Jul 10, 2023
After an accidental erasure in 1979, the song "The Second Arrangement" took on mythic status for fans of Steely Dan. Now a near complete version has turned up on a worktape belonging to engineer Roger Nichols. Today we talk to Cimcie Nichols, Roger's daughter, about this incredible rediscovery and lots more about the work of her father.
Topics include:
- Digging through her father’s tapes
- The story of “The Second Arrangement”
- Steely Dan attempted to remake “The Second Arrangement”
- Reacting to the picture of the tape on Facebook
- Did Roger know the interest in “The Second Arrangement”?
- The day of the track deletion
- Working w Steely Dan team after finding the tape
- The cassette was from the night before of the deletion
- Roger Nichols clip 1: Driving Lacquer master to Santa Maria
- Did you find many records amongst her dad’s possessions?
- Roger Nichols clip 2: Getting rid of the clicks and pops
- There are some records but most are now gone
- Then a DAT was found! What was on the DAT?
- There’s a series of backups and versions are unclear
- Will there ever be an official release of “The Second Arrangement”?
- Is Donald Fagan aware of the recent news?
- Sorting through the tapes for a Roger Nichols’ archive
- Gary Katz Clip: Mustard on the master tape
- Roger and Frank Zappa were high school friends
- Roger’s knowledge of physics gave him a huge advantage as a sound technician
- Ensuring pressing plants had access to high quality source material
- Roger Nichols Clip 3: Master tape mixups on “The Nightfly”
- Interview wrap up
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