THE LOST GAUCHO
by STEELY DAN
Compact Disc
WKMCD046
Label: WICKER MAN
RARITIES BROADCAST FROM THE PROMOTIONAL TOUR
The seventh studio album by Steely Dan, released November 21, 1980, by MCA Records, proved to be the Dan's final studio album
before a 20-year hiatus from the recording industry.
• The sessions for Gaucho represent the band's typical penchant for studio perfectionism and obsessive recording technique. To record
the album, the duo used at least 42 different musicians, spent over a year in the studio, and far exceeded the original monetary
advance given by the record label. In 1982, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording and
received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
• During the two-year span in which the album was recorded, the band was plagued by a number of creative, personal and professional
problems. MCA, Warner Bros. and Steely Dan had a three-way legal battle over the rights to release the album. After it was released,
jazz musician Keith Jarrett was given a co-writing credit on the title track after threatening legal action over plagiarism of Jarrett's song
‘Long As You Know You're Living Yours’. Gaucho marked a significant stylistic change for the band, introducing a more minimal,
groove- and atmosphere-based format. The harmonically complex chord changes that were a distinctive mark of earlier Steely Dan
songs are less prominent on Gaucho, with the record's songs tending to revolve around a single rhythm or mood, although complex
chord progressions were still present.
• During early sessions for the album, a number of alternatives takes and complete songs that were never included on the final record
were put onto tape. While promoting the album, Becker and Fagen chose to broadcast a number of these cuts on live radio shows.
These takes and songs now feature on this new CD for the first time
1 Kind Spirit 3:57
2 Were You Blind That Day 4:48
3 The Bear 5:13
4 The Second Arrangement 5:29
5 Talkin’ About My Home 4:40
6 Time Out Of Mind 4:25
7 Kulee Baba 4:50
8 Gaucho 5:35
9 Babylon Sisters 5:57
10 Glamour Profession 7:54
11 My Rival 4:20
12 I Can’t Write Home About You 4:19
13 The Second Arrangement (Version 2) 5:02
14 Gaucho (Version 2) 5:27
