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No Guitar Is Safe

90 - Alan Parsons and Jeff Kollman

No Guitar Is Safe

Jude Gold

Music

4.8857 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2019

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Today we visit the great producer, bandleader, and composer ALAN PARSONS and hang out with him in his magical home studio, which is seated on a hill high above the Pacific Ocean. Also present, plugged in, and ready to rock for you is Parsons' lead guitarist, JEFF KOLLMAN (whom you may remember from an earlier episode of this podcast). With Jeff's spectacular playing and Parsons' unforgettable stories and production insights, the pair share with you how they produced and recorded the new Alan Parsons solo album, THE SECRET. The Secret comes out April 26th, but here's a bonus: On this episode of No Guitar Is Safe, you get to hear song samples of Parsons' amazing record well in advance. Yeah! Parsons also shares tales from earlier days, when he recorded the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and other notable artists. Enjoy. JUDE GOLD, Host, No Guitar Is Safe.

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0:00.0

Episode 90 of No Guitar is Safe featuring Alan Parsons and Jeff Coleman and also featuring sneak previews of their new record.

0:09.0

Alan Parsons album, The Secret, which is available April 26th, is brought to you by Guitar Player magazine and GuitarPlayer.com.

0:17.4

Guitar player, play better, sound better.

0:28.6

No guitar is safe sometime near the end of the last millennium on a sprawling ranch high atop a southern California mountain ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A man finished

0:38.4

construction of a small, mysterious building near the edge of his property. If you had walked up to

0:43.8

that structure, you might have heard the hum of large motors whirring within the walls. Apparently,

0:49.2

this guy was scared. He was afraid. He was believing the hype. He knew the apocalypse was nigh. He knew that

0:56.4

the machines were going to fail, that when the calendars turned from 1999 to 2000, that all the

1:02.2

rumors of Y2K Armageddon were correct. There'd be no more electricity. He thought, I'll generate my own.

1:09.4

Apparently, this guy was probably generating enough

1:11.4

power in that room to power like the entire city of nearby Santa Barbara or something close.

1:17.1

Well, guess what? It's been nearly two decades since the calendars flipped to 2000 and the world,

1:21.6

in fact, did not end. And that man and his generators are long gone. But that does not mean

1:26.7

that there's not an amazing machine still between those walls operating.

1:32.9

What is it doing?

1:40.1

You're listening to a new track from Alan Parsons' new record.

1:44.8

The album is called The Secret.

1:57.8

And that's about all I can play for you of each track because you know what? It's not out yet.

2:03.0

You're getting a sneak peek exclusive listen on this show to some of these songs.

2:08.7

Yes, you're welcome. It's amazing. The album will be out soon though, so you can snag it.

2:13.4

April 26th, Alan Parsons, The Secret. And I got to say, man, I just love me an Alan Parsons record

2:21.5

because, you know, I love Power Trio records and rock records and all these different kind of formats

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