ALAN PARSONS   ON AIR

1996

01. Blue Blue Sky (0:46) (Bairnson) 02. Too Close To The Sun (5:12) (Parsons/Bairnson/Elliott) 03. Blown By The Wind (5:22) (Bairnson) 04. Cloudbreak (4:41) (instrumental) (Bairnson/Parsons/Elliott) 05. I Can't Look Down (4:32) (Bairnson) 06. Brother Up In Heaven (3:57) (Bairnson) 07. Fall Free (4:20) (Bairnson/Elliott/Parsons) 08. Apollo (6:05) (instrumental) (Elliott/Parsons/Bairnson) 09. So Far Away (4:05) (Bairnson) 10. One Day To Fly (6:13) (Elliott/English) 11. Blue Blue Sky 2 (4:23) (Bairnson) Total playing time: 50:47 Bonus track (Japanese release): 12. Apollo Ambient Mix (Moon Boots) (instrumental) (7:56) The Band: Ian Bairnson Stuart Elliott John Giblin Gary Sanctuary Richard Cottle Alan Parsons 1. Blue Blue Sky I Eric Stewart: Vocals Ian Bairnson: Acoustic Guitar 2. Too Close To The Sun Niel Lockwood: Vocals Alan Parsons: Keyboards Ian Bairnson: Guitar Stuart Elliott: Drums John Giblin: Bass Gary Sanctuary: Keyboards Richard Cottle: Saxophone, Keyboards 3. Blown By The Wind Eric Stewart: Vocals Ian Bairnson: Guitar Stuart Elliott: Drums John Giblin: Bass Gary Sanctuary: Keyboards 4. Cloudbreak (instrumental) Alan Parsons: Keyboards Ian Bairnson: Guitar, Bass Synth Stuart Elliott: Drums Gary Sanctuary: Keyboards 5. I Can't Look Down Niel Lockwood: Vocals Ian Bairnson: Guitar Stuart Elliott: Drums John Giblin: Bass Gary Sanctuary: Keyboards Richard Cottle: Keyboards 6. Brother Up In Heaven (Dedicated to Erik Mounsey 1965-1994) Niel Lockwood: Vocals Ian Bairnson: Acoustic Guitar, Bass Stuart Elliott: Drums Gary Sanctuary: Piano The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Andrew Powell 7. Fall Free (inspired by Rob Harris, World Champion Skysurfer) Steve Overland: Vocals Ian Bairnson: Guitar Stuart Elliott: Drums John Giblin: Bass Gary Sanctuary: Keyboards Richard Cottle: Keyboards Peter Beckett: additional Backing Vocals 8. Apollo (instrumental) John F. Kennedy: Speech Alan Parsons: Keyboards Ian Bairnson: Guitar Stuart Elliott: Drum Programing, Keyboards Gary Sanctuary: Keyboards Richard Cottle: Keyboards 9. So Far Away Christopher Cross: Vocals Ian Bairnson: Guitar Stuart Elliott: Drums John Giblin: Bass Gary Sanctuary: Keyboards 10. One Day To Fly Graham Dye: Vocals Ian Bairnson: Guitar Stuart Elliott: Drums John Giblin: Bass Gary Sanctuary: Piano, Keyboards The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Andrew Powell 11. Blue Blue Sky II Eric Stewart: Vocals Ian Bairnson: Acoustic Guitar Stuart Elliott: Bongos The Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Andrew Powell Produced & egineered by Alan Parsons Executive producers: Alan Parsons, Ian Bairnson & Stuart Elliott for Parsonics Ltd. Recorded at Parsonics, London Dec'95 - Jun'96 The Philharmonic Orchestra: Leader: Christopher Warren-Green Arranged & conducted by Andrew Powell Orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London Assistant engineer: Guy Massey Engineer for Christopher Cross: Jeff Poe Cover design by Storm Thorgerson & Peter Curzon with thanks to Finlay Cowan Photo by Tony May, Altan Omer, Adrian Smith & Rupert Truman Balloon made by John Lewis Computer by Richard Manning & Jason Reddy Note: The CD package comes with a CD-ROM with multimedia properties CD ROM: Produced by Ken Rose Programming: Tam Saunders & Ken Rose Art direction by Storm Thorgerson & Peter Curzon Research by Julien Mills Drawing by Finlay Cowan Photos by Paul Maxon, Altan Omer, Tony May, Sally Norris & Julien Mills CD ROM production team: Vavin Bastos, Melanie Frankland, Jeremy Parsons, George Saunders Associate producers: Ian Silvester & Ron Eve Executive Producers: Alan Parsons, Ian Bairnson, Stuart Elliott for Parsonics Ltd. (P) 1996 CNR Music/© 1996 Parsonics Ltd. (Europe) Marketed & distributed by CNR Music, a div. of the Arcade Music Co. Marketed & distributed by BMG for Russia

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