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Alan Parsons Live
Alan Parsons Live is the first live album by Alan Parsons, recorded in May 1994 during his European tour, and released late that year by Arcade Records in Europe. RCA/BMG added three new studio tracks and changed the cover art when releasing the album in the rest of the world in 1995, renaming it The Very Best Live; stylized on the cover with "The Very Best" in a smaller font between Alan Parsons and Live. Despite the tour promoting ''Try Anything Once'' with seven songs from the album in the setlist, the live performances on the album are all songs from his years with The Alan Parsons Project. Project regulars Ian Bairnson, Andrew Powell, Stuart Elliott and Richard Cottle anchor the band with Parsons, Gary Howard ('' Freudiana'') and ex-Manfred Mann's Earth Band vocalist Chris Thompson (''Try Anything Once'') providing vocals for the live tracks. The album is notable for instrumental track "Luciferama" (a blending of "Lucifer" and "Mammagamma" that first appeared on Andre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948) is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Parsons was involved with the production of several notable albums, including the Beatles' ''Abbey Road'' (1969) and ''Let It Be'' (1970), Pink Floyd's ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), and the eponymous debut album by Ambrosia in 1975. Parsons's own group, The Alan Parsons Project, as well as his subsequent solo recordings, have also been commercially successful. He has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, with his first win occurring in 2019 for Best Immersive Audio Album for '' Eye in the Sky'' (35th Anniversary Edition). Music career In October 1967, at the age of 18, Parsons went to work as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios. He was a tape operator during the Beatles' Get Back sessions, and he earned his first credit on the LP ''Abbey Road''. He became a regular there, engineering such projects as Wings' '' Wild Life'' and ''Red Rose Speedway'', f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Farnham
John Peter Farnham Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 1 July 1949) is a British born Australian singer. Farnham was a Teen idol, teen pop idol from 1967 until 1979, billed then as Johnny Farnham, but has since forged a career as an Adult contemporary music, adult contemporary singer.McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for ; retrieved 24 January 2010. His career has mostly been as a solo artist, although he replaced Glenn Shorrock as lead singer of Little River Band from 1982 to 1985. In September 1986, his solo single "You're the Voice" peaked at No. 1 on the Kent Music Report, Australian singles charts. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. The associated album, ''Whispering Jack'', held the No. 1 position for a total of 25 weeks and is the List of best-selling albums in Australia, second-highest-selling album in Australian history. Both the single and the album had top-ten success internationally, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Krish
Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain * St. Felix, Prince Edward Island, a rural community in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. * Felix, Ontario, an unincorporated place and railway point in Northeastern Ontario, Canada * St. Felix, South Tyrol, a village in South Tyrol, in northern Italy. * Felix, California, an unincorporated community in Calaveras County Music * Felix (band), a British band * Felix (musician), British DJ * Félix Award, a Quebec music award named after Félix Leclerc Business * Felix (pet food), a brand of cat food sold in most European countries * AB Felix, a Swedish food company * Felix Bus Services of Derbyshire, England * Felix Airways, an airline based in Yemen Science and technology * Apache Felix, an open source OSGi framewo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maggie Ryder
Maggie Ryder is an English singer/songwriter and musician, principally known as a backing singer for bands such Queen and Eurythmics. Career In her early career, Ryder was the keyboard player with British funk/rock band Krakatoa. She co-wrote much of the band's repertoire with her partner Graeme Lamb. She left the band to pursue a solo career as a vocalist/songwriter and was replaced on keyboards in Krakatoa by Hans Zimmer. She had a solo record deal with Polydor Records in the 1970s and released a self-titled album in 1978. She worked as a backing singer and songwriter through the Eighties. She sang backing vocals for Marvin Gaye (1981), Eurythmics (1983), Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1987/96), Go West (1987), and Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992.Biography on personal website. Retrieved on 13 February 2019. Ryder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Reid
Keith Stuart Brian Reid (born 19 October 1946 Allmusic.com biography by Jason Ankeny/ref>) is a lyricist and songwriter who wrote the lyrics of every song released by Procol Harum that was not previously recorded by someone else, with the exception of the songs on their 2017 album ''Novum''. Biography Reid grew up in London and is Jewish, the son of a Holocaust survivor. He left school at an early age to pursue a songwriting career. He met Gary Brooker, lead singer with Procol Harum, with whom he co-wrote most of the band's songs (some music was written by organist Matthew Fisher and by guitarist Robin Trower), in 1966. They began collaborating, and their composition "A Whiter Shade of Pale", Procol Harum's first single, was released in 1967. It reached the top of the UK Singles Chart and sold over six million copies worldwide. Keith Reid was an official member of Procol Harum and attended all their recording sessions and most of their concert performances, despite having no pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Qunta
Anderson Amos Temba "Andy" Qunta (born 9 January 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, composer and musician. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Qunta is best known as the keyboardist of the Australian rock band Icehouse from between 1982 and 1988. As a popular musician, he has been influenced by artists including the Who, Cliff Richard, Jimi Hendrix, Genesis, Manfred Mann, Yes, Todd Rundgren and Queen. Early years Anderson Qunta was born on 9 January 1951, in Warrington, England. His father was South African and his mother English. Beginning at the age of six, he studied classical piano and violin, but later developed an interest in popular music and picked up guitar, bass guitar, harmonica, and drums. Music career In 1970, Andy and his brother Tony formed the band Factory in Hastings, England. Andy played 12-string guitar, Tony played lead guitar and electric violin, Laurie Cooksey played drums, Jaffa Peckham played bass guitar until 1974 being replaced with Steve K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Answer Me
