Cesko.wiki Alan Parsons
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Albert FloresAlan 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. +more 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. +more 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
[url=http://www. alanparsonsmusic. +morecom/]Oficiální web[/url] * [url=https://web. archive. org/web/20060409113910/http://www. alanparsonsmusic. com/media/interviews. htm]An in-depth article about Alan Parsons and the history of The Alan Parsons Project[/url] * [url=https://web. archive. org/web/20070928015710/http://www. fohonline. com/news/news. php. sCode=05051106. txt]Front of House Online article on Parsons mixing live performance of [[The Dark Side of the Moon[/url]] by Which One's Pink. ] * Alan Parsons (rozhovor z cyklu České televize "Na plovárně") - [url=http://www. ceskatelevize. cz/ivysilani/210522160100011-na-plovarne/]video on-line v archivu ČT[/url].
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