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Best format for SteelyDan...

I have virtually everything by "The Dan" including solo stuff on LP, CD or SACD. Hoping to find recordings that improve sonics over the pre-Aja CDs; in particular, "Pretzel Logic" "Katy Lied" & "The Royal Scam". Are the "re-masters" the way to go? Have these 3 even been re-mastered?

As an editorial comment, I don't understand why these guys don't have everything re-issued in some kind of hi-res format. If you know otherwise - please advise!
(fwiw - I'm running an upgraded Denon 2910 "universal" player). Thanks in advance for your advice. Ciao.
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audiofeil
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I find that people who buy "hot stampers" also drink kool aid and vacation at Area 51.

Hey, look up there about 12 o'clock..........did you see it?

:-)
g_m_c
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Take a pill and chill out
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phasecorrect
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Agree...orig abc recordings by far offer the best value...and since the majority of Dan fans appreciate good sound....there are plenty of clean copies for cheap...also have a few cd registers...these sound fine as well...
paanders
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okay, so after the orig abc recordings, where does one hear the best Steely Dan on vinyl, or Donald Fagen, for that matter?

What about that greatest hit twofer? Boy, I sure played mine to death. How great is Cisco AJA at its price-point, for example?

How terrif or not is the Fagen trilogy on dvd/cd? Or Morph on vinyl (gawd, "The H Gang" is one of his best tunes ever, I think; up there with "Babylon Sisters" and "Home at Last," if you ask me.)
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