Description

John and Tom take a deep dive into one of the most icon rock records of all time, and certainly one of the most classic of the Yacht Rock genre, Steely Dan’s Aja, released in 1977.

• Some background and historical reference
• Personnel: Nearly 40 musicians in total, and a veritable who’s-who of the Yacht Rock session musicians of the era
• The making-of stories, both from YouTube and the VH-1 "Classic Albums" documentary
• Track-by-track analysis and adulation

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The Lightning Round:

• Is it Yacht, or Is It Not?
• Buried Treasures
• Off the Map

References and Related:

• The informative Wikipedia page on Aja
• Watch the VH1 “Classic Albums” documentary on Amazon
• The making of “Peg” video on YouTube
• Yacht or Nyacht? The Official Yachtski Scale
• John’s Spotify Yacht Rock Playlist
• Tom’s Spotify Yacht Rock Playlist
• Playlist of songs featured on Out of the Main
• Intro/outro music: “Sunrise on the Water” by Page99

Find and Follow:

• The Mainland: YachtRockPodcast.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yachtrockpodcast
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/yachtrockpod
• Anchors Aweigh: https://anchor.fm/yachtrockpodcast