The Royal Scam

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Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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A1Kid Charlemagne
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
producer:
Gary Katz
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
guitar:
Walter Becker and Larry Carlton
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard:
Donald Fagen, Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) and Don Grolnick
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Plas Johnson and John Klemmer
solo guitar:
Larry Carlton
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
background vocals:
Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews (US vocalist) and Michael McDonald (R&B & soul singer)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
vocals:
Donald Fagen
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1976) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1976)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Kid Charlemagne
lyricist and composer:
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1976) and Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976)
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A2The Caves of Altamira
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
guitar:
Walter Becker, Larry Carlton, Denny Dias and Elliott Randall
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard:
Donald Fagen and Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist) and Plas Johnson
solo tenor saxophone:
John Klemmer
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Caves of Altamira
writer:
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
publisher:
American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (in 1976), Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976) and Red Giant Inc. (in 1976)
3:31
A3Don’t Take Me Alive
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
producer:
Gary Katz
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
guitar:
Walter Becker and Larry Carlton
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard:
Donald Fagen and Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Plas Johnson and John Klemmer
solo guitar:
Larry Carlton
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1976)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Don’t Take Me Alive
writer:
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1976) and Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976)
44:13
A4Sign In Stranger
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
guitar:
Walter Becker and Elliott Randall
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard, background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Plas Johnson and John Klemmer
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ABC Records, Inc (in 1976)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Sign In Stranger
lyricist and composer:
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
publisher:
ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1976) and Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976)
4:21
A5The Fez
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
producer:
Gary Katz
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
guitar and solo guitar:
Walter Becker
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard:
Donald Fagen and Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Plas Johnson and John Klemmer
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990), ABC Records, Inc (in 1976), MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1976) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1976)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Fez
writer:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), MCA–Duchess Music Corp, ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1976), Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976) and ELDG Music, Inc. (in 1976)
3:53
B1Green Earrings
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
producer:
Gary Katz
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
guitar:
Walter Becker, Denny Dias and Elliott Randall
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard:
Donald Fagen and Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Plas Johnson and John Klemmer
solo guitar:
Denny Dias and Elliott Randall
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ABC Records, Inc (in 1976)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Green Earrings
lyricist and composer:
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
publisher:
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1976) and Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976)
24:06
B2Haitian Divorce
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
producer:
Gary Katz
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
guitar:
Walter Becker and Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard:
Donald Fagen and Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Plas Johnson and John Klemmer
solo guitar:
Dean Parks (American session guitarist)
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
ABC Records, Inc (in 1976), MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1976) and UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1976)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Haitian Divorce
writer:
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd., MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group), ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1976) and Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976)
3.655:46
B3Everything You Did
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Rick Marotta (US drummer/percussionist)
guitar:
Walter Becker and Larry Carlton
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard:
Donald Fagen and Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Plas Johnson and John Klemmer
solo guitar:
Larry Carlton
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Everything You Did
writer:
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
publisher:
ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1976) and Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976)
23:56
B4The Royal Scam
engineer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Elliot Scheiner
mixer:
Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) and Barney Perkins
bass:
Walter Becker and Chuck Rainey (American bassist)
drums (drum set):
Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
guitar:
Walter Becker and Larry Carlton
horn:
Bob Findley and Dick Hyde
keyboard:
Donald Fagen and Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician)
percussion:
Gary Coleman (US percussionist)
saxophone:
Jim Horn (saxophonist, hornist, flutist and oboist), Plas Johnson and John Klemmer
solo guitar:
Larry Carlton
trombone:
Dick Hyde
trumpet:
Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Donald Fagen
horn arranger:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Chuck Findley (trumpet, trombone, horn player)
engineered at:
A&R Studios (third studio, 322 West 48th Street, closed in 1989) in New York, New York, United States and ABC Studios (recording studio associated with ABC Records, active circa 1970s) in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
The Royal Scam
writer:
Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
publisher:
Universal Duchess Music Corp., Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1976) and Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1976)
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