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Mp3s: Steely Dan last week in Boston; Lennon, Wilson, T. Van Zandt, Manuel, Danko

9:40 AM Thu, Jul 30, 2009 |
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SDjuly22Frs.jpgSteely Dan - Boston 2009: Live at the Wang Center, Boston, MA, July 22, 2009. Very good audience recording.

Fans who have been following Steely Dan's current Rent Party tour were in for a treat during their Boston gig on July 22.

While these shows have been dedicated to set lists consisting of individual albums, the July 22 gig not only featured their best-selling Aja album (1977) but also the previous The Royal Scam (1976) which the Dan duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker dubbed "the most hideous album cover of the 70s, bar none (excepting perhaps Can't Buy A Thrill)." It featured a man sleeping on a park bench with skyscrapers behind him morphing into monsters.

What's interesting is that this gig featured the best of both worlds for Dan fans. Those who love the duo for their jazz roots got it all in Aja while those who never converted from the Dan's rock beginnings were blasted by The Royal Scam, the Dan album which featured the most prominent guitar work.

The Aja tracks are available now, the rest tomorrow. "Deacon Blues" still sounds wonderful.

Reviews of this show from the Globe (A royal treat from a lively Steely Dan) and Herald (Steely Dan's 'Aja' moment is well worth the wait).

Bonus: BigO, which hosts these tracks, is offering a series of live gigs by dead rockers. So far...

JOHN LENNON: Listen To This...
DENNIS WILSON: Rarities
TOWNES VAN ZANDT: Unknown Studio Sessions
RICHARD MANUEL (1943-1986) The Getaway 1985
RICK DANKO (1942-1999) The Roxy 1978

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