pre order expected dec 2024
STEELY DAN
The Royal Scam (limited audiophile vinyl 2xLP box set)
Analogue Productions US
Cat: AUHQR 001345. Rel: 31 Dec 24
Rock
Kid Charlemagne
The Caves Of Altamira
Don't Take Me Alive
Sign In Stranger
The Fez
Green Earrings
Haitian Divorce
Everything You Did
The Royal Scam
Review: Steely Dan's latest reissue campaign spans many classic albums, including their fourth LP Katy Lied, but here we focus on The Royal Scam, their fifth. Once more produced by in-house maestro Gary Katz, and again a grand and sprawling recording project with tens of contributors and credits, the album deals thematically with the loose story of Owsley Stanley, the psychedelic drug kingpin and father of the modern soundsystem. Compared to their previous projects, The Royal Scam was known for its more paranoid and intense sound.