Steely Dan ‎– Aja

The masterpiece by Steely Dan. Not my fave but no doubt the height of their career. Goucho would follow and attempt to continue a logical trajectory and it worked albeit at the sacrifice of their very existance. 3 songs were a girls name, 1 song was the greatest jazz/rock track ever devised. But the greatest achievement of SD's career was Deacon Blues....one of the very very few songs that came from Fagen's heart and in every way created the snowcapped mountain of their career. I like Goucho much better actually but their ain't no Deacon Blue there or anywhere else in pop music. N

Absolutely fantastic. This is one of the records I pull out when I want to demonstrate to a skeptic how good vinyl can sound. This is the definitive version to me as well. Beautiful.

Black Cow sampled by Mf Doom for Gas Drawls word

I have the same problem as described by others here, and it sounds "dull" and not crisp like the original.

Lacquer cut by Kevin Gray, enough said; these MCA reissues have a bad rep, but I assure you that this one sounds superb.

Some copies have a glossy laminated gatefold; others have a plain old garden variety Shorewood card-stock matte gatefold sleeve. I owned both variants at one point - still have the matte version.

Above link to ABC labels is down so we can't check the label design.