<P> In October 1967 , at the age of 18 , Parsons went to work as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios , where he earned his first credit on the LP Abbey Road . He became a regular there , engineering such projects as Paul McCartney 's Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway , five albums by the Hollies , and Pink Floyd 's The Dark Side of the Moon , for which he received his first Grammy Award nomination . He was known for doing more than what would normally be considered the scope of a recording engineer 's duties . He considered himself to be a recording director , likening his contribution to recordings to what Stanley Kubrick contributed to film . This is apparent in his work with Al Stewart 's `` Year of the Cat '' , where Parsons added the saxophone part and transformed the original folk concept into the jazz - influenced ballad that put Al Stewart onto the charts . It is also heard in Parsons ' influence on the Hollies ' `` He Ai n't Heavy , He 's My Brother '' and `` The Air That I Breathe '' , sharp departures from their popular 1960s hits `` Stay '' , `` Just One Look '' , `` Stop ! Stop ! Stop ! '' or `` Bus Stop '' . Parsons was also known to have swapped shifts during the engineering of Dark Side of the Moon so he could work entirely on the project . </P>
<P> In October 1967 , at the age of 18 , Parsons went to work as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road Studios , where he earned his first credit on the LP Abbey Road . He became a regular there , engineering such projects as Paul McCartney 's Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway , five albums by the Hollies , and Pink Floyd 's The Dark Side of the Moon , for which he received his first Grammy Award nomination . He was known for doing more than what would normally be considered the scope of a recording engineer 's duties . He considered himself to be a recording director , likening his contribution to recordings to what Stanley Kubrick contributed to film . This is apparent in his work with Al Stewart 's `` Year of the Cat '' , where Parsons added the saxophone part and transformed the original folk concept into the jazz - influenced ballad that put Al Stewart onto the charts . It is also heard in Parsons ' influence on the Hollies ' `` He Ai n't Heavy , He 's My Brother '' and `` The Air That I Breathe '' , sharp departures from their popular 1960s hits `` Stay '' , `` Just One Look '' , `` Stop ! Stop ! Stop ! '' or `` Bus Stop '' . Parsons was also known to have swapped shifts during the engineering of Dark Side of the Moon so he could work entirely on the project . </P>
who did the song he ain heavy he my brother
who did the song he ain heavy he my brother
the Hollies
the Hollies