Blu-ray, 4x CD, 2x Vinyl (super deluxe box set)

Pyramid

Album by The Alan Parsons Project

Released May 1978

progressive rock rock pop rock

Tracklist

Vinyl 1
1
Voyager
3.8 ★
2
What Goes Up…
3
The Eagle Will Rise Again
3.0 ★
4
One More River
2.6 ★
5
Can’t Take It With You
2.6 ★
Vinyl 2
1
In the Lap of the Gods
3.0 ★
2
Pyramania
2.8 ★
3
Hyper-Gamma-Spaces
3.5 ★
4
Shadow of a Lonely Man
2.5 ★
CD 3: Original Album 2024 Remaster Plus Expanded Bonus Tracks
1
Voyager
2:15
3.8 ★
2
What Goes Up…
3:40
3.0 ★
3
The Eagle Will Rise Again
4:22
3.0 ★
4
One More River
4:17
2.6 ★
5
Can’t Take It With You
5:09
2.6 ★
6
In the Lap of the Gods
5:28
3.0 ★
7
Pyramania
2:45
2.8 ★
8
Hyper‐Gamma‐Spaces
4:18
3.5 ★
9
Shadow of a Lonely Man
5:35
2.5 ★
10
Voyager / What Goes Up… / The Eagle Will Rise Again (instrumental version)
8:56
3.0 ★
11
What Goes Up… / Little Voice (early version demo)
4:09
3.0 ★
12
Can’t Take It With You (early version demo)
1:44
2.5 ★
13
Hyper‐Gamma‐Spaces (demo)
2:22
3.0 ★
14
The Eagle Will Rise Again (alternative version backing track)
3:21
3.0 ★
15
In the Lap of the Gods Part 1 (demo)
3:15
3.0 ★
16
In the Lap of the Gods Part 2 (backing track rough mix)
1:57
3.0 ★
CD 4: Eric Woolfson’s Songwriting Diaries
1
Pyramid Structure Talking (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
0:44
2
Little Voice / What Goes Up… (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
5:45
3
The Eagle Will Rise Again (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
5:13
4
One More River (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
3:13
5
In the Lap of the Gods (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
5:28
6
Pyramania (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
2:55
1.0 ★
7
Broken / Pyramania (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
5:28
8
Shadow of a Lonely Man (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
6:13
9
Start of Writing Gemini for Eye in the Sky (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
2:11
10
Start of Writing Nothing Left to Lose for TOFC (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
2:16
11
Start of Writing Snake Eyes for TOFC (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
1:01
12
Pyramid Instrumental (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
0:53
13
Pyramid Clavichord (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
1:13
14
Little Voice (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
4:27
15
Broken (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
3:03
16
On It Goes (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
0:33
17
Open Your Eyes (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
1:16
18
If I Could Do It All Again (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
1:20
19
We Can Do It (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
3:16
20
Taking It All Away (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
1:36
21
Elsie’s Theme (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
2:32
22
Hazel’s Theme (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
2:28
23
My Name Is Lorna (Eric Woolfson’s songwriting diary)
3:12
CD 5: Previously Unreleased Bonus Studio Recordings Vol. 1
1
Voyager (backing track out-take)
0:47
2
Voyager (early stage)
1:10
2.0 ★
3
Voyager (vocal experiment)
1:58
4
Voyager (light relief jam)
0:14
5
Voyager (early mix)
4:29
6
Voyager (John Leach Kantele take)
5:08
7
What Goes Up… / Little Voice (demo)
3:49
8
What Goes Up… (Dean Ford vocal take)
2:51
9
What Goes Up… (isolated choir take)
2:24
10
What Goes Up… (early rough mix)
3:37
11
What Goes Up… (choir)
1:11
12
The Eagle Will Rise Again (Colin Blunstone vocal take excerpts)
14:06
13
The Eagle Will Rise Again (rough mix featuring backing vocals)
2:17
3.0 ★
14
The Eagle Will Rise Again (orchestral strings)
1:18
15
The Eagle Will Rise Again (rough mix backing track)
4:07
CD 6: Previously Unreleased Bonus Studio Recordings Vol. 2
1
One More River (intro takes)
0:53
2
One More River (Lenny Zakatek lead vocal takes)
5:54
3
One More River (Lenny Zakatek vocal gymnastic takes)
2:56
4
One More River (experimental break)
0:34
5
Can’t Take It With You (rough mix)
4:50
2.5 ★
6
In the Lap of the Gods (John Leach Cimbalom takes)
4:30
7
In the Lap of the Gods (choir takes)
6:16
8
In the Lap of the Gods (backing track takes)
4:04
9
In the Lap of the Gods (orchestral strings)
3:10
10
In the Lap of the Gods (Hail to the King Choir)
1:16
11
Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (Projectron)
1:05
12
Shadow of a Lonely Man (Eric Woolfson’s piano take)
1:27
13
Shadow of a Lonely Man (Alan Parsons’ experimental demo vocal)
4:36
14
Shadow of a Lonely Man (Eric Woolfson’s demo vocal)
4:31
15
Shadow of a Lonely Man (orchestral woodwind)
2:47
16
Shadow of a Lonely Man (Olive Simpson backing vocals)
0:45
17
Pyramid US Radio Advert 1
1:03
18
Pyramid US Radio Advert 2
1:04
19
Pyramid Bob Harris Cinema Playback Introduction
1:55
20
Pyramid Audio Guide Alan Parsons Commentary
1:55
21
Pyramid Audio Guide Eric Woolfson Commentary 1
3:18
22
Pyramid Audio Guide Eric Woolfson Commentary 2
4:42
Blu-ray 7: Dolby Atmos / 5.1 Surround Sound remixed by Alan Parsons 2024
1
Voyager (Dolby Atmos mix)
2:15
2
What Goes Up… (Dolby Atmos mix)
3:40
3
The Eagle Will Rise Again (Dolby Atmos mix)
4:22
4
One More River (Dolby Atmos mix)
4:17
5
Can’t Take It With You (Dolby Atmos mix)
5:09
6
In the Lap of the Gods (Dolby Atmos mix)
5:31
7
Pyramania (Dolby Atmos mix)
2:45
8
Hyper‐Gamma‐Spaces (Dolby Atmos mix)
4:18
9
Shadow of a Lonely Man (Dolby Atmos mix)
5:38
10
Voyager (5.1 mix)
2:15
11
What Goes Up… (5.1 mix)
3:41
12
The Eagle Will Rise Again (5.1 mix)
4:23
13
One More River (5.1 mix)
4:18
14
Can’t Take It With You (5.1 mix)
5:07
15
In the Lap of the Gods (5.1 mix)
5:28
16
Pyramania (5.1 mix)
2:45
17
Hyper‐Gamma‐Spaces (5.1 mix)
4:21
18
Shadow of a Lonely Man (5.1 mix)
5:35
19
Voyager
2:15
3.8 ★
20
What Goes Up…
3:40
3.0 ★
21
The Eagle Will Rise Again
4:22
3.0 ★
22
One More River
4:17
2.6 ★
23
Can’t Take It With You
5:09
2.6 ★
24
In the Lap of the Gods
5:28
3.0 ★
25
Pyramania
2:45
2.8 ★
26
Hyper‐Gamma‐Spaces
4:18
3.5 ★
27
Shadow of a Lonely Man
5:35
3.0 ★

