: THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER
 SESSION WORLD
JEFF PORCARO
STEELY DAN / GOING MOBILE
 11. THIS ALL TOO MOBILE HOME
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WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
 10. REELIN' IN THE YEARS
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
 9. ONE MORE TIME
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STEELY DAN / GOING MOBILE / COVER
STEELY DAN / GOING MOBILE / BACK COVER
Release Year : 2013
Song Tracks : S
STEELY DAN / PRETZEL LOGIC / 1974
PRODUCED BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
SOME MATERIAL WAS INCLUDED ON THE SOUNDTRACK TO A RICHARD PRYOR MOVIE AND BARBRA STREISAND RECORDED THEIR SONG.
 4:58  JEFF, JIM HODDER
3. THE BOSTON RAG
 4. DO IT AGAIN
I MEAN TO SHINE IN 1971.
 6:08  JEFF, JIM HODDER
4. DO IT AGAIN
WHICH HAD BEEN RELEASED A MONTH EARLIER, IN FEBRUARY 1974.
AND THE NAME STUCK.
THEY RECRUITED GUITARISTS jeff "SKUNK" BAXTER AND DENNY DIAS AND DRUMMER JIM HODDER.
 4:30  JEFF, JIM HODDER
11. THIS ALL TOO MOBILE HOME
SALES DATE : 2013.
 SONG TRACKS :
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
 8. PRETZEL LOGIC
DONALD FAGEN / NIGHTFLY TRILOGY / 2007
FOLLOWING THIS TOUR, FAGEN & BECKER BROKE UP THE BAND,
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
IT ALSO FEATURES THIS ALL TOO MOBILE HOME, A NUMBER THAT WAS NEVER RECORDED IN THE STUDIO.
CLASSIC 1974 LIVE RADIO BROADCAST
STEELY DAN / GAUCHO / 1980
NEXT, THE DUO CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF GARY KATS, A PRODUCER FOR ABC RECORDS IN LOS ANGELES,
 7:54  JEFF, JIM HODDER
5. ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU
DONALD FAGEN
IN ADDITION TO THE TITLE TRACK, ALSO PERFORMED ARE RIKKIDON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER - WHICH PEAKED AT NUMBER 4 ON
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
 5:58  JEFF, JIM HODDER
 MUSICIANS :
DAVID PALMER WAS RELEGATED TO BACKING VOCALS, BEFORE COMPLETELY LEAVING THE BAND,
 JEFFREY PORCARO - DRUMS
 ROYCE JONES - PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS
AS A NOW MORE CONFIDENT BECKER ASSUMED THE LEAD VOCAL ROLE PERMANENTLY.
BODHISATTVA AND THE BOSTON RUG WERE PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHTS AND BOTH RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL FM RADIO AIRPLAY.
DAVID PALMER WAS ADDED AS A SINGER AS BECKER'S OWN VOCALS WERE NOT, INITIALLY, CONSIDERED STRONG ENOUGH.
 MICHAEL McDONALD - ELECTRIC PIANO, BACKING VOCALS
 SONG TRACK CREDITS :
FURTHERMORE, THE REMARKABLE VERSION OF YOUR GOLD TEETH U INCLUDED HERE IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT TO THAT
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
STEELY DAN / THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION / 2006
NOT ONLY DOES IT SHOWCASE THE VERY BEST OF THE SONGS FROM STEELY DAN'S FIRST THREE ALBUMS,
 2. BODHISATTVA
DISCOGRAPHY
 CREDITS :
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
THE DUO FIRST MET AT COLLEGE IN NEW YORK IN 1967, PLAYED TOGETHER IN LOCAL BANDS AND, AFTER GRADUATION,
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
STEELY DAN / GOING MOBILE
STEELY DAN / GOING MOBILE / 2013
THE INTRO IS SIMILAR BUT IN THIS BROADCAST VERSION THE TRACK CONTINUES AS A LENGTHY INSTRUMENTAL EXTENSION OF
STEELY DAN / KATY LIED/ 1975
MOVED TO BROOKLYN ; THERE THEY TRIED TO HAWK THEIR COMPOSITIONS IN MANHATTAN'S LEGENDARY BRILL BUILDING.
ON DRUMS
1. INTRO
THEY ACHIEVED A MODICUM OF SUCCESS -
THE GREAT GROOVE MASTER : JEFF PORCARO SESSION WORLD
 0:47  JEFF, JIM HODDER
2. BODHISATTVA
THE OPENING RIFF, QUITE UNLIKE THE "POPPIER", VOCAL VERSION LATER RELEASED.
