Donald Fagen & Walter Becker - You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It
Keyboards, Vocals (B1) – Donald Fagen [click here to see more vinyl featuring Donald Fagen]
Bass, Guitar - Walter Becker
Vocals - Marty Kupersmith (A1), Kenny Vance (A4),
Drums – John Discepolo
Guitar, Percussion – Denny Diaz
Arranged by Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
Written by Donald Fagen (A1-2, A4-5, B1-3), Peter Locke (A1), Walter Becker (A1-2, A4, B1-3), Kenny Vance (A2, B2), John Discepolo (A3), Dorothy White (A4)
1LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Trading Places
Original label : Spark
Produced by Kenny Vance
Mastered at 24Mastering
Originally released in 1971
Reissued in 2023
Tracks :
Side A:
- You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- War and Peace
- Roll Back the Meaning
- You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Reprise)
Side B:
- Dog Eat Dog
- Red Giant / White Dwarf
- If It Rains
Reviews :
“You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (Or You'll Lose That Beat) is an eight-track, 31-and-a-half-minute soundtrack to a low-budget 1970 film that features an embryonic version of Steely Dan: Donald Fagen on keyboards, Walter Becker on bass and guitar, and Denny Dias on guitar and percussion, plus John Discepolo on drums. There are only four actual songs, plus three instrumentals and a reprise of the title track. Yet the playing is suggestive of the sinuous sound that Becker and Fagen would cook up a couple of years hence in the Dan. Nevertheless, it should be sought out by hardcore fans only; there are no gems here, only some baubles.” AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Ratings:
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs : 3.54 / 5