I was sitting in my car listening to this on that Sun. night in March 1974 with a bunch of friends, the mighty MET! I have it on an 8 track tape recorded off the radio, it's a damn relic! This is great, it sounds great. We grew up in the San Fernando Valley and 50 years ago I began my affair with SD, for me, it's personal. Fun story, I had just spent the previous weekend listening to these guys play at the Sopwith Camel in Glendale, CA. both Fri. and Sat. nights, 2 sets each night. My High School friend turned us on to the gig, he had been hired to play drums for them, the great Jeff Porcaro. My fantasy and his, I think, came true. I got to meet and hang out with my favorite band for the weekend, my weekend with SD, Almost Famous? What a couple of weeks. Just listen to Jeff, 19, he was just playing in the gym for us to marvel at and here he is. I know that big crash cymbal, it had big split, his dad gave it to him. And then the Santa Monica Civic in July. HA! And Katy Lied.

@djbelc01

Жыл бұрын

This is wonderful. And Jeff Porcaro is certainly my favorite drummer, his touch and dynamics were something else!

@andyinoregon

Жыл бұрын

When my wife and I attended our first Steely Dan concert at the U. of Toledo in April 1974, the one band member we had seen before was your buddy Jeff Porcaro -- drumming for Sonny & Cher at a March 19, 1972 concert in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He was still just 17 years old at the time. Two years later we were thrilled to recognize Jeff tandem drumming alongside Steely Dan's Jim Hodder. He was so good on that "Pretzel Logic" tour that Becker & Fagen made him the session drummer on their next album, "Katy Lied." I've yet to hear from another fan who saw Jeff in concert with both Sonny & Cher and Steely Dan.

@gtripmusic2906

8 ай бұрын

Do you still have that 8-track?

i had a tape of this when i was painting houses. a warm summer day, this blasting out of a boom box, me and my crew painting walls

It was a great gig. I worked for The Dan in those days. We were really rushed, and the studio was Cramped. Great! Great memories !

I lived in Los Angeles in the 1990s when KMET became KTWV ("The Wave", a garbage light-sounds station), but I was a newbie Angeleno and I didn't realize what we were losing. All these great shows…thankfully many survive now.

Listening to this makes the case that Steely Dan was one of the best live bands on the planet in 1974. Even without a horn section or female backing vocalists the songs are so memorable. Skunk's pedal steel playing is just sublime! I remember well the image at 30:10 here from the concert my wife and I saw in Toledo. During the instrumental outro to the song "Pretzel Logic," Donald Fagen left his piano and stood center-stage to conduct the band like a symphony maestro.

Just too good. During most of the 70's my musical existence pretty much consisted of passing time between new Steely Dan and Yes albums.

Thank you Mr. Belcher for your effort in providing all the future generations with some great quality homework material for karaoke night, We still remember.

STEELY DAN GENIUSZ GENIUSZ GENIUSZ nad GENIUSZAMI KOSMOS KOCHANI na zawsze dziękuję BARDZO

Wow, look at Skunk Baxter Awesome guitarist!!

This is just over-the-top amazing. And Michael McDonald’s singing on King of the World and Pretzel Logic sounds so good.

Oh man, thank you for sharing this! So great! A wonderful headphone musical adventure for sure…. So enjoying this!

Always the best Dan!

The sound is so much better than the official release that I'm stunned! Why on earth would their release not be polished up a great deal more?? Thank you! This is amazing. ♥

@djbelc01

8 ай бұрын

This concert actually hasn't been "officially" released. There are CD releases of it, but those aren't officially authorized by the band, hence the sound quality on those not being quite up to par.

@steelyman08

8 ай бұрын

@@djbelc01 Even the ones that were recently posted on their official YT site? I'm not particularly up on their live shows over the years. Their official site on YT put up one series of really poor quality versions and, more recently, some slightly better ones. I was hoping that might actually be legit, but I trust your word on it. So there's only “Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live!”, and "The Nightfly Live" that are official? Well, that explains why your effort is far better than the ones they uploaded on their YT site. And thanks for clarifying the "official" status. I will say that your work on the sound is brilliant. It sounds very close to official! That's the one I turn to when I'm in the mood. Take care 🙂

Thanks Dan. Never miss a live SD opportunity. Saw them live in KS, Starlight Theatre 2017.

@reneeruhmann1055

Жыл бұрын

With Steve Winwood as an opener. One of the best concerts ever!

@andywebb2778

Жыл бұрын

Just thinking, it could have been Becker's last, certainly one of his last performances . He passed in September 2017.

Thank you for posting this gem Dan. You are a Prince!

❤”This All Too Mobile Home”!!

Michael McDonald was 22 years old here. 22. 😳

@gtripmusic2906

8 ай бұрын

It weird hearing him sing a trippy song like "King of the World"

@hexodus00

4 ай бұрын

Royce Jones and Jeff Porcaro were 20.

Stunning! Thank you 'Dan the Man'!

Thank You for Posting this... Great to hear this.. top of their game.

Thanks for sharing

Yeah … love this! Thx❤

38:34. Just amazing…

Indeed, THANK YOU! I don’t know if am among a small minority or a majority who enjoyed McDonald’s Steely Dan work (same with Skunk’s) far more with their subsequent work with the Doobies. One man’s opinion.

"...the Jacuzzi room..." was real. The Record Plant had an indoor Jacuzzi. There are stories...

The Rotoscope Down bootleg, same studio, one year earlier, with a small band.

The vocal harmonies on Rikki are sublime!!! Walter's bass should be just a tad louder, I can barely make out what he's playing half of the time.

2:50

Is Donald Fagen playing an ARP Pro Soloist in this or another synth?

@wingnoit

Ай бұрын

And is that him shredding the solo on Do it Again?! Wild stuff

Big request: Can you upload this in FLAC format? I would be MOST grateful!

@micktrammel441

Жыл бұрын

Forgive me for not saying THANKS first!!!

@djbelc01

Жыл бұрын

Shoot me an email at djbelc01@gmail.com and I'll send you a link.

This is so amazing, I can hardly stand it 😂

Thank you.