The inaugural volume in Legacy's Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series, I Robot (Sessions) serves as a companion to the APP's second studio album, I Robot, originally released in 1977.
The I Robot (Sessions) collection offers demos, early mixes, instrumentals and other sonic rarities including Eric Woolfson's early take on "Don't Let It Show" (a song notably covered by Pat Benatar on her debut album in 1979). Woolfson's demo reveals the song's evolving musical structure and lyric content. Eric sang and recorded demos of his songs to play for Alan and other musicians as source material for their studio sessions. Fortunately, the late Woolfson preserved these recordings in his archive and their contemporary release in the APP Sessions Series provides a revelatory look into his songwriting and production process. Eric provides a candid background perspective on "Don't Let It Show" in this interview clip.
Slated for release over the next year, each volume in the ongoing Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series will present bonus materials--demos, edits, alternative versions, backing tracks, Eric Woolfson's songwriting diaries and more--related to one of the studio albums in the official APP catalog including Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Pyramid, Eve, The Turn of a Friendly Card, Eye in the Sky, Ammonia Avenue, Vulture Culture, Stereotomy, and Gaudi.
The Alan Parsons Project Sessions Series will make a wide variety of APP bonus material available to fans for the first time on streaming services. Legacy will also begin releasing the original albums from the Alan Parsons Project catalog in spatial audio over the next 12 months.
Much of the material showcased in the APP Session Series was recorded in the legendary Abbey Road Studios in the 1970s and 1980s, providing intimate glimpses into the creative process that produced the APP's string of epic visionary musical explorations. The bonus material featured on I Robot (Sessions) and other albums in the Sessions Series has been painstakingly selected from more than 1000 master tapes stored for over 40 years in Eric Woolfson's archives. These invaluable master tapes were "baked" and digitized over a two-year period, forming the definitive treasure trove of APP material, much of which is being made available for streaming for the very first time.
In 2023, ten original Alan Parsons Project promotional videos were upgraded to HD and may be seen on the APP YouTube page HERE
"Sirius," one of the APP's signature tracks and--ever since the Chicago Bulls began using it as their intro music in 1984--a ubiquitous go-to rouser at sporting events worldwide, was featured in the Deadpool 3 trailer which premiered at this year's Super Bowl.
Track Listing:
Track Listing:
1. U.S. Radio Commercial for I Robot
2. I Robot Boules Experiment
3. I Robot Hilary Western Vocal Rehearsal
4. Extract 1 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
5. Extract 2 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
6. I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You Backing Track Rough Mix
7. Some Other Time Complete Vocal by Jaki Whitren
8. Breakdown Early Demo of Backing Riff
9. Extract 3 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
10. Breakdown The Choir
11. Don't Let It Show Eric Woolfson Demo
12. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) Early Stage Rough Mix
13. Genesis Ch.1. V.32 Choir Session
14. The Naked Robot Early Stage Instrumental Mixes
2. I Robot Boules Experiment
3. I Robot Hilary Western Vocal Rehearsal
4. Extract 1 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
5. Extract 2 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
6. I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You Backing Track Rough Mix
7. Some Other Time Complete Vocal by Jaki Whitren
8. Breakdown Early Demo of Backing Riff
9. Extract 3 from The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
10. Breakdown The Choir
11. Don't Let It Show Eric Woolfson Demo
12. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) Early Stage Rough Mix
13. Genesis Ch.1. V.32 Choir Session
14. The Naked Robot Early Stage Instrumental Mixes
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