THIS CONCERT WAS PART OF A TOUR IN SUPPORT OF STEELY DAN'S THIRD ALBUM, "PRETZEL LOGIC",
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
SONG THEMSELVES AND HE THUS ENCOURAGED THE PAIR TO FORM THEIR OWN GROUP.
 5:11  JEFF, JIM HODDER
8. PRETZEL LOGIC
CEASED TOURING AND RELIED EXCLUSIVELY ON HIRED MUSICIANS FOR THEIR SUBSEQUENT STUDIO RECORDINGS.
FLESHING OUT THE SOUND OF THE CORE STUDIO GROUP ONSTAGE IS A TRIO OF ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS : DRUMMER JEFF PORCARO.
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
DO IT AGAIN AND REELIN' IN THE YEARS (BOTH INCLUDED HERE) WHICH REACHED NUMBERS 6 AND 11 RESPECTIVELY
 WALTER BECKER - BASS, VOCALS
STEELY DAN PLAYED RELATIVELY FEW LIVE CONCERTS DURING THE EARLY 1970'S -
TO THE RECORD COMPANY'S HORROR THE COLLECTIVE MONIKER THEY CHOSE FOR THIS ENTERPRISE JUST HAPPENED TO BE
 5:28  JEFF, JIM HODDER
9. ONE MORE TIME
IT WOULD BE ANOTHER 20 YEARS BEFORE STEELY DAN HIT THE ROAD AGAIN, THUS THIS EXCELLENT RADIO BROADCAST PRESERVES
 7. RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER
VOCALIST - PERCUSSIONIST ROYCE JONES AND VOCALIST - KEYBOARDIST MICHAEL McDONALD -
ON THE BILLBOARD SINGLES CHARTS.
 JEFF BAXTER - GUITAR
IN FACT BY 1975 THEY HAD GIVEN UP TOURING ENTIRELY.
THIS SUPERB LIVE BROADCAST RECORDING IS, THEREFORE, SOMETHING OF A RARITY ;
 1. INTRO
STEELY DAN / GOLD (EXPANDED EDITION) / 1991
THE NAME OF A DILDO FEATURED IN WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS' NOVEL 'THE NAKED LUNCH', BUT THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT
 5:30  JEFF, JIM HODDER
10. REELIN' IN THE YEARS
A RARE INSTANCE OF A GREAT BAND PERFORMING AT THE VERY PINNACLE OF THEIR CAREER.
SOON TO JOIN AND TRANSFORM THE FORTUNES OF THE DOOBIE BROTHERS.
 6. KING OF THE WORLD
STEELY DAN / CITIZEN STEELY DAN / 1993
BY THE TIME THE FOLLOWUP, "COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY" (1973) WAS RECORDED,
 DENNY DIAS - GUITAR, VOCALS
 JIM HODDER - DRUMS
STEELY DAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VEHICLE FOR THE IMMENSE SONGWRITING TALENTS OF DONALD FAGEN AND WALTER BECKER.
LATER RELEASED ON THE ALBUM "KATE LIED" (1975).
WRITTEN BY : WALTER BECKER & DONALD FAGEN
 3. THE BOSTON RAG
WHO HIRED THEM INITIALLY AS SONGWRITERS.
 3:12  JEFF, JIM HODDER
6. KING OF THE WORLD
HE QUICKLY REALISED HOWEVER THAT THE BEST OPTION FOR DONALD AND WALTER WOULD BE TO PERFORM THEIR IDIOSYNCRATIC
 5:11  JEFF, JIM HODDER
7. RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER
DONALD FAGEN / THE NIGHTFLY / 1982
BILLBOARD AND IS THE BAND'S MOST SUCCESSFUL SINGLE TO DATE - AND THE INFECTIOUS ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU.
 5. ANY MAJOR DUDE WILL TELL YOU
STEELY DAN / A DECADE OF STEELY DAN (THE BEST OF) / 1993
THE BAND'S FIRST ALBUM, 1972'S "CAN'T BUY A THRILL" WAS A STUNNING ACCOMPLISHMENT AND SPAWNED TWO HIT SINGLES :
 DONALD FAGEN - PIANO, VOCALS
DUE IN PART TO FAGEN'S RELUCTANCE TO SING ONSTAGE AND HE AND BECKER'S INGRAINED PERFECTIONISM,
Session Volume : 11
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