[수입] Alan Parsons Project - 6집 Eye In The Sky [180g 2LP][45rpm / RTI 프레싱] 
앨런 파슨스 프로젝트 (The Alan Parsons Project)Mobile Fidelity2022

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-Mastered From Original Master Tapes
-Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 grams of High Definition Vinyl
-Production and Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
-Special Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve
-Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
-Pressed at RTI


The opening track to the Alan Parsons Project's Eye in the Sky remains the most recognized instrumental in sports - fanfare inseparably tied with introducing NBA legend Michael Jordan and his six-time world-champion Chicago Bulls mates before games, and still used by many teams as an energy-raising prelude. Indeed, the subdued grandiosity, cosmic bluster, and lights-out wonder of "Sirius" also sets the table for the band's smash 1982 album, whose hallmark smoothness, lushness, and balance reach epic heights on Mobile Fidelity's analog reissue.

Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed at RTI, and afforded the luxurious groove space of a 45RPM LP, this numbered version of Eye in the Sky features succulent warmth, magnificent balance, low-end heft, and see-through transparency that takes you into the studio with Parsons and creative partner Eric Woolfson at Abbey Road. Akin to Mobile Fidelity's meticulous restoration of Parsons and company's I Robot, this super-clean edition will test the full-range capabilities of the world's finest stereo systems. In sum, there's more information, more detail, more texture, more nuance - more of everything to be experienced.

Boasting front-to-back depth, concert-hall-level separation, realistic presence, and bang-on accuracy, Mobile Fidelity's edition of Eye in the Sky illustrates the lasting importance of perfectionist-minded engineering and recording techniques. Few works possess such a mesmerizing blend of reference-setting sonics and commercial acumen, facets that helped earn the set a Grammy nomination for Best Engineered Album - and, more than 35 years after its release, a Grammy for Best Immersive Audio Album for its surround format. Parsons' track record - he sat behind the boards for the Beatles' Abbey Road and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon - speaks for itself. As do the performances throughout Eye in the Sky, which features Woolfson's exquisite songwriting and memorable lead vocals on the hit title track.

Bypassing the conceptual themes present on the group's other signature efforts, Eye in the Sky uses a string of seamless melodies, hooks, and mood to draw and hold listeners' attention. It survives as Parsons and Woolfson's pop triumph, full of exquisite songwriting, dreamy emotions, and soft edges that parallel an underlying orchestral scope and prog-derived drama. For example, the string- and brass-laden "Silence and I" alone qualifies as a rhapsodic symphony. Credit for the music's craft, cohesiveness, and accessibility also falls to Parsons and Woolfson's knack for recruiting session pros that translate their visions with unquestioned emotion - particularly, the assembly of star vocalists that include Elmer Gantry ("Psychobabble"), former Zombie frontman Colin Blunstone ("Old and Wise"), and soul singer Lenny Zakatek ("You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned" and "Step by Step").

As with all Parsons releases, the arrangements proverbially dot every "i" and cross every "t." Each note seems perfectly placed, every sequence painstakingly considered. Not to mention the narratives to the surveillance-obsessed title track and pulsing "Psychobabble" carry more weight in the 21st century than they did in the early stages of the Reagan/Thatcher era. And, just as it begins, with an appropriate flourish announcing the catchiness that follows, the platinum-selling Eye on the Sky finishes with fitting sentimentality in the form of a spiraling, saxophone-led ballad ("Old and Wise") that could easily fit on Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.

※ 상품의 튐 현상은 디스크 불량이 아닌 톤암과 침압의 적정 설정이 맞지 않아 발생하는 현상이 대부분입니다.
조절 기능이 없는 일체형 텐테이블 사용자께서는 세팅이 가능한 다른 턴테이블에서 재생을 부탁드립니다.
기기 문제로 인해 발생하는 재생 불량 현상에 대해서는 반품/교환이 불가합니다.

※ 경미한 커버 찍힘과 구겨짐, 찢어짐 / 이너 슬리브의 찢어짐 / 얼룩 등으로 인한 사유는 교환 반품이 되지 않습니다.

※ 센터홀의 구경 / 라벨 부착이 매끄럽지 못한 경우는 제작상 불가피하게 발생할 수 있는 사유로서 교환 반품이 되지 않습니다.

※ 비닐에 붙어있는 스티커의 찢어짐이나 떨어진 자국 등의 사유는 교환 반품이 되지 않습니다.

※ 컬러 바이닐은 염료를 혼합하는 제작 공정상 색상의 차이나 반점(얼룩)이 발생하는 경우가 있습니다. 불량이 아니며 또한 반품 대상이 아님을 알려드립니다.

[트랙리스트]
Disc
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