Alan Parsons
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Oct 5, 2026
Tim FriedmannHOST
Yes.
Tim FriedmannHOST
A young Ellen Parsons would work as the assistant engineer on the album.
Tim FriedmannHOST
Sure,
Frank OstHOST
yeah.
BJHOST
This time they were working with a real producer, Chris Thomas, someone who could help reel them in and help them make a more straightforward more easily digestible, more relatable record.
BJHOST
Engineer Alan Parsons also played a major role in sculpting the album, tying it all together with sound effects and background noise.
BJHOST
[instrumental music] The plan was to call the record The Dark Side of the Moon.
BJHOST
Then in the middle of the recording, a blues rock band called Medicine Head came out with a record called Dark Side of the Moon.
Kevin MulryneHOST
Yes.
Mark Anthony KayeHOST
Uh, we have Mr. Alan White as the picture for this month, for October-
Kevin MulryneHOST
That's right
Mark Anthony KayeHOST
... behind the drum kit.
Mark Anthony KayeHOST
Ah.
Kevin MulryneHOST
No, that's probably completely wrong.
Kevin MulryneHOST
Gerard Johnson, Steve G, Paul Stacey, Jeremy Stacey, brothers, Gary Husband, a brilliant rock drummer, prog drummer, Alan White [laughs], Shane Thyerot, Francis Dunnery, and Tom Bis- Brislin.
Kevin MulryneHOST
I mean-
MikeHOST
That's a big negative.
SteveHOST
People, and the, a- of course we know the Alan Parsons-
MikeHOST
What era, what era of prog? Like, like-
SteveHOST
Probably late '60s-
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Dark Side of Moons and a Lamb on Broadway.
speaker_3UNKNOWN
Island Parsons project, a Beatles melody.
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Two Dron brothers making history.
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From a million peaks to Genesis shores.
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Scott DavisHOST
I truly believe Yes is one of the best progressive rock bands in the world.
Scott DavisHOST
Um, I, I am high on Marillion.
Scott DavisHOST
I am high on Alan Parsons.
Scott DavisHOST
But Yes, Yes and Pink Floyd-
Rick BallouHOST
Are you trying to tell me, God willing, when we wake up tomorrow, it's going to be October? I mean, they were right.
Rick BallouHOST
Roger Waters and David Gilmour and Nick Mason and Richard Wright, the late Richard Wright of Pink Floyd, right? Produced by Alan Parsons of the Alan Parsons Project.
Rick BallouHOST
Time.
Rick BallouHOST
Every year is getting shorter.
Ruth McCartneyHOST
He began in the music industry as a musician, recording engineer, composer, songwriter, and record producer.
Ruth McCartneyHOST
developing a deep understanding of the creative process and the technologies that help artists bring ideas to life over the course of his career tony has worked in various recording capacities with acclaimed artists and entertainment figures including mary wells lamont dozier cap stevens Billy Ocean, Beck, The Temptations, Alan Parsons, George Martin, that would be Sir George to me, Paul Carrick, Brian Johnson, Ray Manzarek, Elaine Page, Albert Lee, Ainsley Dunbar, Stanley Clark, Chick Corea, Shannon R, David Pomerantz, Stacey Keach, and Chuck Lorre.
Ruth McCartneyHOST
And the list goes on.
Ruth McCartneyHOST
As a producer, he recorded for labels including Decca, AIR, Sony, Columbia, Hansa, Moest, Magnet, and Trend Records.
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Tony RockliffGUEST
Okay.
Tony RockliffGUEST
Well, one of the still sticks in my mind was I was in Abbey Road and we were mixing Uriah Heep.
Tony RockliffGUEST
and my t-boy and tape operator was alan parsons when he was 19. and back then uh emi studios later to become abbey road was um basically white coated guys you know yes
Ruth McCartneyHOST
and it is
Dan FeidenHOST
They started getting into like making kind of more mainline pop music and this album comes in, you know, so it's like, it's very easy to compare this record to like, you know, invisible touch by Genesis or something.
Dan FeidenHOST
But I, when I listened to it, it actually like led me, it reminded me much more directly of like yellow or, or Alan Parsons project.
Dan FeidenHOST
Okay.
Dan FeidenHOST
Which actually predate this band a little bit.
AlHOST
Love it.
AlHOST
Is that like the Alan Parsons project? That's awesome.
AlHOST
I
RickHOST
kind of think it's something like the Jameis Winston experience.
Scott DavisHOST
He introduced me to Marillion.
Scott DavisHOST
He introduced me to Alan Parsons.
Scott DavisHOST
He introduced me to Yes.
Scott DavisHOST
And he got me hooked on Anderson Proofread Wakeman Howe.
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Yeah.
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The lunatics are in my home The paper holds their folded faces to the floor And every day the paper boy brings more I'll see you on the dark side.
Scott DavisHOST
so to add on to what burke mentioned in january 1973 a couple of weeks before the album was due to be finished the band thought of asking a female singer to wail over the music the band began casting around for a singer and did you know this studio engineer alan parsons
Burke DavisHOST
Yes, I did know that
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