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Eric Woolfson has dusted off some songs rejected for the Alan Parsons Project.

They're due at the end of April.



Here's what Woolfson had to say.

[turq]When Tim Fraser-Harding at Sony Music asked me in 2006 if there was any unreleased material or alternative mix versions of tracks in the Alan Parsons Project archives my first thought was – probably not much. However, on investigating, I discovered many gems which I had forgotten about in the 20 years since Alan and I worked together in the studio.

Alan and I didn’t always agree on what would make a good Project recording. It is no secret that Alan’s reaction on first listening to ‘Eye in the Sky’ and ‘Don’t Answer Me’ was less than enthusiastic and I had to argue hard for their inclusion. However, I didn’t always get my way and some songs fell by the wayside. In going through the archives we found abandoned songs or backing tracks of incomplete songs with little or no vocal line and some of these tracks have been included on the recently released, expanded edition APP albums in the untouched form in which we discovered them.

All of this gave rise to an idea that I could perhaps complete some of the unfinished works, together with other material that would unquestionably have been candidates for inclusion had Alan and I continued working together on more Projects,

It’s often said that there can be a certain magic for the listener when a composer sings his own material. I certainly was gratified that when I did sing lead vocals on tracks such as ‘Eye in the Sky’, ‘Time’ and ‘Don’t Answer Me’, the reaction was very positive and they became some of our greatest hits. For this reason and in response to many requests and kind comments sent through the websites, all of the songs on this album use my vocals.

Alan Parsons is now based in the US and is more focused on performing live with a band these days. We have travelled along very separate paths since our last collaboration on the album Freudiana in 1990. So for this album, I have turned to two other talented recording engineers – Haydn Bendall and Austin Ince. It has been great fun working on these songs, in various studios, in the comfort of my own home and, of course, in the legendary Abbey Road Studios.

I have very much enjoyed the experience of revisiting and completing songs from many eras of my writing life. I hope you enjoy the results![/turq]

Official web site: http://www.the-alan-parsons-project-that-never-was.com/.

Very interesting, I'll be looking into this upon release.

This is Eric Woolfson with nothing from Alan Parsons. They have split up, so Eric is trying to hang on to what fame he had as long as possible. All the songs are available as bonus tracks on the APP remasters, he just *finished* them. Have zero interest in this one.

Yes, but Woolfson wrote 80% of the Parsons Project music and 100% of the lyrics.

I loved the remasters but I have zero interest in this. Eric sounds bitter, and maybe he should be, but this smacks of desperation. He's a great talent though, but I just don't care to hear this.