It’s a Thursday night in February and a slightly nervous Bruce Soord is about to chat to one of his musical heroes, Alan Parsons, over Zoom. Prog sits in to chaperone The Pineapple Thief producer-front-man and The Beatles/Floyd producer-performer legend in case either one faints, but once conversation has commenced – focusing on the 1980 Alan Parsons Project album, The Turn Of A Friendly Card, just released as a deluxe three-CD and one Blu-ray box set with book and poster – the pair are swapping trade secrets and away. As Alan holds up the latest issue of Tape Op mag to debate musical terms with Soord, and Soord admits, “As a 14-year-old boy, the Alan Parsons Project was my little secret, which made me a bit of a weirdo at school,” (thankfully, Alan laughs), it appears today’s interview is a gamble that’s paid off…
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