“Andrew Powell And The Philharmonia Orchestra Play The Best Of The Alan Parsons Project was mainly recorded at Abbey Road, with the exception of the orchestral session for the I Robot Suite, which was done at CTS in Wembley.

It was Helmut Fest at EMI Records who suggested using the Scrabble board as a way of getting around the world’s longest album title.

One of the biggest difficulties I found in orchestrating these tunes is that certain kinds of “rock” themes sound like muzak if they are played by a violin or other string section: hence the solo sax on Games People Play.”     — Andrew Powell