''Found Studio Tracks'' is a compilation of
session recordings made by
Donald Fagen
Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948) is an American musician best known as the co-founder, lead singer, co-songwriter, and keyboardist of the band Steely Dan, formed in the early 1970s with musical partner Walter Becker. In addition to his w ...
and
Walter Becker
Walter Carl Becker (February 20, 1950 – September 3, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan.Russonello, Giovanni,Listen t ...
prior to their formation of the band
Steely Dan
Steely Dan is an American rock band founded in 1971 in New York by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Initially the band had a stable lineup, but in 1974, Becker and Fagen retired from live ...
. Most were never released on a studio album, but six of them were later rerecorded for albums. Most of the recordings are of very low quality and are simply demos.
The collection, or parts of it, was also released under numerous album names, such as ''Donald Fagan and Walter Becker of Steely Dan'', and ''Walter Becker / Donald Fagen - The Early Years''. The most complete collections are ''Android Warehouse'', and ''Catalyst: The Original Recordings 1968-71''
for a total of 28 or 29 songs (the latter adding an alternate version of one of them).
Track listing
#"Brain Tap Shuffle" - 3:12
#"Come Back Baby" - 4:14
#"I Can't Function" - 4:08
#"Let George Do It" - 3:11
#"Old Regime" - 3:16
#"
Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me)
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" - 6:13*
#"
Any World (That I'm Welcome To)" - 3:50*
#"
Caves of Altamira" - 3:26*
#"
The Mock Turtle Song" - 3:44 (
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...
)
#"Mina from China"(alt. title "Yellow Peril") - 4:04
#"You Go Where I Go" - 2:15
#"This Seat's Been Taken" - 2:52
#"
Barry Town" - 2:15*
#"More to Come" - 0:49
#"A Little with Sugar" - 0:49
#"Take It Out on Me" - 2:15
#"Android Warehouse" - 1:20
#"The Roaring of the Lamb" - 2:30
#"
Charlie Freak" - 1:10*
#"Sun Mountain/A Horse in Town" - 3:47
#"Stone Piano" - 1:48
#"
Parker's Band" - 1:26*
#Oh Wow, It's You Again
*(Rerecorded for subsequent studio albums)
Four more songs that circulate on the various collections:
"Ida Lee"
"Undecided"
"Soul Ram"
"Don't Let Me In"
("A Horse In Town" is its own track in other collections, and there is an alternate version of "Sun Mountain" on one of them)
References
2007 compilation albums
Demo albums
Steely Dan compilation albums
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