Steely Dan - Memphis 1974 (Remastered, Live On Broadcasting) '2025

Tracks list

	Tracklist:

1. Bodhisathva (Live) (05:01)
2. Boston Rag (Live) (06:37)
3. Do It Again (Live) (08:50)
4. Brooklyn (Live) (04:02)
5. King of the World (Live) (05:25)
6. Funky Scare Tactic Orchestra Blues (Live) (01:34)
7. Rikk Dont Lose That Number (Live) (04:38)
8. Pretzel Logic (Live) (06:32)
9. Introductions (Live) (00:40)
10. My Old School (Live) (05:44)
11. Dirty Work (Live) (04:01)
12. Reeling in the Years (Live) (06:15)
13. Show Biz Kids (Live) (07:41)
14. This All Too Mobile Home (Live) (08:11)


 moreWalter Becker (bass) and Donald Fagen (vocals, keyboards) were the core
members of Steely Dan throughout its various incarnations. The two met at Bard
College in New York in 1967 and began playing in bands together shortly
afterward. The duo played in a number of groups -- including the Bad Rock Group,
which featured future comedic actor Chevy Chase on drums -- which ranged from
jazz to progressive rock. Eventually, Becker and Fagen began composing songs
together, hoping to become professional songwriters in the tradition of the
Brill Building. In 1970, the pair joined Jay & the Americans' backing band,
performing under pseudonyms; Becker chose Gustav Mahler, while Fagen used
Tristan Fabriani. They stayed with Jay & the Americans until halfway through
1971, when they recorded the soundtrack for the low-budget film You Gotta Walk
It Like You Talk It, which was produced by the Americans' Kenny Vance. Following
the recording of the soundtrack, Becker and Fagen attempted to start a band with
Denny Dias, but the venture was unsuccessful. Barbra Streisand recorded the
Fagen/Becker composition "I Mean to Shine" on her album Barbra Joan Streisand,
released in August 1971, and the duo met producer Gary Katz, who hired them as
staff songwriters for ABC/Dunhill in Los Angeles, where he had just become a
staff producer. Katz suggested that Becker and Fagen form a band as a way to
record their songs, and Steely Dan -- who took their name from a dildo in
William Burroughs' Naked Lunch -- were formed shortly afterward.

Recruiting guitarists Denny Dias and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, drummer Jim Hodder,
and keyboardist/vocalist David Palmer, Becker and Fagen officially formed Steely
Dan in 1972, releasing their debut, Can't Buy a Thrill, shortly afterward.
Palmer and Fagen shared lead vocals on the album, but the record's two hit
singles -- the Top Ten "Do It Again" and "Reeling in the Years" -- were sung by
Fagen. Can't Buy a Thrill was a critical and commercial success, but its
supporting tour was a disaster, hampered by an under-rehearsed band and
unappreciative audiences. Palmer left the band following the tour. Countdown to
Ecstasy, released in 1973, was a critical hit, but it failed to generate a hit
single, even though the band supported it with a tour.

Steely Dan replaced Hodder with Jeff Porcaro and added keyboardist/backup
vocalist Michael McDonald prior to recording their third album, Pretzel Logic.
Released in the spring of 1974, Pretzel Logic returned Steely Dan to the Top Ten
on the strength of the single "Rikki Don't Lose That Number." After completing
the supporting tour for Pretzel Logic, Becker and Fagen decided to retire from
live performances and make Steely Dan a studio-based band. For their next album,
1975's Katy Lied, the duo hired a variety of studio musicians -- including Dias,
Porcaro, guitarist Elliot Randall, saxophonists Phil Woods, bassist Wilton
Felder, percussionist Victor Feldman, keyboardist Michael Omartian, and
guitarist Larry Carlton -- as supporting musicians. Katy Lied was another hit,
as was 1976's The Royal Scam, which continued in the vein of its predecessor. On
1977's Aja, Steely Dan's sound became more polished and jazzy, as they hired
jazz fusion artists like Wayne Shorter, Lee Ritenour, and the Crusaders as
support. Aja became their biggest hit, reaching the Top Five within three weeks
of release and becoming one of the first albums to be certified platinum. Aja
also gained the respect of many jazz musicians, as evidenced by Woody Herman
recording an album of Becker/Fagen songs in 1978.

Following the release of Aja, ABC was bought out by MCA Records, resulting in a
contractual dispute with the label that delayed until 1980 the release of their
follow-up album. During the interim, the group had a hit with the theme song for
the film FM in 1978. Steely Dan finally released Gaucho, the follow-up to Aja,
in late 1980, and it became another Top Ten hit for the group. During the summer
of 1981, Becker and Fagen announced that they were parting ways. The following
year, Fagen released his solo debut, The Nightfly, which became a critical and
commercial hit.

Fagen didn't record another album until 1993, when he reunited with Becker, who
produced Kamakiriad. The album was promoted by the first Steely Dan tour in
nearly 20 years, and while the record failed to sell, the concerts were very
popular. In 1994, Becker released his solo debut, 11 Tracks of Whack, which was
produced by Fagen. The following year, Steely Dan mounted another reunion tour,
and in early 2000 the duo issued Two Against Nature, their first new studio
album in two decades. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Steely Dan
followed it in 2003 with Everything Must Go. Fagen's solo album Morph the Cat
was released in 2006, and Becker released Circus Money in 2008 as Steely Dan
embarked on another tour. In September 2017, it was announced that Becker had
died in Maui, Hawaii. He was 67-years-old.

Fagen carried on with Steely Dan after Becker's passing, often calling the group
"the Steely Dan Band." This new lineup was showcased on a pair of live albums
released in September 2021: Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live and Donald
Fagen's The Nightfly Live, both recorded between 2018 and 2019. © Stephen
Thomas Erlewine



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