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Sorry if this has been posted before (probably has).... any more word on this?

From Donald Fagen.com:


http://donaldfagen.com/news.php






4/19/2007
THE NIGHTFLY TRILOGY UK Release
In addition to THE NIGHTFLY TRILOGY being released in the US on June 26th, this special boxed set will also be released in the U.K. on june 25th! Check back for updated details.


THE NIGHTFLY TRILOGY (MVI) boxed set


LOS ANGELES - Donald Fagen and Walter Becker - AKA Steely Dan - carved out a unique space in popular music scoring hits with tightly arranged songs that combined literate, ironic lyrics, their own eccentric musical idiom and sophisticated production. As a solo artist, Fagen recorded a trio of peerless albums spread out over 25 years including The Nightfly, Kamakiriad (both Grammy-nominated for Album of the Year) and Morph The Cat, which earned a 2006 Grammy for Best Surround Sound. Rhino presents all three in a special MVI (Music Video Interactive) boxed set that includes each as a DTS 5.1, Dolby 5.1 and PCM Stereo mix along with bonus audio and video. Each disc will also feature the UrTone application, which is a brand-new technology that allows customers to select any track or any portion of a track they want as their ringtone by using a simple drag bar. THE NIGHTFLY TRILOGY will be available June 26th.

The MVI (Music Video Interactive) disc is a DVD loaded with exciting new features. Superior sound quality plus a wide range of video and interactive content combine to bring you closer to the artists and their music. It plays in all standard DVD players, computers and game consoles with DVD drives. Digital music files are compatible with all MP3 devices.

The boxed set takes its name from Fagen's 1982 solo debut. A note from the original The Nightfly album sleeve explains the concept: "The songs on this album represent certain fantasies that might have been entertained by a young man growing up in the remote suburbs of a northeastern city during the late fifties and early sixties, i.e., one of my general height, weight and build."

The MVI album contains all eight original album cuts including the hit "I.G.Y.," "New Frontier" and the title track, a collective portrait of the late-night radio personalities Fagen grew up listening to. The bonus material features "Century's End," a song composed for the film Bright Lights Big City, "True Companion," which was written for the animated movie Heavy Metal, plus a live version of The Nightfly song "Green Flower Street", originally released on Fagen's Live at the Beacon: The NY Rock & Soul Revue. The disc also contains videos for "New Frontier" and "Century's End."


Explaining the 11-year gap between The Nightfly and its follow-up Kamakiriad, Fagen writes in the boxed set's liner notes: "During the final mix down of [The Nightfly], I started to feel kind of funny, and that feeling turned into an even weirder feeling that had to do with work and love and the past and mortality and so forth. I wouldn't complete another CD until 1993. So I'm glad I made The Nightfly before a lot of the kid-ness was beat the hell out of me, as happens to us all."

His second solo effort, Kamakiriad, centers around a journey in a futuristic car, a Kamakiri Steam Power 10. Produced by Walter Becker, the MVI album contains all eight original songs including the album opener, "Trans-Island Skyway", "Snowbound" (co-written with Becker) and the single "Tomorrow's Girls." The bonus tracks include the instrumentals "Shanghai Confidential" and "Blue Lou", a composition written for tenor man Lou Marini. Also included are demo versions of "Confide In Me" and "Big Noise New York", a song originally written for Spike Lee. The bonus videos feature "Tomorrow's Girls" and "Snowbound" as well as a behind-the-scenes documentary.

Winner of the Grammy for Best Surround Sound, Morph The Cat was released in 2006. In the boxed set's liner notes, Fagen writes about the album's origins: "September 10, 2001: My mother turned 76. September 11, 2001: You know about that one. January 9, 2003: My mother died of Alzheimer's disease. January 10, 2003: I turned 55. All these numbers somehow add up to this album, the last in this series." The album's original nine songs are presented on the MVI album featuring the title track, "Brite Nitegown" and "Security Joan," a song about a romance sparked when the narrator is wanded during a tedious airport security check by an enchanting female officer. The bonus tracks include previously unreleased live versions of "Hank's Pad" and "Viva Rock And Roll" along with "Rhymes" (an Al Green song originally intended to promote a review that never came off) and an interview originally aired on NPR's World Cafe program.

Taken together, the three albums present a rich and wry musical portrait of a the artist and his times.

For additional information regarding THE NIGHTFLY TRILOGY, please contact Lellie Capwell in Rhino Records' Media Relations Department at 818-238-6246 or Lellie.Capwell@rhino.com.


THE NIGHTFLY
Track Listing

1. "I.G.Y."
2. "Green Flower Street"
3. "Ruby Baby"
4. "Maxine"
5. "New Frontier"
6. "The Nightfly"
7. "The Goodbye Look"
8. "Walk Between Raindrops"

Bonus Audio:
1. "True Companion"
2. "Green Flower Street" (Live)
3. "Century's End"

Bonus Video:
1. "New Frontier"
2. "Century's End"


KAMAKIRIAD
Track Listing

1. "Trans-Island Skyway"
2. "Countermoon"
3. "Springtime"
4. "Snowbound"
5. "Tomorrow's Girls"
6. "Florida Room"
7. "On The Dunes"
8. "Teahouse On The Tracks"

Bonus Audio:
1. "Big Noise New York"
2. "Confide In Me"
3. "Blue Lou"
4. "Shanghai Confidential"
5. Dean Seay Interview/Reprise Promo (1993)

Bonus Video:
1. "Tomorrow's Girls"
2. "Snowbound"
3. Kamakiriad Behind The Scenes Documentary


MORPH THE CAT
Track Listing

1. "Morph The Cat"
2. "H Gang"
3. "What I Do"
4. "Brite Nitegown"
5. "The Great Pagoda Of Funn"
6. "Security Joan"
7. "The Night Belongs To Mona"
8. "Mary Shut The Garden Door"
9. "Morph The Cat" (Reprise)

Bonus Audio:
1. "Rhymes"
2. "Hank's Pad" (Live)*
3. "Viva Rock And Roll"*
4. World Cafe Interview

*Previously Unreleased

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Thank you

Morph The Cat is so recent though .
Had I known this I wouldn't have bought the surround mix already

paligap said:

Yes! This sucker is jam packed full of stuff.


According to Amazon, it ships July 10th for $53.98.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Poichassed

theAudience said:

That's my birthday. Just FYI.

paligap said:

How much more info do you want?
You've got the release date & all the tracklisting.
All you are missing is a picture of the cover.

Nice. I'm glad "Century's End" is making an appearance.

thedoorkeeper said:

just wanted to make sure it was still coming--they have a tendency to sometimes delay stuff, or indefinitely postpone it...

I do wish they would include some more out-takes and rare vault material(though I'm that would go against Don's "perfectionist" image)...

A lot of this stuff--- "Century's End, Shanghai Confidential, Confide In Me, Blue Lou, and Big Noise New York--has been previously released as CD single b-sides. 'True Companion' was released twice, on the Heavy Metal Soundtrack, and on the Steely Dan: Gold CD...

But it is nice to have 'em all in one place...And I love the video for "Snowbound", that didn't get much rotation at all...





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[Edited 5/22/07 9:15am]

This is gonna work for me. I never copped KAMAKIRIAD
nor MORPH THE CAT, so it'll be just like some new candy!
[Edited 5/23/07 8:24am]