[2017-12-01] The Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky (35th Anniversary Edition)" 7-disc box set incl. 5.1 mix (Legacy)

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

Description
The 35th anniversary Eye in the Sky collector's box set includes 3 CDs (CD1: Original Album Expanded + bonus tracks, CD2: Eric Woolfson's Songwriting Diaries, CD3: Previously Unreleased Bonus Material and Disc 4: 5.1 Surround Sound and Stereo HD version of the original album on Blu-ray). Also included are 2 vinyl LPs ( the original album newly struck at half speed on four sides at 45rpm at Abbey Road Studios by Miles Showell), a flexi-disc replica of an original 1982 promo, a 60-page hardback book featuring newly-written essays, previously unreleased images recently discovered in Eric Woolfson's personal archive and new interviews with many of the musicians who recorded the tracks on the album, an Eye in the Sky 1982 replica poster and postcard, a gold-foil Eye of Horus stamp on the front of the box and more.

All of the newly discovered bonus material on Eye in the Sky has been lovingly and painstakingly restored to produce the best possible state-of-the-art listening experience for longtime fans and newcomers to the album.

[tracklisting][CD1]
1. Sirius
2. Eye In The Sky
3. Children Of The Moon
4. Gemini
5. Silence And I
6. You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
7. Psychobabble
8. Mammagamma
9. Step By Step
10. Old And Wise
11. Sirius (Demo)
12. Old And Wise (Eric Woolfson Vocal)
13. Any Other Day (Studio Demo)
14. Silence And I (Eric Woolfson Vocal)
15. The Naked Eye
16. Eye Pieces (Classical Naked Eye)

[CD2]
1. Eye in the Sky (Eric's Songwriting Diary 1)
2. Eye in the Sky (Eric's Songwriting Diary 2)
3. Eye in the Sky (Eric's Songwriting Diary 3)
4. Eye in the Sky (Eric's Songwriting Diary 4)
5. Children of the Moon (Eric's Songwriting Diary 1)
6. Children of the Moon (Eric's Songwriting Diary 2)
7. Gemini (Eric's Songwriting Diary 1)
8. Gemini (Eric's Songwriting Diary 2)
9. Gemini (Eric's Songwriting Diary 3)
10. Gemini & Silence and I (Eric's Songwriting Diary)
11. Silence and I (Eric's Songwriting Diary)
12. Cooper's Theme/ Silence and I chord beginnings (Eric's Songwriting Diary)
13. Cooper's Theme/ Silence and I beginnings (Eric's Songwriting Diary)
14. Silence and I/ Fly Away (Eric's Songwriting Diary 1)
15. Silence and I/ Fly Away (Eric's Songwriting Diary 2)
16. Old and Wise (Eric's Songwriting Diary 1)
17. Old and Wise (Eric's Songwriting Diary 2)
18. Old and Wise (Eric's Songwriting Diary 3)

[CD3]
1. Eye In The Sky (Ian 12-string Acoustic Guitar Out Take)
2. Sirius and Eye In The Sky (Early Rough Mix)
3. Eye In The Sky (Eric Demo Verses - No Lyrics)
4. Children Of The Moon (12-string Acoustic Guitar & Marching Band Snare Drum)
5. Children Of The Moon (Early Rough Mix With Eric Demo Vocal)
6. Gemini (Chris Rainbow Vocal Harmonies)
7. Silence And I (Orchestral Take With Eric Demo Vocal)
8. You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned (Rough Mix Section - Different Guitar Solo)
9. You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned (Rough Mix with Alan Demo Vocal - Few Lyrics)
10. Psychobabble (Orchestral Take)
11. Psychobabble (Rough Mix With Eric Demo Vocal)
12. Step By Step (12 - string Acoustic Guitars)
13. Step By Step (Rough Mix Backing Track - Extended Intro)
14. Old and Wise (Chris Rainbow Beach Boys Experiment)
15. Old & Wise (Eric Piano Track)
16. Eye in the Sky (Single Edit)
17. Old and Wise (Single Edit)
18. Psychobabble (Single Edit)

[Blu-ray]
5.1 Surround Sound Mix (2017)
Stereo HD version (1982)
1. Sirius
2. Eye In The Sky
3. Children Of The Moon
4. Gemini
5. Silence And I
6. You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
7. Psychobabble
8. Mammagamma
9. Step By Step
10. Old And Wise

[LP (at 45 rpm)]
Vinyl 1 Side 1
Sirius
Eye In The Sky
Children Of The Moon

Vinyl 1 Side 2
Gemini
Silence And I

Vinyl 2 Side 1
You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
Psychobabble

Vinyl 2 Side 2
Mammagamma
Step By Step
Old & Wise

[Flexidisc]
Excerpts from Eye in the Sky:-
Sirius
Eye in the Sky
Psychobabble
Old and Wise[/tracklisting]

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0746T9LH7/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0746T9LH7/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0746T9LH7/?tag=imwan-21

Mr Fuse · 01 Dec 2006

I wish he would do "I Robot".

