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Source Albums Instrumental track from The Turn Of A Friendly Card Written by: Eric Woolfson Alan Parsons Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

From the liner notes... For more information on Alan Parsons and the newsletter "The Avenue", write to Steve Martin, "The Avenue", 65 Front Street West, Suite 0116 - Box 201, Toronto, Ontario M5J 1E6 CANADA Recorded Digitally on Tascam DA-88s using Audio Technica Microphones. Mastered at Chop 'em Out by Simon Heyworth. Recorded on tour in Europe in May 1994 by Gary Bradshaw and Bill Irving. Post production at Parsonics, Sussex, England, October 1994. Production assistance Ian Bairnson. Produced and Mixed by ALAN PARSONS. Additional studio tracks recorded and mixed at Parsonics, February 1995. Some miscellaneous notes... Title: The Cover simply says "Alan Parsons Live" but a sticker on the front of the case says "THE VERY BEST OF live" so it's hard to say. I'd go for "The Very Best Of Alan Parsons Live". Even then, is it "The Very Best Of *Alan Parsons* Live", or "The Very Best Of *Alan Parsons Live*"? Got to be the most ambiguously titled album I've ever come across. Vocals: It's interesting that Gary Howard, the booming voice of the 'The Universal Father' from No One Can Love You Better Than Me, is singing all the high-pitched Eric-type songs! On The Raven and Don't Answer Me, Gary Howard and Chris Thompson share the lead vocals. Misc: The album's split into 12 tracks, one for each song and I can't notice any problem with the sound quality. It was post-produced by Alan Parsons at his Parsonics studio (there's a name to rival Starink's Star Inc.) with assistance from Ian Bairnson. There's some crowd noise but I think it adds to the atmosphere. For example, at the start of the album, there's an ominous low hum from the stage. You hear the odd whistle from people in the crowd. Then, in comes the guitar which heralds the start of Sirius and there's a great cheer from the audience. But with a few exceptions, you only really hear the crowd at the start and end of tracks. You also get to hear Alan [tripping up]... "Thank you." "Here's another song from Eye in the Sky." (nervous laugh) "Er... Friendly Card. That's right. Sorry." (nervous laugh) "Turn of a Friendly Card - getting my albums mixed up." (nervous laugh) "This is called Time..." Anyway, you *know* there must be some fans in the audience when they manage to clap along to the bass line at the start of The Raven. The American release of the live album was delayed, but did feature three additional (studio) tracks.

Track Listing Time Track Title Vocalist 2:24 Sirius (instrumental) 4:55 Eye In The Sky Gary Howard 4:56 Luciferama (instrumental) 4:49 Old And Wise Gary Howard 5:22 Psychobabble Chris Thompson 5:39 The Raven Alan Parsons Gary Howard Chris Thompson 5:08 Time Gary Howard 4:18 You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned Chris Thompson 5:15 Prime Time (instrumental) 4:40 Limelight Chris Thompson 4:13 Don't Answer Me Gary Howard Chris Thompson 5:30 Standing On Higher Ground Chris Thompson 57:09 (total) Credits Backing Vocals: Alan Parsons Jeremy Meek Lead Guitar: Ian Bairnson Rhythm Guitar: Alan Parsons Keyboards: Alan Parsons Andrew Powell Richard "Trix" Cottle Saxophone: Richard "Trix" Cottle Bass: Jeremy Meek Drums: Stuart Elliott CDNow Links (Listen or Buy) Alan Parsons Live (European Release) Miscellaneous Links The Avenue - Official Alan Parsons Newsletter

The American release of the Live album followed behind the European release, but buyers were rewarded with three bonus studio tracks. The order of the live tracks is somewhat different to that on the European release.

Track Listing Time Track Title Vocalist 2:25 Sirius (instrumental) 4:55 Eye In The Sky Gary Howard 5:22 Psychobabble Chris Thompson 5:39 The Raven Alan Parsons Gary Howard Chris Thompson 5:08 Time Gary Howard 4:56 Luciferama (instrumental) 4:49 Old And Wise Gary Howard 4:18 You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned Chris Thompson 5:15 Prime Time (instrumental) 4:40 Limelight Chris Thompson 4:13 Don't Answer Me Gary Howard Chris Thompson 5:30 Standing On Higher Ground Chris Thompson 4:13 When Chris Thompson 6:18 Take The Money And Run Stuart Elliott 5:07 You're The Voice Chris Thompson 72:48 (total) Credits Backing Vocals: Alan Parsons Jeremy Meek Lead Guitar: Ian Bairnson Rhythm Guitar: Alan Parsons Keyboards: Alan Parsons Andrew Powell Richard "Trix" Cottle Saxophone: Richard "Trix" Cottle Bass [live tracks]: Jeremy Meek Bass [studio tracks]: Felix Krish Drums: Stuart Elliott CDNow Links (Listen or Buy) Alan Parsons Live (US Release) Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

