In 1982, the Alan Parsons Project released its last huge selling album. In a time of changing musical styles in effect since the latter ’70s, Alan Parsons had managed to capture the the fancy of an audience. The album was Eye In The Sky. It achieved platinum status in the US and Canada. The album contained the singles, “Eye In The Sky”, and “Sirius”. “Sirius” was used as the announcement music for the Michael Jordan-led Bulls, and could be heard in other places as well. With 2017 being the album’s 35th Anniversary, Legacy will release a multi-disc Box of Eye In The Sky with some interesting collected pieces.
On November 17, watch for the 35th Anniversary Edition of Eye In The Sky with 3CDs/BD-Audio/2LP/Bonus Flexi-Disc with excerpts.
Eye In The Sky (35th Anniversary Edition) – Alan Parsons Project
CD1 (Original Album Remastered and bonus tracks):
01. Sirius
02. Eye In The Sky
03. Children Of The Moon
04. Gemini
05. Silence And I
06. You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned
07. Psychobabble
08. Mammagamma
09. 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 (Bonus):
01. Eye in the Sky (Eric’s Songwriting Diary 1)
02. Eye in the Sky (Eric’s Songwriting Diary 2)
03. Eye in the Sky (Eric’s Songwriting Diary 3)
04. Eye in the Sky (Eric’s Songwriting Diary 4)
05. Children of the Moon (Eric’s Songwriting Diary 1)
06. Children of the Moon (Eric’s Songwriting Diary 2)
07. Gemini (Eric’s Songwriting Diary 1)
08. Gemini (Eric’s Songwriting Diary 2)
09. 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 (Demos, Alternate Takes, Single Edits):
01. Eye In The Sky (Ian 12 – string Acoustic Guitar Out Take)
02. Sirius and Eye In The Sky (Early Rough Mix)
03. Eye In The Sky (Eric Demo Verses – No Lyrics)
04. Children Of The Moon (12 – string Acoustic Guitar & Marching Band Snare Drum)
05. Children Of The Moon (Early Rough Mix With Eric Demo Vocal)
06. Gemini (Chris Rainbow Vocal Harmonies)
07. Silence And I (Orchestral Take With Eric Demo Vocal)
08. You’re Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned (Rough Mix Section – Different Guitar Solo)
09. 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 Audio:
2017 5.1 Surround Mix of Original Album
1982 HD Stereo Audio
2LP (Original Album Remastered cut at 45RPM)
FlexiDisc (Bonus Disc with Excerpts From Eye In The Sky):
01. Sirius
02. Eye In The Sky
03. Psychobabble
04. Old And Wise