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I've come across Rick Beato before on one of LA session guitarist Tim Pierce's videos. I agree with Rick 110% - Aja is a great album and one of my all time favourites...
Greg S.
Rick is right, it isn't just the players on this record, it was the engineering and producing as well. Everything came together in one of the most incredible albums ever. Gaucho, a few years later is similar and then of course Fagen's solo album The Nightly (though this suffered from the mastering of the first DDD, fully digitally recorded album). Fagen apparently hates it.
I love the bands and musicians of the '70's. The alignment between musicians, A&R guys and record companies, and the record-buying public was amazing and the quality of musicianship, writing and playing during those years in 'Pop' music might not ever be surpassed.
Led Zeppelin, The Doobie Bros, The Eagles, Steely Dan, The Carpenters, Stevie Wonder, Bowie, Chicago, Rush, The Bee Gees, The Crusaders, Paul Simon, Floyd, Queen... we can all keep adding to this..