Royal The Scam

The Royal Scam (1976) is the fifth album of the group of Jazz American Rock Steely daN.

He was an honest success, certified gold disc in the USA and classified #15 in the charts. The Royal Scam is the album of Steely daN which is directed the most towards the guitar, with the parts of Walter Becker and Denny Dias and the musicians of studio including Larry Carlton, Elliott Randall and Dean Parks.

Titles of the album

Compositions of Becker and Fagen, unless otherwise specified

" Kid Charlemagne " - 4:38
" The Cellars off Altamira " - 3:33
" Don' T Take Me Alive " - 4:16
" Sign in Stranger " - 4:23
" The Fez " (Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin) - 4:01
" Green Earrings " - 4:05
" Haitian Divorces " - 5:51
" Everything You Did " - 3:55
" Royal The Scam " - 6:30

Musicians

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Walter Becker - low Guitar, Guitar, Song
Donald Fagen - Keyboards, Song, Choruses
Denny Dias - Guitar

Other musicians

Timothy B. Schmit - Guiatre Low, Song, Choruses
Michael McDonald - Song, Choruses
Larry Carlton - Guitar
Gary Coleman - Percussions
Victor Feldman - Percussions, Keyboards
Venetta Fields - Song, Choruses
Bob Findley - Trumpet
Chuck Findley - Trumpet
Paul Griffin - Keyboards, Song
Gift Grolnick - Keyboards
Jim Horn - Saxophone
Dick Hyde - Trumpet
Richard Hyde - Trombone
Slyde Hyde - Trumpet
Plas Johnson - Saxophone
Clydie King - Song, Choruses
John Klemmer - Trumpet
Rick Marotta - Battery
Shirley Matthews - Song, Choruses
Hugh McCracken - Guitar
Dean Parks - Guitar
Bernard Purdie - Battery
Chuck Rainey - Low Guitar
Elliott Randall - Guitar

Production

Producing: Gary Katz
Sound engineer: Roger Nichols
Mixing: Barney Perkins
Consultant Sound: Dinky Dawson
Arrangements Coppers: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, Chuck Findley
Artistic director: ED Caraeff
Small pocket: Zox
Typography: Tom Nikosey

External bonds

Texts of " Royal The Scam" on the site of Steely daN

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