Release date: 23-09-2013(originally released in 1977)
2012 EU ( Legacy edition ) ( 180g vinyl 2LP )-This 2LP set features a newly remastered version of the original album, and the bonus LP offers 14 tracks from the Sony Music archives, 9 of which are previously unreleased! The art of the concept album, as developed and refined by the Alan Parsons Project over the course of their 10 albums released between 1976 and 1987, is celebrated with a Deluxe Edition release of I Robot (Legacy Edition).
Tracks:(2LP's)
A1 I Robot
A2 I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You
A3 Some Other Time
A4 Breakdown
A5 Don't Let It Snow
B1 The Voice
B2 Nucleus
B3 Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
B4 Total Eclipse
B5 Genesis Ch. 1. V.32
C1 U.S Radio Commercial For I Robot
C2 Boules (I Robot Experiment)
C3 I Robot (Hilary Western Soprano Vocal Rehearsal)
C4 Extract 1 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
C5 Extract 2 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
C6 I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (Backing Track Rough Mix)
C7 Some Other Time (Complete Vocal By Jaki Whitren) (Vocals – Jaki Whitren)
C8 Breakdown (Early Demo Of Backing Riff)
C9 Extract 3 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
C10 Breakdown (The Choir)
D1 Don't Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Demo)
D2 Day After Day (Early Stage Rough Mix)
D3 Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (Choir Session)
D4 The Naked Robot
Features:
180 gram audiophile vinyl
8 page booklet
Gatefold sleeve
The art of the concept album, as developed and refined by the Alan Parsons Project over the course of their 10 albums released between 1976 and 1987, is celebrated with a Deluxe Edition release of I Robot (Legacy Edition).
The first record of this commemorative package will comprise of a newly remastered version of the original album, which has generated multi-platinum worldwide sales and included the U.S. Top 40 single, "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You." The second record features 14 bonus tracks from the Sony Music archives, nine of which are previously unreleased.
The production of I Robot (Legacy Edition) has been personally overseen by Alan Parsons and Sally Woolfson, the daughter of APP songwriter, manager, lead singer and musician, the late Eric Woolfson (1945-2009). The accompanying 8-page booklet includes a new liner notes essay by Alan Parsons, plus the lyrics as published in the original LP, rare archival photography, and other memorabilia.