Posted on 09/09/2019 11:14:37 AM PDT by simpson96
"Time Passages" is the title of a 1978 US Top Ten hit by singer-songwriter Al Stewart which was produced by Alan Parsons and was the title track for Stewart's 1978 album release. The single reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1978, "Time Passages" also spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Easy Listening chart, the longest stay at number one on this chart in the 1970s. Billboard magazine also ranked "Time Passages" as the No. 1 Adult Contemporary single of 1979. The song is also of note for having the highest note ever hit on an alto saxophone by Phil Kenzie on a studio recording as a lead into the sax solo as Peter White's acoustic guitar solo was ending.
Al Stewart - "Time Passages" (1978)
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*music ping*
Have Year of the Cat..................
Wow! I remember that song. :)
I remember Al Stewart. Is he still around?
Alan Parsons was the producer? The same guy from The Alan Parsons Project?
I don’t know if Al Stewart is still performing.
The Alan Parsons who was the producer, is the same guy from The Alan Parsons Project.
Al Parsons was prolific. Good music too!
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/alan-parsons-mn0000031274/credits
On my iPod and played frequently. Good stuff.
One of my all-time favorite songs...the reference to Casablanca...(one of my all-time favorite movies)...they lyrics...the mood set...(falling in love)....the variety of instruments...that alto sax...INCREDIBLE!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aybGztyFwHk
My wrists grow limp every time I hear it.
Wasn’t he the noted physicist who specialized in lasers? Dr. Alan Parsons.
I like his music.
Me too. :) Sounds especially good in surround 5.1 DTS — On Air.
Always was partial to On The Border from the prior platter. Another piece evocative of a particular time and place like YotC.
He’s one of my Yacht Rock favorites.
I like to put on the original (not radio edited) version of Year of the Cat and just soak in the entire piano into. It’s outstanding.
Eisenhower Years is a great song. I love Year of the Cat as well.
The core of the Alan Parsons Project was the band “Pilot” (of ‘It’s Magic’ fame)
Ian Bairnson is one of my favorite guitar players.
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