Friday, December 26, 2008

Six Alan Parsons Project Albums Getting Extended Editions

Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson are personally overseeing production of six of the Alan Parsons Project's albums for release on January 27 through Arista/Legacy. The releases follow up the March 2007 updates of I Robot and Eye in the Sky, completing the restoration project of all Arista issued titles (Tales of Mystery & Imagination was issued on Mercury).

Between the six albums, there are over forty previously unreleased tracks that include demos, instrumental versions, rough mixes and variations on the arrangements. Each release will also include an essay by Jerry Ewing of Classic Rock magazine and annotations of the bonus tracks by Parsons and Woolfson.

The track lists:



Pyramid (1978)
• Voyager
• What Goes Up
• The Eagle Will Rise Again
• One More River
• Can't Take It With You
• In The Lap Of The Gods
• Pyramania
• Hyper-Gamma-Spaces
• Shadow Of A Lonely Man
• Voyager / What Goes Up / The Eagle Will Rise Again (Instrumental Version)
• What Goes Up/Little Voice (Early Version Demo)
• Can't Take It With You (Early Version Demo)
• Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (Demo)
• The Eagle Will Rise Again (Alternate Version - Backing Track)
• In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 1 - Demo)
• In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 2 - Backing Track Rough Mix)





Eve (1979)
• Lucifer
• You Lie Down With Dogs
• I'd Rather Be A Man
• You Won't Be There
• Winding Me Up
• Damned If I Do
• Don't Hold Back
• Secret Garden
• If I Could Change Your Mind
• Elsie's Theme from The Sicilian Defence (The Project That Never Was)
• Lucifer (Demo)
• Secret Garden (Rough Mix)
• Damned If I Do (Rough Mix)
• Don't Hold Back (Vocal Rehearsal Rough Mix)
• Lucifer (Early Rough Mix)
• If I Could Change Your Mind (Rough Mix)



The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980)
• May Be A Price To Pay
• Games People Play
• Time
• I Don't Wanna Go Home
• The Gold Bug
• The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One)
• Snake Eyes
• The Ace Of Swords
• Nothing Left To Lose
• The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two)
• May Be A Price To Pay (Intro - Demo)
• Nothing Left To Lose (Basic Backing Track)
• Nothing Left To Lose (Chris Rainbow Overdub Vocal Compilation)
• Nothing Left To Lose (Early Studio Version with Eric's Guide Vocal)
• Time (Early Studio Attempt)
• Games People Play (Rough Mix)
• The Gold Bug (Demo)



Ammonia Avenue (1984)
• Prime Time
• Let Me Go Home
• One Good Reason
• Since The Last Goodbye
• Don't Answer Me
• Dancing On A Highwire
• You Don't Believe
• Pipeline
• Ammonia Avenue
• Don't Answer Me (Early Rough Mix)
• You Don't Believe (Demo)
• Since The Last Goodbye (Chris Rainbow Vocal Overdubs)
• Since The Last Goodbye (Eric Guide Vocal - Rough Mix)
• You Don't Believe (Instrumental Tribute To The Shadows)
• Dancing On A Highwire/Spotlight (Work In Progress)
• Ammonia Avenue Part 1 (Eric Demo Vocal - Rough Mix)
• Ammonia Avenue (Orchestral Overdub)



Sterotomy (1985)
• Stereotomy
• Beaujolais
• Urbania
• Limelight
• In The Real World
• Where's The Walrus?
• Light Of The World
• Chinese Whispers
• Stereotomy Two
• Light Of The World (Instrumental)
• Rumour Goin' Round (Demo)
• Stereotomy (Guide Vocal)
• Stereotomy (Reprise)



Gaudi (1987)
• La Sagrada Familia
• Too Late
• Closer To Heaven
• Standing On Higher Ground
• Money Talks
• Inside Looking Out
• Paseo de Gracia
• Too Late (Eric Woolfson Rough Guide Vocal)
• Standing On Higher Ground/Losing Proposition (Vocal Experiments)
• Money Talks (Chris Rainbow/Percussion Overdubs)
• Money Talks (Rough Mix Backing Track)
• Closer To Heaven (Sax/Chris Rainbow Overdub section)
• Paseo de Gracia (Rough Mix)
• La Sagrada Familia (Rough Mix)

SOURCE: http://winkscollectibles.blogspot.com

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