Donald Fagen- Athon

gudnoyez
gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
edited October 2012 in Music & Movies
I cant wait for Donalds new one to arrive Sunken Condos ordered it Saturday, and it should hit the mailbox this friday. So until then me and the missus are having A Donald Fagen-Athon she loves Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, and Walter Beckers stuff as much as I do. We have listened to the new one about 3 times and both agree even though it is a stream off of MSN site it sounds good.

We have listened to The Nightfly and we are listening to Kamakiriad, as I type next up Morph The Cat. This stuff is so well Recorded and its the first time listening to these on The SDA's Wow impressive. I feel like mixing up a few martinis pulling out a cigar and having the wife put on some go go boots and saying stuff like cool dadyo or whatever the Jazz beatnicks said in the Day. Is anyone else looking forward to Donalds new one?
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,604
    edited October 2012
    Kamakiriad is simply an awesome recording imo!
    --Gary--
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited October 2012
    Now that my Steely Dan collection is complete. What should be my first Fagen purchase ?
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited October 2012
    Start with The Nightfly and work your way up, also Walter Beckers 11 tracks of Whack is also damn good
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    Parasound Halo A 31 OnkyoTX-NR838 Sony XBR55X850B 55" 4K RtiA9 Fronts CsiA6 Center RtiA3 Rears FxiA6 Side Surrounds Dual Psw 111's Oppo 105D Signal Ultra Speaker Cables & IC's Signal Magic Power Cable Technics SL Q300 Panamax MR4300 Audioquest Chocolate HDMI Cables Audioquest Forest USB Cable

    2 Channel
    Adcom 555II Vincent SA-T1 Marantz SA 15S2 Denon DR-M11 Clearaudio Bluemotion SDA 2.3tl's (Z) edition MIT Terminator II Speaker Cables & IC's Adcom 545II Adcom Gtp-450 Marantz CD5004 Technics M245X SDA 2B's, SDA CRS+

    Stuff for the Head
    JD LABS C5 Headphone Amplifier, Sennheiser HD 598, Polk Audio Buckle, Polk Audio Hinge, Velodyne vPulse, Bose IE2, Sennheiser CX 200 Street II, Sennheiser MX 365

    Shower & Off the beaten path Rigs
    Polk Audio Boom Swimmer, Polk Audio Urchin B)
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited October 2012
    Will do. Thanks.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited October 2012
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    I like what I hear so far.....
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited October 2012
    Hello Baton Rouge!
    I got static in my head
    The reflected sound of everything
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  • rromeo923
    rromeo923 Posts: 1,513
    edited October 2012
    "Donald Fagen's fourth solo album for Warner Reprise, Sunken Condos, will be released on October 16. His first three solo albums, The Nightfly, Kamakiriad and Morph the Cat comprised the project known as "The Nightfly Trilogy." Sunken Condos begins a chapter in the creative evolution of this innovative artist, whose career is still going strong after forty years.

    The nine tracks on Sunken Condos were co-produced by Michael Leonhart and Donald. All but one track, an Ashkenazi recasting of Isaac Hayes' "Out of the Ghetto," are Fagen originals. Some familiar names from the Steely Dan family of players are on hand (Jon Herington, the Steely Dan horns, Freddie Washington) plus some new faces. The word is that, from now on, everything Donald does has got to be funky."


    Love that last sentence!!
    I got static in my head
    The reflected sound of everything
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited October 2012
    Chumlie - Morph The Cat is my favorite Fagen solo album.
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    -Kevin
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited October 2012
    Later Steely Dan recordings are outstanding as well; 'Everything must go" "2 against nature" highly recommned them, esp 2 against nature.

    If I had to pick 1 group, and that was all I could listen to----it would be Steely Dan, without hesitation.
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