There's not too many tours of ANY artist where the soundboard recordings outnumber the audience recordings. The 1974 Steely Dan tour is the exception where there are several soundboards recordings available, but very few audience recordings.

Here's a pretty decent sounding audience recording that I haven't see circulate much. I actually had two versions of this show and this one is the longer and better-sounding of the two. Check the sample and a few more SD shows on the way.

***** 44 khz / 16 bit version ***** (CD Version)

Steely Dan
April 18, 1974 (1974-04-18)
Orpheum Theater
Boston, Massechusetts
USA

01.[02:57] intro > tune-up
02.[05:44] Bodhisattva
03.[07:52] Boston Rag
04.[09:41] Do It Again
05.[04:04] Any Major Dude
06.[06:08] King of the World
07.[04:52] Rikki, Don't Lose That Number
08.[03:22] Dirty Work
09.[06:11] Pretzel Logic
10.[05:50] My Old School
11.[04:47] Instrumental > Reeling In the Years // fade

Total 1:01:28

Lineage: ? > cassette trade circa 1998
Transfer: Maranz PMD-300CP > Zoom Hn4 (96/24) > Wavelab (tracking and tweaking) > Flac (level 8) > you !

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