Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (LP Vinyl) Concord Jazz trading the distorted punch of

trading the distorted punch of Dookie and Insomniac for acoustic strumming

Stay Hungry (4:29)

*Countdown to Ecstasy* marked the moment Becker and Fagen fully committed to the studio as their instrument

limited to the Reprise catalog and covering the years 1969 to 1992

I Know I'm Not Wrong (11/3/78 Version) (3:05)

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (LP Vinyl) Concord Jazz trading the distorted punch ofRecorded in 1973 with a rotating cast of session players that would become the band's signature approach, *Countdown to Ecstasy* marked the moment Becker and Fagen fully committed to the studio as their instrument. Looser and more guitar forward than what came later, it captures a band still willing to stretch out, with "King of the World" and "Bodhisattva" hinting at the jazz inflected perfectionism that would define their later work. At long last,