Steely Dan - AJA (TDK Classic Albums (The Making Of The Greatest Albums In Rock History) Mp3

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The pioneering Jazz/Pop Band Steely Dan, founded by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker in the early 70ies had already secured five Top 40 albums before the release of AJA in 1977. AJA however was to prove to be the biggest selling album of Steely Dan's illustrous career, reaching Number 3 in the US Billboard chart, spending a year in the Top 40 there, after reaching Number 5 in the UK.

AJa was the first British Top 10 for Steely Dan and also the first album by Becker and Fagen as a duo. Becker and Fagen renowned for their relentless perfectionism in the recording studio, recall the history of an album that was a year in the making, but rewarded by a prestigious Grammy Award and three major hit singles : PEG, DEACON BLUES and JOSIE .

Michael McDonald, later of The Doobie Brothers, who did guest backing vocals to AJA, British Rock performer and Songwriter Ian Dury record producer Gary Katz and the session musicians (especially rummer Bernard Purdie) who worked on AJA, also contribute to this fascinating documentary.

Steely Dan's AJA has proved to be one of the most outstanding jazz-rock albums in the history of popular music. This is a vivid portrait of the 70ies record that is still as fresh and as memorable more than two decades after the release.; a true classic album.

SOUND TRACK- LPCM STEREO / AC3 Digital 5.1SUBTITLE (DOCUMENTARY) English French Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch)
Total Running Time approx. 60 minutes

This DVD reunites Steely Dan with Bernard Purdie on drums and a few other musicians (including a guest appearnce by Wayne Shorter from Weather Report) playing 3 songs of AJA one more time nearly 25 years after the initial recording process :
AJA , Peg and Josie .
Also featured are : Deacon Blues, Black Cow and Home At Last