FORTY-FIVE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE #25: Gentlemen Prefer Blondie
STEELY DANÂ “Peg” b/w “I Got The News” (ABC Records #12320, September 1977)
As much as I love lo-fi bands that can’t play their instruments, I also go totally Star Trek for impeccably-produced prog and jazz acts with serious chops and boss material. No American duo better encompassed this phenomenon, mixing in plenty of post-’60’s LA-outsider snark while at it, than Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the core of Steely Dan. Nevermind the details, “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” […]