Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete - Vinylbox coming in December

Kamakiriad and Sunken Condos are the albums on 2 lps, both are likely on pressed on just 3 sides.

 

I pre-ordered the vinyl set, just seemed a good price, but I don't own a single piece of Steely Dan or Fagen on vinyl, only SD on cd. Had this conversation with my Steely Dan loving friend yesterday, which format should I buy on. He suggested vinyl for the Steely Dan and cd for solo. But I don't know. Have put a "reminder" in to cancel if money becomes too tight just prior to Christmas but I really fancy getting this on vinyl. CD set isn't cheap at £25, If that was more reasonable I'd stick with cd.

Not sure who or what I'm trying to convince here. The usual confusion when it comes to spending yet more money on music.

 

Kamakiriad is single vinyl and Morph The Cat is double (4 sides) as per Donald Fagen / Cheap Xmas vinyl box | superdeluxeedition

The Nightfly

Side: 1
1. I.G.Y.
2. Green Flower Street
3. Ruby Baby
4. Maxine

Side: 2
1. New Frontier
2. The Nightfly
3. The Goodbye Look
4. Walk Between Raindrops



Kamakiriad

Side: 1
1. Trans-Island Skyway
2. Countermoon
3. Springtime
4. Snowbound

Side: 2
1. Tomorrow’s Girls
2. Florida Room
3. On The Dunes
4. Teahouse On The Tracks



Morph The Cat

Side: 1
1. Morph The Cat
2. H Gang

Side: 2
1. What I Do
2. Brite Nightgown

Side: 3
1. The Great Pagoda Of Funn
2. Security Joan

Side: 4
1. The Night Belongs To Mona
2. Mary Shut The Garden Door
3. Morph The Cat (Reprise)



Sunken Condos

Side: 1
1. Slinky Thing
2. I’m Not The Same Without You
3. Memorabilia

Side: 2
1. Weather In My Head
2. The New Breed
3. Out Of The Ghetto

Side: 3
1. Miss Marlene
2. Good Stuff
3. Planet D’Rhonda

10 Extras

Side: 1
1. Rhymes
2. Big Noise New York (Demo)
3. True Companion (Soundtrack Version)
4. Confide In Me (Demo)
5. Blue Lou (from Glengarry Glenn Ross)

Disc: 2
1. Shanghai Confidential
2. Green Flower Street (Live at the Beacon)
3. Century’s End
4. Hank’s Pad (Live)
5. Viva Viva Rock ‘N’ Roll (Live)

 

I'm on the fence if I should wait to hear if these will be released individually.
I have an original Morph the Cat (pressed by R.T.I. mastered by Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman)
and The Nightfly from 2010 cut by Chris Bellman.

 

Fagen is the only artist voice in his own catalog. Becker - and now his estate - presumably have a 50% voice in the Steely Dan catalog. Potentially (and apparently) a big difference.

 

Actually as stated this box is cheaper than a mint Original Kamakiriad ! That rather thin pressing is the one that needs an upgrade. Been audiophile vinyl of all the others.

 

As of today, you can pre-order the box on Collector's Choice for $99.58, and use the their 20% off code (ROCK20). With shipping included (to my zip code anyway) this brings the grand total to $90.61. Not too shabby. Cheaper than Amazon's $108.29, although they give you the free AutoRip version too, FWIW...

 

Any word on mastering details or the pressing plant used for this set?

Just curious...

 

Had all the lps but Kamikiriad
all the cds and the prior Nightfly trilogy cd box set"signed by Donald" with the rarities already

bought this box strictly for a vinyl Kamikiriad

can send my dupes to my friends and a cd box to another friend

cheap xmas!

 

one amazon reviewer said the cd boxset is exactly the same masterings as the Nightfly Trilogy box set

 

Which doesn't address the mastering on the vinyl box set.

 

I just wonder why "Kamakiriad" isn't a double-LP -- it's a fairly long album, I think...

 

I’ve had the Japanese CD box for awhile but haven’t played it yet.

 

I wanna pull the trigger on this but am waiting for someone to weigh in on the mastering.

 

I bought it today (Newbury Comics was doing 25% off all vinyl) but I haven't opened it. Not sure I'm keeping it, not sure I want to drop this much on records right now. If the temptation becomes too great I'll report back with the info.

If anybody else has this info, it may help me fully commit to the purchase...

 

I did find this info on Discogs:

• Barcode (scanned): 081227932824
• Barcode (text): 0 81227 93282 4
• Label Code: LC02982
• Other (cat# Album 1): 081227932824-1
• Other (cat# Album 2): 081227932824-2
• Other (cat# Album 3): 081227932824-3
• Other (cat# Album 4): 081227932824-4
• Other (cat# Compilation): 081227932824-5
• Matrix / Runout (side A): 1-530187-A gB 91777 2A
• Matrix / Runout (side B): 1-530187-B gB 91777 3B
• Matrix / Runout (side C): 21071 1A R1-45230
• Matrix / Runout (side D): 21071.1B R1-45230
• Matrix / Runout (side E): 1-49975-A 21008 1A 14169.1 (3)… ???HEATn
• Matrix / Runout (side F): 1-49975-B 21008 1B 14169.2 (3)… K??HEATm
• Matrix / Runout (side G): 1-49975-C 21008 1C 14169.3 (3)… K??S/SHEAT.n
• Matrix / Runout (side H): 1-49975-D 21008 1D 14169.4 (3)… K??S/SHEATm
• Matrix / Runout (side I): 93788 1A 1-532287 A MASTERDISK SH AD
• Matrix / Runout (side J): 93788 1B 1-532287 B MASTERDISK SH AD
• Matrix / Runout (side K): 93788 1C 1-532287 C MASTERDISK SH AD
• Matrix / Runout (side L): 21072 1A R1-535388 M
• Matrix / Runout (side M): 21072 1B R1-535388 N B

 

Ok. So I just got off the phone with Chad Kassem at Acoustic sounds
He opened a box and gave me what we're looking for
Morph the Cat mastered by Kevin Grey
Nightfly mastered by Chris Bellman and Bernie Grundman
Sunken condos he just said masterdisc
Karmakirad he also said masterdisc
He did not have any idea where they were pressed
Rarities was also masterdisc
Now I guess I'll open mine
Hope this helps guys

 

Awful nice of him to do that!

Did you listen to any of yours yet? Any opinions on SQ?

 

Well... you just did drop what I would call a reasonable amount for a set like this. But if you won't open and won't keep it, what do you wanna do with it? Sell it? Return it?

 

I received the box today from Amazon - I haven't had time to listen yet - but 2 observations -

All LP's are in poly lined sleeves.

Morph The Cat is no longer a gatefold.

 

I am somewhat disappointed about that since it was originally a gatefold...

Plus I still wish that Karmakirad was a double LP...

 

Karmakarid was the first one I listened to
Did and a-b of the trilogy disc and the new vinyl
The cd was done well but the vinyl was slightly more open than the cd
Also the upper frequencies were more present on the vinyl
The pressing was silent flat and flawless and also stamped made in EU
Not sure who pressed though
I would say this is an undervalued deal and really worth $100
I own the original pressing of morph and condos and Nightfly one step mofi and have not compared them to the reissue yet

 

Wow great to see Kevin Grey, Chris Bellmen, And Bernie attached to this, ill be picking this up for sure.

Thanks for the info

 

Just listened to morph
Superb!
A-bd track one of the box with the original and could not pick out any really major differences in the mix
Vinyl was flat flawless and quiet

 

That's it... I'm getting it tomorrow