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

i'm a HUGE fan of The Alan Parsons Project, but 5.1 remixes thrill me not.
but i know that many audiophiles love them - so i'm happy to see this.
i agree that "I Robot" would be a better choice for a 5.1 remix endeavor.

on a side note: Alan Parsons needs to get his act together and put out another album that contains the handful of recent singles. stop playing around with remixes and GET ON WITH IT!

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jul 26, 2017 3:27 pm

Bump: Added the pre-order details to the first post.

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2651

Flexidisc. That is hilarious. Who comes up with this stuff? I don't think I've seen one of those in the last 30 years. Is this the next big thing for the music industry, the flexidisc revival?

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

Well, the Stones certainly missed an opportunity to reproduce the "Exile On Main Street Blues" flexi for the album's deluxe reissue. It originally appeared in the New Music Express when the album was first released.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

They scrape the barrel for these APP Deluxes.

Songwriting diaries, demos, working tracks, etc.

No interest to me, in fact the remasters I have had bare-bones bonus cuts as well that were largely unlistenable.

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

New low in these deluxe boxes
We have had: Cassettes, 12" & 7" vinyl, marbles, scarf, beer coasters etc

And now shitty Flexi discs?

I'm cutting back on buying music at this stage in my life, thankfully box sets like this make that decision easy

The BluRay if produced 'may' be an option

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

JosephC wrote:

Flexidisc. That is hilarious. Who comes up with this stuff? I don't think I've seen one of those in the last 30 years. Is this the next big thing for the music industry, the flexidisc revival?

Decibel magazine has been doing flexidiscs for subscribers for years.

Don Schouest · 13 Jan 2007

ranasakawa wrote:

New low in these deluxe boxes
We have had: Cassettes, 12" & 7" vinyl, marbles, scarf, beer coasters etc

Anyone bought one of these "deluxe" boxes, kept the discs, and had any luck re-selling the "valuable collector's items"?

JosephC · **Joined:** 27 Jan 2011 **Posts:** 2651

Can anybody tell me how flexidiscs grade on the "warmth" scale?

alantig · 20 Sep 2006

JosephC wrote:

Can anybody tell me how flexidiscs grade on the "warmth" scale?

Very poorly. They don't burn long enough to generate any real warmth. :twisted:

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

alantig wrote:

JosephC wrote:

Can anybody tell me how flexidiscs grade on the "warmth" scale?

Very poorly. They don't burn long enough to generate any real warmth. :twisted:

that is exponentially funnier than any joke i was contemplating.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Nothing like coming home from work, grabbing a beer to relax to some music and crank up 18 songwriting diaries!

Talk about scraping the barrel and maybe even the garbage disposal.

Who would be able to enjoy listening to such things once, let alone multiple times to justify the price and owning this album yet again?

If any of you are out there I applaud your verve.

Dr. Chris Evil · 26 Jul 2006

What exactly is a "songwriting diary?"

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Dr. Chris Evil wrote:

What exactly is a "songwriting diary?"

I've been wondering that as well.

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

Jason Michael wrote:

Dr. Chris Evil wrote:

What exactly is a "songwriting diary?"

I've been wondering that as well.

dear diary,
today i decided to write a song.
it's so dreamy!

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jul 28, 2017 2:32 am

Bump: Updated the cover image in the first post to the full packshot.

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1320

I was hoping for a cereal box record instead of the flexidisc. Oh well.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Dr. Chris Evil wrote:

What exactly is a "songwriting diary?"

Probably a buzz phrase used to describe snippets of tape that the label found and used to pad a box set and increase the price.
These will only be listened to during the first play of the box :wink:

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:01 pm

Bump: This has been pushed back to December 1st.

A new 2017 dance remix of "Sirius" has been created to promote the box set, although it won't actually be included in the box set:

RackleNut · **Joined:** 07 Nov 2006 **Posts:** 1356

the "Disco Demolition Remix" of "Sirius" that's NOT included in the mega-box set?
you're shittin' me, right?

[2017-12-01] The Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky (35th Anniversary Edition)" 7-disc box set incl. 5.1 mix (Legacy)

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