Alan Parsons Live (Very Best Of) - 2 LPs

Live is the first live album by Alan Parsons, recorded in May 1994 during his European tour, and released later that same year.The live performances on the album are all songs from his years with The Alan Parsons Project, including “Sirius”, “Eye In The Sky”, “Old And Wise” and “Don't Answer Me”. Ian Bairnson, Andrew Powell, Stuart Elliott (of Cockney Rebel) and Richard Cottle anchor the band with Parsons. Manfred Mann's Earth Band vocalist Chris Thompson and The Flying Pickets lead singer Gary Howard, provide vocals for the live tracks.The album is notable for the instrumental track “Luciferama” (a blending of “Lucifer” and “Mammagamma”. It is also the only Parsons live album that contains a full rendition of “The Raven” with the vocoder part. The track is prefaced by the second part of “A Dream Within a Dream”.Live is available on vinyl, remastered and cut on 45RPM for the ultimate listening experience.

The Alan Parsons Project was een studioband die nooit toerde, en toch toerden ze in 1994 in mei en namen ze een van de beste live-albums aller tijden op! De live band bestaat uit veel van Parsons gebruikelijke studiomuzikanten zoals Stuart Elliott op de drums, Andrew Powell en Richard Cottle zoals Parsons zelf op de keyboards en Ian Bairnson op leadgitaar. Alle leadzang wordt verzorgd door Chris Thompson en Gary Howard. De band van Alan Parsons levert briljante live vertolkingen van Project-favorieten als 'Eye In The Sky', 'Psychobabble', 'Time', 'Prime Time' en 'Don't Answer Me'. De laatste drie nummers, "When", "Take the Money and Run" en "You're the Voice", zijn op geen van de studioalbums verschenen. Dit is progrock op zijn best!