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Alan Parsons: when producer becomes star

Mick Brown, Rolling Stone, 20 October 1977

LONDONThe question of mistaken identity still weighs heavily on Alan Parsons' mind, even though he's had two hit albums, Tales of Mystery and Imagination and I Robot, in as many years. "I'm getting used to people considering me as an artist when I'm not," he says. "But it is a drag being asked when I'm going to do live performances. I don't think me sitting behind a recording console would be much of a show for anybody."

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