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The official band members include Alan Parsons, who contributed to production, engineering, programming, composition, keyboards, and guitar; and Eric Woolfson, who contributed to composition, lyrics, piano, keyboards, vocals, and executive production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNotable contributors to The Alan Parsons Project's music include Andrew Powell on composition, keyboards, and orchestral arrangements from 1975-1990; Philharmonia Orchestra; The English Chorale as a choir in various years; Ian Bairnson on guitar from 1975-1990; David Pack on guitar in 1976; David Paton on bass and vocals from 1975-1985; Duncan Mackay on keyboards from 1977-1979; Richard Cottle on keyboards and saxophone from 1984-1990; Laurence Cottle on bass from 1987-1990; Stuart Tosh on drums and percussion from 1975-1976; Stuart Elliott on drums and percussion from 1977-1990.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOther notable vocalists who have contributed to The Alan Parsons Project's music include Colin Blunstone (vocals: 1978–1984), Chris Rainbow (vocals: 197\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-complete-albums-collection","title":"The Complete Albums Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 2014 on CD, The Alan Parsons Project – The Complete Albums\nCollection is now available in a beautifully packaged deluxe vinyl 11LP box set\nand is limited to 1,500 copies worldwide.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt includes the 11 original studio albums including The Sicilian Defence album that they\noriginally recorded in 1979 and was previously unreleased until 2014 when it was included\nwithin The Complete Album Collection 11CD box set.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll albums half speed remastered at Abbey Road and cut from hi-res files transferred from\nthe best available master tapes where analogue was originally used and from the original\ndigital master tapes for all albums from 1983 onwards with everything approved by Alan\nParsons.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePressed on heavyweight 180gm vinyl, and beautifully replicated sleeves including original\ntext and imagery.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully packaged in a ‘cigarette type’ hardback outer box with the outer design\ncontaining the words that Eric Woolfson felt best described The Alan Parsons Project.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes 60 page 12” x 12” hardback book containing full lyrics, brand new sleeve notes\nand essay from Miles Showell, Abbey Road Studios on the half speed remastering process.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso includes giant A1 size poster.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Alan Parsons Project was a progressive rock music entity comprised of engineer\/\nproducer Alan Parsons and songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. 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The theme of “Too Close to the Sun” is escaping the labyrinth of the Minotaur. “Brother Up In Heaven” is an emotionally driven song, about the unfortunate death of Ian Bairnson’s cousin. “One Day To Fly” is a song about Leonardo da Vinci’s search to design a flying machine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA who’s-who of lead vocalists are featured on this album; Christopher Cross, Eric Stewart, Neil Lockwood, Steve Overland and Graham Dye. The amazing looking artwork was recreated for this vinyl edition by none other than Peter Curzon of Storm Studios. 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