Go back, Jack, do it again: The Steely Dan reissue campaign rolls on with the December 1 return of Gaucho, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker’s final album before putting the Dan on a two-decade hiatus.  Gaucho follows the previous vinyl reissues of Can’t Buy a Thrill (1972), Countdown to Ecstasy (1973), Pretzel Logic (1974), and, most recently, Aja (1977).  In addition to the 180-gram vinyl series from Geffen/UMe, a concurrent program from Analogue Productions is reissuing each record on SACD and in a deluxe 200-gram Ultra-High Quality Vinyl (UHQR) box set. Steely…

UMe’s Steely Dan reissue campaign – which has so far yielded remastered standard and audiophile vinyl and hybrid stereo SACD reissues of the band’s first three albums Can’t Buy a Thrill, Countdown to Ecstasy, and Pretzel Logic – has announced an unexpected detour.  On September 29, the series will jump ahead to the sixth Dan album and arguably Donald Fagen and Walter Becker’s crowning achievement: 1977’s Aja. (No fear: Katy Lied and The Royal Scam will show up later.) Aja sounded – and sounds – like no other record.  Jazz buffs claim…