Steve's Steely Dan Aja

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Dave, Mar 19, 2004.

  1. Leppo

    Leppo Forum Librarian

    In Ulm, around Ulm, all around Ulm.

    Agreed, so it appears that Steve's mastering can be found on the following pressings:

    MCAD-37214-DIDX-55, JVC, Made In Japan
    MCAD-37214-DIDX-55, CBS-Sony, Made In Japan
    CRC DIDY-55
    MCD 01745 BMG Ariola
    MCLD 19145, Made In England

    EAC peak levels:
    90.8 --- 91.7 --- 90.6 --- 88.7 --- 96.3 --- 86.2 --- 97.6
     
  2. BIG ED

    BIG ED Forum Resident

    Are you kidding me?
    It's over?!?!?!
    The great mystery, that was Steve's Aja, has been solved?
    What I am I do with all my time now?
     
  3. Andreas

    Andreas Senior Member

    Location:
    Frankfurt, Germany
    This also means that Dave was right in post #1 in this thread. :)
     
  4. Steve Hoffman

    Steve Hoffman Your host Your Host

    "In Ulm, around Ulm, all around Ulm."


    Leppo, I know. But what does it MEAN?
     
  5. Andreas

    Andreas Senior Member

    Location:
    Frankfurt, Germany
    "In Ulm, around Ulm, and round Ulm around" or something like that. Both "um" and "herum" mean "around" in English. It doesn't mean aynthing really. It is a "tongue breaker". :)

    Does the beer stein show the Münster? And am I correct that it is made of glass and not clay?
     
  6. Steve Hoffman

    Steve Hoffman Your host Your Host

    Ah, a "tongue twister". Thanks.

    It is made out of clay, hand painted and shows the Munster, yes. Beautiful stein and a beautiful city.


    BACK TO THE THREAD, sorry.
     
  7. Leppo

    Leppo Forum Librarian

    Yeah, and this also means that basically all early Aja pressings are Steve's. :D
     
  8. rubbersounds

    rubbersounds Forum Resident

    Location:
    Temecula, CA
    If there's ever a poll on favorite SHF thread, this one gets my vote.
     
  9. BIG ED

    BIG ED Forum Resident

    On the other hand, how does this mastering get on five different releases?
     
  10. RZangpo2

    RZangpo2 Forum Know-It-All

    Location:
    New York
    OMG... I am utterly spent... and throbbing... after the long-awaited climax of this thread. :D :D :D







    ...a long time coming, indeed! :p
     
  11. jojopuppyfish

    jojopuppyfish Senior Member

    Location:
    Maryland
    The mystery of deep throat and Steve's Aja disc solved...in the same year. What a year!
     
  12. Steve E.

    Steve E. Doc Wurly and Chief Lathe Troll

    Location:
    Brooklyn, NY, USA
    I compared the 10 second clip to the mastering on my box set version. The main thing I noticed was a slightly fuller-rounder/less-trebly sound to the snare in the SH version. Am I missing other details? In what part of the CD is the difference in mastering most noticeable? Maybe someone could post a good clip.

    I'm trying to train my ears here. :)
     
  13. KeithH

    KeithH Success With Honor...then and now

    Location:
    Beaver Stadium
    And what's amazing is that there are only 5,000 copies total among all those pressings!



    Just kidding! :D
     
  14. KeithH

    KeithH Success With Honor...then and now

    Location:
    Beaver Stadium
    What we now need is EAC info. on that VDP-27 disc.
     
  15. KeithH

    KeithH Success With Honor...then and now

    Location:
    Beaver Stadium
    By the way, one more to add to the Hoffman-mastering list is an early Japanese release with catalog number 32XD-112. I have this disc, and it is identical to my Japnaese CBS/Sony and JVC pressings with catalog number MCAD-37214.
     
  16. sharedon

    sharedon Forum Zonophone

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    Boomer OK
    Time for a post-thread cigarette? :D
     
  17. Great Deceiver

    Great Deceiver Active Member

    Location:
    New Jersey
    So now that we've clarified that more CD pressings have _THE_ mastering, where can one go about finding a copy?

    Also, for Steve's Katy Lied, I'd be appreciative if there is an easy way to get it. Sorry to divert the thread!
     
  18. sharedon

    sharedon Forum Zonophone

    Location:
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  19. Dave

    Dave Esoteric Audio Research Specialist™ Thread Starter

    Location:
    B.C.
    Any determination on my USA DADC DIDX-55 non CRC version? Sorry, don't have time to cruise the whole thread. Thanks for the :help:
     
  20. David P. Hill

    David P. Hill Forum Resident

    Location:
    Irving, Tx
    Is this Steve's cd or is it the 1999 remastered?

    STEELY DAN - AJA - (1984) - NEW SEALED CD

    Hello and Welcome ! We are offering : Brand New / Factory Sealed CD !
    100% Original ! Not a copy or from a record club .
    Released in 1984 by MCA Records.

    SONG LIST : 1. Black Cow 2. Aja 3. Deacon Blues 4. Peg 5. Home At Last 6. I Got The News 7. Josie
     

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  21. tone ded freb

    tone ded freb Senior Member

    Location:
    Arizona Snowbowl
    I'm not ready to give up. It can't be this easy. :sigh:

    The real Steve-mastered disc must still be out there. Hiding somewhere. Somewhere in a long forgotten used bin. Just. Waiting. To be identified. :D

    What about the nasal-sounding problem Steve spoke of, the hole not filled in (all right, keep it clean)?

    Is this the official vindication of post #74?

    Will I be forever cursed with my copy of Beatles "1"? :agree:

    Was Steve simply obeying the Prime Directive in this thread? :nauga:

    This has been a great thread. I've enjoyed it immensely. Sort of like a combination of Monty Python, Don Quixote, and It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

    The true believers have now been identified by their steadfast assertion that their pressings were Steve's. I'm afraid I wavered. I started hearing the nasal vocals and I'm still hearing them and I can't stop. Of course, I've always liked the drums. I've even just now purchased the English pressing identified by Mal even though I have the Japan CSR pressing x 2 (and the pressing identified in post #192). Oh, the tragedy of it all. :D

    And, of course, I think it's post #242 that gives the moral of the story.

    So, in conclusion, over the years a secret government research program has caused the initial 5,000 CDs to be increased by a factor of 100. Silently. While no one was looking. IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT! AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cool:
     
  22. Leppo

    Leppo Forum Librarian

    Yeah, it's also Steve's Aja.
     
  23. peter

    peter Senior Member

    Location:
    Paradise
    How do you tell if your MCAD 37214 DIDX 55 Made in Japan copy is a JVC one or a Columbia Sony one. I see no reference either way on my copy.

    The clear plastic ring does NOT say CSR.
     
  24. Andreas

    Andreas Senior Member

    Location:
    Frankfurt, Germany

    This was post #32 in this thread. And he speaks about the very same mastering that is now apparently Steve's mastering. There is still something wrong.

    Does the Roger Nichols mastering (the one with the "hole" in the midrange) even exist?
     
  25. Dave

    Dave Esoteric Audio Research Specialist™ Thread Starter

    Location:
    B.C.
    Mine isn't Steve's, definitely Nichols. I wanted to see if anyone thought different. FWIW mine has CSR repeating 3 times in the clear plastic center.
     

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