Citizen Steely Dan

Citizen Steely Dan is a four-CD box set compilation album by Steely Dan, released in 1993.

Overview
The set is a collection of all of Steely Dan's albums (up to 1980) in chronological order, and also contains a 1991 remix of the non-album single "FM (No Static at All)", a non-album B-side "Bodhisattva (Live)", 1978 Greatest Hits compilation only track "Here at the Western World", and a previously unreleased demo of "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" (a song from their 1975 album Katy Lied).

The set is not a complete compilation of every track released by Steely Dan up to 1993. Missing are both sides of the band's 1972 debut single ("Dallas" b/w "Sail the Waterway"), neither of which has ever been re-issued on CD, because of the band's dislike of the songs. The compilation was the first release of the remastered versions of Steely Dan's albums until the remastered studio albums were issued in 1998.

The first pressing features "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" using the single edit of the song. This version omits the percussive opening for the song. The second pressing of the box set features the version from the album although it was reissued without any information noting the change.

Glenn Meadows remastered the CD set from the digital masters archived by Donald Fagen, Gary Katz and Roger Nichols in 1982. The digital tapes were prepared because the original analog tapes were in very poor shape. The earliest CD mastering for all the Steely Dan albums in 1985 used these digital tapes but MCA used deteriorating analog masters for all later CD pressings until the 1998 remasters. This information was revealed by Nichols in 1991 when asked about his opinion of the Mobile Fidelity Gold reissues of Aja and Gaucho. Nichols remarked that the "Gaucho CD was even a different speed, about a quarter tone sharper" when compared to the original CD that he was involved in.

Personnel

 * Wayne Andre – trombone
 * Jerome Aniton – speech/speaker/speaking part
 * Patti Austin – vocals (background)
 * Jeff Baxter – guitar, pedal steel, Spanish guitar
 * Walter Becker – bass, guitar, harmonica, trumpet, bass (electric), flugelhorn, keyboards, vocals
 * Joe Bellamy – assistant engineer
 * Ben Benay – guitar (acoustic)
 * Crusher Bennett – percussion
 * Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Ray Brown – bass (upright)
 * Hiram Bullock – guitar
 * Ed Caraeff – photography
 * Larry Carlton – guitar
 * Geary Chansley – research
 * Pete Christlieb – flute, saxophone
 * Gary Coleman – percussion
 * Ronnie Cuber – sax (baritone)
 * Rick Derringer – guitar, slide guitar
 * Denny Dias – guitar, sitar (electric)
 * Henry Diltz – photography
 * Donald Fagen – organ, synthesizer, piano, piano (electric), vocals, vocals (background)
 * Wilton Felder – bass
 * Victor Feldman – percussion, marimba, vibraphone
 * Michael Fennelly – vocals (background)
 * Venetta Fields – vocals (background)
 * Bob Findley – horn
 * Chuck Findley – arranger, horn, brass
 * Frank Floyd – vocals (background)
 * Steve Gadd – drums
 * Jerry Garszza – overdubs
 * Gordon Grady – vocals (background)
 * Diva Gray – vocals (background)
 * Jay Graydon – guitar
 * Ed Greene – drums
 * Tom Greto – assistant engineer
 * Paul Griffin – arranger, keyboards, piano (electric), vocals (background)
 * Don Grolnick – arranger, keyboards, clavinet
 * Lani Groves – vocals (background)
 * Patricia Hall – vocals (background)
 * Jimmie Haskell – arranger, orchestration
 * Jim Hodder – percussion, drums, vocals
 * Jim Horn – flute, saxophone
 * Paul Humphrey – drums
 * Slyde Hyde – horn, brass
 * Barbara Isaak – assistant engineer
 * Anthony Jackson – bass
 * Plas Johnson – flute, horn, saxophone
 * Royce Jones – percussion, vocals, vocals (background)
 * Walter Kane – clarinet (bass)
 * Howard Kaylan – vocals (background)
 * Jackie Kelso – flute, saxophone
 * Jim Keltner – percussion, drums
 * Randall Kennedy – photography
 * Steve Khan – guitar


 * Clydie King – vocals (background)
 * John Klemmer – horn
 * Ken Klinger – assistant engineer
 * Mark Knopfler – guitar
 * Rebecca Louis – vocals (background)
 * Johnny Mandel – arranger
 * George Marge – clarinet (bass)
 * Rick Marotta – drums
 * Nicky Marrero– timbales
 * Sherlie Mathews – vocals (background)
 * Myrna Matthews – vocals (background)
 * Lew McCreary – brass
 * Michael McDonald – keyboards, vocals, vocals (background)
 * Andy McKaie – coordination
 * Leslie Miller – vocals (background)
 * Jeff Mironov – guitar
 * Lanny Morgan – saxophone
 * Rob Mounsey – synthesizer, arranger
 * Roger Nichols – sound effects, engineer, overdubs, executive engineer
 * Michael Omartian – piano
 * David Palmer – vocals, vocals (background)
 * Ron Pangaliman – assistant engineer
 * Dean Parks – guitar
 * Barney Perkins – mixing
 * Bill Perkins – saxophone
 * Jeff Porcaro – drums
 * Bernard "Pretty" Purdie – drums
 * Ed Rack – assistant engineer
 * Chuck Rainey – bass
 * Elliott Randall – guitar
 * Pat Rebillot – piano (electric)
 * Jerome Richardson – sax (tenor)
 * Lee Ritenour – guitar
 * James Rolleston – vocals (background)
 * John Rotella – saxophone
 * Joe Sample – clarinet, piano (electric)
 * David Sanborn – sax (alto)
 * Zachary Sanders – vocals (background)
 * Elliot Scheiner – engineer
 * Timothy B. Schmit – vocals (background)
 * Al Schmitt – engineer
 * Bill Schnee – engineer
 * Tom Scott – clarinet, flute, arranger, conductor, sax (alto), sax (tenor), Lyricon
 * Wayne Shorter – flute, saxophone
 * Valerie Simpson – vocals (background)
 * Steely Dan – arranger
 * Casey Syszik – vocals (background)
 * Linda Tyler – assistant engineer
 * Vartan – creative director
 * Mark Volman – vocals (background)
 * Florence Warner – vocals (background)
 * Ernie Watts – saxophone
 * Tim Weston – assistant engineer
 * Toni Wine – vocals (background)
 * Snooky Young – flugelhorn