Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (LP Vinyl) Concord Jazz Broadway Melody Of 1974 (2:11)

Broadway Melody Of 1974 (2:11)

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

making it arguably the more reflective and enduring account of that generation's defining gathering

Sly Stone's Warner years remain one of the most overlooked chapters in his catalog

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

Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy (LP Vinyl) Concord Jazz Broadway Melody Of 1974 (2:11)Recorded 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,