The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album was rejected by Arista, not surprisingly, and we then renegotiated our deal for the future and the next album, The Turn of a Friendly Card. The Sicilian Defence 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.
In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it. - Alan Parsons
In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.
- Alan Parsons
The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album wa… - Alan Parsons
The Sicilian Defence was our attempt at quickly fulfilling our contractual obligation after I Robot, Pyramid and Eve had been delivered. The album wa…
Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment. - Alan Parsons
Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment.
Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes! - Alan Parsons
Any effects created before 1975 were done with either tape or echo chambers or some kind of acoustic treatment. No magic black boxes!
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… - Alan Parsons
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…
I try to find a way that the other guy hasn't thought of using a sound or a sample. - Alan Parsons
I try to find a way that the other guy hasn't thought of using a sound or a sample.
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 an… - Alan Parsons
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 an…
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. - Alan Parsons
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.
Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention. - Alan Parsons
Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.
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