Steely Dan, to answer newms question, were always massively well received in the uk, some of their greatest live shows were played there, though chart positions don’t really reflect that popularity. I was hooked from “do it again” onwards, and truly worshipped their genius by the time the Royal Scam came around, they could simply do no wrong, and still can’t in my book. I once was chatting to eddie mundon of china crisis at a festival we were both playing in the UK, and asked him what Becker was like (he produced and played on China Crisis’ King in a catholic style) he replied “…um , Walter was several interesting people…” enough said!

Funny you said you had to ‘sneak spins’ when you were younger. No cred in your hood for the Dan? My dad played all their records frequently while I was growing up, so I didn’t have to sneak. Lucky me.