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Freudiana/ˌfrɔɪdiˈænə/ is a rock opera by Eric Woolfson. It was to be the 11th album by The Alan Parsons Project, but during its development, Eric Woolfson had creative differences with Alan Parsons. The production, released in 1990, utilizes the Project's personnel as well as many guest vocalists.Alan Parsons later began his career as a solo artist with his 1993 album Try Anything Once, which was musically in a direction more or less continued from that of the Project's 1987's Gaudi.

The Alan Parsons Project. ‎– Freudiana Label: CD-Maximum ‎– CDM 1099-350. Freudiana Lead Vocals – Eric Woolfson: 6:21: 3: I Am A Mirror. Actually, the Project was born with this approach toward Edgar Allan Poe, and the Project dies unnamed with a Freud project. Freudiana represents the final effort between Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.and what a super effort it is! The wide range of musical styles Freudiana embraces is one of its strong points. He hired numerous musicians and singers to help him in what would become the first album of the Alan Parsons Project. Initially meant to be a one-time experience, the 'project' turned into a full-time band, and quite a successful one, with that. Some two decades later, Eric Woolfson, Parsons' long-time companion, puts up his own project.

Woolfson hit upon the idea of researching the life and works of Sigmund Freud with a view to their musical potential after he finished Gaudi. He retraced Freud's footsteps and explored his realms through his homes in London and Vienna (both now museums), as well as literary sources including Freud's classic cases, whose real identities he concealed by use of names such as Wolfman, Ratman, Dora, Little Hans, and Schreber, the Judge. In addition, Freud's writings on his discovery of the 'unconscious', his well-known theories such as the Oedipus Complex, the 'Ego' and the 'Id' and perhaps his best known work, The Interpretation of Dreams all served as springboards for musical ideas. About halfway through the recording process, Woolfson was approached by Brian Brolly to develop the concept still further into a musical. With Brolly's help, Woolfson turned Freudiana into a stage musical. The musical had a successful run, and it was hoped that the show would open in other cities. Further plans were put on hold when a lawsuit broke out between Brolly and Woolfson, each fighting for control of the project. In the end, Brolly won, but the album remained attributed to Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons.

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2. Label: CD-Maximum - CDM 1099-350. Format: CD Album, Unofficial Release. Country: Russia. Genre: Electronic, Rock. Style: Modern Classical, Synth-pop, Symphonic Rock.

This album was released in two versions: The 'White Album' and the 'Black Album'. Additionally, while the 'White Album' was originally released under the moniker 'Freudiana' and not Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons, nor the Alan Parsons Project, the first releases had 'The Alan Parsons Project' at the top.

The 'White Album' was released in 1990 through EMI Records. It includes 18 tracks with lead vocal performances from Leo Sayer, Kiki Dee, Marti Webb, 10cc's Eric Stewart, Frankie Howerd, Gary Howard and The Flying Pickets, as well as previous Project vocalists Chris Rainbow, John Miles, Graham Dye, and Woolfson. Alan Parsons made musical contributions throughout the album as well as writing and producing, as he had with the Project albums. Howard would appear with Parsons' live band on Alan Parsons Live, and Stewart on Parsons' first two solo studio albums, Try Anything Once and On Air.

The Deutsche Originalaufnahme ('German original recording'), also known as the 'Black Album', features a double-length cast disc. It contains material from the rock opera. The Black album was the first album credited to Eric Woolfson as a solo artist. Freudiana gave Woolfson a taste of musical theatre and he chose to continue in that end of the business.

Track listing (the 'White Album')[edit]

All songs written by Eric Woolfson except where stated. What does teamviewer monitor driver dock.

1. 'The Nirvana Principle' (Instrumental) – 3:44
2. 'Freudiana' (lead vocal: Eric Woolfson) – 6:20
3. 'I Am a Mirror' (lead vocal: Leo Sayer) – 4:06
4. 'Little Hans' (lead vocal: Graham Dye) (backing vocal: Chris Rainbow) – 3:15
5. 'Dora' (lead vocal: Eric Woolfson) – 3:51
6. 'Funny You Should Say That' (lead vocal: The Flying Pickets) - 4:36
7. 'You're on Your Own' (lead vocal: Kiki Dee) – 3:54
8. 'Far Away from Home' (lead vocal: The Flying Pickets) – 3:11
9. 'Let Yourself Go' (lead vocal: Eric Woolfson) – 5:26
10. 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' (Instrumental) (Alan Parsons) – 3:13
11. 'The Ring' (lead vocal: Eric Stewart) – 4:22
12. 'Sects Therapy' (lead vocal: Frankie Howerd) – 3:40
13. 'No One Can Love You Better Than Me' (lead vocal: Kiki Dee, Marti Webb, Gary Howard and Eric Woolfson) – 5:40
14. 'Don't Let the Moment Pass' (lead vocal: Marti Webb) – 3:40
15. 'Upper Me' (lead vocal: Eric Stewart) – 5:16
16. 'Freudiana' (Instrumental) – 3:43
17. 'Destiny' (lead vocal: Chris Rainbow) – 0:51
18. 'There But for the Grace of God' (lead vocal: John Miles and Marti Webb) – 5:56

