The Turn of a Friendly Card. The Sicilian Defence album was never released and never will be. ALAN PARSONS AlbumCardCountryDefenceFriendlyReleaseTurn
It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory. ALAN PARSONS ConsumerEductionEndFactoryGoRealRecordRight
I try to find a way that the other guy hasn’t thought of using a sound or a sample. ALAN PARSONS FindGuyOtherSampleSoundTryUseWay
The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. ALAN PARSONS AttemptContractualCountryDefenceDeliverEveFulfilObligationPyramid
Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention. ALAN PARSONS FolkRaelRockRoot
Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes! ALAN PARSONS AcousticAnyBeforeBlackBoxChamber SomeCreateEchoEffectKindMagicTreatment
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. ALAN PARSONS BeatleCountryHardNatureRoomTotally
Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to your music. ALAN PARSONS AudiophileEquipmentListenMusicUse
I’m delighted about the track’s success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, ALAN PARSONS DelightFrustrateSportSuccessThingTrackWorld
In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it. ALAN PARSONS CountryEverHearLotNobodyOutsideSell
Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment. ALAN PARSONS AudiophileEquipmentListenMusicUse
I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. ALAN PARSONS FidelityGoodHighLapeLearnMachineMechanicSeventeenSound
In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates. ALAN PARSONS CountryGatePassportShowSpecialVisa
I don’t think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs. ALAN PARSONS ChepDealLabelPublisherSongThink
We realized that, Oh my God, we’re actually playing in THE Kremlin!. ALAN PARSONS ActualCountryGodPeoplePlayRealize
The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics. ALAN PARSONS AlbumDirectEndInsteadPoerRelateRoboticSomething
That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi. ALAN PARSONS FirstIntroductionMusicRecord
I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. ALAN PARSONS CameraDuplicationFacilityLabResearchStartTapeTelevisionWork
If I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist. ALAN PARSONS AnythingExistFinishHeardHopeLongerSinceTape
The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album, ALAN PARSONS AlbumFuturePeopleRejectRenegotiateSurprise
The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. ALAN PARSONS AlbumConceptualDarkFinInviteInvolvementMonRichSideTextual
