Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Alan Parsons Project




























Artist:  The Alan Parsons Project
Origin:  UK
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock

Original line-up:

Alan Parsons:  Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Flute, Engineering, Production
Eric Woolfson:  Keyboards, Vocals, Executive Production

The Alan Parsons Project was a British Progressive Rock Band, between 1975 and 1990, consisting of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and surrounded by a number of session musicians.  Alan Parsons had acted as assistant engineer on The Bestles' Albums:  Abbey Road and Let It Be, and engineered Pink Floyd's Album The Dark Side Of The Moon,  his career as a Producer and Engineer including Pilot, Steve Harley, Al Stewart, The Hollies, Ambrosia, John Miles and Steve Harley.  In 1982 the band's album Eye In The Sky was their greatest success and in UK chart in Top Ten on the Pop charts and went to Platinum.














Title:  I Robot (Legacy Edition)  (2013)
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Label:  Arista, Legacy
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  Original Album Re-Mastered

 1.  I Robot  (6:02)
 2.  I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You  (3:23)
 3.  Some Other Time  (4:05)
 4.  Breakdown  (3:53)
 5.  Don't Let It Show  (4:25)
 6.  The Voice  (5:23)
 7.  Nucleus  (3:22)
 8.  Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)  (3:57)
 9.  Total Eclipse  (3:12)
10. Genesis Ch.1 V.32   (3:31)

Disc 2:  Features 14 Bonus Tracks, 9 Previously Unreleased

 1.  U.S Radio Commercial For I Robot  (1:01)
 2.  Boules (I Robot Experiment)  (1:59)
 3.  I Robot (Hilary Western Soprano Vocal Rehearsal)  (1:32) 
 4.  Extract 1 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide (1:04)
 5.  Extract 2 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide  (0:57)
 6.  I Wouldn't Want To Be Lie You (Backing Track Rough Mix) (3:29)
 7.  Some Other Time (Complete Vocal By Jaki Whitren) (3:44)
 8.  Breakdown (Early Demo O Backing Riff) (2:09)
 9.  Extract 3 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide  (0:31)
10. Breakdown (The Choir)  (1:51)
11. Don't Let It Shown  (Eric Woolfson:  Demo)  (3:26)
12. Day After Day  (The Show Must Go On), (Early Stage Rough Mix) (3:38)
13. Genesis Ch. 1. V.32-Choir Session  (2:18)
14. The Naked Robot (Early Stage Instrumental Mixes) (10:20)

I Robot (Legacy Edition) is the 35th Anniversary with 2 CD Deluxe Edition, by The Alan Parsons Project, was released on September 17, 2013 by Arista, Legacy, including new 20 page booklet with reare photos & liner notes by Alan Parsons.



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