Steely Dan Catalog on UHQR Vinyl

At one time in my earlier life I owned practically every half-speed and other audiophile record.  As my stereo improved I liked them less and less in favor of the best sounding original pressings.  I have sold most of those compressed audiophile records now and haven’t looked back.

@dweller 
"Lastly, I can live with Aja, Gaucho, and a double album "Greatest Hits". I'm not familiar with any "non hits" song on their early albums."

You will be rewarded by checking out non-hit cuts on the pre-Aja SD LPs. "King of the World," "Barrytown," "Only a Fool Would Say That," several others. In law school a friend and I would converse in SD lyrics to the befuddlement of others. "No marigolds in the promised land." 'Oh, no, Guadalajara won't do." Etc.

As one who got on the SD train with their first album, and have found their earliest work to have their craftiest lyrics, some of their most iconic guitar work, and best all around music, I encourage you to listen to the full albums.  Can’t Buy A Thrill and Countdown To Ecstasy are not to be ignored. The HiFi got higher with Katy Lied and Pretzel Logic.  The pinnacle is Aja, IMO, but every album has some non-hit. gems.

@big_greg +1 

This might sound crazy, but believe it or not, you can own audiophile vinyl and listen to a wide variety of other music, both analog and digital. 

I've loved Steely Dan ever since hearing Do It Again on the radio as a kid. I've got most of the LPs; the standard version OP and early reissue pressings and vinyl mixes are mediocre quality vs. any of the better SQ LPs available today. UHQR SQ is arguably the very best. Sure their are some who have listen to the gear with just 12 Jacintha and the Weavers albums. There are also plenty of us who include Dan in a large collections of great MUSIC but want better quality versions of these fantastic albums.

IMO, the digital versions prove there's so much detail in these masterpieces. Couple that musical nuance with great analog tape extraction to excellent vinyl pressings and...yeah, there's plenty to be excited about. The Who catalog would benefit from the same treatment, as Classic Records recognized back in the day, but in small quantities. Cheers,

Spencer

A lot of whiners on this thread. Getting up to turn over a 45rpm vinyl record is? Pathetic! Steely Dan being "Mainstream" is a legitimate reason not to listen?