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ALAN PARSONS

A background story plus an exclusive interview by Bill Kornman for what is now Go2Music.net

Alan Parsons, the musician/producer/engineer, has sold over 20 million albums, been nominated for 11 Grammys, and worked with The Beatles (on Abbey Road) and Pink Floyd (Dark Side Of The Moon).

THE STORY

As a young man growing up in England during the sixties, Alan Parsons had the same dream as thousands of other young men of that era: to become a rock guitarist in the vein of Eric Clapton, and Jeff Beck. But this was of secondary importance to Parsons, owing to the fact that he had a day job at EMI studios, just outside London. His jobs were primarily researching vinyl sound quality and copying master tapes. In 1967 he heard The Beatles Sgt. Pepper album, and was so impressed with the technical sound quality of the LP, he immediately decided to make sound engineering his future. This led to his first job at Abbey Road Studios in London, where he became assistant engineer, working with Geoff Emerick and Beatles producer George Martin. Parsons learned quickly and eventually went on to engineer on Paul McCartney's Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway albums. He also engineered records during the early '70s for The Hollies, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel and the group, Pilot. Possibly his finest achievement, however, was as sound engineer for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon album. It was also during the mid-seventies that Parsons began developing his skill as a producer, producing records for Steve Harley, John Miles, The Hollies and Pilot (their 1975 hit song "Magic" is still heard today).

It was quite rare during those days for someone to act as both engineer and producer but the main reason for doing it was to have total control over all aspects of a record's technical sound quality as well as the production. It was during this period of the mid-seventies that a fellow Abbey Road associate, Eric Woolfson, became Alan Parsons' business manager. Woolfson was a keyboardist and songwriter at Abbey Road Studios, and in 1974 suggested to Parsons that he do an album based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Work began on the album in mid-1974 with Alan Parsons producing and Eric Woolfson acting, as he described, "as the architect for the album". Woolfson and Parsons wrote all of the music on the album which featured vocalists John Miles, Terry Slyvester, and Arthur Brown. The album, Tales of Mystery And Imagination, recorded for 20th Century Records, was released in 1976 and quickly won critical acclaim. Success was only moderate, however, for the three singles from the album ("The System of Doctor only moderate, however, for the three singles from the album ("Tarr" and "Professor Fether" charted in the Top 40), though "The Raven" is still the most popular track. Switching labels to Arista gave them a long-term contract and the impetus for their next album I Robot. It is noteworthy to mention here that it was 20th Century Records who suggested that Parsons' records needed an identity and suggested The Alan Parsons Project. Originally, Parsons thought his records would simply be called "Various Artists", but 20th Century thought this title would sound tooo much like a compilation album.

I Robot, the second album from The Alan Parsons Project, was released in the summer of 1977 and was instantly a critical success, not only for the music, but for the technically brilliant sound quality. The album was originally inspired by Isaac Asimov's theme of Man's control of technology, but Parsons and Woolfson transformed this idea into a theme about mankind's decline and the machines designed and built by man eventually taking over the world. Interestingly, the credits in the album liner notes include an instrument called the "Projectron" which feature the sound of wind instruments played by a vacuum cleaner(!) - and "designed" by Alan Parsons. Vocalists for I Robot included ex-Hollies member Allan Clarke, Steve Harley of Cockney Rebel, Peter Straker, and Dave Townsend. Also featured were the English Chorale and The New Philharmonia Chorus. As would be the case with all "Project " albums, Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons wrote all of the music and lyrics, with both adding keyboards, guitars, and vocals.

Since The Alan Parsons Project did not tour nor do television appearances, they lacked the strong commercial publicity that usually goes along with touring. Indeed, many who bought Project albums thought Alan Parsons was the lead singer on all the tracks and were astonished at how he was able to sing all of the different vocal parts. But the idea of using several vocalists on each record was an intentional concept. Parsons and Woolfson both felt listeners would tire from 40 minutes of the same lead singer. They kept the music fresh by using different vocalists and, in the course of their Project career, they've used no less that 24 lead vocalists!

