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Alan Parsons

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The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.


— Alan Parsons


#dark #dark side #excellence #flash #moon

Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!


— Alan Parsons


#any #before #black #boxes #chambers

Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.


— Alan Parsons


#convention #did #few #folk #gigs

I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.


— Alan Parsons


#asimov #being #concept #directly #ended

I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.


— Alan Parsons


#duplication #facility #first #hi-fi #i

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.


— Alan Parsons


#education #end #factory #fidelity #going

I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.


— Alan Parsons


#cheap #deals #delighted #did #frustrating

Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.


— Alan Parsons


#became #experience #floyd #i #immediately

In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.


— Alan Parsons


#france #hears #lot #nobody #outside

In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God, we're actually playing in THE Kremlin!


— Alan Parsons


#gates #god #had #kremlin #oh






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In October 1967 at the age of 18 Parsons went to work as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios where he earned his first credit on the LP Abbey Road. Their hits included "January" and "Magic". [citation needed] It is also heard in Parsons' influence on the Hollies' "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother" and "The Air That I Breathe" sharp departures from their popular 1960s hits "Stay" "Just One Look" "Stop! Stop! Stop!" or "Bus Stop".

He was involved with the production of several significant albums including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor. Parsons' own group The Alan Parsons Project as well as his subsequent solo recordings have also been successful commercially.

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