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Alan Parsons had dabbled with live performance in his late teens as a folk/blues acoustic player and as a lead guitarist with a blues band in the late sixties. But as soon as he landed a job at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London at the age of 19, it became clear that the world of sound recording was to dominate his career. He was fortunate enough to work as assistant engineer on the last two albums by The Beatles and after he qualified as a fully-fledged recording engineer, he went on to work with Paul McCartney and The Hollies among many others.
But it was his contribution as engineer on Pink Floyd’s classic Dark Side Of The Moon that really got him world attention. That soon led to striking successes as a producer – notably with Pilot’s Magic, John Miles’ Highfly and Music and Steve Harley’s (Come Up And See Me) Make Me Smile.
He also produced the hugely successful Year Of The Cat album with Al Stewart and two albums with American progressive rock band Ambrosia. In 1975 he met Eric Woolfson who not only became his manager, but joined forces with Alan as a songwriting and performing partner for what became known as The Alan Parsons Project. The APP’s debut album, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe paved the way for a signing to Clive Davis’ newly launched Arista label and a string of hit albums, namely I Robot (1977), Pyramid (1978), The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980), Eye in the Sky (1982), Ammonia Avenue (1984), Vulture Culture (1985), Stereotomy (1986) and Gaudi (1987). A brief venture into musical theatre resulted in Freudiana in 1990.
He also produced the hugely successful Year Of The Cat album with Al Stewart and two albums with American progressive rock band Ambrosia. In 1975 he met Eric Woolfson who not only became his manager, but joined forces with Alan as a songwriting and performing partner for what became known as The Alan Parsons Project. The APP’s debut album, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe paved the way for a signing to Clive Davis’ newly launched Arista label and a string of hit albums, namely I Robot (1977), Pyramid (1978), The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980), Eye in the Sky (1982), Ammonia Avenue (1984), Vulture Culture (1985), Stereotomy (1986) and Gaudi (1987). A brief venture into musical theatre resulted in Freudiana in 1990.
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MarkmBha wrote:
One of The Greats!
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pinkfreud_ wrote:
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Muldwych wrote:
I have to say, 'All Our Yesterdays' has really grown on me. Come on Alan, time to make another album!
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TURN IT UP!
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sergeyisu wrote:
Непонятность какая-то без Эрика. Но сойдет, если не слишком заморачиваться. Не The Alan Parsons Project, а типа облегченная версия.
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Yan-Leshenko wrote:
скачать альбом Yan Leshchenko (SUNSHINE) http://depositfiles.com/files/u9jw6nxed инструментальная, романтическая музыка. стиль: New Age, Ambient, Chillout, Downtempo, Easy Listening, Instrumental, Lounge
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Yan-Leshenko wrote:
My music here: http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Yan+Leshchenko
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reagan0 wrote:
Happy Birthday, Alan!
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Lissof_leuf wrote:
:-)
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fhranka wrote:
amazing.
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Packiesla wrote:
Legend!
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atilapaton wrote:
Superb producer and musician... They bloke knows how to sort the musicians to record his tracks... Amazing!!
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mad2dend wrote:
Pick and choose as we do; we gotta admit, it is so great to have him with us...eh?
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M-Connection wrote:
The One and Only Electricmann:-)
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garyb007 wrote:
Like the early stuff. Not so keen on the more recent efforts.
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adult-child wrote:
He was better when he had Eric Woolfson around to write some catchy tunes
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Arthur_Dent_42 wrote:
"turn...", "pyramid", "tales...", maybe "i robot", "on air" - the rest is, with the one or another highlight on it, mostly lame popmusic!
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Garellos wrote:
Listen people: Eye in the sky is from The Alan Parsons Project, not from Alan Parsons as a solo artist.
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CrossoverMan wrote:
Cool mix of analog synthesizers, vintage keyboards, and operactic voice.Ariaphonics has created a totally new music style by combining elements of classical crossover with moods close to 70s conceptual and prog albums.. .. Album oriented crossover. http://www.last.fm/music/Ariaphonics/Act+One
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Alan Parsons Launches New Project: SubClones
20 Mar 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/alanparsons
(March 17, 2011) DMN Newswire--2011-3-17--Renowned
award-winning producer/engineer Alan Parsons has created an
enigmatic new group, SubClones, and is recording their debut album
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