Steely Dan ‎– Aja

Label:  ABC Records ‎– AA 1006
Format:  Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold; Santa Maria Pressing
Country: US
Released: 1977
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Jazz-Rock, Classic Rock

Tracklist Credits
A1 Black Cow
Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Rebecca Louis, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Clavinet – Joe Sample
Drums – Paul Humphrey
Electric Piano – Victor Feldman
Guitar – Larry Carlton
Lead Vocals, Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
Tenor Saxophone – Tom Scott  5:07
A2 Aja
Backing Vocals – Timothy B. Schmit
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Steve Gadd
Electric Piano – Joe Sample
Guitar – Denny Dias, Larry Carlton, Walter Becker
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
Percussion – Victor Feldman
Piano – Michael Omartian
Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter  7:56
A3 Deacon Blues
Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields
Bass – Walter Becker
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Electric Piano – Victor Feldman
Guitar – Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour
Lead Vocals, Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
Tenor Saxophone – Pete Christlieb  7:26
B1 Peg
Backing Vocals – Michael McDonald, Paul Griffin
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Clavinet – Don Grolnick
Drums – Rick Marotta
Electric Piano – Paul Griffin
Guitar – Steve Khan
Guitar [Solo] – Jay Graydon
Lead Vocals – Donald Fagen
Lyricon – Tom Scott
Percussion – Gary Coleman, Victor Feldman  3:58
B2 Home At Last
Backing Vocals – Timothy B. Schmit
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Bernard Purdie
Guitar – Larry Carlton
Guitar [Solo] – Walter Becker
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
Piano, Vibraphone – Victor Feldman  5:31
B3 I Got The News
Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Michael McDonald, Rebecca Louis, Sherlie Matthews, Venetta Fields
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums – Ed Greene (2)
Guitar – Dean Parks
Guitar [Solo] – Larry Carlton, Walter Becker
Lead Vocals, Synthesizer – Donald Fagen
Piano, Vibraphone, Percussion – Victor Feldman  5:03
B4 Josie
Backing Vocals – Timothy B. Schmit
Bass – Chuck Rainey
Drums, Percussion – Jim Keltner
Electric Piano – Victor Feldman
Guitar – Dean Parks, Larry Carlton
Guitar [Solo] – Walter Becker
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer – Donald Fagen  4:30

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – ABC Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – ABC Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Published By – ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc.
Recorded At – The Village Recorder
Recorded At – Producers Workshop
Recorded At – Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Recorded At – ABC Recording Studios
Recorded At – Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Mastered At – A&M Studios

Credits
Arranged By [Horns] – Tom Scott
Engineer – Al Schmitt, Bill Schnee, Elliot Scheiner, Roger Nichols
Engineer [Assistant] – Ed Rack, Joe Bellamy, Ken Klinger, Lenise Bent, Linda Tyler, Ron Pangaliman
Engineer [Executive] – Roger Nichols
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Producer – Gary Katz
Sleeve Notes – Michael Phalen, Steve Diener
Written-By – Donald Fagen, Walter Becker

Notes
1st pressings have the AB-1006 matrix and came in a glossy gatefold sleeve with a glossy card lyric inner sleeve.

The AB was an ABC label price-code, and approximately two weeks after the release of the album the price was raised $1.00 and subsequent pressings were AA-1006.