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Alan Parsons Project: Master Hits
by Todd S. Jenkins
Since this section is supposed to involve both fusion and progressive music, I thought I'd include something off the beaten path this month. The First Wave of progressive rock is generally understood to include influential bands like Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Genesis and Procol Harum, though many will argue that the genre dates even as far back as The Beatles’Revolver. No matter how “progressive rock” is defined, it’s clear that the form reached its first creative peak in the ...
read moreAlan Parsons Wants to Eliminate MP3s, Slated to Speak at Subscribed '14
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Alan Parsons of The Alan Parsons Project has a long history of success but he's faced with a very different musical world today. One of his current projects is the elimination of the MP3 which he's begun with plans to release his own lower cost, higher quality downloads direct-to-fans. He's also set to speak at Subscribed 2014, a unique conference focused on the subscription economy" which is increasingly important to musicians in the form of streaming services, whether one stop ...
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Italian Prog Ensemble Sarastro Blake Release Debut Cd Featuring Members Of Yes, Caravan, Greenslade, Alan Parsons Project And Steve Hackett Band
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Glass Onyon PR - William James
Italy – Prog music enthusiasts worldwide are buzzing with excitement about the debut release by Italian ensemble Sarastro Blake titled 'New Progmantics'. Sarastro Blake is a new musical project which takes its inspiration from the Alan Parsons Project as a band format, meaning it revolves around a few selected musicians, plus other special guests who are chosen for their specific talent and for certain songs. Featuring prog legends Rick Wakeman (YES), Richard Sinclair (Caravan/Hatfield & The North), Nick Magnus (Steve ...
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Something Else! Featured Artist: Alan Parsons Project
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Something Else!
The What-ing What Project? Never, perhaps, has a figure in rock music been simultaneously so famous and so ... anonymous. Alan Parsons, after all, was engineer on Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Paul McCartney's Red Rose Speedway; producer for the Hollies' The Air That I Breathe," Pilot's Magic" and Al Stewart's Year of the Cat," among others; a hitmaker in his own right with tracks like Eye in the Sky" and Games People Play"; and a guy ...
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Alan Parsons: Album and Dates
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Frontiers Records Signs Alan Parsons, Releases Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid
Alan Parsons Studio wizard Alan Parsons returns with a live concert recording, Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid to be released March 19 in Europe and April 6 in the USA on Frontiers Records.
Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid was filmed and recorded at the May 14, 2004 show at Playa Mayor in Madrid, Spain. The location is a gorgeous plaza surrounded by historic ...
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