Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes.Quote by Alan Parsons about opinion, magic
Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.Quote by Alan Parsons about music, style, rocks, artists, real estate
I couldn't have asked for a greater grounding. I have never quite got used to the fact that I was one of those involved in recording a Beatles album.
I decided I was going to be the first producer to have a manager. And those songs became the background of the first Project album.Quote by Alan Parsons about heads
I had the honor of speaking with Asimov. The album ended up being something not directly related to Asimov, but related instead to the concept of the power of robotics.Quote by Alan Parsons about power, being
I saw the Rolling Stones around the office from time to time. Mick Jagger asked me to teach him how to play the piano.Quote by Alan Parsons about music, time
I started in a research lab for TV cameras, then I worked at a tape duplication facility. That was the first introduction for me to recorded music and hi-fi.Quote by Alan Parsons about television, research, music
I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.Quote by Alan Parsons about teaching, fidelity, education, rightness, real estate, end, good, good luck
I'm delighted about the track's success in the sports world, but the frustrating thing is, I don't think I got rich on it. The labels and publishers did very cheap deals on our songs.Quote by Alan Parsons about succes, wealth, things, world
Immediately after the Floyd experience, I became a pop record producer.Quote by Alan Parsons about experience
In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.Quote by Alan Parsons about country, commerce
In Russia we had to have special visas in our passports, and when we had to show our passports at the Kremlin gates, we realized that, Oh my God, we're actually playing in THE Kremlin.Quote by Alan Parsons about god
It was a real shame that the technology wasn't up to the creation that was going on with quad. It just wasn't reaching the consumer in the right way.Quote by Alan Parsons about shame, technology, creation, rightness, real estate
Our records were perfect for compact discs, but the record companies did not initially understand digital recording.Quote by Alan Parsons about music, companies, perfection
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.Quote by Alan Parsons about music
The Dark Side of the Moon has flash the true flash that comes from the excellence of a superb performance.Quote by Alan Parsons about moon, dark
The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur.Quote by Alan Parsons about wealth, moon, dark
The Sicilian Defense album was never released and never will be if I have anything to do with it. I have not heard it since it was finished. I hope the tapes no longer exist.Quote by Alan Parsons about music, hope
We apparently got the Kremlin Palace audience to their feet for the first time ever. We're pretty proud of that.Quote by Alan Parsons about proudness, time
You had to constantly have your thinking cap on. I had no social life at the time.Quote by Alan Parsons about fidelity, thinking, time, life