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13 quotes by Alan Parsons

Alan Parsons (born 20 December 1948 ) is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was involved with the production of several significant albums, including The Beatles' Abbey Road and Let It Be, and the soft rock band Ambrosia (band) debut album Ambrosia (album) as well as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for which Pink Floyd credit him as an important contributor. Parsons' own group, the Alan Parsons...
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The Dark Side of the Moon has flash - the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.

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The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain... →

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Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!

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Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

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That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off.

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I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the... →

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The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope... →

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Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.

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In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.

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I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music... →

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I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going... →

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I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and... →

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In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God... →

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