Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination Edgar Allan Poe (SHM-CD) - COMPACT DISCS

Pyramid - ALAN PARSONS - The Alan Parsons Project's third studio album 'Pyramid' (1978) was one of it's very best. A pristine sounding and ambitious conceptual , contributors included Colin Blunstone, Lenny Zakatek, David Paton, Jack Harris, and Dean Ford, as well as session musicians like guitarist Ian Bairnson and drummer Stuart Elliott. - The album was conceived at a time when interest in pyramids and pyramid power was high, with pyramids on the back of dollar bills, newspaper stories about their magical properties, and a pyramid on the cover of Dark Side of the Moon. Alan Parsons, the band's engineer and producer, has said that he had always been fascinated by the pyramids' history and mystery, and why Egyptian and Mayan cultures built such structures.

The Alan Parsons Project's million selling album Ammonia Avenue, is re-issued in a variety of formats including an Abbey Road remaster, expanded CD with 4 bonus tracks.Ammonia Avenue focuses on the possible misunderstanding of industrial scientific developments from a public perspective and a lack of understanding of the public from a scientific perspective. It was a worldwide hit achieving platinum and gold status in numerous countries such as USA, Germany, Netherlands, France and Canada.Like other Alan Parsons Project albums, there were a variety of different lead vocalists employed including Chris Rainbow, Colin Blunstone, Lenny Zakatek as well as Eric Woolfson himself. Plus, a selection of session musicians such as guitarists Ian Bairnson and David Paton and drummer Stuart Elliott with arrangements by Andrew Powell.About The Alan Parsons ProjectThe Alan Parsons Project was a progressive rock music entity comprised of engineer/ producer Alan Parsons and songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. They released 10 concept albums which focused on subject matter such as science fiction, supernatural, literary and sociological themes between 1976-1987 and have sold in excess of 55 million albums world-wide.- Remaster of the original album by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios- Includes 4 bonus tracks- A fully illustrated 12 page booklet containing a sleevenote featuring quotes from Alan Parsons as well as full lyrics

CD reissue. Sounding like a combination of the Alan Parsons Project of the 70s with a dash of Pink Floyd, InchThe Time MachineInch is an aural experience sure to please fans of Parsons, New Age and Electronica. The album opens with the instrumental InchThe Time Machine (Part 1)Inch, written by Cockney Rebel drummer/composer Stuart Elliott, which resembles the way the Project's album used to open. There's the mellow song InchOut Of The Blue,Inch with lead vocals by Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet. InchIgnorance Is BlissInch is one of the most beautiful songs with vocals from former Zombies lead-singer Colin Blunstone. Alan Parsons again uses the concept album formula successful with InchTime MachineInch.