Following I Robot, Alan Parsons released eight more albums between 1978 and 1988. Among them were Pyramid (1978) which dealt with Pyramid Power and other mysteries of the Egyptian Pyramids, Eve (1979), about the battle of the sexes; Turn of A Friendly Card (1980), about gambling and the huge role fate can play in life; and one of the most popular of all "Project" albums, Eye In The Sky (1982), which focused on the "Big Brother is watching you" concept. Ironically, the most popular album in England was 1984's Ammonia Avenue, which was also arguably their most commercial release. Ammonia Avenue dealt with the despair of breaking up, loneliness, and the walls often put up to protect oneself in a relationship.

The last album by The Alan Parsons Project was Gaudi. Released in 1987, it dealt with the life of Antonio Gaudi, the nineteenth century Catalan architect whose grand conception was to build the La Sagrada Famelia, the tallest and largest cathedral in the world. The construction timetable covered hundreds of years and Gaudi died shortly after construction had begun. The album has some classic Parsons touches including lushly orchestrated ballads and classic Art Rock tracks.

Through the course of the Project's career, Parsons and Woolfson had total control of the concept or theme of each record. Given tremendous freedom by Arista Records, they were allowed to develop their musical ideas and set their own pace in the recording studio. Without pressure to produce hit records, they could achieve their goals of technical perfection in terms of sound quality and still make music commercially viable to the record buying public. Indeed, the development of Album-Oriented Radio (AOR) in the mid-to-late seventies gave them a tremendous boost - allowing stations to play several tracks off an album or sometimes even to play the complete work. This achieved what Alan Parsons wanted most: for people to listen to his entire album as an "experience". Still, the singles were out there, and as with artists such as Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac most of the sales came from albums and not singles.

It's important to remember that Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson originally got together not to write and record hit records, but to model themselves after the great film producers and directors of that era. Like a director controlling the flow of energy and creative expression on film, Parsons wanted to have creative control of a record's sound quality while still putting all of the pieces together as a producer. Woolfson would write the music and serve as the "musical architect" of each album. As the "musical architect", Eric Woolfson would write each song as a single element or building block of the records' theme. That is, with the melodies and lyrics of each song -much the same way a building architect might design various aspects of a building to fit a conception such as Gothic or Eastern, etc. The Project used virtually the same core of musicians during the seventies and eighties including Stuart Elliott (drums), Ian Bairnson (guitar), David Paton (bass), Eric Woolfson (piano & keyboards), and Andrew Powell (orchestrations). These musicians came to know what Parsons and Woolfson wanted and expected on each recording.

In 1988 and 1989 Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Freudiana. Production for this musical was by Brian Brolly who also co-wrote the book with Woolfson. Brolly previously worked with both Andrew Lloyd Webber and Paul McCartney. The show opened at the historic Vienna Theater An Der Wien, where Beethoven's only opera "Fidelio" was first staged. After Freudiana, Woolfson decided that he wanted to continue writing for the theatre and the partnership between Parsons and Woolfson was dissolved.

For himself, Parsons wasn't convinced that writing music for the theatre was to be his new focus so he began to develop new material and ideas for his next rock recording. He wrote or co-wrote many of the songs on his new album as well as playing keyboards, guitar, bass, flute, and providing background vocals. The album, entitled Try Anything Once, is his first solo album and first album of new rock material since 1987. The album maintains the same feel and musical elements as earlier "Project" albums including strong and prominent melodies, expressive lyrics, and features lead vocals by Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann's "Blinded by the Light") and Eric Stewart . Parsons is currently planning more albums as well as his U.S. tour. His only previous concerts were in Europe back in 1990.

