Product Description
Rare Actual 1976 Japanese First Pressing Still In Top Condition & Complete With Highly Collectable Obi Strip! Includes Inner Sleeve With Lyrics In English & 4-Page Insert With Lyrics & Notes In Japanese. The Fifth Steely Dan Album, ‘The Royal Scam’ Features “Kid Charlemagne”, “Sign In Stranger”, “The Fez” & More!
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. No wonder all the original Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records were pressed in Japan! The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper too. Near Mint condition Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT! Obi has small tear repair.
Side 1:
Kid Charlemagne
The Caves Of Altamira
Don’t Take Me Alive
Sign In Stranger
The Fez
Side 2:
Green Earrings
Haitian Divorce
Everything You Did
The Royal Scam
AMG –
The best songs on The Royal Scam, like the sneering "Kid Charlemagne" and "Sign in Stranger," rank as genuine Steely Dan classics. The Royal Scam is the first Steely Dan record that doesn't exhibit significant musical progress from its predecessor, but that doesn't mean the album is any less interesting. The cynicism that was suppressed on Katy Lied comes roaring to the surface on The Royal Scam -- not only are the lyrics bitter and snide, but the music is terse, broken, and weary. Alternating between mean-spirited bluesy vamps like "Green Earrings" and "The Fez" and jazzy soft rock numbers like "The Caves of Altamira," there's nothing particularly bad on the album, yet there are fewer standouts than before. Nevertheless, the best songs on The Royal Scam, like the sneering "Kid Charlemagne" and "Sign in Stranger," rank as genuine Steely Dan classics.