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REELING IN THE YEARS

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 6, 2020…THE SONG ‘REELING IN THE YEARS’ OR SOMETIMES CALLED ‘REELIN’ IN THE YEARS’ WAS RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1972 AS THE SECOND SINGLE FROM STEELY DAN’S ALBUM ‘CAN’T BUY A THRILL.’  THE GUITAR WORK ON THIS SONG IS EXTRAORDINARY. LED ZEPPELIN GUITARIST JIMMY PAGE HAS BEEN QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THIS GUITAR SOLO IS HIS FAVORITE OF ALL-TIME. THE SONG HAS A STEREO MIX, AND A QUADRAPHONIC MIX. THE ‘QUAD MIX’ HAS EXTRA GUITAR FILLS NOT HEARD ON THE STEREO VERSION. HERE’S THE QUADRAPHONIC MIX OF ‘REELING IN THE YEARS’ (PRETTY RARE)