The Alan Parsons Project je britské rockové duo založené v roce 1975 producentem a zvukovým inženýrem Alanem Parsonsem a pianistou a skladatelem Erikem Woolfsonem. Působili v žánru progressive rock a art rock, mezi jejich nejznámější hity patří Eye in the Sky či Don't Answer Me. Parsons pracoval jako zvukař v Abbey Road Studios a podílel se na posledních albech Beatles, později spolupracoval s Pink Floyd na legendárním The Dark Side of the Moon.
Kompilace Original Album Classics z roku 2010 vychází na vydavatelství Arista a přináší celkem 76 nahrávek na pěti CD. Jedná se o box set zahrnující pět studiových alb skupiny, včetně rozšířených verzí s demy a alternativními verzemi skladeb. Mezi zvýrazněné skladby patří Voyager, What Goes Up, Games People Play nebo Time.
The Alan Parsons Project fungoval převážně jako studiový projekt, na jejich nahrávkách se podílela řada sezónních hudebníků – mezi stálé spolupracovníky patřili kytarista Ian Bairnson, bubeník Stuart Elliott, baskytarista David Paton a vokalisté Lenny Zakatek a Chris Rainbow.
Skladby
- Pyramid
- 1-1 Voyager 2:24
- 1-2 What Goes Up... 3:31
- 1-3 The Eagle Will Rise Again 4:20
- 1-4 One More River 4:16
- 1-5 Can't Take It With You 5:06
- 1-6 In The Lap Of The Gods 5:27
- 1-7 Pyramania 2:45
- 1-8 Hyper-Gamma-Spaces 4:19
- 1-9 Shadow Of A Lonely Man 5:34
- 1-10 Voyager/What Goes Up/The Eagle Will Rise Again (Instrumental Version) 8:55
- 1-11 Voyager/Little Voice (Early Version Demo) 4:07
- 1-12 Can't Take It With You (Early Version Demo) 1:45
- 1-13 Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (Demo) 2:21
- 1-14 The Eagle Will Rise Again (Alternate Version - Backing Track) 3:20
- 1-15 In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 1 - Demo) 3:14
- 1-16 In The Lap Of The Gods (Part 2 - Backing Track Rough Mix) 1:56
- The Turn Of A Friendly Card
- 2-1 May Be A Price To Pay 5:01
- 2-2 Games People Play 4:24
- 2-3 Time 5:14
- 2-4 I Don't Wanna Go Home 4:52
- 2-5 The Gold Bug 4:34
- 2-6 The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part One) 2:44
- 2-7 Snake Eyes 3:15
- 2-8 The Ace Of Swords 2:57
- 2-9 Nothing Left To Lose 4:07
- 2-10 The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part Two) 3:32
- 2-11 May Be A Price To Pay (Intro-Demo) 1:32
- 2-12 Nothing Left To Lose (Basic Backing Track) 4:35
- 2-13 Nothing Left To Lose (Chris Rainbow Vocal Overdub Compilation) 2:02
- 2-14 Nothing Left To Lose (Early Studio Version With Eric's Guide Vocal) 3:11
- 2-15 Time (Early Studio Attempt) 4:42
- 2-16 Games People Play (Rough Mix) 4:33
- 2-17 The Gold Bug (Demo) 2:49
- Eve
- 3-1 Lucifer 5:08
- 3-2 You Lie Down With Dogs 3:48
- 3-3 I'd Rather Be A Man 3:53
- 3-4 You Won't Be There 3:43
- 3-5 Winding Me Up 3:55
- 3-6 Damned If I Do 4:52
- 3-7 Don't Hold Back 3:37
- 3-8 Secret Garden 4:43
- 3-9 If I Could Change Your Mind 5:59
- 3-10 Elsie's Theme From The Scicilian Defence (The Project That Never Was) 3:00
- 3-11 Lucifer (Demo) 2:48
- 3-12 Secret Garden (Rough Mix) 4:42
- 3-13 Damned If I Do (Rough Mix) 4:46
- 3-14 Don't Hold Back (Vocal Rehearsal Rough Mix) 3:43
- 3-15 Lucifer (Early Rough Mix) 4:17
- 3-16 If I Could Change Your Mind (Rough Mix) 5:46
- Stereotomy
- 4-1 Stereotomy 7:17
- 4-2 Beaujolais 4:27
- 4-3 Urbania (Instrumental) 4:59
- 4-4 Limelight 4:38
- 4-5 In The Real World 4:21
- 4-6 Where's The Walrus? (Instrumental) 7:30
- 4-7 Light Of The World 6:19
- 4-8 Chinese Whispers (Instrumental) 1:01
- 4-9 Stereotomy Two 1:23
- 4-10 Light Of The World (Backing Track) 6:14
- 4-11 Rumour Goin' Round (Demo) 5:01
- 4-12 Stereotomy (Eric Woolfson Guide Vocal) 6:37
- 4-13 Stereotomy (Backing Rough Mix) 1:23
- Gaudi
- 5-1 La Sagrada Familia 8:44
- 5-2 Too Late 4:34
- 5-3 Closer To Heaven 5:54
- 5-4 Standing On A Higher Ground 5:46
- 5-5 Money Talks 4:23
- 5-6 Inside Looking Out 6:19
- 5-7 Paseo De Gracia 3:43
- 5-8 Too Late (Eric Woolfson Rough Guide Vocal) 4:13
- 5-9 Standing On A Higher Ground/Losing Proposition (Vocal Experiments) 3:58
- 5-10 Money Talks (Chris Rainbow/Percussion Overdubs) 0:37
- 5-11 Money Talks (Rough Mix Backing Track) 4:28
- 5-12 Closer To Heaven (Sax/Chris Rainbow Overdub Section) 0:50
- 5-13 Paseo De Gracia (Rough Mix) 3:46
- 5-14 La Sagrada Familia (Rough Mix) 7:25
