Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons | |
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Základní informace | |
Narození | 20. prosince 1948 (75 let) Londýn |
Žánry | Rock, Alternative Rock |
Povolání | Audio inženýr, skladatel, muzikant, producent, režisér |
Aktivní roky | 1967 - dosud |
Vydavatelé | Legacy, Arista, Fox, Mercury |
Příbuzná témata | The Alan Parsons Project |
Rodiče | Denys Parsons a Kelty MacLeod |
Web | Alan Parsons Music |
multimediální obsah na Commons | |
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Alan Parsons (* 20. prosince 1948 Londýn, Anglie) je britský audio inženýr, muzikant a producent. Spolupracoval na nahrávání mnoha úspěšných alb populární hudby, jako byla například Abbey Road (The Beatles), či The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd). Jeho skupina s názvem The Alan Parsons Project i jeho sólové hudební projekty také zaznamenaly významný komerční úspěch.
V Abbey Road Studios začal Parsons pracovat od října 1967 jako 18letý. Jeho jméno se poprvé objevilo na albu Abbey Road. Alan Parsons pracoval i na projektech Paula McCartneyho (alba Wild Life a Red Rose Speedway), pěti albech skupiny The Hollies, dvou albech od Pink Floyd, Atom Heart Mother a The Dark Side of the Moon, za které získal svou první nominaci na cenu Grammy.
Dnes Alan Parsons pobývá v Santa Barbaře v Kalifornii.
Diskografie
Sólová tvorba
- 1993 – Try Anything Once
- 1997 – On Air A&M/Digital Sound
- 1999 – Time Machine Miramar
- 2004 – A Valid Path
The Alan Parsons Project
- 1976 – Tales of Mystery and Imagination
- 1977 – I Robot
- 1978 – Pyramid
- 1979 – Eve
- 1980 – The Turn of a Friendly Card
- 1982 – Eye in the Sky
- 1983 – The Best of the Alan Parsons Project
- 1984 – Ammonia Avenue
- 1985 – Vulture Culture
- 1985 – Stereotomy Arista
- 1987 – Gaudi Arista
- 1988 – The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2
- 1988 – The Instrumental Works
- 1990 – Freudiana
- 1989 – Pop Classics
- 1995 – The Very Best Live
- 1997 – Apollo
- 1997 – The Definitive Collection
- 1999 – Sound Check 2
- 1999 – Master Hits – The Alan Parsons Project
- 1999 – Alan Parsons Project – Greatest Hits Live
- 1999 – Eye in the Sky
- 1999 – Eye in the Sky – Encore Collection
- 2000 – Alan Parsons Project – Gold Collection BMG International
- 2002 – Works Audiophile Legends
- 2004 – Ultimate
- 2004 – Extended Versions: The iEncore Collection Live
- 2006 – Days Are Numbers (Kompilace 3 CD)
Producent
- 1975 – The Best Years of Our Lives (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
- 1976 – Rebel (John Miles) 171 US
- 1976 – Year of the Cat (Al Stewart) 5 US
- 1976 – Somewhere I've Never Travelled (Ambrosia)
- 1978 – Time Passages (Al Stewart) 10 US
- 1984 – Keats
Technik
- 1969 – Abbey Road (The Beatles) 1 UK
- 1970 – Atom Heart Mother (Pink Floyd) 1
- 1973 – The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 2
- 1974 – Hollies (The Hollies) 28 US
- 1975 – Another Night (The Hollies) 132 US
- 1975 – Ambrosia (Ambrosia)
- 1976 – Year of the Cat (Al Stewart)
Úspěchy
Singly
Singly, které se umístily v Billboard Top 40
- # 3 – „Eye in the Sky“ (1982)
- #15 – „Time“ (1981)
- #15 – „Don't Answer Me“ (1984)
- #16 – „Games People Play“ (1980)
- #27 – „Damned if I Do“ (1979)
- #36 – „I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You“ (1977)
- #37 – „(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether“ (1976)
Singly v kanadských žebříčcích
- #62 – „(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether“ (1976)
- #22 – „I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You“ (1977)
- #16 – „Damned if I Do“ (1980)
- # 9 – „Games People Play“ (1981)
- #30 – „Time“ (1981)
- # 1 – „Eye in the Sky“ (1982)
- #43 – „You Don't Believe“ (1983)
- #20 – „Don't Answer Me“ (1984)
- #89 – „Let's Talk About Me“ (1985)
Nominace na cenu Grammy
- 1973 – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon – Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- 1976 – Ambrosia – Somewhere I've Never Traveled – Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- 1976 – The Alan Parsons Project – Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- 1978 – The Alan Parsons Project – Pyramid – Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- 1979 – Ice Castles – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Cena Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
- 1979 – The Alan Parsons Project – Eve – Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- 1981 – The Alan Parsons Project – The Turn of a Friendly Card – Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- 1982 – The Alan Parsons Project – Eye in the Sky – Cena Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
- 1986 – The Alan Parsons Project – "Where's The Walrus?" – Cena Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
- 2007 – Alan Parsons – A Valid Path – Cena Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album
Externí odkazy
- Obrázky, zvuky či videa k tématu Alan Parsons na Wikimedia Commons
- Oficiální web
- An in-depth article about Alan Parsons and the history of The Alan Parsons Project
- Front of House Online article on Parsons mixing live performance of The Dark Side of the Moon by Which One's Pink?
- Alan Parsons (rozhovor z cyklu České televize Na plovárně) – video on-line v archivu ČT
The Alan Parsons Project | |
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Alan Parsons • Eric Woolfson • Andrew Powell • Ian Bairnson • Richard Cottle | |
Studiová alba | Tales of Mystery and Imagination • I Robot • Pyramid • Eve • The Turn of a Friendly Card • Eye in the Sky • Ammonia Avenue • Vulture Culture • Stereotomy • Gaudi |
Kompilace | The Best of the Alan Parsons Project • The Best of the Alan Parsons Project, Vol. 2 • The Essential Alan Parsons Project |
Singly | "(The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" • "The Raven" • "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" • "Don't Let It Show" • "What Goes Up" • "Damned If I Do" • "Games People Play" • "Time" • "Snake Eyes" • "Eye in the Sky" • "Psychobabble" • "You Don't Believe" • "Don't Answer Me" • "Prime Time" • "Let's Talk About Me" • "Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)" • "Stereotomy" |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | |
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Keith Emerson • Greg Lake • Carl Palmer | |
Studiová alba | Emerson, Lake & Palmer • Tarkus • Trilogy • Brain Salad Surgery • Works Volume 1 • Works Volume 2 • Love Beach • Black Moon • In the Hot Seat |
Koncertní alba | Pictures at an Exhibition • Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer • In Concert / Works Live • Live at the Royal Albert Hall • Live in Poland • Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 • Then and Now • The Original Bootleg Series from the Manticore Vaults |
Kompilace | The Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer • King Biscuit Flower Hour: Greatest Hits Live • The Very Best of Emerson, Lake & Palmer • The Ultimate Collection • The Essential Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
Box sety | The Return of the Manticore • From the Beginning |
Písně | "Fanfare for the Common Man" • "From the Beginning" • "I Believe in Father Christmas" • "Karn Evil 9" • "Take a Pebble" • "Tank" • "Tarkus" • "Toccata" • "Preacher's Blues" |
Příbuzná témata | Diskografie Emerson, Lake & Palmer • Manticore Records • Peter Sinfield • The Nice • King Crimson • Atomic Rooster • Asia |