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The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2007) 2CD Japanese Release

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2007) 2CD Japanese Release

The Alan Parsons Project - The Essential Alan Parsons Project (2007) 2CDs
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 966 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 351 Mb | Scans ~ 86 mb
Art Rock, Prog-Rock, Pop/Rock | Label: BMG Japan | # BVCM-35558/9 | Time: 02:33:32

2007 digitally remastered two CD compilation from the outfit formed by producer Alan Parsons. The Alan Parsons Project was originally launched 30 years ago as a studio-only band, and through the vinyl age, they where held in high esteem as real music innovators. This double disc set is a 34 track collection coming at a time when concept albums and progressive rock are experiencing a major resurgence. All tracks are newly remastered from the original tapes, and in full co-operation with Alan Parsons and main vocalist Eric Woolfson. Feature 'Time', 'Eye In The Sky', 'Games People Play', 'I Robot' and many others.

The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works (1988/2023)

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works (1988/2023)

The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works (1988/2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 410 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 160 MB
1:08:15 | Synth-pop, Prog Rock | Label: Arista - Legacy

Instrumental Works collects ten of The Alan Parsons Project's best musical pieces and acts as a wonderful journey through some of this group's most innovative material. Although famous for his concepts, Alan Parsons is equally renowned for his illustrious mood-invoking instrumentals that helped create atmosphere on all of his albums. These movements can easily be taken away from their master albums without losing their grandeur and charm, unlike his vocal works that act as pieces in a thematic puzzle and are better left within their conceptual domain. Both intricacy and subtlety are depicted here, with selections such as "I Robot," "Paseo de Gracia," and "Hawkeye." The all-encompassing "Mammagamma" from Eye in the Sky is wisely included as well, as is the peculiar "Urbania," one of the best tracks from Stereotomy. Noticeably missed, on the other hand, are two of their finest instrumentals in "Lucifer" and the short but stunning "Sirius." Even without these pieces, Instrumental Works spotlights Parsons' fine employment of musical diversity through his keyboard and guitar manipulation, while at the same time the music's simplicity is admirably felt. These selections are an entertaining jaunt across Parsons' non-vocal material.

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (1976)

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The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (1976)

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (1976)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 249 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 103 Mb
Full Scans ~ 126 Mb | 00:42:42 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock | Mercury #832 820-2

Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. On the album's 1987 remix, the instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards (Welles also narrates "Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude"). The EMI vocoder is used throughout "The Raven" with the Westminster City School Boys Choir mixed in to add a distinct flair to its chamber-like sound.

VA - Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology 1969-1978 (2009) Remastered 3CD Set

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VA - Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology 1969-1978 (2009) Remastered 3CD Set

VA - Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology 1969-1978 (2009) Remastered 3CD Set
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 1.46 Gb | Scans ~ 60 Mb | Time: 03:51:25
Prog-Rock, Art Rock, Folk-Prog | Label: Charisma/Virgin | # CASBOX 2

Refuges: A Charisma Records Anthology tells the audio story of one of the most innovative labels of the '60s and '70s. Though this collection only spans a mere decade in the history of Rock (1969-78), it is a decade filled with musical innovation and excitement. Though most of their releases may have hovered outside the Top 40 in the U.S., the label's roster consisted of artists that are just as influential today as at any other time in the last 30-40 years. Features 44 tracks including cuts from Peter Gabriel, Van Der Graaf Generator, Genesis, Monty Pythons, Hawkwind, Bo Hansson, Rare Bird, The Alan Parson Project, Lindisfarne, Peter Hammill, Keith Emerson, String Driven Thing and many others.

The Alan Parsons Project - The Ultimate Collection (1992)

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Ultimate Collection (1992)

The Alan Parsons Project - The Ultimate Collection (1992)
2CD | EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 931 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 360 Mb
Full Scans | 01:09:24 + 01:08:51 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Art Rock | BMG Ariola / EVA #74321 102672

Engineer/producer Alan Parsons and his colleague, songwriter and lyricist Eric Woolfson, formed the Alan Parsons Project in 1975. Throughout their career, the Alan Parsons Project recorded concept albums (including adaptations of Poe and Asimov books) with a revolving cast of session musicians. Released in 1982, Eye in the Sky was their greatest success; the title track charted in the Top Ten on the pop charts and the album went platinum. Although they weren't able to repeat that success, the group maintained a devoted cult audience, even after they stopped recording following 1987's Gaudi.

The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works (1988) {Japan 1st Press}

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works (1988) {Japan 1st Press}

The Alan Parsons Project - The Instrumental Works (1988) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 265 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 110 Mb
Covers Included | 00:44:03 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock, Electronic | Arista / BMG Victor Inc. #A32D-68

Instrumental Works collects ten of The Alan Parsons Project's best musical pieces and acts as a wonderful journey through some of this group's most innovative material. Although famous for his concepts, Alan Parsons is equally renowned for his illustrious mood-invoking instrumentals that helped create atmosphere on all of his albums. These movements can easily be taken away from their master albums without losing their grandeur and charm, unlike his vocal works that act as pieces in a thematic puzzle and are better left within their conceptual domain. Both intricacy and subtlety are depicted here, with selections such as "I Robot," "Paseo de Gracia," and "Hawkeye."

The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) {1985, Japan 1 st Press}

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The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) {1985, Japan 1 st Press}

The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (1979) {1985, Japan 1 st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 259 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 100 Mb
Covers Included | 00:39:21 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Arista / Nippon Phonogram Co. #32RD-27

Eve is the fourth studio album by progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project. It was released in 1979. Eve's focus is on the strengths and characteristics of women, and the problems they face in the world of men. The album had originally been intended to focus on "great women in history", but evolved into a wider concept. Eve is The Alan Parsons Project's first album with singer Chris Rainbow. The album's opening instrumental "Lucifer" was a major hit in Europe, and "Damned If I Do" reached the US Top 30. "Lucifer" also is used as title track for the German political TV show Monitor.

