The Alan Parsons Project - I Robot

The Alan Parsons Project — I Robot Super Deluxe Edition

Half-Speed Mastered 180-gram 45 RPM 2LP, 4CD & Blu-ray limited edition box set

4CDs including a stereo remaster of the original album by Miles Showell plus 70 bonus tracks!

Blu-ray with stunning Dolby Atmos + 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Alan Parsons

Plus new stereo HD remaster by Miles Showell

The Alan Parsons Project I Robot, widely regarded as one of the greatest concept albums of all time, is reissued in a variety of different formats including a 4CD+Blu-ray+LP box set. The album has been newly remastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.

The Alan Parsons Project second studio album was originally released in July 1977, draws conceptually on author Isaac Asimov's science fiction Robot stories, exploring philosophical themes regarding artificial intelligence. The album was a worldwide hit selling in excess of 2 million copies, achieving platinum and gold status in numerous countries.

Like other Alan Parsons Project albums, there were a variety of different lead vocalists employed including Steve Harley, Allan Clarke, Lenny Zakatek, Peter Straker, Jack Harris and Jaki Whitren. Plus, a selection of session musicians such as guitarist Ian Bairnson and drummer Stuart Tosh, both of Pilot, with arrangements by Andrew Powell.

The box set features 70 bonus tracks across three CDs. Mainly comprising studio outtakes, it also includes B-sides, single edits plus U.K. and U.S. radio advertisements for the album.

All vinyl editions are hi-res transfers from "rarely played" duplicate analog tapes run off on a second master machine at the time, by Eric Woolfson.

As well as the bonus tracks, the box comprises a Blu-ray housing a new Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound remix of I Robot by Alan Parsons, plus the video of the single ‘I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You' and an archive interview with Eric Woolfson discussing the album. The LP included in the boxset is pressed on two 45 RPM records.

Memorabilia in the boxset is a large format hardcover book featuring interviews with Parsons, the singers and musicians, lyrics, commentary on the bonus tracks and interviews with the late Woolfson's family. It also houses a replica of the original 1977 press folder, which features an A1-sized poster, a band biography, press photo, press release and postcard.

The Alan Parsons Project went on to make eight further albums, before splitting after 1987's Gaudi. Their unreleased contractual obligation album The Sicilian Defence, recorded in 1979, was issued in 2014.

 

LP 1 Side A

1. I Robot

2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You

LP 1 Side B

1. Some Other Time

2. Breakdown

3. Don’t Let It Show

LP 2 Side A

1. The Voice

3. Nucleus

3. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)

LP 2 Side B

1. Total Eclipse

2. Genesis Ch.1. V.32

CD 1

1. I Robot

2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You

3. Some Other Time

4. Breakdown

5. Don’t Let It Show

6. The Voice

7. Nucleus

8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)

9. Total Eclipse

10. Genesis Ch.1. V.32

11. US Radio Commercial For I Robot

12. I Robot (Boules Experiment)

13. I Robot (Hilary Western Soprano Vocal Rehearsal)

14. Extract 1 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide

15. Extrac2 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide

16. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Backing Track Rough Mix)

17. Some Other Time (Complete Vocal by Jaki Whitren)

18. Breakdown (Early Demo Of Backing Riff)

19. Extract 3 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide

20. Breakdown (The Choir)

21. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Demo)

22. Day After Day (Early Stage Rough Mix)

23. Genesis Ch1. V.32 (Choir Session)

24. The Naked Robot

CD 2

1. I Robot (Outtake and Rough Mix)

2. I Robot (Experimental Lead Guitar Part With Guide Count)

3. I Robot (John Leach Kantele Takes)

4. I Robot (Ian Bairnson Rhythm Electric Guitar)

5. I Robot (Choir Takes)

6. I Robot (Early Mix Before Choir)

7. I Robot (Single Edit)

8. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Slower Backing Outtake)

9. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Eric Woolfson Keyboard Take)

10. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Ian Bairnson Electric Rhythm Guitar)

11. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Early Mix Of Backing Track)

12. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Lenny Zakatek Alternative Vocal)

13. Some Other Time (Eric Woolfson Piano Take)

14. Some Other Time (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitar Takes)

15. Some Other Time (Ian Bairnson Lead Electric Guitar Takes)

16. Some Other Time (Rough Mix With Jaki Whitren Alternative Lyrics and Ad libs)

CD 3

1. Breakdown (Eric Woolfson Keyboard Part)

2. Breakdown (Projectron And Bass)

3. Breakdown (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitar Takes)

4. Breakdown (Ian Bairnson Electric Guitar Harmony Solo)

5. Breakdown (Strings, Brass & Horns Take)

6. Breakdown (Rough Mix and Alternative Backing Track Outtake)

7. Breakdown (Rough Mix Of Backing Track)

8. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Piano Takes)

9. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Organ Take)

10. Don’t Let It Show (Recorder & Horns Outtake in Key Of D)

11. Don’t Let It Show (String Section Take)

12. Don’t Let It Show (Woodwind Take In Key Of D)

13. Don’t Let It Show (Backing Track Early Rough Mix)

14. Don’t Let It Show (Rough Mix With Alternative Orchestra Score)

15. Don’t Let It Show (Extended End Section)

16. The Voice (Rough Mix With Extra Strings and Alan Parsons Vocoder)

17. The Voice (Backing Track Rough Mix)

18. Nucleus (Experimenting With Sound Effects)

19. Nucleus (Talking Sound Effects)

20. Nucleus (Stuart Tosh Drum Take With Delay)

21. Nucleus (Projectron Only)

CD 4

1. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (BJ Cole Steel Outtake)

2. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Synth Experiments)

3. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Eric Woolfson Celeste Take)

4. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitar Take)

5. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (BJ Cole Pedal Steel Take)

6. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Backing Vocals)

7. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Backing Track)

8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Single Edit)

9. Total Eclipse & Nucleus (Choral Experiments)

10. Total Eclipse (Choir Only)

11. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Alan Parsons Demo)

12. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Everything But The Choir)

13. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitars)

14. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Strings Only)

15. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Backing Singers & Choir Take)

16. Alan Parsons Spacey Vibraphone

17. Eric’s Jupiter (Start Of Gemini Idea)

18. Taking It All Away (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary First Version)

19. I Robot Radio Adverts

Blu-ray

1. 2025 Alan Parsons Dolby Atmos Mix

2. 2025 Alan Parsons 5.1 Surround Sound Mix

3. Original Album Remastered in Stereo by Miles Showell 2025

4. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (video)

5. Eric Woolfson Interview Footage

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