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“The first big gig for Starship was opening for Skynyrd in Florida in front of like 30,000 people. I had all these note-for-note solos, going, ‘God, I hope I nail these!’” Alastair Greene played sideman to rock greats –before he came back to the blues

The guitarist recalls the stress of his no rehearsal debut for Starship, learning lessons from Robin Trower and growing up with Seymour Duncan

Guitar World

“Everyone knows Take My Breath Away, the chart-topping ballad from Top Gun. But there’s a good chance you haven’t heard this seven-minute anthem”: David Gilmour's 10 greatest guitar guest appearances, from folk legend Roy Harper to Paul McCartney

There are occasions when your track needs something. It could be more cowbell. Or it could be the services of David Gilmour. Over the years, the former Pink Floyd man has dropped magic on a number of guest spots, but these are his finest

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Jon Anderson graces the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus IQ, Alan Parsons Project, Leprous, Pure Reason Revolution, Meer, Dave Foster Band and loads more...

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"Meticulously unravelling the album's complexities": The Alan Parsons Project's Pyramid, decompiled and recompiled

Taking the pyramid to pieces

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“Ian broke his wrist. We took him to the hospital and he got a cast put on. And we knew the session was coming up…” Up close with the 1974 Les Paul Custom that Ian Bairnson used to play the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights – with his arm in a cast

When he tracked Wuthering Heights, Bairnson had a broken wrist, his arm in plaster, but as Pilot bandmate David Paton says, that wouldn't stop a man like him

Guitar World

“There was half a bass note that got chopped. That was my fault. Nobody noticed, though. I think I got away with it!”: Alan Parsons on engineering the side 2 medley on The Beatles’ Abbey Road

“Every day I walked up those famous Abbey Road steps and opened the door felt like I was stepping into a magic kingdom," he tells us. "There really is something very special about that building”

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“He had an incredibly clean technique, which was very, very rare. I’ve never found it in any other guitar player”: Alan Parsons on why late Project and Kate Bush guitarist Ian Bairnson was unlike any guitarist he’d ever encountered

Parsons played alongside Bairnson as part of the Alan Parsons Project, and witnessed the late session legend's flawless technique up close

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“Nobody was more surprised than I was when we started doing it, and today it’s my main activity”: Perfect but unplanned timing sent the Alan Parsons Project touring galaxies far, far away with I Robot

When their second album arrived alongside Star Wars in 1977, the dream-come-true coincidence changed their career path

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"70 years on, it’s a sound that is still in demand": The producer's guide to the EMT 140 plate reverb

In the '60s and '70s, you needed a cumbersome metal plate strapped to some springs to create quality reverb, but it was so good that we still yearn for that EMT 140 sound today. Here’s how to recreate it, without a plate in sight…

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Alan Parsons Project to release Super Deluxe Pyramid box set

Seven-disc deluxe reissue of Alan Parsons Project's 1978 album Pyramid will be released in August

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“Ian was always ready to play a stylistically perfect solo for every track he was involved with”: The Les Paul behind the iconic guitar solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights is now up for auction

The late Ian Bairnson’s guitar was used across the first four Kate Bush albums, as well as classic records from the Alan Parsons Project and countless sessions

Guitar World

“Concept albums are considered old hat these days, but I made a career out of it and I don’t see why I should stop now.” Alan Parsons and The Secret

Legendary producer, engineer and musician Alan Parosn tells the story of his fifth solo album The Secret

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“It was a contractual obligation album, not a serious release. It’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be!” Alan Parsons is a punk with no regrets – well, not many

Maybe he could have spent his career working with Pink Floyd. Maybe he could have toured more. But he’s proud with his labours in the Alan Parsons Project

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Cockney Rebel leader Steve Harley dies, aged 73

Musician Steve Harley passes away a month after cancelling tour dates for cancer treatment

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“The Bulls loved it immediately. Michael Jordan loved it”: He appeared on smash hits by Kate Bush and Paul McCartney, but this unsung session guitar hero's most popular solo can be heard in one of the most iconic sports anthems of all time

The late Ian Bairnson spent decades as a first-call session man, but his most famous turn came on the Alan Parsons Project tune Sirius

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“He sees the big picture and gets that classic English sound… I’m still very awestruck by his history”: Christopher Cross on why Alan Parsons is his prog hero

Texan rocker loved Dark Side Of The Moon, leading him to an admiration for, and later friendship with, the man behind the controls

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He took guitar lessons from Robert Fripp, set out to destroy his old self with an album he hoped would fail, then made the resulting niche his own – but Al Stewart doubts he’s very prog

“To me, the prog bands were Camel or something… who could play tons of solos, very musical and with lots of different time signatures. I’m not sure my stuff qualifies for that”

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“The sounds of plucked elastic bands and scraping broomsticks are the last hurrah for the old Pink Floyd”: Household Objects, the lost album that nearly followed Dark Side

For over three decades, a two-minute clip of tuned wine glasses was the only sign of a project begun in 1980 and finally abandoned four years later

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The story of The Great Gig In The Sky and the best £30 Pink Floyd ever spent

One of the highlights of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon, Clare Torry's vocal on The Great Gig In The Sky lifted the song to celestial heights

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Rush take centre stage with Signals on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Jethro Tull, Hawkwind, Alan Parsons Project, Hipgnosis, Crown Pands, Exploring Birdsong and loads more...

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Kate Bush and Alan Parsons Project guitarist Ian Bairnson dies aged 69

The Scottish musician had been suffering from dementia

Guitar World

Ian Bairnson, guitarist for the Alan Parsons Project and Kate Bush, dies aged 69

The Scottish session player performed the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights, and collaborated with the likes of Paul McCartney, Sting and Mick Fleetwood

Wales Online

Welsh pier that was nearly demolished and sold for 1p has now been voted the UK’s best

We spoke to the people that know and love Bangor's Garth Pier the most on what it meant to them and what makes it so special

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EastEnders’ Nitin Ganatra says he would return to the show as he is made an OBE

Ganatra played Masood Ahmed on the BBC soap opera for nine years before leaving in 2019.

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The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap Ep 121: Stranger Things 3, Rubaru Roshni & more

In this episode of The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap, hosts Rajyasree Sen and Abhinandan Sekhri cover Stranger Things season 3, the Ambani family’s birthday video for Shloka Ambani, Danny Boyle’s Yesterday and more.Since Abhinandan finally watched Stranger Things, the duo discusses the latest season. Abhinandan shares his admiration for…

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