Steely Dan - Ladies Night (Instrumental) 1980

[123catbox]

This is King Snake by Gap Mangione, not a lost Gaucho session. It's from the Suite Lady album. It's a Larry Carlton production featuring Larry on guitars, Jeff Porcaro on drums, Mike Porcaro on bass, Joe Porcaro on percussion, Greg Mathieson on Fender Rhodes and Gap on the piano solo. And the strings are real. Good grief, people, get your facts straight.

[TheAvisomedia]

CLASSIC SOUND! This is an awesome rare find :)

[sirrahcirdec]

It definitely sounds like the Dan to me... and FM isn't the only place I've heard those cheesy synth strings... check out the chorus on Josie... same effect. With that said, this is awesome! I've been collecting rare Dan audio for A LONG time, and I've never heard this until now. The main theme sounds like You Got The Bear, but omg that change is DIVINE! I don't care how dated it sounds, those harmonies are awesome, definitely came from the mind of Mr. Fagen...

[vitopaladino]

Write down your e-mail and I will send them to you. Don't like to upload here.

[multiplatinumbriz]

Way over modulated. You uploaded it way too hot. Still cool as hell

[moparcruisin]

I don't know for sure, but the drummer sounds like Jeff Porcaro to me...

[funkmike]

The keyboard, bass, and guitar sound like Fagen, Becker, Carlton, no doubt (can't tell the drummer, it's rather undistinguished) but what's up with the string arrangement? They didn't usually go for this kind of kitschy stuff.

[levanyzzuf]

@funkmike I think it was just something they were experimenting with. It was discarded for a reason. It's definite kitsch, almost Pink Floydian.

[311Ceriah]

@levanyzzuf Sounds about right to me. And This is definitely the Dan because they recorded, '' The Bear '' Which sounds pretty much similar to this joint baseline wise.

[vitopaladino]

It doesn't sound like Steely Dan. But the track is very good! I have two more tracks by the same band, but I don't know who they are....

[fugueoflife]

@vitopaladino Can you upload those two tracks please? :-P

[AnselmGaynor]

Definitely sounds like Larry Carlton on guitar.

[123catbox]

@AnselmGaynor It is. He produced it.

[singinglawnchair]

@fugueoflife 's comment makes me think that maybe this was an early take of "FM".

[ncmtman]

Almost sounds like this was supposed to be in a movie soundtrack, and never used... which might explain the strings (?)

[ncmtman]

Do you think Fagen does the piano solo?

[razorboy15]

It's SD w/ Larry Carlton. From the same series of outtakes from "You Got The Bear" and Kind Spirit.

[123catbox]

@steelydanbowler It's not. But it has some Danners on it.

[rebirthoftheflesh]

the strings sounds are the biggest thing that sounds the least dan-like...still i dig this!

[snakeanthony11]

I have no way of knowing this definitively, but this doesn't sound like Steely Dan to me. They weren't using string sounds, keyboard sounds, or guitar sounds like this on Gaucho.

[fugueoflife]

@snakeanthony11 I'm somewhat inclined to agree with you, however some of the electric piano sounds like them to me. The only other time I can remember them using a string section like this was in the song "fm".