The Alan Parsons Project - Stereotomy (1985) - €10,00

Stereotomy is the ninth studio album by The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1985.
Not as commercially successful as its predecessor Vulture Culture, the album is structured differently from earlier Project albums, containing three lengthy tracks - ""Stereotomy" at over seven minutes, "Light of the World" at over six minutes, and the instrumental "Where's the Walrus?" running over seven and a half minutes (making it the longest instrumental the Project ever made) and two minute-long songs at the end. It is a full digital production and both the LP and CD releases was encoded using the two-channel Ambisonic UHJ format.
The original vinyl packaging of the album was different from all the reissues: it featured somewhat more elaborate artwork of the paper sleeve supplied with a special color-filter oversleeve. When inserted, the oversleeve filtered some of the colors of the sleeve artwork, allowing four different variations (2 per side) of it. That was supposed to symbolize visual stereotomy. In the reissues, only one variant remained.
The word "stereotomy" is taken from "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. It refers to the cutting of existing solid shapes into different forms; it is used as a metaphor for the way that famous people (singers, actors. etc.) are often 'shaped' by the demands of fame.
Stereotomy earned a Grammy nomination in 1987 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance – Orchestra, Group, or Soloist for the track "Where's the Walrus?"


Side A
A1.  Stereotomy   (7:15)
A2.  Beaujolais   (4:27)
A3.  Urbania (Instrumental)   (4:34)
A4.  Limelight   (4:39)

Side B
B1.  In The Real World   (4:17)
B2.  Where's The Walrus? (Instrumental)   (7:34)
B3.  Light Of The World   (6:22)
B4.  Chinese Whispers (Instrumental)   (1:02)
B5.  Stereotomy Two   (1:18)

Notes

Released:  1985

Genre:  Progressive Rock

Format:  LP

Label:  Arista Records

Catalog#  207463

Vinyl:  VG

Cover:  VG

Prijs:  €10,00

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card (1980) - Lp

Release:  1980
Genre:  Progressive Pop
Format:  LP
Label:   Arista Records
Catalog#   203000
Prijs:  €10,00


The Turn of a Friendly Card is the fifth studio album by the British progressive rock band The Alan Parsons Project, released in 1980 by Arista Records. The title piece, which appears on side 2 of the LP, is a 16-minute suite broken up into five tracks, with the five tracks listed as sub-sections.

With two of the Alan Parsons Project's best songs, the lovely ballad "Time" and the wavy-sounding "Games People Play," The Turn of a Friendly Card remains one of this group's most enjoyable albums. Parsons' idea, the subject of the album's six tracks, centers around the age-old temptation of gambling and its stranglehold on the human psyche. On "Games People Play," vocalist Lenny Zakatek sounds compelling and focused, giving the song a seriousness that aids in realization of the album's concept.

With "Time," it is Eric Woolfson who carries this luxurious-sounding ode to life's passing to a place above and beyond any of this band's other slower material. The breakdown of human willpower and our greedy tendencies are highlighted in the last track, entitled "The Turn of a Friendly Card," which is broken into five separate parts. "Snake Eyes," sung by Chris Rainbow, is the most compelling of the five pieces, and ties together the whole of the recording. As in every Parsons album, an instrumental is included, in this case an interesting number aptly titled "The Gold Bug."

Like most of the band's instrumentals, its flow and rhythm simulate the overall tempo and concept of the album, acting as a welcome interlude. Although short, The Turn of a Friendly Card is to the point and doesn't let down when it comes to carrying out its idea.

The Turn of a Friendly Card spawned the hits "Games People Play" and "Time", the latter of which was Eric Woolfson's first lead vocal appearance.


Side A
A1.  May Be a Price to Pay  (lead vocal Elmer Gantry)   (4:58)
A2.  Games People Play  (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek)   (4:22)
A3.  Time  (lead vocal Eric Woolfson backing vocal Alan Parsons)   (5:04)
A4.  I Don’t Wanna Go Home  (lead vocal Lenny Zakatek)   (5:03)

Side B
B1.  The Gold Bug (Instrumental)   (4:34)
B2.  The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part One)  (lead vocal Chris Rainbow)   (2:44)
B3.  Snake Eyes  (lead vocal Chris Rainbow)   (3:14)
B4.  The Ace of Swords  (Instrumental)   (2:57)
B5.  Nothing Left to Lose  (lead vocal Eric Woolfson)   (4:07)
B6.  The Turn of a Friendly Card (Part Two)  (lead vocal Chris Rainbow)   (3:22)

Vinyl:  Goed
Cover:  Goed

Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue (1984) - Lp

Side one
1. Prime Time  (5:03)
2. Let Me Go Home  (3:20)
3. One Good Reason  (3:36)
4. Since the Last Goodbye  (4:34)
5. Don't Answer Me  (4:11)

Side two
1. Dancing on a Highwire  (4:22)
2. You Don't Believe  (4:26)
3. Pipeline" (instrumental) (3:56)
4. Ammonia Avenue  (6:30)
               
Release:  1984
Genre:  Progressive Rock
Format:  LP
Label:  Arista Records
Catalog#  ARI 90092

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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The Alan Parsons Project - Vulture Culture (1985) – Lp

Side A
A1.  Let’s Talk About Me  (4:22)
A2.  Separate Lives  (4:42)
A3.  Days Are Numbers (The Traveller)  (4:26)
A4.  Sooner Or Later  (4:26)

Side B
B1.  Vulture Culture  (5:21)
B2.  Hawkeye  (3:48)
B3.  Somebody Out There  (4:56)
B4.  The Same Old Sun  (5:24)

Release:  1984
Genre:  Progressive Rock
Format:  LP
Label:  Arista Records
Catalog#  206577

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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The Alan Parsons Project - Eve (LP)

Side A
A1. Lucifer (instrumental)  (5:06)
A2. You Lie Down with Dogs  (3:47)
A3. I'd Rather Be a Man  (3:53)
A4. You Won't Be There  (3:34)
A5. Winding Me Up  (4:04)

Side B
B1. Damned If I Do  (4:48)
B2. Don't Hold Back  (3:37)
B3. Secret Garden (instrumental) (4:41)
B4. If I Could Change Your Mind  (5:43)

Release:  1979
Label:  Arista Records
Catalog#  1A 062-63063

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