Countdown To Ecstacy

1973 ABC Records Pitman pressing of Steely Dan’s Countdown to Ecstasy, issued as a single 33 1/3 RPM LP and produced by Gary Katz. The black ABC Records center labels show catalog ABCX-779, with the provided matrix detail ABCX-779A ⑳ H, identifying this as a period U.S. pressing without first-pressing attribution.

The jacket presents the album’s spare, unsettling cover design: bold black STEELY DAN lettering above the thin-lined title, framing a pale pastel field of ghostly seated figures against a washed blue-green ground. The back cover carries a studio photograph of the band gathered around a recording console, with track list and musician credits printed over the image; songs include Bodhisattva, Razor Boy, The Boston Rag, Your Gold Teeth, Show Biz Kids, My Old School, Pearl of the Quarter, and King of the World.

Photographs also show printed lyric panels for both sides and an orange ABC/Dunhill-branded inner sleeve. The vinyl is graded Very Good with light wear, while the outer sleeve is Very Good to Good Plus with noted light spine wear, plus visible age toning, softened corners, and handling wear consistent with a played and preserved early-1970s rock LP.