Alan Parsons
Parsons was a recording engineer for several of rock’s greatest albums—“Abbey Road” was his first assistant engineer credit, followed by “Let It Be,” and his first Grammy nomination was for “The Dark Side of The Moon.” He and manager Eric Woolfson formed the Alan Parsons Project to flip the studio dynamic, with a free-floating collection of musicians under the producers’ purview. With contributions from Parsons-produced bands like Pilot and Ambrosia, the Project’s first album, the Edgar Allen Poe concept record “Tales of Mystery & Imagination,” charted well—with nine subsequent releases for the prog-rock masterminds.
Clare Torrey’s legendary vocals in Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky,” were included at Parson’s behest:
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“The Raven,” a reworking of the Poe poem, is a chilling track from the Project’s debut album:
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