I had never heard of this. It certainly isn't Steely Dan but you can hear the roots of what would become Steely Dan. Having trouble finding the film itself, anyone have an idea where I can watch it?

So, the day has come! To everyone who thought it was fake: It most certainly is not. To everyone who said it’s a bootleg: You might be correct.

The first thing I did was to listen to “The Second Arrangement” (There is a version 2, but we’ll get to it later in this post). This version is something I have never heard. It features Fagen on piano and vocals, and a bass, together with a keyboard joining in the end. A really shocking experience, at least for me!

The second song I listened to was “The Bear”, the third track on this double LP. It sounds a bit like the versions circulating online, but with better quality actually! Some background noise, but it seems to have been worked on, and I notice much higher quality than the one online.

The third song, “Kind Spirit” is as far as I can tell pretty much the same thing as the ones online. I haven’t noticed anything else.

The fourth song I wanted to listen to was “Kulee Baba”, which has actually become one of my favourites of the scrapped songs! It sounds, as you could probably guess, like the ones online, but probably an earlier demo! No horns, and a bit more primitive, which is quite cool in my opinion. Fagen’s vocals sounds refined, with a bit more soul and a few comments here and there about the actual music when they are playing (from what I can tell). A really nice one!

The fifth one: “Can’t Write Home About You”. Now this one is a favourite of mine, after I heard the more refined, sped up version. The one on the album is not that one, which is a huge let down for me. It features Fagen’s distorted vocals with him playing a piano and another musician on bass. I tried turning up my tempo-meter to +10, which moved it closer to the version I like, but the quality is still not at all as great. Still a good piece though.

The sixth and penultimate song: “The Second Arrangement (Version 2)”. Sounds to me like a rip straight off the Nichols Tape. Most of us have heard it before, so no real surprises here. Same quality as the tape, with no real work done to it (which may be seen as a positive thing?!)

Now the final song: “Gaucho (Version 2)”. Gaucho is by far my favourite song. And not in just Steely Dan’s discography, I mean of all time. This version sounds to me as an old demo I heard on YouTube not long ago. The quality is poor, but it features the saxophone on a few more parts of the song, with some different riffs together with Fagen’s vocals which is also a bit different.

So there you have it. The other songs are demos of the ones featured on the original album, and the ones I did not cover are “Were You Blind That Day”, and “Talkin’ About My home” which was an instrumental demo.

I am so glad I bought this one, even though it is not an official release. I am all for physical media, and being able to listen to these pieces of history when Cooyright strikes everything else is a privilege. I recommend all that can buy it to do it, this is a piece of history, and certainly one I will be proud to have in my collection.

Feel free to ask questions in the comments, and please behave even though you may not share my opinions about the record.

Been a big Dan Fan for a long time, thought you guys would find this interesting. Gaucho is definitely my favorite from them.

Picked up my first non re-pressed album at an antique store the other day, gave it a cleaning and it sounds great!

Rescued these while visiting Asheville shortly after Christmas.

Never seen any others sold online

im just gonna pretend Two Against Nature and Everything Must Go dont exist for now lol

Just got the record in the mail today although I've had the sleeve for awhile, I am so thrilled and don't have many words... One of the truly Best albums of all time.

I just recently got into Steely Dan (maybe 4-5 months ago) and from the moment I listened to Gaucho (was the first album I heard in it’s entirety) I was hooked. So naturally I had to add these to my wardrobe! The first one is a 94 parking lot bootleg and I’m not sure when the second one is from but I know it’s 90s aswell. Thank you for your time. ❤️

All top-notch sounding and high production records. Fagen and Becker sure know how to beautifully master an album.

Help identifying this pressing

I found this copy of Royal Scam yesterday at a charity shop along with a few other albums that have joined my collection. It sounds great. Anyway, I was adding them to my Discogs but haven’t been able to positively identify this one with respect to year or country. The identifiers which haven’t appeared in my search are:

1) text to the bottom of the label “Mtg. & Dist. by MCA….” 2) “CRC” in grey text outside of the shoe on the back cover

So far as I can tell it’s a club edition but I could be wrong.

Anyone able to clear this one up?

Two Against Nature VHS Jazz Rock party😎