Black Cow (original studio mix)
~ Recording by Steely Dan
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.1 | Black Cow | 5:11 | Steely Dan | Aja | Steely Dan | Album |
| ABC Records (US, 65–79) | AB-1006 |
| 1.1 | Black Cow | 5:11 | Steely Dan | Aja | Steely Dan | Album |
| ABC Records (US, 65–79) | AA-1006 |
| 1.1 | Black Cow | 5:09 | Steely Dan | Aja (2nd repress, Terre Haute pressing) | Steely Dan | Album |
| ABC Records (US, 65–79) | AA-1006 |
| 1.2 | Black Cow | 5:07 | Steely Dan | Josie | Steely Dan | Single |
| ABC Records (US, 65–79) | AB-12404 |
| 1.1 | Black Cow | 5:10 | Steely Dan | Aja (club edition, BMG Direct) | Steely Dan | Album |
| BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | D 100409, MCAD-37214 |
| 1.1 | Black Cow | 5:11 | Steely Dan | Aja (Ultradisc II) | Steely Dan | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDCD 515 |
| 1.1 | Black Cow | 5:10 | Steely Dan | Aja (no mould SID code) | Steely Dan | Album |
| MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990) | MCAD-37214 |
| 1.1 | Black Cow | 5:10 | Steely Dan | Aja (30th anniversary all‐analog HQ‐180 LP, limited edition) | Steely Dan | Album |
| Cisco Music | CLP-1006 |
| 2.6 | Black Cow | 5:10 | Steely Dan | The Very Best of Steely Dan | Steely Dan | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 5320451 |
Relationships
| executive engineer: | Roger Nichols (US mastering, recording engineer and producer) |
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| producer: | Gary Katz |
| bass guitar: | Chuck Rainey (American bassist) |
| clavinet: | Joe Sample |
| drums (drum set): | Paul Humphrey (jazz, r&b drummer) |
| guitar: | Larry Carlton |
| Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes]: | Victor Feldman (jazz musician) |
| synthesizer and lead vocals: | Donald Fagen |
| tenor saxophone: | Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) |
| background vocals: | Venetta Fields Clydie King Rebecca Louis (US 1970/80s vocalist, aka Becky Lopez) Sherlie Matthews (US vocalist) |
| conductor: | Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) (horn) |
| horn arranger: | Tom Scott (saxophonist, Blues Brothers, LA Express, Starsky & Hutch) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | ABC Records, Inc (in 1977) UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1977) |
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| sampled by: | Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) by Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz |
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| stream video for free: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzrDs_Vaho4 [info] |
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| recording of: | Black Cow |
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Related works
Black Cow
| writer: | Walter Becker Donald Fagen |
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| publisher: | MCA Music Ltd. MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?) Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) ABC/Dunhill Music, Inc. (in 1977) Anchor Music Ltd. (in 1977) |
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| music quoted in: | Keep It Gangsta |
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