Best of Classic Rock » Alan Parsons Project http://bestofclassicrock.com The Best of Classic Rock news, interviews, concert tours, birthdays and more. Huge directory of Classic Rock websites. Make the Best of Classic Rock your news source. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:13:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 The Alan Parsons Project - Eve and Pyramid (Expanded Editions) http://bestofclassicrock.com/the-alan-parsons-project-eve-and-pyramid-expanded-editions/ http://bestofclassicrock.com/the-alan-parsons-project-eve-and-pyramid-expanded-editions/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:09:20 +0000 admin http://bestofclassicrock.com/?p=17 PyramidThe Alan Parsons Project released ten albums between 1976 and 1987 which sold millions of copies, yet the group never performed live during that time. They were the studio creation of engineer Alan Parsons and songwriter/composer Eric Woolfson. While they used a different lead singer on most of the tracks, bassist David Patton and guitarist Ian Bairnson would play on most of the albums.

The Arista/Legacy Label through Sony Music has just issued re-mastered and expanded versions of six of their albums. Pyramid (1978), Eve (1979), The Turn Of A Friendly Card (1980), Ammonia Avenue (1984), Stereotomy (1986), and Gaudi (1987) have all been re-released with a large number of bonus tracks.

The two albums being reviewed here, Pyramid and Eve, were the first two in the series of releases. When comparing the sound to the vinyl editions in my collection, I find it significantly improved. The lyrics and the instrumentation are crystal clear and have a crispness that the original issues never had. Each comes with seven bonus tracks. They are mostly early demos of material contained on the albums and provide an interesting look into the development of their songs.

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