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Steely Dan catalog remastered to vinyl from analog source tapes

Alkali Ike

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These SD LPs will be available in two ways: 1) on 33 1/3rpm 180g black vinyl via Geffen/UMe, and 2) on limited edition 45rpm Ultra High-Quality Record (UHQR) vinyl from Analogue Productions.

Here are the key SD LP stats: All albums in this reissue series are being remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes except for 1) September 1977's Aja, which will be mastered from an analog, non-EQ'd, tape copy, and 2) November 1980's Gaucho, which will be sourced from a 1980 analog tape copy originally EQ'd by Bob Ludwig. How come, you ask? According to the label, there is "no evidence the original tapes containing the flat mixes of Aja and Gaucho were delivered to the record label and it's presumed the tapes no longer exist."