Steely Dan - New release / June 10th

New Steely Dan? Bow to the Gods and embrace the wonders of music. I didn't even know about it! HELLO?

Does anyone have any idea who's playing on it besides Walter & Donald?

Hmmm... Katy Lied or Pretzel Logic? Both on VINYL....

Hell, I got to go now...........

My local Record shop just told me (after talking with his distributor) that Warner Brothers is releasing it on CD, DVD-A and a "special limited" 2 disc CD/5.1 DVD but, has no plans for release on vinyl. This is only applicable to U.S. releases.

Cool, Thanks 4yanx. And I'm surprised to find this to be Becker's first solo vocal credit. Becker's solo album "11 Tracks of Whack" was a great demonstration of Becker's kind of funky voice and singing style. It seems to be so synergistic to the Steely Dan sound.

I'm really looking forward to the new release.

Jeff, I had the honor of seeing Steely Dan at the Sony Studios on W54th St. in NYC. I was dating a young lady at the time, who used to have access to most of the performances held at Sony.

It's a small studio with extremely limited seating, so the performance was "in your face". I understand that the majority of the songs played in that performance were actually used on the "Two Against Nature" DVD. I have always meant to purchase it.

Needless to say, they were absolutely incredible. When you hear how tight those guys are, you have to wonder why they have never done a direct to disc recording. They don't even need a studio.

That will be an experience I will always remember.

And I should have never let that young lady go.....

No Jeff, and man I wish I could of. FZ was such a great guitar player and many people who actually did see him say he was so incredibly focused when he played. In his later years, when he was conducting, often the orchestra musicians would comment on his levels of perfection and expertise.

Frank, (I should say Dr.Zappa Phd) was an extremely significant musician in modern music history. You can consider yourself very fortunate having had the chance to see FZ.

I think I can speak for all of us when I say "your very respectfully missed FZ".