Donald Fagen - The Nightfly - Original US LP Mastered By Robert Ludwig (pbthal rip)
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly - Original US LP Mastered By Robert Ludwig (pbthal rip)
Original rip 24-bit/192kHz > redbook | Flac | thumbnail, orginal pbthal txtfile | 283mb
Original rip 24-bit/192kHz > redbook | Flac | thumbnail, orginal pbthal txtfile | 283mb
Donald Fagen's 1982 solo debut extends the sleek, smart pop craft of his work with Steely Dan into the realm of the concept album, taking the Dan's penchant for intricate plotting, evocative narrative voices, and allusive imagery to the logical next step. Fagen's connective thread is futurist nostalgia for the "New Frontier" as anticipated from the prosperous vantage point of late-'50s America. He romanticizes a brave new world of technology in the sultry diorama of "I.G.Y.," celebrating the coming glories of the Atomic Age. He then filters that view through his own suburban adolescence–a would-be seduction in a fallout shelter, the siren song of a graveyard-shift jazz DJ, a not-quite-hard-boiled noir adventure ("The Goodbye Look") that borrows its title from an early '60s Ross MacDonald mystery. Song for song, the set's a stunner and stands apart from Steely Dan thanks to a unique, poignant romanticism embodied in Fagen's yearning "Maxine" and a creamy update of Dion & the Belmonts' "Ruby Baby." –Sam Sutherland
Artist: Donald Fagen
Album: The Nightfly
Release Info: Original US LP Mastered By Robert Ludwig
Year Of Release: 1982 - Year of needledrop: 2009
Needledrop by: pbthal [compliments of our friends at P's:]
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{Tracklisting}
A1 I.G.Y. (6:05)
A2 Green Flower Street (3:40)
A3 Ruby Baby (5:38)
A4 Maxine (3:50)
B1 New Frontier (6:23)
B2 The Nightfly (5:50)
B3 The Goodbye Look (4:47)
B4 Walk Between Raindrops (2:38)
{Technical Details}
Turntable: VPI Scoutmaster Signature Plus
Cartridge: Audio-Technica AT33PTG
Preamp: Pro-Ject Tubebox
Interconnects: Blue Jean Cables
Soundcard: E-MU 0202 USB
Signal Chain: Turntable > Phono Preamp > Soundcard
Click Repair
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http://rapidshare.com/files/265132535/pbnightrip.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/265133524/pbnightrip.part3.rar