The current tour started in mid-July. This is the first ever Parsons tour of the States features classic Alan Parsons Project songs such as "Old And Wise", "Don't Answer Me", features classic Alan Parsons Project sonand "The Raven" plus songs frrom Try Anything Once. Performing are musicians which have worked with Parsons from the beginning. Chris Thompson and Gary Howard share the lead vocals. Thompson is known for singing the "Blinded By The Light" classic and Howard, most recently, as lead vocalist for the English band The Flying Pickets. Ian Bairnson, is one of the most talented session guitarists in Europe and his credits include work on albums by Kate Bush and Sting. Stewart Elliott, drums and percussion, started with the group Cockney Rebel, before joining the Project. His list of credits include Al Stewart's The Year of The Cat and all of Kate Bush's albums to date. Andrew Powell plays keyboards and does the orchestral arrangements and is another veteran member of the Alan Parsons Project. His credits include playing on albums by Donovan, Cliff Richard, and Al Stewart - as well as having produced albums for Kate Bush, Kansas, and Judi Collins. On keyboards and sax is Richard Cottle, who has performed with artists such as Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, and Rod Stewart. He also has studio credits with The Cult and Wham. Rounding off the line-up is Jeremy Meek on bass. And, of course, Alan Parsons, the man who co-wrote all of The Alan Parsons Project songs as well as engineered and produced them, also plays.

 

And now, the exclusive interview by Bill Kornman

 

THE INTERVIEW

Go2Music.net: You were a blues guitarist, weren't you? Is that where your interest in music began?

Alan: My musical beginnings were actually in school. I took piano lessons at a very early age and those lessons continued throughout my schooling. I later took up the flute, but I had certain frustrations with classical music and as one does in their early teens, I picked up a guitar and crossed over into rock music. I used to play hits by the Shadows and Chuck Berry in school bands and once I completed my schooling, I became a little more serious. I guess I became another guy trying to be Eric Clapton with a blues band and although the band and I made an album, it was never released. I've never dared to listen to that album since.

Go2Music.net: Once you began playing rock music, who were your influences? Did the early "60's British Invasion sound influence you at all?

Alan: Oh, sure. I was the biggest Beatles fan around, but I was also into the blues music that was prevalent in the sixties. Around the same time as the British Invasion, you may recall that there was also a folk/blues and folk/rock explosion at that time that also had an important influence on me. These bands had quite a following in London basement clubs known as "folk clubs" at the time. I did my fair share of that type of music but I wasn't particularly suited to that format because I was a better electric player than I was an acoustic player.

All of this was all secondary to my "day job" at EMI where I was not so much a sound man as I was a technical man. During the time I was struggling to make some money as a musician, I was also trying to cross over into more of the operational areas of sound at EMI. Getting a job at Abbey Road was the culmination of my efforts. I mean, I remember that when I heard "Sgt. Pepper" for the first time I said to myself, 'Yes', This is for me. I want to find out what's going on with this record."

I was already an audio engineer of sorts before I went to Abbey Road because I was copying tapes and doing a bit of editing here and there, assembling masters and the like. I wanted to make the next leap, to get in on the recording side of the sound. I was fortunate to get an interdepartmental transfer from Hayes, where I was working, over to the Abbey Road studios - I just happened to be in the right place at the right time as there were some internal organizational changes going on at EMI then.

Go2Music.net: What did working at Abbey Road and with George Martin and the Beatles do for your own sound and production style? What were they doing "new"?

Alan: I think the Beatles music and George's production influenced the entire universe, not just me. That experience was a huge influence on what I produced later, a lot of what we did rubbed off on me, as you might imagine. I mean you can't have worked with the greatest pop band of all time without it having some kind of effect on you.

Go2Music.net: Did you feel the tension of the Beatles breakup during that time?

Alan: Not really. Quite frankly, I think a lot of the tension was going on outside of the studio, not in the musical sessions themselves. It was obvious there were some problems because I rarely ever saw all four Beatles together at the same time. The "Abbey Road" album became sort of a compilation of solo Beatle efforts. The backing tracks were recorded as a group but once they got into overdubs, the Beatles were working as individuals. Paul would come in for one day and work on his stuff, John would come in another day and work on his, George the same and Ringo would come in everyday just to see if he could help out in some way. He'd stay a few hours and then leave.

Go2Music.net: What about Pink Floyd? I've read that they pretty much let you go home at night and do your thing with the session tapes.

