Steely Dan
Katy Lied Outtakes
Rehearsal Session
S.I.R. Studios, West Hollywood, California
1974

Shared the DAT safety copy a few years ago.
This is an upgrade

01. Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More
02. Chain Lightning
03. Black Friday
04. Rose Darling
05. Throw Back the Little Ones
06. Doctor Wu
07. Gold Teeth # 2
[24:46]

Source:

My tape copy: Trade R2R > TEAC 4070G @ 7 1/2 ips (mid 1976)

Transfer (2016): Revox B77 > Korg mr2000-s @ 1 bit 5.6 MHz DSDIFF

Mastering: AudioGate (24-96) > iZotope RX4 advanced/Har-Bal 3.0/Adobe Audition 3.0 > TLH (flac level 8)
Song information embedded with Stamp ID3 tag editor


A customer brought this tape into the record store where I worked back in 1976 (the Slipped Disc).
Copied this with my Teac 4070G 1/4 track R2R @ 7 1/2 ips using a new TDK Audua L-1800 tape.
I think our friend had a Teac deck also.

The one technical flaw is that this seems to have been recorded over previously recorded tape that had not been properly degaussed.
Something can be heard in the background at the beginning and end of the last 2 songs.
It is way down in the noise floor but can be heard in the headphones.
Some volume adjustments reduced the interference even further.
You may not even notice it unless you are listening for it.

*****

Shared the first version of these outtakes 3 years ago.
My Revox was not working correctly so that was sourced from a DAT backup tape.
Now that the Revox is in top form again this is a new transfer direct from my Reel to Reel tape skipping the DAT generation.
A little shorter this time due to additional "dead air" between tracks being removed.
Right off you will notice the hum is not there anymore!

By the way, the bootleg LP version is also from my tape.
Here is the story behind that one.
Used to have a "live tape day" on Thursdays at the Slipped Disc.
A record store where I worked from 1976 to 1987.
Anyone was welcomed to bring a deck and patch in.
It was a big party with beers and whatnot every week.
A certain person I knew showed up the day I shared these outtakes and got a copy.
He made a copy for a friend who then sold a copy to the bootlegger �cause I wouldn't.
All those copies were done on cheaper cassette decks but it still sounded nice.
Released by a friend of ours (Vicky Vinyl) and would you believe they used our Record Store name for the label!
Damn!
Yes, our record store did get busted but we had nothing to do with manufacturing these things.
I was adamant and wouldn't sell these recordings to the bootleggers who I actually knew pretty well.
Didn't matter after our store name became an underground "label".
We got off with a minor scare but the FBI is nobody you want to deal with.
Bummer was we couldn't stock bootlegs anymore after that.

I scanned the LP and cover for that "Bent Over Backwards" LP which of course I got right away.
Got copies of every bootleg we would carry as I was the one designated to screen them and order the good ones.
The cover slip had to be stitched together and I apologize for that as scanners are too small for LPs.
Story over.

For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use.

Enjoy
-M- (June 2016)
FLYING M PRODUCTIONS

FAN RECORDINGS FOR COLLECTORS
TRADE FREELY BUT PLEASE DO NOT SELL

Dedicated to Kevin Webber, my best friend and somewhat of a boss for over ten years at the Slipped Disc Records in Panorama City.
It was one of Kevin's friends that brought me this tape.
Rest in Peace my brother

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