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

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The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) {1985, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 258 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 101 Mb
Covers Included | 00:40:03 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Arista #32RD-16

One of the most interesting aspects about the Alan Parsons Project is the band's ability to forge a main theme with each of its songs, while at the same time sounding extremely sharp and polished. Much of this formula is used in Ammonia Avenue, only this time the songs rise above Parsons' overall message due to the sheer beauty of the lyrics partnered with the luster of the instruments. The album touches upon how the lines of communication between people are diminishing, and how we as a society grow more spiritually isolated and antisocial. But aside from the philosophical concepts prevalent in the lyrics, it is the music on this album that comes to the forefront.

The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977) {1993, Japanese Reissue}

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The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977) {1993, Japanese Reissue}

The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot (1977) {1993, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 237 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 99 Mb
Full Scans ~ 96 Mb | 00:41:09 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Arista / BMG Victor Inc. #BVCA-1004

I Robot is the second studio album by the English progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project (Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson), released by Arista Records in June 1977. It is an art rock album that draws conceptually on author Isaac Asimov's science fiction Robot trilogy, exploring philosophical themes regarding artificial intelligence.

The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid (1978) {1987, Japanese Reissue}

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The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid (1978) {1987, Japanese Reissue}

The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid (1978) {1987, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 300 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 168 Mb
Full Scans | 00:37:44 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Art Rock | Arista Records / Nippon Phonogram #32RD-78

Pyramid is the third album by progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1978. It is a concept album centred on the pyramids of Giza. At the time the album was conceived, interest in pyramid power and Tutankhamun was widespread in the US and the UK. Pyramid was nominated for the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

The Alan Parsons Project - Limelight: The Best Of Vol. 2 (1987) {1993, Japanese Reissue}

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The Alan Parsons Project - Limelight: The Best Of Vol. 2 (1987) {1993, Japanese Reissue}

The Alan Parsons Project - Limelight: The Best Of Vol. 2 (1987) {1993, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 302 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 141 Mb
Full Scans | 00:49:46 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock | Arista / BMG Victor, Inc. #BVCA-1014 (74321-16827-2)

The Alan Parsons Project were an English rock band active between 1975 and 1990, whose core membership consisted of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. They were accompanied by a varying number of session musicians and some relatively consistent band members such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, arranger Andrew Powell, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalists Lenny Zakatek and Chris Rainbow. Parsons was an audio engineer and producer by profession, but also a musician and a composer. A songwriter by profession, Woolfson was also a composer, a pianist, and a singer. Almost all the songs on the Project's albums are credited to "Woolfson/Parsons". The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 is a 1987 greatest hits compilation by The Alan Parsons Project.

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (1976) {1987, Japan}

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The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (1976) {1987, Japan}

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (1976) {1987, Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 253 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 109 Mb
Covers Included | 00:42:41 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock, Art Rock | Mercury #32PD-392 / 832 820-2

Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. On the album's 1987 remix, the instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards (Welles also narrates "Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude"). The EMI vocoder is used throughout "The Raven" with the Westminster City School Boys Choir mixed in to add a distinct flair to its chamber-like sound.

The Alan Parsons Project - The Collection (2010)

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Collection (2010)

The Alan Parsons Project - The Collection (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 454 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 178 Mb
Full Scans | 01:07:32 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock / Art Rock / Symphonic Rock / Electronic
Camden / Sony Music #88697808482

The Alan Parsons Project was a progressive rock music entity comprised of engineer/ producer Alan Parsons and songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. They released 10 concept albums between 1976 – 1987 and have sold over 50 million albums world-wide. Their focus was on very high quality studio sound production and they recorded most of their work at Abbey Road Studios in London. They used a variety of different lead vocalists and musicians on every album – choosing who they felt was the best for each song rather than being constrained to moulding the material for one specific artist. They have been name-checked in The Simpsons and Austin Powers film and their music is used regularly in adverts, films, sporting events and is often sampled by US rap artists.

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) {1987, Japanese Reissue}

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The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) {1987, Japanese Reissue}

The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) {1987, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 256 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 113 Mb
Full Scans | 00:40:04 | RAR 5% Recovery
Progressive Rock | Arista / Nippon Phonogram #32RD-83

One of the most interesting aspects about the Alan Parsons Project is the band's ability to forge a main theme with each of its songs, while at the same time sounding extremely sharp and polished. Much of this formula is used in Ammonia Avenue, only this time the songs rise above Parsons' overall message due to the sheer beauty of the lyrics partnered with the luster of the instruments. The album touches upon how the lines of communication between people are diminishing, and how we as a society grow more spiritually isolated and antisocial. But aside from the philosophical concepts prevalent in the lyrics, it is the music on this album that comes to the forefront.

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (1980) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

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The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (1980) {1985, Japan 1st Press}

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (1980) {1985, Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 249 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 103 Mb
Scans Included | 00:40:30 | RAR 5% Recovery
Art Rock, Progressive Rock | Arista / Nippon Phonogram Co. #32RD-17

With two of the Alan Parsons Project's best songs, the lovely ballad "Time" and the wavy-sounding "Games People Play," The Turn of a Friendly Card remains one of this group's most enjoyable albums. Parsons' idea, the subject of the album's six tracks, centers around the age-old temptation of gambling and its stranglehold on the human psyche. On "Games People Play," vocalist Lenny Zakatek sounds compelling and focused, giving the song a seriousness that aids in realization of the album's concept. With "Time," it is Eric Woolfson who carries this luxurious-sounding ode to life's passing to a place above and beyond any of this band's other slower material.