Alan: Well, this is a very sensitive area. There are disagreements as to what my contributions was. David Gilmore has slugged me off with the press by saying any engineer could have worked on the record and gotten the same results. I still maintain there's and element of me in the record. I mean, I have no pretense about being involved with the production side of the recording but I was the engineer and as such I made a contribution toward the final product. "Dark Side of The Moon" is one of those albums that everybody knows every note on it. I'm grateful that I'm credited as the engineer on the record because it helped launch me on a very successful career as a producer, but there is a degree of conflict between Pink Floyd and myself.

Go2Music.net: The melodies were well crafted and orchestrated on all your recordings. How do you approach keeping the melody in the front of your "Project" sessions?

Alan: I think that's sort of an automatic process. As writers, we didn't really set out and say: "We have to keep this melody out front and we have to orchestrate this way and that way." It was more a fortunate combination of competent composition and adequate production techniques and I can't say there was any particular secret formula for achieving that. What amazes me over the years is how people tell me (who is someone that is not really a performing artist but more the one who oversees the engineering and production for the most part, with a certain contribution as a composer) that my music has an identify. I never hear that identify myself when I heat my recordings-I don't really associate what I do with having any particular identify of sound. I just do it the way that I feel is right and people somehow recognize it and say, "Oh, that's Alan Parsons' work".

Go2Music.net: It's amazing that songs can be so textured and full and yet the melodies remain so sharp - songs like "Don't Answer Me", "Time", "Wouldn't Want To Be Like You", and "Let's Talk About Me"...

Alan: Well, I'm pleased that you picked songs that are all going to be in our show. It's interesting that "Don't Answer Me" is so popular because it was designed to be a parody of a Phil Spector production - it has a very "Poppy" melody and then it's smothered in echo and percussion - sort of a record that Phil Spector might have made.

Go2Music.net: How do you choose the vocalists for your songs? Did you have someone in mind as you prepared the material?

Alan: It's a combination of convenience and circumstances on the one side and a longing to have a particular talent on the other. Very rarely did we ever say on the "Project" records that such-and-such a song is going to suit this particular vocalist. We usually got to the point of getting the track down, getting the structure sorted out, doing the orchestration and then, at that point, saying now we need to get a singer. David Payton was around because he had been playing bass and had done Procol harmonies we'd ask David to take a whack at it and we'd find it would work out brilliantly. On other occasions, we'd say the only voice for this is John Mave and we'd give him a call and he would come. There were no hard and fast rules but I must say that on the "Project" records we built up a stable of really good singers.

Go2Music.net: And of course Eric sang lead on a lot of songs.

Alan: Yes, Eric became more and more of a dominant figure as a vocalist. With each successive album he seemed to be singing more. I always maintained that one of our strengths wax having the flexibility to use different lead singers, from album to album and even from song to song on an album. There are many albums in my collection and I only listen to two or three tracks on them because you tire of the same vocal sound. That's why I'm hoping to have as many as three different vocalists on our upcoming tour.

Go2Music.net: People for whom I've played your material often think you are the singer.

Alan: (Laughing) That's a common misconception. In fact, I was voted 13th best make vocalist in 1978 by Cashbox Magazine, which shows you how much the media knows. I mean, I've done some harmonies and backing vocals, bits and pieces, but not the lead vocal. On the first album I guess I technically did some lead vocals if you consider a line here and a line there as a lead vocal.

Go2Music.net: After you went from "Dark Side" to "Tales of Mystery", did you envision yourself continuing to do concept music?

Alan: "Tales of Mystery" was intended to be my statement, my "Dark Side of the Moon". It was my proof to the world that an engineer and producer could make a record. In that respect, it was ground breaking and very fulfilling for me. To this day I still feel it is one of my best pieces of work. I always thought the title "Alan Parsons Project" represented that record, that "Project", and I didn't expect that title to evolve into the identity of an artist, per se. I thought the title for the next album was going to be "The Second Alan Parsons Project", and so on and I did not expect that "Alan Parsons Project" would become the name on the act. I've never really been pleased with the identity we had thrust upon us. Now that Eric and I have split up, I feel much more comfortable that the "Project" tag is gone forever and I am Alan Parsons again.

