What Norwegian musician and producer Michael Caplin did with the original cassette recording of Steely Dan's Great Lost Song "The Second Arrangement" is just staggering. 260 hours of work apparently went into this. Time very well spent, I think. #typo soundcloud.com/michaelcapli... - ThreadSky

philippeauclair.bsky.social • 15 days ago

What Norwegian musician and producer Michael Caplin did with the original cassette recording of Steely Dan's Great Lost Song "The Second Arrangement" is just staggering. 260 hours of work apparently went into this. Time very well spent, I think. #typo
https://soundcloud.com/michaelcaplin/the-second-arrangement-steely

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rootlesscosmo.bsky.social•15 days ago

This production is totally incredible. Listening right now with a good pair of headphones and everything is so bright, clear and on point.

The actual song wouldn't make my SD top five but as a genuine Dan afficionado I'll take any new material anytime time

philippeauclair.bsky.social•15 days ago

I'd contend that it's a better song (certainly on purely musical terms) than any which ended up on 'Gaucho'.

rootlesscosmo.bsky.social•15 days ago

For me Aja (the whole album) is the zenith, the absolute benchmark.

From Gaucho I'm really fond of Time out of Mind and Gaucho and Hey Nineteen are pretty good.

The Second Arrangement sounds much more like the great first and second Fagen solo albums which are also peerless