Countdown to Ecstasy / Can’t Buy a Thrill

Compilation by Steely Dan

Released 1982

Bill Perkins
saxophone [6]
Clydie King
background vocals [10, 12]
David Palmer
background vocals [17], lead vocals [10-11, 18]
Denny Dias
acoustic guitar [11], electric guitar [17], electric sitar [9], guitar [1-2, 6], solo [1, 9]
Donald Fagen
Wurlitzer electric piano [11], background vocals [5, 11, 17], electric piano [9], keyboard [9], lead vocals [1-2, 5-6, 9, 12-13, 15-18], organ [11], piano [1-2, 5-6, 16-17], synthesizer [1]
Elliott Randall
electric guitar [12, 17], solo [12, 17]
Ernie Watts
saxophone [6]
Gary Katz
producer
Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
electric guitar [9, 11, 17], guitar [1-2, 6], pedal steel guitar [5, 14], solo [1, 6], spoken vocals [15]
Jerome Richardson
tenor saxophone [11]
Jim Hodder
background vocals [11], drums (drum set) [1-2, 5-6, 9-18], lead vocals [14], percussion [5]
Jimmie Haskell
horn [6]
Johnny Rotella
saxophone [6]
Lanny Morgan
saxophone [6]
Miss Natalie
assistant [1-8]
Myrna Matthews
background vocals [6]
Patricia Hall
background vocals [6]
Ray Brown
double bass [5]
Rick Derringer
slide guitar [8]
Roger Nichols
engineer
Sherlie Matthews
background vocals [6, 10, 12]
Snooky Young
flugelhorn [11]
Tim Weston
assistant [9-18]
Venetta Fields
background vocals [10, 12]
Victor Feldman
percussion [9], vibraphone [5]
Walter Becker
background vocals [11], bass [1-2, 6], electric bass guitar [9-18], lead vocals [18]