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The Alan Parsons Project / I Robot super deluxe box set

4CD+Blu-Ray+2LP with Atmos Mix

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The Alan Parsons Project / I Robot limited edition super deluxe edition box set

500 boxes at the official store come with a signed print

The Alan Parsons Project’s second album I Robot is to be reissued in a variety of formats, including a 4CD+Blu-Ray+LP boxset. The album has been newly remastered by Miles Showell.

Originally released in 1977, I Robot is based on Isaac Asimov’s science-fiction Robot series, which explored themes of artificial intelligence. The album was a Top 10 success in the US, reaching No 9, and was one of the duo’s three albums to make the Top 30 in the UK, alongside 1982’s Eye In The Sky and Ammonia Avenue from 1984. 

Vocalists on I Robot include Steve Harley, Allan Clarke, Lenny Zakatek, Peter Straker, Jaki Whitren and Jack Harris, with regular Alan Parsons Project sessioners Ian Bairnson on guitar and drummer Stuart Tosh, both also of Pilot.

The box set features 70 bonus tracks across three CDs. Mainly comprising studio outtakes, it also includes B-sides, single edits plus UK and US radio adverts for the album. A single CD edition adds four of those bonus tracks, while a single LP half-speed remaster by Miles Showell is also available, in black and clear vinyl, with the official shop offering an exclusive ‘artic pearl’ coloured vinyl. All vinyl editions are hi-res transfers from “rarely played” duplicate analogue tapes run off on a second master machine at the time, by Eric Woolfson.

The I Robot limited edition super deluxe box set (click image to enlarge)

As well as the bonus tracks, the box comprises a Blu-ray housing a new Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound remix of I Robot by Alan Parsons, plus the video of the single ‘I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You’ and an archive interview with Eric Woolfson discussing the album. The LP included in the boxset is pressed on two 45rpm records – the vinyl edition available separately is a regular 33rpm LP.

Memorabilia in the boxset is a large format hardcover book featuring interviews with Parsons, the singers and musicians, lyrics, commentary on the bonus tracks and interviews with the late Woolfson’s family. It also houses a replica of the original 1977 press folder, which features an A1-sized poster, a band biography, press photo, press release and postcard.

The Alan Parsons Project went on to make eight further albums, before splitting after 1987’s Gaudi. Their unreleased contractual obligation album The Sicilian Defence, recorded in 1979, was issued in 2014.

I Robot will be reissued on 17 October 2025, via Cooking Vinyl. The first 500 box sets purchased via the official shop come with a print signed by Alan Parsons.

The Alan Parsons Project Official Shop highlights

Tracklisting

The Alan Parsons Project / I Robot limited edition super deluxe edition box set

I Robot The Alan Parsons Project / Box Set

    • CD 1
      1. I Robot
      2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
      3. Some Other Time
      4. Breakdown
      5. Don’t Let It Show
      6. The Voice
      7. Nucleus
      8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
      9. Total Eclipse
      10. Genesis Ch.1. V.32
      11. US Radio Commercial For I Robot
      12. I Robot (Boules Experiment)
      13. I Robot (Hilary Western Soprano Vocal Rehearsal)
      14. Extract 1 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
      15. Extrac2 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
      16. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Backing Track Rough Mix)
      17. Some Other Time (Complete Vocal by Jaki Whitren)
      18. Breakdown (Early Demo Of Backing Riff)
      19. Extract 3 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
      20. Breakdown (The Choir)
      21. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Demo)
      22. Day After Day (Early Stage Rough Mix)
      23. Genesis Ch1. V.32 (Choir Session)
      24. The Naked Robot
    • CD 2
      1. I Robot (Outtake and Rough Mix)
      2. I Robot (Experimental Lead Guitar Part With Guide Count)
      3. I Robot (John Leach Kantele Takes)
      4. I Robot (Ian Bairnson Rhythm Electric Guitar)
      5. I Robot (Choir Takes)
      6. I Robot (Early Mix Before Choir)
      7. I Robot (Single Edit)
      8. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Slower Backing Outtake)
      9. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Eric Woolfson Keyboard Take)
      10. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Ian Bairnson Electric Rhythm Guitar)
      11. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Early Mix Of Backing Track)
      12. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Lenny Zakatek Alternative Vocal)
      13. Some Other Time (Eric Woolfson Piano Take)
      14. Some Other Time (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitar Takes)
      15. Some Other Time (Ian Bairnson Lead Electric Guitar Takes)
      16. Some Other Time (Rough Mix With Jaki Whitren Alternative Lyrics and Ad libs)
    • CD 3
      1. Breakdown (Eric Woolfson Keyboard Part)
      2. Breakdown (Projectron And Bass)
      3. Breakdown (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitar Takes)
      4. Breakdown (Ian Bairnson Electric Guitar Harmony Solo)
      5. Breakdown (Strings, Brass & Horns Take)
      6. Breakdown (Rough Mix and Alternative Backing Track Outtake)
      7. Breakdown (Rough Mix Of Backing Track)
      8. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Piano Takes)
      9. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Organ Take)
      10. Don’t Let It Show (Recorder & Horns Outtake in Key Of D)
      11. Don’t Let It Show (String Section Take)
      12. Don’t Let It Show (Woodwind Take In Key Of D)
      13. Don’t Let It Show (Backing Track Early Rough Mix)
      14. Don’t Let It Show (Rough Mix With Alternative Orchestra Score)
      15. Don’t Let It Show (Extended End Section)
      16. The Voice (Rough Mix With Extra Strings and Alan Parsons Vocoder)
      17. The Voice (Backing Track Rough Mix)
      18. Nucleus (Experimenting With Sound Effects)
      19. Nucleus (Talking Sound Effects)
      20. Nucleus (Stuart Tosh Drum Take With Delay)
      21. Nucleus (Projectron Only)
    • CD 4
      1. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (BJ Cole Steel Outtake)
      2. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Synth Experiments)
      3. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Eric Woolfson Celeste Take)
      4. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitar Take)
      5. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (BJ Cole Pedal Steel Take)
      6. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Backing Vocals)
      7. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Backing Track)
      8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Single Edit)
      9. Total Eclipse & Nucleus (Choral Experiments)
      10. Total Eclipse (Choir Only)
      11. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Alan Parsons Demo)
      12. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Everything But The Choir)
      13. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitars)
      14. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Strings Only)
      15. Genesis Ch.1 V.32 (Backing Singers & Choir Take)
      16. Alan Parsons Spacey Vibraphone
      17. Eric’s Jupiter (Start Of Gemini Idea)
      18. Taking It All Away (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary First Version)
      19. I Robot Radio Adverts
    • 2LP vinyl (45RPM)
      Side one
      1. I Robot
      2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
      Side two
      1. Some Other Time
      2. Breakdown
      3. Don’t Let It Show
      Side three
      1. The Voice
      2. Nucleus
      3. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
      Side four
      1. Total Eclipse
      2. Genesis Ch.1. V.32
    • blu-ray
      1. 2025 Alan Parsons Dolby Atmos Mix
      2. 2025 Alan Parsons 5.1 Surround Sound Mix
      3. Original album remastered in stereo by Miles Showell 2025
      4. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (video)
      5. Eric Woolfson Interview Footage

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