Go2Music.net: What recordings of yours are you most proud of and what might you have done differently on them?

Alan: In a way, I've already had the opportunity to do something different with "Tales of Mystery" because it was remixed and rereleased in 1987, adding the Orson Welles narration. I'm proud of most of the work I've done. Of course, everyone does good work and not-so-good work but I think the strongest albums were "Tales of Mystery", "Tale of a Friendly Card". "Stereotomy" was strong too. Everything else sort of falls into the middle ground. I have to say, and this truly is not because it is my current effort, but I am also very proud of my latest, too.

Go2Music.net: Did you have any input on which songs would be released as singles?

Alan: Companies know what they're doing. Singles and radio play are really just glorified forms of advertising. That's not my area - I just make a record that I believe sounds good and is pleasing. I've done my bit by making the album and the record company does its bit by releasing singles and promoting them. I didn't make these records to be made in 3-minute sections between commercials on a radio station but I accept the fact that that's the way the music reaches the people - record companies market what I do. The record company is sort of an intermediary between me and the public.

Go2Music.net: Three platinum albums, four gold...that's quite an accomplishment considering not that many singles were released, no concert or TV appearances, etc.

Alan: Yes, I am very proud of that. Because I've been out of the limelight for about six years now, I'm only too aware that our audience has probably grown up with us and probably forgotten about us and are wondering where we are and may not be reading the kind of press of eve listening to the kind of radio stations that are playing the new music. We've got to so everything we can to recapture our audience. That's one of the reasons we are doing this concert tour.

Go2Music.net: "Turn It Up" and Wine From The Water" seem to be good candidates for singles from the new album.

Alan: Yes, the band felt that as we were making the album. Clive Davis, head of Arista, had made perhaps a slightly unexpected choice for our next single: the last track on the album, "Oh Life, There Must Be More". It's almost suicidal as a single because in its current form it's over six minutes long. We've cut it down to a more sensible four and a half minutes. Clive's a great song man and he certainly knows a hit song when he hears it and we trust his judgment on this one - he believes very strong in that tune and so that's what we're going with in America. "Wine From The Water" is going to be the next single in Europe. "Turn It Up" got a lot of play but it was limited to album oriented rock stations which is good but to really make a substantial impact, you've got to get onto "Top 40" stations. I've always been an album maker but the marketing people think they can bring this one home. I'm very hopeful.

"Mister Time" is a good track too but there's a bit of a problem getting it as a single because of the sheer length of it. Jacqui Copland is a very talented young lady and she's a newcomer. She toured with Duran Duran as a backup singer. She did an entire album with our drummer, Stuart Elliott. The album has yet to see the light of day but one of the tracks on it was "Mister Time" and I just felt that it was the king of song we wanted to do. So she became a member of the team for this album. It's interesting to note that we have not had a female singer on our album for a very long time. An interesting breaking of tradition.

Go2Music.net: You've been quoted as saying the whole thing about rock is a trick and that the whole basis of the music unnatural in a sonic sense? Why?

Alan: Ever since the electric guitar and amplifier came along, the entire basis of guitar-based music became artificial. An electronic guitar does not have any sound in and of itself. It just produces electronic impulses that feed the amplifier and produce that sound - sound that's a "fake" in itself. Another reason for saying what I do is that you can turn the amplifier and guitar up beyond the dynamic range of any human voice. Drum kits are also beyond the dynamics of any human voice. So you've got this series of backing instruments capable of generating extreme high decibel levels that in real terms could never really compete with the human voice. That's was makes it a fake, that's what makes it a sham. And rock music relies so heavily on effects: vocal effects, delays, reverbs and a totally sort of unreal balance - something that could not be achieved in real life. What is real, by way of contrast, is what's achieved with a symphony orchestra in a concert hall. That's real. That's acoustic instruments being played now, real time, real sound. Rock music, especially recorded rock music, is not only a distortion of sound balances but also of time - every track you hear has been recorded in several different performances by the same person. So the whole thing, the final song or final album, is totally fake - now I'm not saying that makes it an invalid musical statement - it's just that rock music is nothing other than a representation of a series of events.

