The Alan Parsons Project was a British rock band active between 1975 and 1990,[1] whose core membership consisted of producer, audio engineer, musician and composer Alan Parsons and singer, songwriter and pianist Eric Woolfson. They were accompanied by varying session musicians and some relatively consistent session players such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, arranger Andrew Powell, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalists Lenny Zakatek and Chris Rainbow. Parsons and Woolfson shared writing credits on almost all of the Project's songs, with Parsons producing or co-producing all of the band's recordings.
1974–1976: Formation and debut
Alan Parsons met Eric Woolfson in the canteen of Abbey Road Studios in the summer of 1974. Parsons acted as Assistant Engineer on the Beatles' albums Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), engineered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), and produced several acts for EMI Records.[2] Woolfson, a songwriter and composer, was working as a session pianist while composing material for a concept album based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe.[3]
Woolfson's idea was to manage Alan and help his already successful production career. This was the start of their longstanding friendly business relationship. He managed Parsons' career as a producer and engineer through a string of successes, including Pilot, Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel, John Miles, Al Stewart, Ambrosia, and the Hollies.[2] Woolfson came up with the idea of making an album based on developments in the film industry—the focal point of the films' promotion shifted from film stars to directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick. If the film industry was becoming a director's medium, Woolfson felt the music business might well become a producer's medium.[4]
Recalling his earlier Edgar Allan Poe material, Woolfson saw a way to combine his and Parsons's talents. Parsons produced and engineered songs written and composed by the two, and the first Alan Parsons Project was begun. The Project's first album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976), released by 20th Century Fox Records and including major contributions by all members of Pilot and Ambrosia, was a success, reaching the Top 40 in the US Billboard 200 chart.[2] The song "The Raven" featured lead vocals by the actor Leonard Whiting. According to the 2007 re-mastered album liner notes, this was the first rock song to use a digital vocoder, with Alan Parsons speaking lyrics through it, although others such as Bruce Haack pioneered this field in the previous decade.
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the debut studio album by British rock band The Alan Parsons Project. It was released on 1 May 1976 in the United States by 20th Century Fox Records and on 1 June 1976 in the United Kingdom by Charisma Records. This is the MFSL 1994 CD remaster.
1. "A Dream Within a Dream" - Instrumental - 0:00 2. "The Raven" - Alan Parsons, Leonard Whiting - 3:48 3. "The Tell-Tale Heart" - Arthur Brown (additional vocals: Jack Harris) - 7:45 4. "The Cask of Amontillado" - John Miles (additional vocals: Terry Sylvester) - 12:27 5. "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" - John Miles (additional vocals: Jack Harris) -16:50 6. "The Fall of the House of Usher " Instrumental - 21:12 Prelude - 21:12 Arrival - 27:05 Intermezzo - 29:40 Pavane - 30:44 Fall - 35:30 7. "To One in Paradise" - Terry Sylvester (additional vocals: Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons) - 36:27
The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977)
I Robot is the second studio album by British rock band The Alan Parsons Project, originally released on 1 June 1977 by Arista Records. This is the MFSL remaster.
«Voyager» (Instrumental) – (00:00 - 02:14) «What Goes Up» (canta David Paton) – (02:14 - 05:31) «The Eagle Will Rise Again» (canta Colin Blunstone, coros por Eric Woolfson) – (05:31 - 10:15) «One More River» (canta Lenny Zakatek) – (10:16 - 14:29) «Can't Take It with You» (canta Dean Ford) – (14:30 - 19:36) «In the Lap of the Gods» (Instrumental) - (19:37 - 25:06) «Pyramania» (canta Jack Harris) - (25:07 - 27:49) «Hypper-Gamma-Spaces» (Instrumental) - (27:50 - 32:10) «Shadow of a Lonely Man» (canta John Miles) - (32:11 - 37:46)
The A̲lan P̲a̲rso̲ns P̲roje̲ct - E̲ve̲ (Full Album) 1979
0:00 Lucifer 5:06 You Lie Down With Dogs 8:53 I'd Rather Be a Man 12:46 You Won't Be There 16:31 Winding Me Up 20:24 Damned If I Do 25:13 Don't Hold Back 28:50 Secret Garden 33:32 If I Could Change Your Mind
The A̲lan P̲a̲rso̲ns P̲roje̲ct -The Turn of a F̲riendly Card (Full Album) 1980
The Turn of a Friendly Card Full Album May Be a Price to Pay 0:00 Games People Play 4:58 Time 9:20 I Don't Wanna Go Home 14:24 The Gold Bug 19:29 The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part 1) 24:02 Snake Eyes 26:43 The Ace of Sword 30:00 Nothing Left to Lose 33:00 The Turn of the Friendly Card (Part 2) 37:09
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