Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic

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Label:	ABC Records – ABCD-808
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold
Country:	US
Released:	1974
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1	Rikki Don't Lose That Number	4:30
A2	Night By Night	3:36
A3	Any Major Dude Will Tell You	3:05
A4	Barrytown	3:17
A5	East St. Louis Toodle-oo Written-By – Duke Ellington	2:45
B1	Parker's Band	2:36
B2	Through With Buzz	1:30
B3	Pretzel Logic	4:28
B4	With A Gun	2:15
B5	Charlie Freak	2:41
B6	Monkey In Your Soul	2:31

Companies, etc.

Engineered At – The Village Recorder
Overdubbed At – Cherokee Studios
Mixed At – Cherokee Studios
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright © – ABC Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Published By – American Broadcasting Music, Inc.
Published By – Red Giant Music, Inc.
Published By – Mills Music, Inc.

Credits

Art Direction, Photography By [Inside Photo] – Ed Caraeff
Design – David Larkham
Engineer – Roger (The Immortal) Nichols*
Lacquer Cut By – Az*
Management [Personal] – Kudo III
Orchestrated By – Jimmie Haskell
Other [Security] – Karen Stanley
Performer [Special Thanks] – Wilton Felder
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Raenne Rubenstein*
Producer – Gary Katz
Songwriter [All Songs By] – Walter Becker (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B6)

Notes

"T" etched in runouts denotes Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute, pressing. Remainder of runouts mostly etched, plating IDs may be stamped.

Issued in gatefold jacket. Some copies with LP pocket in front gatefold.

There are two different labels both came out the same year.
1st pressing: Black ABC label (this entry)
2nd pressing: Multi-colored concentric circles ABC label (Pretzel Logic)

Fuzz box — Courtesy of Valley Sound
Tim Schmit — Courtesy of Epic Records
Engineered at the Village Recorder, West Los Angeles. Overdub and mixdown at Cherokee Sound, Chatsworth, Calif.

℗1974, ABC Records, Inc.
©1974, ABC Records, Inc.

Track publishers:
A1 to A3, B2 to B4, B6: American Broadcasting Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
A4, B1, B5: American Broadcasting Music, Inc./Red Giant Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
A5: Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Special thanks to Michael Omartian, Jim Gordon, Jeff Porcaro, David Paich, Chuck Rainey, Ben Benay, Dean Parks, Tim Schmit, Victor Feldman, Plas Johnson, Ollie Mitchell, Jerome Richardson, Lew McCreary, Ernie Watts, Wilton Felder, Tubby, Bruce, Dee, etc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (In runout): T
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ABCD-808-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ABCD-808-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): ABCD 808-A RE2 Az T
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): ABCD 808-B RE2 Az T
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): ABCD 808-A RE 2-1 Az A7 T \
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): ABCD 808-B RE 2-2 Az C7 T \
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): ABCD 808-A RE2-2 Az A5 T \
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): ABCD 808-B RE 2-2 Az C7 T \
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 4): T \ ABCD 808-A RE2-2 Az
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 4): T \ ABCD 808-B RE2-1 Az
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 5): T1 ABCD 808-A RE2-2 Az A8
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 5): T1 ABCD 808-B RE2-1 Az A7
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 6): T1 ABCD 808-A RE2-2 Az D
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 6): T1 ABCD 808-B RE2-1 Az C4

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Pretzel Logic (LP, Album, Reissue, Black Label, Gatefold)	ABC Records	ABCL 5045, ABCX 808	UK	1974
Recently Edited	Pretzel Logic (LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing, Gatefold)	ABC Records	ABCD-808	US	1974
Recently Edited	Pretzel Logic (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Probe	SPBA 6282, 0C 064 ◦ 95272	UK	1974
Recently Edited	Pretzel Logic (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Probe	1C 062-95 272		1974
Recently Edited	Pretzel Logic (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Santa Maria Pressing)	Command Quadraphonic	CQD-40015	US	1974