While in England in 1992 i found a tape called Steely Dan Spotlight. It had demos i never heard.This song, Brain tap shuffle, mock turtle, a demo of Brooklyn( i loved), and it also had some songs from Pretzel logic ,and a few others i forgot.i lost that tape ,but wouldn't be able to listen to it anyhow with no cassette player.. Steely Dan. My favorite band by far, forever!
Thanks for the alternate take, saltspicious. I know I’ve heard a similar take that sounds very close to this one, but with a very different sounding guitar solo in the mid-section of the song. As I tell you that, I can’t seem to locate exactly where I recall hearing it...perhaps a bootleg or one of the many “demo compilations” on SD’s UA-cam page...but yours is definitely NOT from “The Old Regime” or “Before Steely Dan.” Your version is much more stripped down and less polished than those on the demo compilations I just mentioned... Either way, thanks for this one. So cool to hear yet ANOTHER version of it! Hope you don’t mind a share to a FB Group I belong to? Perhaps I can get you some views?
Its the same take, with the intro chord intact, just without the guitar overdub at the beginning and the transfer is running a little slow. There was something going on with the guitar track on the original as there a weird tinny artifact at the word "again" on the original however it is present on both tracks right before the guitar solo.
What’s the story behind this song? Is it pre-Steely Dan? Or something recorded during the sessions for one of the early Steely Dan albums-a song that didn’t make the cut? Good tune.
Cleaner vocals and an all around cleaner track. Don't Let Me In has always been a fantastic WB/DF demo. Thanks for sharing.
Never heard the piano chord at the beginning. Definitely sets the mood.
While in England in 1992 i found a tape called Steely Dan Spotlight. It had demos i never heard.This song, Brain tap shuffle, mock turtle, a demo of Brooklyn( i loved), and it also had some songs from Pretzel logic ,and a few others i forgot.i lost that tape ,but wouldn't be able to listen to it anyhow with no cassette player.. Steely Dan. My favorite band by far, forever!
Wow thanks! Such a great version and quality! ✨🙏😯😻
Thanks for sharing this
Wish Donald would allow these to be properly mastered & released. Really enjoy the old demo's.
Thanks for that share
Thanks for the alternate take, saltspicious. I know I’ve heard a similar take that sounds very close to this one, but with a very different sounding guitar solo in the mid-section of the song. As I tell you that, I can’t seem to locate exactly where I recall hearing it...perhaps a bootleg or one of the many “demo compilations” on SD’s UA-cam page...but yours is definitely NOT from “The Old Regime” or “Before Steely Dan.” Your version is much more stripped down and less polished than those on the demo compilations I just mentioned...
Either way, thanks for this one. So cool to hear yet ANOTHER version of it!
Hope you don’t mind a share to a FB Group I belong to?
Perhaps I can get you some views?
Always love seeing your comments! Do you have a link to this FB group?
Likely Sneaker- handshake records around 1980?
A great horn section to complement this great song would be nice....just saying Mr Fagan. 😎🤘🏼
Its the same take, with the intro chord intact, just without the guitar overdub at the beginning and the transfer is running a little slow.
There was something going on with the guitar track on the original as there a weird tinny artifact at the word "again" on the original however it is present on both tracks right before the guitar solo.
What’s the story behind this song? Is it pre-Steely Dan? Or something recorded during the sessions for one of the early Steely Dan albums-a song that didn’t make the cut? Good tune.
I think this is pre-Dan when Donald and Walter were recording demos with Kenny Vance.
How old is Walter in that photo? He looks so young. Do you know anything about the other musicians playing on this track?
probably 19 or 20
maybe even 18
don sounds cute here
The first second sounds like The Boston Rag
thought the same :)
Sounds like Laura Nyro with a touch of Burt Bacharach and some r & b.