{"product_id":"steely-dan-art-prints-albums-musicians-gift-for-fans","title":"Steely Dan Discography Tube Map Art Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gift for Steely Dan fans who could never keep track of which session player turned up on which record, because this names all 127 of them across the nine studio albums. They already own the records, and this is the credit list the sleeves bury.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte, archival and acid-free. Available in A2 or A1, with US sizing at 24x18in and 36x24in, unframed or framed. Deeply researched and designed by me in East Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI plot these in CAD software. Every credited musician becomes a transit line, every album becomes a station, and anyone who appears only once gets a branch line of their own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe stations run chronologically from Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972, through Pretzel Logic and the studio perfection of Aja and Gaucho, to Everything Must Go in 2003. One-off contributors branch off as short spurs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy this Steely Dan discography tube map art makes a gift fans keep\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo band rewards this treatment more. Fagen and Becker built each record around whoever suited the track rather than a fixed line-up, so the credits are the story, and no sleeve ever shows them all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot an algorithm - every connection on this map was made by hand, by an obsessive fan. It is the kind of present that gets framed and kept rather than opened once and shelved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContributing musicians on the map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDonald Fagen and Walter Becker are the only two lines that run through all nine albums. Everything else moves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe early band thins out fast. Jeff “Skunk” Baxter and Jim Hodder both stopped after Pretzel Logic in 1974, while Denny Dias ran six albums from the debut through to Aja.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVictor Feldman has the longest session line on the map, seven albums from Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972 to Gaucho in 1980. Chuck Rainey's bass and Larry Carlton's guitar anchor the mid-1970s peak alongside him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGaucho is the densest station on the whole map with 41 credited musicians, just ahead of Aja on 37. The debut, by contrast, needed 13.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one-offs are worth the magnifying glass. Mark Knopfler plays lead guitar on a single Gaucho track and appears nowhere else, and Wayne Shorter's tenor saxophone is a one-album line on Aja.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHugh McCracken does something almost no one else manages: his line survives the twenty-year silence between Gaucho in 1980 and Two Against Nature in 2000, running from Katy Lied in 1975 all the way to Everything Must Go in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow do I make each print?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach one is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper with a textured matte finish, archival and acid-free, so the colours hold for years. Choose A2 or A1, unframed or framed, ready to hang in a hallway, living room or studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUK\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUSA \/ CAN \/ AUS equivalent\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eOrientation\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e594 x 420 mm (23 x 16 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e24 x 18 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e841 x 594 mm (33 x 23 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e36 x 24 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow many musicians are on the map?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e127 credited musicians across nine studio albums, from Can't Buy a Thrill in 1972 to Everything Must Go in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho are the only constant members?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDonald Fagen and Walter Becker, the only two lines running through all nine albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich album used the most musicians?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGaucho, with 41 credited players, is just ahead of Aja on 37.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs Mark Knopfler really on a Steely Dan record?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, lead guitar on one track of Gaucho, and nowhere else in the catalogue. It is one of the shortest branch lines on the map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes anyone bridge the twenty-year gap?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHugh McCracken does. His line runs from Katy Lied in 1975 through Gaucho, then picks up again on both of the 2000s albums.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the framing options?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnframed, or supplied framed and ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated Music Maps\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full range of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/music-wall-art-prints\" title=\"Music gifts for the obsessive fan - all discography tube map art prints\"\u003egifts for music fans\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/1970s-discography-art-prints\" title=\"1970s music tube maps and discography art prints\"\u003e1970s Music Tube Maps collection\u003c\/a\u003e at mikebellmaps.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of studio-perfectionist rock, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/products\/fleetwood-mac-gift-for-fans-discography-tube-map\" title=\"Fleetwood Mac discography tube map art print\"\u003eFleetwood Mac Discography Map Art Print\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/products\/sparks-art-print-of-albums-and-musicians-gift-for-fans\" title=\"Sparks discography tube map art print\"\u003eSparks Discography Map Art Print\u003c\/a\u003e are natural companion pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MikeBellMaps","offers":[{"title":"A2 - 23x16 in \/ Unframed","offer_id":57080254595447,"sku":"10-STEELY-A2-UNF","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 - 23x16 in \/ Black Frame","offer_id":57080254628215,"sku":"30-STEELY-A2-BLK","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 - 33x23 in \/ Unframed","offer_id":57080254693751,"sku":"20-STEELY-A1-UNF","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 - 33x23 in \/ Black Frame","offer_id":57080254726519,"sku":"50-STEELY-A1-BLK","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0445\/9551\/1464\/files\/a1-f-f-steely-dan-gifts-for-fans-discography-music-map-wall-art_631791d5-6bfe-4190-a535-72010a2e6d6a.jpg?v=1785942208","url":"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/es\/products\/steely-dan-art-prints-albums-musicians-gift-for-fans","provider":"MikeBellMaps","version":"1.0","type":"link"}