Steely Dan - The Royal Scam ( 1976 )

 

Track listing

All tracks are written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Solo(s)	Length
1.	"Kid Charlemagne"		guitar: Larry Carlton	4:38
2.	"The Caves of Altamira"		tenor saxophone: John Klemmer	3:34
3.	"Don't Take Me Alive"		guitar: Larry Carlton	4:16
4.	"Sign In Stranger"		piano: Paul Griffin, guitar solo by Elliott Randall	4:23
5.	"The Fez"	Becker, Fagen, Paul Griffin	guitar: Walter Becker	4:01

Side two

No.	Title	Solo(s)	Length
6.	"Green Earrings"	guitar: Denny Dias (1st) and Elliott Randall (2nd)	4:05
7.	"Haitian Divorce"	talk box guitar: Dean Parks, altered by Walter Becker	5:53
8.	"Everything You Did"	guitar: Larry Carlton	3:55
9.	"The Royal Scam"	guitar: Larry Carlton	6:28

Personnel

Steely Dan

• Donald Fagen – keyboards, vocals, background vocals
• Walter Becker – bass guitar, guitar

Additional musicians

• Paul Griffin – keyboards
• Don Grolnick – keyboards
• Denny Dias – guitar
• Larry Carlton – guitar
• Dean Parks – guitar
• Elliott Randall – guitar
• Jim Horn – saxophone
• Plas Johnson – saxophone
• John Klemmer – saxophone
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• Bob Findley – horn
• Dick Hyde – horn, trombone
• Chuck Rainey – bass
• Rick Marotta – drums ("Don't Take Me Alive", "Everything You Did")
• Bernard Purdie – drums (all other tracks)
• Gary Coleman – percussion
• Victor Feldman – percussion, keyboards
• Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals
• Venetta Fields – background vocals
• Clydie King – background vocals
• Sherlie Matthews – background vocals
• Michael McDonald – background vocals