Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy 2LP (Analogue Productions UHQR Box Set, 45rpm Clarity Vinyl)

Countdown To Ecstasy — Steely Dan's gold-selling second studio album now on UHQR!

Definitive reissue Ultra High Quality Record, the pinnacle of high-quality vinyl!

45 RPM LP release limited to 20,000 numbered copies

Mastered directly from the original master tape by Bernie Grundman

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings using 200-gram Clarity Vinyl®

Purest possible pressing and most visually stunning presentation and packaging!

Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jackets with film lamination by Stoughton Printing

"Upon repeated listens, the UHQR version of Steely Dan's Countdown to Ecstasy continues to reveal itself to be truly worthy of a 10/10 rating in terms of both Music and Sound, each of them being a respective notch above the Thrill UHQR, not to mention being my preferred choice over any of the ABC and/or MCA Records versions I own." — Music =10/11; Sound = 10/11 — "Steely Dan's All-Analog Countdown to Ecstasy 200g 45rpm 2LP Set Establishes the Gold Standard for All Upcoming Releases in This Stellar UHQR Analogue Productions Series" Mike Mettler, AnalogPlanet.com. Read Mettler's full review here.

"I compared this costly reissue to a black label ABC Records original as well as a 1980 Japanese reissue (VIM-4043). The original scores 'fresh tape' points in the higher frequencies, the new UHQR easily betters the original on bottom as well as in terms of image focus and drop dead black backgrounds. ... A newly produced full color laminated 'one sheet' gives you both master tape boxes showing them to be 30 IPS Dolby masters and not EQ'd copies. This after years of hearing and reading that Nichols had digitized the tapes and then for 'safe keeping' destroyed them, or that they were destroyed in the UMG fire. ... While some UHQRs are revelatory, this one compared to the original and Japanese is merely better overall, but it's sure to buy a thrill for Dan hard core devotees who will now own the definitive edition." — Michael Fremer, TrackingAngle.com.