Go2Music.net: Do you see a parallel between performance and production of music?

Alan: Yes, the production is intended to represent as best as possible the performance of music. That's what you are trying to achieve but the fact of the matter is that very often you have to cheat in order to get the best impression.

Go2Music.net: How do you feel about your upcoming tour of the states in 1995?

Alan: With a degree of trepidation, quite honestly. I'm not rally sure that the audience is there but I'm hopeful that they are. We're playing it safe to start off with as we are not playing the mega-stadiums but small theaters - at least to start. As a result of that we will get a better sound and a much better technical level of sonic purity. It's probably going to be a three week tour spread over twelve cities. Of course, if a city appears to be particularly strong, we can do second night. We'll add gigs at the beginning or the end if things go well. If things go badly, that we're only playing to two-thirds full houses, we're covering our asses, basically. It cost money to put a show on and more money is lost from a half-full 10,000 seater than a half-full 5,000 seater. We want to make it the best show possible with the budget we have available. Every moment of every day now is being spent on getting the best people, choosing the best songs, getting the production, the lights, everything right. I'm terrified and excited at the same time.

Go2Music.net: Assuming the tour goes well, do you have plans for future albums and tours in the states?

Alan: Yes.

Go2Music.net: How did you get to know Adrian Kerridge?

Alan: There's a certain sort of fraternity among sound engineers in London. It's been rather enhanced lately by the formation of a body known as REPRO, the British Record Producers Guild, that is now known as the guild of Recording Directors, Producers, and Engineers - a bit of a mouthful, isn't it? I've known Adrian for sometime and I've worked a Landsdowne and CTS on several occasions. I've always respected his work. I think he is one of the main persons responsible for changing the fact of independent studios in this country. Engineers were sort of the unsung heroes of the '60's and early '70's. It was only through what the Beatles did for the industry that engineers got the recognition that they deserve. If it hadn't been for them, I think engineers would still be wearing white coats. I have a lot of respect for Adrian and he's very active in the APRS, the association of professional recording studios, which is the parent body of REPRO. He's one of those people who is very devoted to the industry. He's grown up through being an engineer and making lots of hit records. He paved the way for the younger breed of engineers. In fact, I do lectures and write articles as my part in the process. I'm only to happy to impart my experience to other people - I recognize that you can't teach talent but there are certain things that you can pass on that will be absorbed by those who are talented.

Go2Music.net: It seems that the best engineers were actually musicians, people who started out playing music.

Alan: Well, there's really no rules on that. Geoff Emerick, one of the greatest engineers of all, is a passable piano player but he wouldn't call himself a musician. I wouldn't consider myself one either. I can get by as a guitarist and keyboard player but I don't look upon my musical abilities as a major part of what I do. My ears control more of what I do than does my playing ability.

Go2Music.net: You said, "I'm responsible for the atmosphere in the grooves - that's all mine."

Alan: A bit of ego there, I guess. I wouldn't maintain that the sound is all totally from my own ability. I recognize in a big way that a record is a team effort - I couldn't do it without the help of the people with whom I surround myself. I am even more cognizant of that now since the new album is really more of a band thing. Since Eric's departure it's now a new set of circumstances.

Go2Music.net: You've lived through decades of changing sound: The British Invasion, Disco, Rap - all of which to some extent distorted the natural sound of the instrument. How important is it to keep the instruments sounding as close to their natural sound as possible?

Alan: At the end of the day, you have to ask yourself if the composition is successful as a composition. If it is, then you can begin nursing it, experimenting with it. But there's no way you can make a dud song sound good through clever production techniques. If the melodic content and the overall structure on the song doesn't work, there's no way you can put it together and make it work by being clever in the studio. I mean, there's a place for machine music. In fact, I'm actually very keen of some of the techno dance music being done now, and the trans music, I think known as hard core techno material--a new area undergoing expansion and interestingly so - in the same way that the Floyd had a certain something in the late '60's and early '70's that others weren't doing repetitive figures and spacey sort of sounds.


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