Steely Dan: Gaucho (Vinyl LP)

At long last: the classic Steely Dan catalogue is back on vinyl. Led by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan released 7 albums from 1972-1980. The vinyl series continues with Gaucho, the band’s 1980 album featuring “Hey Nineteen” and “Time Out Of Mind”, featuring Mark Knopfler on guitar.

The LP has been remastered by Bernie Grundman sourced from a 1980 analog tape copy originally EQ’d by Bob Ludwig.

Gaucho thus becomes the latest in a high-res vinyl sequence that began in November last year with Steely Dan’s 1972 debut album Can’t Buy A Thrill and continued with Countdown To Ecstasy (1973), Pretzel Logic (1974), and, on September 29, the multi-platinum 1977 set Aja.