Personnel[edit]

• Eric Woolfson – Keyboards, vocals, executive producer
• Alan Parsons – Additional keyboards, engineer, producer
• Andrew Powell – Arrangements, orchestra leader
• Ian Bairnson – Guitar
• Laurie Cottle – Bass
• Richard Cottle – Synthesizer, saxophone
• Stuart Elliott – Drums, percussion

Stage musical version[edit]

Freudiana premiered at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria on 19 December 1990. It was produced by Vereinigte Bühnen Wien. Until 18 April 1992 it played for 380 performances before 320,000 people.

The stage director was Peter Weck. The German song texts were by Lida Winiewicz. Erik was played by Ulrich Tukur.

Track listing, Deutsche Originalaufnahme (the 'Black Album')[edit]

1. 'Freudiana' (Instrumental) - 3:07
2. 'Kleiner Hans' - 3:08
3. 'Ich bin dein Spiegel' - 4:00
4. 'Es ist durchaus nicht erwiesen' - 4:42
5. 'Dora' - 3:55
6. 'Du bist allein' - 4:24
7. 'Ausgestossen' - 3:58
8. 'Doctor Charcot' - 4:54
9. 'Frau Schmetterling' - 4:11
10. 'Der Ring' - 3:06
11. 'Vision Dora' (Instrumental) - 3:00
12. 'Nie war das Glück so nah' - 3:20
13. 'U-Bahn' - 3:45
14. 'Wer ging den Weg' - 5:04
15. 'Oedipus - Terzett' 6:25
16. 'Chorus' 0:58
17. 'Freudiana' - 4:58

Personnel[edit]

• Herwig Ursin - production manager, post-processing and mixing
• Fritz Staudinger, Gernot Ursin, Peter Naumann - recording engineers
• Recorded with the HEY-U-Studiomobil at the Theater an der Wien

References[edit]

1. ^Alex S. Garcia. 'Freudiana - Freudiana | Songs, Reviews, Credits'. AllMusic. Retrieved 16 July 2016.

External links[edit]

• Freudiana discography at Discogs

Eric Woolfson (1945-2009)

Born in Glasgow, Scotland on 18th March 1945. Married Hazel in 1969. They have two daughters, Sally & Lorna and four grandchildren, Toby, Amelie, Elsie and Cooper.

Eric had an uncle in Glasgow who played the piano masterfully and who inspired Eric to want to become a musician. After a very short spell of piano lessons which were soon abandoned, Eric started playing by himself and became a self-taught pianist who never was able to read music!

In his teens, following a brief but somewhat unsuccessful foray into the profession of Chartered Accountancy where they said he’d be better apprenticed to a circus, Eric went to London and hung around Denmark Street a.k.a. ‘Tin Pan Alley’.

He managed to get work as a session pianist and worked with musicians such as Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones who went on to form LED ZEPPELIN and managed to fix a meeting with the Record Producer & Co. Manager of THE ROLLING STONES, Andrew Loog Oldham.

After being kept waiting for over four hours for his meeting, Oldham finally showed up and asked Eric to play something he’d written himself. After playing just one song, Oldham stood up and said ‘You’re a f******* genius’ and immediately offered Eric a publishing deal with Oldham’s newly formed company ‘Immediate Records’.

Lego batman 3 pc iso. Warhammer skaven codex pdf. Oldham placed Eric’s work with a number of well known artists of the day such as MARIANNE FAITHFULL and FRANK IFIELD as well as using Eric as a session pianist on many of his independent productions.

Other songs written by Eric found their way into various record producers’ hands, including MICK JAGGER’s first attempt as a record producer with a singer called CHRIS FARLOWE – although Eric’s song eventually was consigned the the B-side, the single OUT OF TIME went to number one in the UK Charts.

Eric signed other publishing deals with other companies as his repertoire flourished and more and more of his songs found their way to major recording artists, both in Europe and America.

He signed a deal with Southern Music where he joined the ranks of composers such as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Eric remembered Lloyd Webber and Rice’s decision to create stage musicals as a vehicle for their songs, rather than the more difficult route of trying for covers by the big artists of the day. As time went by, Eric realized how well founded their idea was.

On his way south, Eric got involved with music business agency, Kennedy Street Enterprises. He joined one of their acts HERMAN’S HERMITS as a guest pianist for a short spell, and had high hopes of becoming a permanent member of one their other groups, but they wouldn’t guarantee him a retainer and so he decided to carry on further south to London. The musicians Eric left behind in Manchester, shortly afterwards became known as 10CC.