"Don't Answer Me" is a 1984 song by the Alan Parsons Project from the album '' Ammonia Avenue''. It reached number 15 on the ''Billboard'' charts in the United States and was the final ''Billboard'' Top 20 hit for the group. It also reached number 58 in the United Kingdom, the group's highest chart placing in their native country. The music video was rendered in comic book style, with art and animation by Michael Kaluta. The song Instead of the art rock and progressive rock sounds for which Alan Parsons was well-known, Parsons crafted "Don't Answer Me" in the style of Phil Spector and his Wall of Sound technique. Eric Woolfson, the co-writer, handled lead vocals on the single, with Mel Collins providing a saxophone solo with a "soothing yet destitute wail". Music video The music video was filmed at the Broadcast Arts animation studio, with Kaluta acting as lead designer and animator from a script by D.J. Webster. The video took 23 days to film, using a 40-man animation team, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (The Alan Parsons Project Song)
"Time" is a song released in 1981 as a single by the Alan Parsons Project. It was from their 1980 album ''The Turn of a Friendly Card''. In the U.S., the song peaked at No. 15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart, "Time" peaked at #10. In addition, "Time" spent two weeks at #14 on ''Cash Box'', making it the group's second most successful single ("Don't Answer Me" from 1984 also reached No. 15 on the Hot 100, but reached No. 17 on Cash Box). ''Cash Box'' ranked it as the 94th biggest hit of 1981. Outside the US, the song peaked at #30 in Canada. The song was the first Alan Parsons Project song (and single) to feature Eric Woolfson as lead vocalist, and one of the group's few songs in which Alan Parsons Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948) is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer. Parsons was involved with the production of several notable albums, including the Beatles' ''Abbey Road'' (1969) and ''Let It Be'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Raven (song)
"The Raven" is a 1975 song by the Alan Parsons Project from their album ''Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Alan Parsons Project album), Tales of Mystery and Imagination'', and first song of the band. The song is based on the Edgar Allan Poe The Raven, poem of the same name; the song was written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and was originally recorded in April 1975, at Mama Jo's Studio, North Hollywood, Los Angeles and Abbey Road Studios, London.Liner notes of 1987 CD reissue version It was one of the first rock songs to use a vocoder, developed by Electronic Music Studios, EMS, to distort vocals. It is also one of the few songs by the band featuring the vocals of Alan Parsons, who sings the first verse through the EMI vocoder. Actor Leonard Whiting performs the lead vocals for the remainder of the song, with Eric Woolfson and a choir as backing vocals. The single appeared on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart peaking at #80 in October 1976. The 1987 reissued version of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old And Wise
"Old and Wise" is a 1982 song by the Alan Parsons Project from the album ''Eye in the Sky''. The song reached number 21 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' AC chart in early 1983 and number 74 in the United Kingdom; the first of the band's singles to chart in that country. Lead vocal The lead vocal on the original release of "Old and Wise" was performed by former Zombies vocalist Colin Blunstone. Blunstone made several appearances on Alan Parsons Project albums, but "Old and Wise" was the only single with Blunstone as lead singer to gain airplay. Blunstone later re-recorded the song for his own two-disc Best Of album, titled ''Old and Wise'', released in 2003. However, an early (demo?) version (without orchestration or the saxophone solo) features Eric Woolfson singing lead. It was included as one of the bonus tracks on the 2007 remastered edition of ''Eye in the Sky''. Cover versions * Herman van Veen covered the song on his 1992 album ''You Take My Breath Away (Herman van Veen si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye In The Sky (song)
"Eye in the Sky" is a song by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, released as a single from their sixth studio album, '' Eye in the Sky'' (1982), in August 1982. It hit No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' charts in the U.S. in October 1982, No. 1 in both Canada and Spain, and No. 6 in New Zealand, it was their most successful release. The instrumental piece entitled "Sirius" segues into "Eye in the Sky" on the original recording. In 2019, Alan Parsons recorded a version in Catalan, under the title "Seré els teus ulls al camí" ("I'll be your eyes on the road"), for the CD edited by '' La Marató de TV3'', a telethon devoted to raising funds for the research of incurable diseases. Overview On the original recording, the 1:54 minute instrumental piece entitled "Sirius" immediately precedes, and segues into, "Eye in the Sky". On the single release, "Eye in the Sky" appears on its own, with "Sirius" edited out; that was the version usually played on pop radio at the time. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirius (instrumental)
"Sirius" is an instrumental by British rock band the Alan Parsons Project, recorded for their sixth studio album, ''Eye in the Sky'' (1982). Nearly two minutes long, it segues into " Eye in the Sky" on the original recording. From the 1990s onward, "Sirius" has become a staple of many college and professional sporting events throughout North America, most prominently Chicago Bulls games. Overview On the album, "Sirius" segues into "Eye in the Sky". The former is usually followed by the latter on airplay, though not always in live performances — at the World Liberty Concert ''Sirius'' was played as the introduction to "Breakaway" (from the Alan Parsons solo album ''Try Anything Once''), with Candy Dulfer on saxophone. Background The genesis of "Sirius" began when Alan Parsons wanted the first song on the album to be "Eye in the Sky", but felt there needed to be an introduction leading up to it. As he was working on ideas at home on his Fairlight CMI, he wrote a riff that h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
