This was the start of their longstanding friendly business relationship. Woolfson's idea was to manage Alan and help his already successful production career. Woolfson, a songwriter and composer, was working as a session pianist while composing material for a concept album based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe. Parsons acted as Assistant Engineer on the Beatles' albums Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), engineered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), and produced several acts for EMI Records. 1.2 1977–1990: Mainstream success and final releasesĬareer 1974–1976: Formation and debut Īlan Parsons met Eric Woolfson in the canteen of Abbey Road Studios in the summer of 1974.Tarr and Professor Fether", " I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You", " Games People Play", " Time", " Snake Eyes", " Sirius"/" Eye in the Sky", " Old and Wise", and " Don't Answer Me". Some of their most notable songs are " The Raven", " (The System of) Dr. The Alan Parsons Project released eleven studio albums in its 15-year career, including the successful I Robot and Eye in the Sky. Almost all the songs on the Project's albums are credited to "Woolfson/Parsons". A songwriter by profession, Woolfson was also a composer, a pianist, and a singer. Parsons was an audio engineer and producer by profession, but also a musician and a composer.
They were accompanied by a varying number of session musicians and some relatively consistent session players such as guitarist Ian Bairnson, arranger Andrew Powell, bassist and vocalist David Paton, drummer Stuart Elliott, and vocalists Lenny Zakatek and Chris Rainbow. The Alan Parsons Project were a British rock band active between 19, whose core membership consisted of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.