MEDIUM HYBRID SACD
CONDITION sealed
CD CASE M mint
BOOKLET M mint
SERIAL NUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS playable on all CD Players, Stereo
MUSICIANS HOMEPAGE --
Donald Fagen – acoustic piano, electric piano, synthesizer, lead vocals
Walter Becker – bass, harmonica, background vocals
Denny Dias – guitar, stereo mixmaster general
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter – guitar, pedal steel guitar
Jim Hodder – drums, percussion, background vocals
Ray Brown – string bass (razor boy)
Ben Benay – acoustic guita
Rick Derringer – slide guitar (show biz kids)
Victor Feldman – vibraphone, marimba, percussion
Ernie Watts - sax (my old school)
Johnny Rotella - sax (my old school)
Lanny Morgan - sax (my old school)
Bill Perkins - sax ( my old school)
Sherlie Matthews - background vocals (my old school)
Myrna Matthews - background vocals (my old school)
Patricia Hall - background vocals (my old school)
David Palmer - background vocals
James Rolleston - background vocals
Michael Fennelly – background vocals
bodhisattva – 5:16
razor boy – 3:10
the boston rag – 5:40
your gold teeth – 6:58
show biz kids – 5:25
my old school – 5:39
pearl of the quarter – 3:43
king of the world – 4:56
Countdown to Ecstasy is the second studio album by American rock group Steely Dan, released in July 1973 by ABC Records
It was recorded at Caribou Ranch in Nederland and The Village Recorder in Santa Monica
After the departure of vocalist David Palmer, the group recorded the album with Donald Fagen singing lead on all the songs
Although it was a critical success, the album failed to generate a hit single, and consequently charted at only number 35 on the Billboard 200
It was eventually certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having shipped 500,000 copies in the United States
Well received upon its release, Countdown to Ecstasy received perfect scores from music critics in retrospective reviews
"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"
- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com -
RECORDING 1973 at Caribou Ranch Nederland, Colorado and Village Recorder Santa Monica, California
ENGINEERING Roger Nichols
LABEL ABC
RE MASTERING Bernie Grundman
RE RELEASED 2023
AVERAGE RATING 4.8 Stars out of 5
MADE IN USA
STYLE Pop / Rock / Jazz Rock
AVAILABLE as long as inventory stock
