelc01]

@@Universityofvinyl Oh I don't mind at all. It's not like I'm making any money off the videos I'm doing or anything like that. It's a labor of love because I feel like their music is so special that the best quality versions of it possible deserve to be shared with everyone. As for EMG, I unfortunately can hear the whooshing even throughout the music, not just in the gaps. I'm still happy to have it for my collection with the nice big artwork compared to the CD, but still disappointing considering how much it cost even at retail.

[@signalvideo1]

Enjoyed all three parts to the series. Still need to add Pretzel Logic, Gaucho and Northeast Corridor to complete my collection. Do you think they will ever release Kamakiriad on Vynil? I have both studio/live of nightly but would love to add that solo lp.

[@Universityofvinyl]

I hear you on Kamakiriad! I really want that LP - the weird thing is that they did repress it as part of the "Cheap Xmas" Box Set several years ago. I wish they would repress everything after Nightfly as individual LPs.

[@dawnpatrol700]

Kamakariad was on vinyl back in 93. German or UK only. It's probably pricey

[@Baz63]

a brilliant and informative set of Steely Dan videos...i really much appreciate your work...many thanks Tim. As an aside i saw the band at Wembley Arena back in '96. One of the new tracks (at the time) was Jack Of Speed a major highlight of the concert. However their version on Two Against Nature was a shadow of the live counterpart and, for me, is / was a symptom of the band's last 2 releases. Too lightweight and jazz 'loungy'. Some good music but needed a bit more 'ooomph'.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Yes....oomph might be the word I was searching for! Thank you for stopping by and commenting

[@djbelc01]

I love the '96 early version of Jack of Speed, and I also love the album version. I just have to basically treat them as two entirely different songs because they're so different in vibe. I have a couple of great recordings from that '96 tour on my YT channel by the way.

[@Baz63]

@@djbelc01 i'll take a look...thanks

[@chrisguygeezer]

I saw them at Wembley also, on their first comeback tour. I went with my ex and some friends. Sadly we were very underwhelmed and left after the first set. There was no life in the set, we just got bored.

[@kidcharlemagne3044]

Love to see some appreciation for the reunion albums. I’d personally rank them above some of their 70s work (although not most of it)

[@stigisaksson2361]

Nice video. Two against nature was released on vinyl in Europe when it was originally released. It is a singlealbum, the new release sounds better. I got the old and new release.

[@chrisguygeezer]

How do the two compare?

[@stigisaksson2361]

@@chrisguygeezer I think that the old release has a little compressed sound, not much but you notice that when you compare them . The new sounds more alive.

[@billholden20]

It has since come out that the original European release was not an official release. That is why the RSD release claims it is the first time on vinyl. That wording caused a lot of buzz when it first came out and that is the explanation.

[@audiotomb]

Excellent analysis!!! The original euro lp was a booted cd source - Becker even said on their website not to buy it. THE 2021 RSD Two Against Nature sounds pure bliss. Not shrill like West of Hollywood on cd I like the 2003 EMG better than the RSD but both sound great They could’t give this lp away for 3 years on release Three throwaway songs put people off it Acoustic Sounds carried it The bonus cd/br has a hilarious taxi confessionals The 2003 tour was the last one with lots of interesting deep cuts and the new 2003 songs

[@simonmarsden66]

I bought the DVD for Two against nature when it came out in Media Markt in Dusseldorf

[@Universityofvinyl]

Wow.....We must've crossed paths because I used to buy all my music there as well when I was living in town. LUV Dusseldorf and miss the Aldstadt! Cheers, Tim

[@simonmarsden66]

@@Universityofvinyl I lived in Krefeld at that time, UK Army 👍

[@zackamania6534]

He got the steely Dan t shirt?

[@chrisguygeezer]

Two Against Nature WAS issued on vinyl in Europe in 2000. 😉

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks, yes I think I confused that with EMG

[@seand67]

Great video. I'm really impressed with the outer covers used on your albums. They look so clear. What is the brand ?

[@Universityofvinyl]

I use these for gatefolds (2 per Lp) vinylstoragesolutions.ca/collections/12-inch-lp-record-products/products/4-mil-dual-pocket-lp-vinyl-record-outer-sleeves-resealable-crystal-clear-cpp-25-sleeves-to-a-pack and these for single LPs, they are the absolute best: vinylstoragesolutions.ca/collections/12-inch-lp-record-products/products/copy-of-pre-order-sale-4-mil-single-pocket-12-inch-lp-vinyl-record-outer-sleeves-crystal-clear-cpp-25-sleeves-to-a-pack-3-options-without-a-flap-a-resealable-strip-flap-or-tuck-able

[@VQR420]

Do you plan on getting and covering the two new 45 RPM Analogue Productions releases of TAN and EMG? I saw those came out in early June, and read EMG sounds amazing. I genuinely am tempted to get a copy.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Picked up TAN and love it, see my recent Smoooooth video

[@mikaraunemo1319]

Missed The RSD 2021 releases, Any info If there will be regular releases of Two Against + Everthing Must go. 10.000 each is so low number.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Yes, you would think they'll both see a repress at some point

[@williammadray7818]

I didn't know that the duo produced Rikki Lee Jones, I thought that only Fagen helped. I was under the impression that the single disk was actually a rip off by the record company that had rights to the songs and the record was abhorred by the duo and even issued a press release stating that the only authentic was the 2 record LP. In my youth I was quite the Steely Dan fanatic.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Just Walter RE RLJ. He produced 1989’s Flying Cowboys

[@brianmedeiros6845]

I’m putting together a Steely Dan Package just for you no hints-Lol

[@mikel4797]

3 fantastic videos, I love your debt of knowledge of SD and the presentation was truly wonderful. I was really looking forward to Northeast Corridor and was thrilled with the setlist but to me it's ruined by a poor recording. It sounds in places as if there are socks over the mics and the audiences aren't into the concerts at all. It has the same feel for me as Live in America which is my least played SD record. Maybe it's because the studio recordings are so perfectly presented and well over half my music listening is to live recordings. Thanks again for putting up the videos.

[@Universityofvinyl]

Thanks! I think it's a great sounding recording but the "Dan" audiences just don't bring the heat like a classic 1975 Bob Seger audience for example :-)

[@johnsmusicpassions9740]

you appear to be very efficient at deleting my comments and not supporting my channel but expect me to view all your videos - very self centred

[@Universityofvinyl]

Hi John, I appreciate all feedback and don’t delete comments unless they’re way off base or profane or something. Will check out your videos, thanks

[@johnsmusicpassions9740]

@@Universityofvinyl i wait to read your comments on my videos