From the liner notes... The Alan Parsons Song Book is an album to give you the opportunity to enjoy the music of the Alan Parsons Project played by The Alex Bollard Assembly and to accompany these vital musicians on their trip to the exciting experience of unlimited sound possibilities. Alan Parsons (1949) is one of England's most musical phenomenons [sic]. He was so blown away be [sic] hearing the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album in 1967, that he applied for and successfully landed a job at the famous Abbey Road Studios in London. Parsons worked with the Beatles on the "Abbey Road" album and continued his relationship with Paul McCartney, recording "Wild Life" and "Red Rose Speedway". He also was nominated for a Grammy Award for recording Pink Floyd's classic "Dark Side Of The Moon". In 1974 Alan Parsons met Eric Woolfson, who was soon to function as Alan Parsons' manager and shortly thereafter as his musical partner. Alan and Eric started The Alan Parsons Project and their explorations into the sound and structure of symphonic pop music led to several wonderful albums during the 1970s and the 1980s. The Project's first album was "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" which was recorded over a two year period. It met with good, though not overwhelming, public response. The "I Robot" album (1977) was a huge success. Some artists with new and innovative ideas run out of creative fuel after a time, but The Alan Parsons Project has continued to evolve and to take their own music higher and further. Among the Project's best albums are "Eve" (1979), "The Turn Of A Friendly Card" (1980) "Eye In The Sky" (1982), "Vulture Culture" (1985), and "Gaudi" (1987). All pieces in this "Alan Parsons Song Book" are spellbinding, mindbending, hypnotic. With all their variety - and there is a huge range of dynamics in the songs, written by Parsons and Woolfson - there is always a sense of unity and peace, nature and silence and personal thought. It is almost as if Alan and Eric had set out to produce only classics, masterpieces - and calmly went ahead and did just that. The wonderfully rich, vibrant sound to The Alex Bollard Assembly never had more intrinsically superb material to apply itself to than on this compact disc. Together the 19 highlights from the Song Book of Alan Parsons form a collection of tunes that are indisputably outstanding. There are multiple versions of this album... The first appears to be the Star Inc. release from Holland. The artwork on the liner notes as an aerial view of Egypt over the Nile river along some ancient Egyptian monument. There is also an image of a nude female torso intertwined a là the mummy artwork on ToMaI. The second is a Dutch release from CNR Music, as part of the Songbook Series. It specifically states that "this compilation [is] licensed by Star Inc. Music - Holland". The artwork on this liner note is an outer-space view, with a transparent prism with a beam of light emitting from the left side and exiting to the right in the full spectrum, a là Dark Side Of The Moon. The third is a German release from Arcade consisting of a different track ordering. The artwork on the front is a collage with a red pyramid on sandy dunes, a blue/black road down the left side with a gray sphere. The sky has swirling clouds, and in the center of a spiraling cloud is a blue eye (in the sky). This version does NOT have the liner notes as the other two (Star Inc.) releases. This is the only release which identifies the players. Some versions of this album are entitled "The Musical World Of Alan Parsons" (and also "El Mundo Musicale De Alan Parsons" thanks to a cunning reversible cover) General notes... The instrumental pieces are produced by Ed Starink (Star Inc.!). It is not known whether or not these pieces, which appear on the Synthesizer Greatest albums in less foreshortened forms, were performed solely by Ed Starink, or with the help of Alex Bollard Assembly members. Also, the Star versions incorrectly identify Ed Starink instead of Alex Bollard as the producer of track 2. The second paragraph of the liner notes (above) seems to have been lifted almost directly from those to be found in The Best of the Alan Parsons Project. This album is well worth having (IMO) and is also very cheap. There is another cover album which seems to be based on this one. See The Songs of Alan Parsons. This is the cover of the Arcade release, mentioned above.

Track Listing Time Track Title Vocalist 4:43 Eye In The Sky Edward Reekers 3:06 Old And Wise Edward Reekers 3:41 Don't Answer Me Edward Reekers 4:43 Time Edward Reekers 1:40 Mammagamma (instrumental) 4:41 Prime Time Edward Reekers 3:19 I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You Edward Reekers 4:01 Let's Talk About Me Edward Reekers 2:56 The Gold Bug (instrumental) 4:30 Psychobabble Edward Reekers 4:25 The Turn Of A Friendly Card Edward Reekers 3:14 Snake Eyes Edward Reekers 2:41 Lucifer (instrumental) 4:07 Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) Edward Reekers 3:33 The Raven Edward Reekers 2:42 Pipeline (instrumental) 2:57 What Goes Up... Edward Reekers 4:07 I Robot (instrumental) 2:57 Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (instrumental) 68:03 (total) Credits Producer [all except 5,9,13,16]: Alex Bollard Producer [5,9,13,16]: Ed Starink Performed by: The Alex Bollard Assembly Synthesizers: Ed Starink Guitars: Alex Bollard CDNow Links (Listen or Buy) No links available Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

The Alex Bollard Assembly are/were a group headed up by Alex Bollard. In addition to The Alan Parsons Songbook, they have been involved in a number of budget CDs including When A Man Loves His Guitar and The Lionel Richie Songbook.

