The Alan Parsons Project is a British progressive rock band active between 1975 and 2007, founded by Scotsman Eric Woolfson and Englishman Alan Parsons. Band history Alan Parsons met Eric Woolfson in the canteen of Abbey Road Studios in the summer of 1974. Parsons had recently engineered Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and had produced several acts for EMI Records. Woolfson, a songwriter and composer, was working as a session pianist; he also composed material for a concept album idea based on the work of Edgar Allan Poe.[LINK: http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/history-read-more.html] History alan-parsons-project.com Parsons asked Woolfson to become his manager and Woolfson managed Parsons's career as a producer and engineer through a string of successes including Pilot, Steve Harley, Cockney Rebel, John Miles, Al Stewart, Ambrosia and The Hollies. Parsons commented at th