Steely Dan - Anthology (Paperback)

~ Steely Dan (Author)
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This fabulous anthology is essential for every fan of the Dan! It includes 36 of their biggest hits, plus photos and interesting interviews with Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Songs: Babylon Sisters * Bad Sneakers * Cousin Dupree * Deacon Blues * Do It Again * Doctor Wu * FM * Gaucho * Hey Nineteen * The Last Mall * My Old School * Peg * Reeling in the Years * Rikki Don't Lose That Number * and more!

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Cherry Lane Music (November 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575608243
• ISBN-13: 978-1575608242
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #875,451 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good transcriptions, replaces an out of print book, June 22, 2002

By	David Stewart "dsjl" (Auburn Hills, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Steely Dan: Guitar Anthology (Paperback)

This book contains transcriptions to:
Aja
Bad Sneakers
Black Friday
Bodhisattva
Chain Lightning
Deacon Blues
Don't Take Me Alive
Gaucho
Green Earrings
Hey Nineteen
Josie
Kid Charlemagne
My Old School
Night By Night
Parker's Band
Peg
Pretzel Logic
Reelin' In the Years
Rikki Don't LoseThat Number
Time Out of Mind

These are the exact same songs as the out-of-print Best of Steely Dan book, from Hal Leonard, with the teal background and album repros on the cover. So if that's the book you wanted, you'll get the same stuff here.

Is it good? Oh, yeah, it's good. The transcriptions are painstakingly well done. They're also complete, unlike the "Steely Dan Complete" book's piano/guitar/vocal style book, which leaves out many an interlude and instrumental section.

The only problem with this book is that it isn't a Steely Dan Complete. There are at least two other guitar tab books that include a few other songs (and are missing some of what's in here); I wish there were a single volume or less overlap among the multiple volumes. For example, "Greatest Songs" for guitar has, in addition to the majority (but not all) of what's here, these songs:
Greatest Songs has, in addition:
Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More
Everyone's Gone to the Movies
Haitian Divorce
Sign In Stranger
Throw Back the Little Ones

Another book, "Best of Steely Dan" (white cover with black line drawing), also includes "Third World Man." (Another consumate Carlton solo. Oh, my, God.) It may contain others not in one or both of the previously mentioned books; I can't find a contents list for "Best Of."

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good if you're looking for chords and lyrics, August 31, 2007

By	Alf (San Rafael CA USA) - See all my reviews

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I bought this based on reviews that indicated complete transcriptions and was disappointed, so be sure you know what you want and what this has. It provides the chords and lyrics to each song, with the music presented in three staves: a piano score with the melody above. There are also chord symbols with guitar chord fingerings. But the bass line is greatly simplified and sometimes crosses into the treble clef so you can't see things like where Chuck Rainey played tenths on the introduction to Peg. It's a simplified approximation, and a good one. But it's not a complete transcription.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Steely Dan (Guitar Anthology Series), July 23, 2005

By	Eugene Lee "Lee" (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steely Dan: Guitar Anthology (Paperback)

This is a great music book. The chords are complex and virtually the actual chords used in the recording. Often books simplify or translate the chords into the key of C. You can sit down with the book and play along with the recording because they are scored in the same key. The book picks up on the chord progressions and the patterns of movement that was developed and used in the song construction and performance of the song.

The chords really give the rich color of the the material and sound full and accurate. They definitely express the "Steely Dan" tonality and edge that helps make them unique.

I had checked this book out from the public library many times and figured it was out of print. Although the book was purchased as "used" it was in new condition when it arrived.

This book is the real thing- so much more that the typical tab/notation type. It must have been created by someone who really understands the the band, their song constructions and the chord patterns. I do not really follow the Tabs and solos, so I can't address that. Although, I think they are pretty accurate and well scored.


Thanks for making this book available