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Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 192kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.70 GB (Hi-Res) + 528 MB (CD-Quality) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UltraDisc One-Step | US | Cat#: UD1S 2-003 | Genre: Pop Rock
Update: Missing Files have been added

Fagen’s solo debut reaches three-dimensional sonic and emotional heights never before attained on Mobile Fidelity’s opulent UD1S (UltraDisc One-Step) box set. Strictly limited to 6,000 numbered copies, this ultra-hi-fi collector’s edition literally and figuratively brings you closer to music that picks up where Steely Dan’s Gaucho leaves off. You’ll enjoy deep-black backgrounds, boundless soundstaging, pointillist details, staggering dynamics, and arguably, the most lifelike tonalities and nuances ever committed to vinyl. Continue reading “Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [2017, MFSL Remastered, CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]
SACD-ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
DSF-Tracks / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz
FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Stereo & Multichannel | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 2.59 GB (ISO) + 3.81 GB (DSF) + 2.86 GB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Warner Music | Japan | Cat#: WPCR-14170 | Genre: Pop Rock, Fusion
Update: DSF Tracks & New Hi-Res FLAC Tracks have been added

A portrait of the artist as a young man, The Nightfly is a wonderfully evocative reminiscence of Kennedy-era American life; in the liner notes, Donald Fagen describes the songs as representative of the kinds of fantasies he entertained as an adolescent during the late ’50s/early ’60s, and he conveys the tenor of the times with some of his most personal and least obtuse material to date. Continue reading “Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) [2011, Japanese Reissue, Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Donald Fagen – Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live (2021) [Japanese SHM-CD]

Donald Fagen - Donald Fagen's The Nightfly Live (2021) [Japanese SHM-CD]

A companion album to Northeast Corridor: Steely Dan Live, Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live captures a 2019 performance of the 1982 album by Steely Dan (or the Steely Dan Band, as Fagen chooses to call them in the years following Walter Becker’s 2017 death). Continue reading “Donald Fagen – Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live (2021) [Japanese SHM-CD]”

Donald Fagen – Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live (2021) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Donald Fagen - Donald Fagen's The Nightfly Live (2021) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]

Donald Fagen – Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live (2021) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]
Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz
Total Size: 819 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Geffen | Genre: Jazz Rock

This new live release sees the whole of The Nightfly performed in its entirety, in order, by Steely Dan, or ‘The Steely Dan Band’ as they tend to be referred post Walter Becker’s 2017 death. Donald Fagen remains part of this band, in case that wasn’t clear! This is a performance from 2019. Continue reading “Donald Fagen – Donald Fagen’s The Nightfly Live (2021) [Official Digital Release] [Hi-Res]”

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) {MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (1982) {MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}

Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) {MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}
Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Format / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 930 MB (Hi-Res) + 256 MB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | USA | Cat#: MFSL 1-120 | Genre: Pop Rock
Half-speed mastered

The Nightfly is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Donald Fagen. Produced by Gary Katz, it was released October 1, 1982 by Warner Bros. Records. Fagen was previously best known for his work in the group Steely Dan, with whom he enjoyed a successful career in the 1970s. Continue reading “Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982) {MFSL Remastered, CD-Format + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip}”

Donald Fagen – Discography (1982 – 2017)

Donald Fagen - Discography (1982 - 2017)

Donald Fagen was one of the two masterminds behind Steely Dan, the seminal jazz-pop band of the ’70s. Fagen’s solo work has been a continuation of the band’s work of the early ’80s — carefully constructed and arranged, intricately detailed pop songs that are more substantial than their stylish surface may indicate. His 1982 solo debut, The Nightfly, was the best album he had made in years; it covered the same ground as the last two Steely Dan albums, yet surpassed them in terms of ambition and achievement. Continue reading “Donald Fagen – Discography (1982 – 2017)”