![]() ![]() I’d worked with Allan for years with The Hollies. Dave Townsend, who sang Don’t Let It Show, he was not known as a singer but was very well known as a writer because he wrote Miss You Nights, a hugely respected ballad that Cliff Richard had a hit with. Allan Clarke from The Hollies, wow, that’s a strange choice. I think the choices we made were a little on the unexpected side. “I don’t think Allan Clarke had ever been asked to guest on anybody’s album before, nor had Steve Harley as I recall. “I think people liked to do guest appearances,” says Alan. For example, Lenny Zakatek came from the pop group Gonzalez, who scoredĪ disco hit with I Haven’t Stopped Dancing Yet, as far from prog as can be. But it was a good link to have because a lot of people knew of Asimov’s work long before our album came out.”įor an album that is hailed as a prog classic, I Robot features remarkably few musicians with previous experience in the genre, particularly on the vocal front. We had opposing ideas about the relationships that man and machine would have. I think it is fairly well documented that we don’t follow his philosophy at all, or the story. I read it cover to cover once the idea came up and I thought it was great. “I certainly was a science fiction fan, I used to read short stories quite a bit, although having said that, I wasn’t really much of a reader never was, probably never will be. “I wasn’t familiar with his work – it was really Eric that instigated the thing,” says Alan today about the inspiration behind the album. The album impressed Clive Davis sufficiently to sign the Project to Arista Records for their follow up, I Robot, which took its name and concept from the science fiction writings of Isaac Asimov. Joined by a host of guest musicians, the duo released their debut album, Tales Of Mystery And Imagination, in 1976, inspired by the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Not content with just being an engineer and producer, Parsons teamed up with songwriter Eric Woolfson to form The Alan Parsons Project to provide a platform for their musical ideas. ![]()
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