Prime Cut
“I was very impressed with the album’s sound at the time, but over the years our hearing improved and our ears became more sensitive to the idiosyncrasies that go with compact disc.”
Thousands of miles away in California, Alan Parsons is yet to lay eyes or ears upon the newly expanded edition of the Alan Parsons Project’s seventh album, Ammonia Avenue, and with said reissue the subject of our conversation, Parsons is keen to hear Prog’s opinion. We reassure him that the deluxe version – featuring three CDs and a Blu-ray disc; two 45RPM 12-inch vinyl, cut at Abbey Road; promo videos and a lavish coffee table book – is a thing of complete beauty.
“Oh good,” responds Parsons warmly. “I’m so glad that it turned out well.”
The biggest treat of all, though, is a haul of 53 bonus tracks, which include material drawn from the songwriting diaries of the APP’s late keyboard player and lyricist, Eric Woolfson. Parsons explains that revisiting an intimate library of diaries made by his musical partner, who died
