by Paul
Lou Reed (of the Velvet Underground) was and still is a bit different, and “Take A Walk On The Wild Side” is no exception. Kinda weird, but sticks in your mind…. doop, de doop, de doop, de doop de doop, doop, de doop, de doop, de doop de doop, doooooop… :-). He did come to […]
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by Paul
In 1974 Alastair Riddell’s band Space Waltz took New Zealand by storm with “Out On The Street”. The rest of the world, with the exception of Australia, has probably never heard of it. Many considered Alastair to be “New Zealand’s David Bowie”. He certainly cultivated that image. Anyway, that year, Space Waltz were the winners […]
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by Paul
Was 1978 “The Year Of The Cat”, when – I think – I heard the song of the same name by Al Stewart all the time? Well, the song itself apparently came out in 1977. It was helped on its way to success by none other than Alan Parsons, and was, it seems, part of […]
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by Paul
When I heard the name Alan Parsons mentioned today, in my mind I was in a student flat in about 1977 in Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand, listening to “The Raven” from the album “Tales Of Mystery And Imagination”, the first from The Alan Parsons Project.
The Alan Parsons Project was founded by its namesake Alan Parsons, a young engineer at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, and Eric Woolfson, who wrote most of the songs and sang on many of them. Woolfson died at the beginning of December last year (2009).
Alan Parsons first came to prominence engineering the Beatles album “Abbey Road”, and was also particularly well known for his work on Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon”, as well as many works by The Hollies.
He also played a major role in influencing the sound of Al Stewart’s “The Year Of The Cat” and “Time Passages”, which he also produced.
The Alan Parsons Project was really a fluid group of different musicians around these two main protagonists, and produced studio music in the genre some call progressive rock.
“Tales Of Mystery And Imagination”, released in 1976, was a tribute to horror writer Edgar Allen Poe. Here are two tracks from it:
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