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Alan Parsons selects his Tracks of My Years

Alan Parsons, the Grammy Award winning producer, composer and artist who worked on the final two albums from The Beatles as second engineer picks his Tracks of My Years.

Alan Parsons, the legendary Grammy Award winning producer, composer and artist picks his Tracks of My Years with music from Al Stewart and The Hollies. Alan was second engineer on the last two albums by The Beatles, Abbey Road and Let It Be. After that he became a fully-fledged recording engineer and went on to work with Paul McCartney and The Hollies, among many others. However it was his contribution as engineer on Pink Floyd鈥檚 classic The Dark Side Of The Moon that really got him the world鈥檚 attention. That soon led to striking successes as a producer, notably with Pilot, John Miles and Steve Harley. He also produced the hugely successful Year Of The Cat album with Al Stewart and two albums with American prog rock band Ambrosia. In 1975 he met Eric Woolfson 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. Alan鈥檚 long time hobby has been performing magic and his brand new album, The Secret, showcases his own passion for the craft. The album sees a return to the pop rock sound with symphonic and progressive rock interludes which the Alan Parsons Project was known for.

Ken's got another round of the legendary PopMaster music quiz and your dedications with today's love song. There's also the record and album of the week.
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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 25 Sep 2019 09:30

Music Played

  • Simply Red

    Fairground

    • Simply Red Greatest Hits.
    • East West Records.
  • SEKAI NO OWARI

    Lost (feat. Clean Bandit)

    • (CD Single).
    • Insanity Records.
  • Bee Gees

    More Than A Woman

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
  • Propaganda

    Duel

    • A Secret Wish - Propaganda.
    • ZTT.
    • 12.
  • Record of the Week

    • Pet Shop Boys

      Dreamland (feat. Years & Years)

      • (CD Single).
      • x2 Recordings.
  • Luther Vandross

    Give Me The Reason

    • Essential Summer Breeze (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music.
  • 补鈥恏补

    Take On Me

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 1 (Various Artis.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Post Malone

    Circles

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic Records.
  • New Order

    People On The High Line

    • (CD Single).
    • Mute.
    • 1.
  • Liverpool Express

    You Are My Love

    • 25 Years Of Rock 'n'Roll Vol.2 (Vario.
    • Connoisseur.
  • Ingrid Andress

    Lady Like

    • Lady Like.
    • Warner Music Nashville.
  • Michael McDonald

    Sweet Freedom

    • Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom.
    • Warner Bros.
  • Poco

    Rose Of Cimarron

    • Poco - Essential Collection.
    • Half Moon.
  • Emeli Sand茅

    You Are Not Alone

    • Real Life.
    • Virgin EMI.
    • 03.
  • Irene Cara

    Fame

    • NOW Yearbook '82 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Gabrielle Aplin & JP Cooper

    Losing Me

    • Dear Happy.
    • Never Fade Records.
  • The RAH Band

    Clouds Across The Moon

    • One Hit Wonder (Various Artists).
    • Ganser & Hanke Media.
  • Callum Beattie

    Nothing Hurts Like You

    • People Like Us.
    • 3Beat.
  • Album of the Week

    • Keane

      Phases

      • Cause & Effect.
      • Island.
  • Gerard Kenny

    New York, New York

    • Time Between The Time.
    • Westmoor Music.
  • Lizzo

    Good As Hell

    • Coconut Oil.
    • Nice Life.
    • 5.
  • Supergrass

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.
  • Tracks of My Years

    • The Hollies

      The Air That I Breathe

      • The Gold Album (Various Artists).
      • The Hit Label Ltd.
      • 14.
    • Al Stewart

      Year Of The Cat

      • Year Of The Cat.
      • Esoteric Recordings.
  • P!nk

    Hurts 2B Human (feat. Khalid)

    • Hurts 2B Human.
    • RCA Records.
  • Howard Jones

    New Song

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Parlophone.

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Sep 2019 09:30