Later, Eric was taken on as an independent record producer by several record companies working with artists including DAVE BERRY, THE EQUALS and THE TREMELOES.

Around this time, Eric had the idea to make an album inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. He wrote some of the material which later found its way into the Alan Parsons Project and at that time he recorded some demos with guitarist Rick Westwood of THE TREMELOES. Eric produced the recordings but was not sure that he had the necessary skill to realize such a grandiose project and shelved the idea.

Despite having many of his songs recorded all over Europe, Eric found that earning a living as a songwriter was not easy and so he decided to try his hand at artist management.

His first two clients were a singer CARL DOUGLAS who had just reached the top of the charts with KUNG FU FIGHTING and a record producer called ALAN PARSONS who he had met while on a session at Abbey Road Studios.

Alan had decided to become a producer and with Eric as his manager, he enjoyed a string of successes including consecutive number one hits with PILOT and COCKNEY REBEL. Other notable successes were JOHN MILES and AL STEWART with YEAR OF THE CAT.

At that time, the film business had become a director’s medium with luminaries such as Stanley Kubrick being more influential in the making of a film than the stars who appeared in it. Now having access to Alan’s production and engineering talent, Eric saw an opportunity to mirror this in the record business by combining his own writing talents with Alan’s. His Edgar Allan Poe idea came off the shelf and the ALAN PARSONS PROJECT was born.

The first album entitled TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION, EDGAR ALLAN POE was released in 1976. It was immediately obvious that there was more to the idea than one album, but as the original record deal was for only the first album, a new deal was done with Arista Records for nine further albums.

Despite there being no live performances and few obvious hit singles the venture was a great success. There were however hit singles (many on which Eric sang lead vocal) including EYE IN THE SKY, TIME and DON’T ANSWER ME, three of which in addition to record sales, have been played on American radio more than 1 million times.

After ten albums Eric wanted to develop in other areas and decided it was time to move into the area of stage musicals. His first attempt, inspired by Sigmund Freud, was entitled FREUDIANA which was premiered in 1990 in Vienna’s historic THEATER AN DER WIEN where Beethoven premiered ‘Fidelio’, his one and only opera. Eric had always been inspired by creative minds and his wife Hazel had been studying psychology and began to leave books on Freud lying around the house. Intrigued by the titles, Woolfson became fascinated by their content and started researching Freud and spent a lot of time in the Freud Museum in London, even lying on the couch on which Freud’s patients recounted their dreams.

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The success of this first musical work led to Woolfson’s second musical GAUDI which premiered in 1994 in Aachen, Germany and went on to be staged in Alsdorf (1995) and Cologne (1996) where a 1,700-seat theatre was specially built in the heart of the city to stage the show. Half a million people saw GAUDI in the five years that it ran and every performance received a standing ovation. A german tour of GAUDI was later planned for 2009/2010 and an Asian production planned for 2010.

For his next musical GAMBLER, Eric drew on his experiences of living in Monte Carlo (in the late 70s) which had also been the inspiration for the APP TURN OF A FRIENDLY CARD album. Many of the songs from this album (Eye in the Sky, Turn of a Friendly Card, Snake Eyes, Games People Play and Time) were included in the show. It was premiered in Germany in Monchengladbach in 1996. GAMBLER has so far had seven productions in Korea, one of which also toured Japan in 2002 and 2005 (the first time a Korean language production had been staged in this way) and it won several Korean Tony Awards.

In 2007 Eric’s musical DANCING SHADOWS premiered in Asia. This was a unique musical project inspired by a famous Korean play entitled A FOREST FIRE. The noted playwright and author Ariel Dorfman wrote the book and Eric wrote the music and lyrics. The production won 5 Korean Tony awards including Best Musical. International production plans for the show are in development.

Eric’s work POE re-visits his original Tales of Mystery and Imagination inspiration, Edgar Allan Poe. It had its world premiere concert showcase at Abbey Road Studios in 2003 and a studio album was released containing 10 songs from the piece ‘POE, More Tales of Mystery and Imagination‘.

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The latest project that Eric worked on was the result of having gone through the APP archives to find bonus tracks for the 2007/2008 Sony and Universal releases of all 10 Alan Parsons Project albums in remastered expanded edition versions, plus a new Essential APP compilation. Eric discovered a number of songs which hadn’t been included on the original APP albums for a variety of reasons. These were later included, in their unfinished form as bonus tracks on the expanded edition APP albums, and Eric also completed and recorded some of these songs which are included on the ‘Eric Woolfson sings The Alan Parsons Project That Never Was‘ album which was released in January 2009.

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Eric died of kidney cancer in the early hours of the 2nd December 2009, aged 64.

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