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This was posted in another thread relating to Alan Parsons.
As I replied in the other thread, Alan was a teenage tape op for just a few of the many Abbey Road album sessions. He had next to zero involvement in the mixing of it, other than turning tape machines on and off. Geoff Emerick and Phil McDonald were the primary engineers of the Abbey Road album.
Relating to the potential of him doing a surround mix of Abbey Road, the chances are ZERO. Here's why....
The Beatles keep things VERY "in-house". Everything goes thru Apple. Everything is done at Abbey Road. Neil Aspinall runs Apple and pretty much has the final say of all business related happenings. Peter Mew and Steve Rooke are pretty much the Apple remaster guys along with a few others (unfortunately! These guys love no-noising the crap out of stuff!). The 5.1 go to guy seems to be Peter Cobbins, and he does a pretty good job of it, if you go by the mixes on the Anthology DVD's and the Lennon:Legend DVD. So if.....IF... and I MEAN IF we ever see a major overhaul of the Beatles catalog in 5.1, this is the team to do it.
Really, if Alan Parsons DIDN'T do the SACD 5.1 mix of Dark Side Of The Moon, how on earth can you expect him to do Abbey Road?
He sure gets hearsay credit for involvement with the recording. I have always understood he had considerable input in the mxing, but no official credit. I don't even recognize the other names you mention, and had assumed it was George Martin and Alan that were involved. I understand he has no input in the decison to offer Abbey Road in surround, just that is likely capable of mixing it if was going to happen.
As I replied in the other thread, Alan was a teenage tape op for just a few of the many Abbey Road album sessions. He had next to zero involvement in the mixing of it, other than turning tape machines on and off. Geoff Emerick and Phil McDonald were the primary engineers of the Abbey Road album.
Relating to the potential of him doing a surround mix of Abbey Road, the chances are ZERO. Here's why....
The Beatles keep things VERY "in-house". Everything goes thru Apple. Everything is done at Abbey Road. Neil Aspinall runs Apple and pretty much has the final say of all business related happenings. Peter Mew and Steve Rooke are pretty much the Apple remaster guys along with a few others (unfortunately! These guys love no-noising the crap out of stuff!). The 5.1 go to guy seems to be Peter Cobbins, and he does a pretty good job of it, if you go by the mixes on the Anthology DVD's and the Lennon:Legend DVD. So if.....IF... and I MEAN IF we ever see a major overhaul of the Beatles catalog in 5.1, this is the team to do it.
Really, if Alan Parsons DIDN'T do the SACD 5.1 mix of Dark Side Of The Moon, how on earth can you expect him to do Abbey Road?