Album Credits Appears on: The Alan Parsons Songbook (Performed by) Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Album Credits Appears on: Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (Mandolin) Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Source Albums Track from Ammonia Avenue Written by: Eric Woolfson Alan Parsons Vocals by: Eric Woolfson Also appears on: The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project Volume Two (European Release) The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project Volume Two (US/Japan Release) The Ultimate Collection Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

Some people have noted that if you think of Ammonia Avenue as NH3 AVE, and then move the `N' to the end, you find yourself with a fair approximation of the word HEAVEN...

Track Listing Time Track Title Vocalist 5:03 Prime Time Eric Woolfson 3:20 Let Me Go Home Lenny Zakatek 3:36 One Good Reason Eric Woolfson 4:34 Since The Last Goodbye Chris Rainbow 4:11 Don't Answer Me Eric Woolfson 4:22 Dancing On A Highwire Colin Blunstone 4:26 You Don't Believe Lenny Zakatek 3:56 Pipeline (instrumental) 6:30 Ammonia Avenue Eric Woolfson 39:58 (total) Credits Bass: David Paton Drums & Percussion: Stuart Elliott Guitars: Ian Bairnson Keyboards: Eric Woolfson Fairlight Programming: Alan Parsons Saxophone: Mel Collins Arranger & Conductor: Andrew Powell Producer & Engineer: Alan Parsons Executive Producer: Eric Woolfson Assistant Engineer: Tony Richards CDNow Links (Listen or Buy) Ammonia Avenue Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

From the liner notes... Andrew Powell, who has been an integral part of The Alan Parsons Project since its inception, has at last made his own album. It's a rare treat to hear the music we know so well interpreted totally through his ears and with the help of such a fine orchestra. Best of luck. -- Alan Parsons & Eric Woolfson This was an album produced entirely by Andrew Powell. Although Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson did not take part in the album, many other regulars such as Ian Bairnson, David Paton and Stuart Elliott were involved. All of the tracks are instrumental and, for the most part, orchestral. A recent rerelease came with an alternate cover, and a rather more manageable title ("The Alan Parsons Project Played By Andrew Powell").

Track Listing Time Track Title Vocalist 5:00 Lucifer (+ Mammagamma) (instrumental) 5:06 Time (instrumental) 4:02 Games People Play (instrumental) 8:20 I Robot Suite (instrumental) 3:38 Damned If I Do (instrumental) 4:42 Pavane (instrumental) 5:35 What Goes Up... (instrumental) 4:25 Eye In The Sky (instrumental) 5:02 Old And Wise (instrumental) 45:50 (total) Credits Performed by: The Philharmonia Orchestra Alto Saxophone: Ronnie Asprey Synthesizers: Andrew Powell Electric Piano: Max Middleton Andrew Powell Piano: Mike Moran Guitars: Ian Bairnson Tim Renwick Bass: David Paton Andrew Powell Alan Jones Drums & Percussion: Stuart Elliott Solo Soprano: Olive Simpson Choir: The English Chorale OSI Drum/Boo-Bams: Morris Pert Solo Piccolo Trumpet: John Wallace Producer, Arranger & Conductor: Andrew Powell Engineer: Jon Kelly Assistant Engineer: Steve Jackson Tony Richards Haydn Bendall Paul Hulme CDNow Links (Listen or Buy) No links available Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Track Listing Time Track Title Vocalist 3:37 Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (instrumental) 3:19 I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You Lenny Zakatek 4:19 Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (7" single version) (instrumental) 3:37 You Won't Be There Dave Townsend 4:50 Damned If I Do Lenny Zakatek 2:39 The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One) Chris Rainbow 4:17 Games People Play Lenny Zakatek 5:05 Time Eric Woolfson 4:33 Eye In The Sky Eric Woolfson 4:52 Old And Wise Colin Blunstone 5:03 Prime Time Eric Woolfson 4:11 Don't Answer Me Eric Woolfson 5:24 The Same Old Sun Eric Woolfson 4:39 Limelight Gary Brooker 8:44 La Sagrada Familia John Miles 69:09 (total) Credits No additional credits CDNow Links (Listen or Buy) No links available Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Source Albums Instrumental track from On Air Written by: Stuart Elliott Alan Parsons Ian Bairnson Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Source Albums Instrumental track from Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Written by: Andrew Powell Eric Woolfson Alan Parsons Miscellaneous Links "The Fall Of The House Of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe

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Album Credits Vocal credit for: Der Ring Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Source Albums Track from Keats (Original Release) Written by: Ian Bairnson Vocals by: Colin Blunstone Also appears on: Keats... Plus Keats (1996 Release) Keats (Original US Release) Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Album Credits Appears on: Andrew Powell And The Philharmonia Orchestra Play The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project (Alto Saxophone) Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Source Albums Track from Freudiana (The Musical) Written by: Eric Woolfson Vocals by: Kai Peterson Ludwig Itgenshorst Leopold Kern Viktor Gernot Dagmar Hellberg Freudiana Ensemble Miscellaneous Links No offsite links

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Source Albums Track from Keats (Original Release) Written by: Pete Bardens Vocals by: Colin Blunstone Also appears on: Keats... Plus Keats (1996 Release) Keats (Original US Release) Miscellaneous Links No offsite links