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In 1975 he met Eric WoolfsonВ who not only became his manager, but joined forces with Alan as a songwriting and performing partner for what became known as The Alan Parsons Project. He also produced the hugely successful Year Of The CatВ album with Al StewartВ and two albums with American prog rock band Ambrosia.

That soon led to striking successes as a producer вЂ“ notably with PilotвЂ™s Magic, John MilesвЂ™ HighflyВ and MusicВ and Steve HarleyвЂ™sВ ( Come Up And See Me) Make Me Smile. But it was his contribution as engineer on Pink FloydвЂ™sВ classic The Dark Side Of The MoonВ that really got him world attention. (Their only album, ElementalВ surfaced recently and was released by Record Collector Magazine in 2016.) But as soon as he landed a job at the famous Abbey Road StudiosВ at the age of 19, it became clear that the world of sound recording was to dominate his career.ДЄbbey Road: He was fortunate enough to work as assistant engineer on the last two albums by The BeatlesВ and after he qualified as a fully-fledged recording engineer, he went on to work with Paul McCartney and The HolliesВ among many others. His uncle, David TreeВ was also a film and stage actor.ДЄlan had dabbled with live performance in his late teens as a folk/blues acoustic player and as a lead guitarist with a blues band called The EarthВ in the late sixties in his hometown of London. The late Oliver Reed, film actor was a cousin.

ALAN PARSONS PROJECT BEST MEDIAFIRE PROFESSIONAL

His great-grandfather was the celebrated actor/manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.В His mother was an actress, professional folk singer and harpist and his father, Denys Parsons,В an accomplished pianist and flautist as well as the author of many books. Alan Parsons was born into a family with an impressive history in entertainment.

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