.alanparsons & mashupmartin discuss thebeatles' AbbeyRoad on the 50th anniversary
iconic prog-pop pioneer Alan Parsons is depicted as a sea dog on a pirate ship, swabbing the deck as four rogues who look likeIt's no random reference. After all, decades ago at Abbey Road Studios, a 19-year-old Parsons began his first professional gig as a tape operator.album was an eight-week period and I did the sessions for the second half of that period," Parsons tells Billboard.
sessions, and Geoff Emerick, who was truly the wizard behind this record. God bless him and before his tragic death Geoff was fairly dismissive of the remixes I was doing, and I completely embraced his criticism. I think it's great he was still highly passionate about the work he had done on these records, and I know that Alan probably learned a lot from those sessions in the early stages of his career."had a tremendous influence on my direction with synthesizers," adds Parsons.
The elder Martin also played a key role in "Because." "The main sound you hear on 'Because' is the electric harpsichord, played by George Martin," Parsons tells Billboard. "The Moog is there as well, but the harpsichord is the main sound you hear prominently on the intro. I wish I had been there when they tracked that one, but I wasn't. But I'd wager a bet that George Harrison had something to do with the choice of notes used and such.
"John had heard Yoko trying to work out a bit of 'Moonlight Sonata' on a piano, which struck a chord with him," he tells Billboard. "One thing I've come to realize aboutis that there are a lot of arpeggios when you listen to 'Because' and the end of 'You Never Give Me Your Money,' the end of 'Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight' and most famously 'I Want You .
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