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Walter Becker & Donald Fagen ‎- Catalyst: The Original Recordings 1968-71 (1994) [Bootleg]

Posted By: delpotro
Walter Becker & Donald Fagen ‎- Catalyst: The Original Recordings 1968-71 (1994) [Bootleg]

Walter Becker & Donald Fagen ‎- Catalyst: The Original Recordings 1968-71 (1994)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 459 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 213 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:29:46
Soft Rock, Jazz Rock | Label: The Magnum Music Group

Steely Dan's baby pictures? Sort of–these are studio demos Dan honchos Becker and Fagen made as struggling songwriters in the period before they actually conceptualized the band. Some of them–"Brooklyn," "Barrytown," "Parker's Band," "Charlie Freak," "Any World That I'm Welcome To" and "The Caves of Altamira"–later turned up on Steely Dan albums; here they're presented in bare-bones version (mostly just piano and vocals, with only adequate sound) that while interesting obviously don't have Steely Dan's trademark instrumental sheen. The unfamiliar tracks are uneven (a must to avoid: "The Mock Turtle's Song"), but even the least of them show that Becker and Fagen's writing style was fully formed even at this early stage.

Uploader's Note: "Steely Dan" is listed an artist here only because that is the listing on the release. As of this writing (2018), this is the most complete collection of Becker & Fagen's pre-Steely Dan recordings. Doubtlessly, more will appear once the heirs get their hands on the estate (see: Jerry Garcia - Before the Dead), but who knows how many of us will live that long?
Tracklist:
Disc 1 (41:12)
1. Sun Mountain (02:52)
2. Barrytown (02:42)
3. Take It Out On Me (02:02)
4. The Caves Of Altimara (03:15)
5. Charlie Freak (02:34)
6. You Go Where I Go (02:01)
7. Any World That I'm Welcome To (03:35)
8. A Little With Sugar (03:26)
9. Android Warehouse (02:09)
10. More To Come (02:46)
11. Parker's Band (02:09)
12. Oh Wow It's You Again (02:33)
13. Stone Piano (02:13)
14. Yellow Peril (03:55)
15. Roaring Of The Lamb (03:00)

Disc 2 (47:15)
1. This Seat's Been Taken (02:37)
2. Ida Lee (03:33)
3. Sun Mountain (02:56)
4. Undecided (02:59)
5. A Horse In Town (02:49)
6. Let George Do It (03:00)
7. Old Regime (03:06)
8. Brain Tap Shuffle (02:54)
9. The Mock Turtle's Song (03:35)
10. Soul Ram (02:04)
11. Brooklyn (05:36)
12. Don't Let Me In (04:07)
13. Come Back Baby (04:02)
14. I Can't Function (03:57)

Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 16. June 2018, 19:40

Walter Becker & Donald Fagen / Catalyst (CD1)

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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

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Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

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Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%–tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%


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1 | 0:00.00 | 2:50.07 | 0 | 12756
2 | 2:50.07 | 2:42.38 | 12757 | 24944
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13 | 32:54.07 | 2:16.05 | 148057 | 158261
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Exact Audio Copy V1.3 from 2. September 2016

EAC extraction logfile from 16. June 2018, 20:03

Walter Becker & Donald Fagen / Catalyst (CD2)

Used drive : PBDS CD-ROM DH-48N1S Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

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Gap handling : Appended to previous track

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Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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Thanks to the Original ripper leontrotsky !