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Release credits

Alan Parsons
engineer [2.1-3, 1.1, 1.3-5, 7.19, 7.21-27, 3.1, 3.3-8], producer [7.19, 7.21-27, 3.1, 3.3-8, 1.1, 1.3-5, 2.1-3]
Andrew Powell
arranger [1.1, 1.3-5, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3-6, 3.8, 7.19, 7.21-24, 7.26-27], conductor [2.2, 3.7, 7.25], orchestrator [2.2, 7.25, 3.7]
Jack Harris
lead vocals [7.25, 3.7, 2.2]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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Pyramid
12" Vinyl
May 1978
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Pyramid
12" Vinyl
June 1978
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Pyramid
12" Vinyl
1978
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Pyramid
12" Vinyl
1978
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Pyramid
12" Vinyl
1978
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Pyramid
12" Vinyl
1978
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Pyramid
12" Vinyl
1980
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Pyramid
CD
1984
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Pyramid
CD
1 July 1985
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Pyramid
CD (made in Japan)
1985
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Pyramid
CD
19 May 1988
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Pyramid
CD
1988
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Pyramid
CD (Made in USA)
1990
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Pyramid
CD
10 March 2008
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Pyramid
SHM-CD
26 November 2008
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Pyramid
CD (remastered)
21 January 2009
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Pyramid
Blu-ray, 4x CD, 2x Vinyl (super deluxe box set)
23 August 2024
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Pyramid
CD (remastered / expanded edition)
23 August 2024
P
Pyramid
Blu-ray
13 December 2024
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Pyramid
Digital Media
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Pyramid
CD (MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO)
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Pyramid
CD
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Pyramid
12" Vinyl
1978
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Pyramid
Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, multichannel)