The Alan Parsons Project - Pyramid

The Alan Parsons Project — Pyramid

Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set

Includes 4CDs, Blu-ray, 2LPs, 12" x 12" 60-page hardback book and replica press folder

Blu-ray surround sound mixes by Alan Parsons

Half-speed remastered 2LPs by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios

The Alan Parsons Project Pyramid is reissued in a variety of different formats including a limited edition Super Deluxe Box Set containing 4CDs, Blu-ray including surround sound mixes by Alan Parsons, Abbey Road half-speed remastered 2LP, 12" x 12" 60 page hardback book and a replica press folder.

Pyramid was a concept album centred on the pyramids of Giza. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with a variety of different lead vocalists employed including John Miles, Colin Blunstone, Lenny Zakatek, David Paton, Jack Harris and Dean Ford. Musicians included guitarist Ian Bairnson and drummer Stuart Elliott with arrangements by Andrew Powell (all three contributed to Kate Bush's debut The Kick Inside, released only three months before Pyramid).

The album was a worldwide hit, selling well in excess of 2 million copies and reaching the Top 30 in many territories (although not the U.K.) but couldn't repeat the Top 10 success in America of the previous album, 1977's I Robot. At the time this album was conceived, interest in pyramids and so-called pyramid power was all the rage. A pyramid could be found on the back of a dollar bill, there were stories in the newspapers about the supposed magical properties of pyramids and of course, the cover of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

As with other APP albums, the focus was on very high-quality studio sound production, and they recorded the album at Abbey Road Studios in London.

• The 4CDs contain a stereo CD remaster of the original album by Miles Showell at Abbey Road, plus 67 bonus tracks (54 of them previously unreleased) taken from studio session outtakes and Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diaries.

• The Blu-ray disc (ABC Region Free) features a breathtaking first ever Dolby Atmos mix of an Alan Parsons Project album along with a striking 5.1 Surround Sound mix from the original multi-track master tapes by Alan Parsons plus a new stereo HD remaster of the original album by Miles Showell.

• The 45 RPM 180-gram heavyweight vinyl 2LP in a gatefold sleeve contains a half speed remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.

• A beautifully and fully illustrated 12" x 12" hardback casebound book featuring interviews with Alan Parsons, the Woolfson family and the musicians/lead vocalists as well as full lyrics and commentary on the bonus tracks

• Replica original press folder containing an A1 sized poster and postcard of the album artwork plus a reproduction of the original biography, press photo and a hand typed ‘Prologue' and ‘Preamble' about the Pyramid album by Eric Woolfson.

The Alan Parsons Project was a progressive rock music entity comprised of engineer/ producer Alan Parsons and songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. They released 10 concept albums which focused on subject matter such as science fiction, supernatural, literary and sociological themes between 1976 — 1987 and have sold more than 55 million albums worldwide.