The Alan Parson’s Project‘s second studio album, 1977’s “I Robot,” is to be reissued in various formats through Cooking Vinyl on October 18, 2025.
The expanded CD release includes a new 2025 remaster of the original album by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, along with four additional bonus tracks and a fully illustrated, 12-page booklet containing sleevenotes featuring quotes from Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson as well as lyric sheet.
The album will also be released on various vinyl formats, including 180g classic black vinyl, and limited edition, 180g heavyweight clear vinyl, featuring half-speed remasters by Showell at Abbey Road Studios.
There will also be a limited edition Super Deluxe Box Set which contains four CDs and 1 Blu-ray Disc containing the “I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You” promotional video and interview footage of Eric Woolfson discussing the “I Robot” album, and a 45rpm 180g heavyweight LP vinyl edition in a gatefold sleeve, half-speed remastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios. With an additional 70 bonus tracks (47 of them previously unreleased) taken from studio sessions out-takes, the collection features stunning Dolby Atmos and 5.1 Surround Sound mixes by Alan Parsons from the original multi-track master tapes, along with a new stereo HD & CD remaster of the original album by Showell. Also included is a fully illustrated 12” x 12” casebound book featuring interviews with Alan Parsons, the Woolfson family, and the musicians, as well as full lyrics and commentary on the bonus tracks, an A1 poster and a reproduction press kit folder.
The Alan Parsons Project released “I Robot,” a concept album exploring philosophical themes regarding AI on the back of Isaac Asimov’s Robot series of books, in the wake of the release of Star Wars in the US, and its overt science fiction theme certainly helped propel the album up the charts.
“We brought out I Robot almost exactly at the same time as Star Wars was released,” Parsons recalls. “Of course, Star Wars featured robots, and the only record sleeves in stores, especially in America, that had a robot on it was ours. Having a robot-like figure on the cover worked very much to our advantage.”
The album featured core APP musicians, guitarist Ian Bairnson, bass player David Paton, drummer Stuart Tosh, with Eric Woolfson on keyboards and arrangements by Andrew Powell, alongside an array of different vocalists including Steve Harley, Allan Clarke, Lenny Zakatek, Peter Straker, Jack Harris and Jaki Whitren.
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Tracklist (Super Deluxe):
A1. I Robot
A2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
B1. Some Other Time
B2. Breakdown
B3. Don’t Let It Show
C1. The Voice
C2. Nucleus
C3. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
D1. Total Eclipse
D2. Genesis Ch.1. V.32
Blu-ray
E1. I Robot
E2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
E3. Some Other Time
E4. Breakdown
E5. Don’t Let It Show
E6. The Voice
E7. Nucleus
E8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
E9. Total Eclipse
E10. Genesis Ch.1. V.32
E11. U.S Radio Commercial For I Robot
E12. I Robot (Boules Experiment)
E13. I Robot (Hilary Western Soprano Vocal Rehearsal)
E14. Extract 1 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
E15. Extract 2 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
E16. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Backing Track Rough Mix)
E17. Some Other Time (Complete Vocal By Jaki Whitren)
E18. Breakdown (Early Demo Of Backing Riff)
E19. Extract 3 From The Alan Parsons Project Audio Guide
E20. Breakdown (The Choir)
E21. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Demo)
E22. Day After Day (Early Stage Rough Mix)
E23. Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (Choir Session)
E24. The Naked Robot
CD1
F1. I Robot (Out Take & Rough Mix)
F2. I Robot (Experimental Lead Guitar Part With Guide Count)
F3. I Robot (John Leach Kantele Takes)
F4. I Robot (Ian Bairnson Rhythm Electric Guitar)
F5. I Robot (Choir Takes)
F6. I Robot (Early Mix Before Choir)
F7. I Robot (Single Edit)
F8. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Slower Backing Out Take)
F9. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Eric Woolfson Keyboard Take)
F10. I Wouldn’t Want To Be like You (Ian Bairnson Electric Rhythm Guitar)
F11. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Early Mix Of Backing Track)
F12. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Lenny Zakatek Alt. Vocal)
F13. Some Other Time (Eric Woolfson Piano Take)
F14. Some Other Time (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitars Takes)
F15. Some Other Time (Ian Bairnson Lead Electric Guitar Takes)
F16. Some Other Time (Rough Mix – Jaki Alt. Lyric & Ad Libs)
CD2
G1. Breakdown (Eric Woolfson Keyboard Part)
G2. Breakdown (Projectron and Bass)
G3. Breakdown (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitar Takes)
G4. Breakdown (Ian Bairnson Electric Guitar Harmony Solo)
G5. Breakdown (Strings, Brass, & Horns Take)
G6. Breakdown (Rough Mix + Alt. Backing Track Out Take)
G7. Breakdown (Rough Mix Of Backing Track)
G8. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Piano Takes)
G9. Don’t Let It Show (Eric Woolfson Organ Take)
G10. Don’t Let It Show (Recorder & Horns Out Take In Key Of D)
G11. Don’t Let It Show (String Section Take)
G12. Don’t Let It Show (Woodwind Take In Key Of D)
G13. Don’t Let It Show (Backing Track Early Rough Mix)
G14. Don’t Let It Show (Rough Mix With Alt. Orchestra Score)
G15. Don’t Let It Show (Extended End Section)
G16. The Voice (Rough Mix With Extra Strings & Alan Vocoder)
G17. The Voice (Backing Track Rough Mix)
G18. Nucleus (Experimenting with Sound Effects)
G19. Nucleus (Talking Sound Effects)
G20. Nucleus (Stuart Tosh Drum Take with Delay)
G21. Nucleus (Projectron Only)
CD3
H1. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (BJ Cole Steel Out Take)
H2. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Synth Experiments)
H3. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Eric Woolfson Celeste Take)
H4. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitar Take)
H5. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (BJ Cole Pedal Steel Take)
H6. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Backing Vocals)
H7. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Backing Track)
H8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On) (Single Edit)
H9. Total Eclipse & Nucleus (Choral Experiments)
H10. Total Eclipse (Choir Only)
H11. Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (Alan Parsons Demo)
H12. Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (Everything But The Choir)
H13. Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (Ian Bairnson Acoustic Guitars)
H14. Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (Strings Only)
H15. Genesis Ch. 1 V. 32 (Backing Singers & Choir Takes)
H16. Alan Parsons Spacey Vibraphone
H17. Eric’s Jupiter (Start of Gemini Idea)
H18. Taking It All Away (Eric Woolfson Songwriting Diary 1st Version)
H19. I Robot Radio Adverts
CD4
I1. I Robot
I2. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You
I3. Some Other Time
I4. Breakdown
I5. Don’t Let It Show
I6. The Voice
I7. Nucleus
I8. Day After Day (The Show Must Go On)
I9. Total Eclipse
I10. Genesis Ch.1. V.32
I11. I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You (Promotional Video)
I12. I Robot Eric Woolfson Interview Footage