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Tales of Mystery and ­Imagination
Edgar Allan Poe
By Alan Project Parsons (Performed By)
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CD (1 Disc); Stereo
Release Date
30 May 2000

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Album: Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe
# Song Title   Time
1)    A Dream Within A Dream 1987 Remix More Info... 4:13
2)    The Raven 1987 Remix More Info... 3:57
3)    The Tell-Tale Heart 1987 Remix More Info... 4:38
4)    The Cask Of Amontillado 1987 Remix More Info... 4:33
5)    (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether 1987 Remix More Info... 4:20
6)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Prelude 1987 Remix More Info... 7:02
7)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Arrival 1987 Remix More Info... 2:39
8)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Intermezzo 1987 Remix More Info... 1:00
9)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Pavane 1987 Remix More Info... 4:36
10)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Fall 1987 Remix More Info... 0:51
11)    To One In Paradise 1987 Remix More Info... 4:46
2)    The Raven More Info... 0:04
3)    The Tell-tale Heart More Info... 0:04
4)    The Cask of Amontillado More Info... 0:04
5)    (The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether More Info... 0:04
6)    I Prelude More Info... 0:07
7)    II Arrival More Info... 0:02
8)    III Intermezzo More Info... 0:01
9)    IV Pavane More Info... 0:04
10)    V Fall More Info... 0:01
11)    To One in Paradise More Info... 0:04
 
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Album: Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe
# Song Title   Time
1)    A Dream Within A Dream 1987 Remix More Info... 4:13
2)    The Raven 1987 Remix More Info... 3:57
3)    The Tell-Tale Heart 1987 Remix More Info... 4:38
4)    The Cask Of Amontillado 1987 Remix More Info... 4:33
5)    (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether 1987 Remix More Info... 4:20
6)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Prelude 1987 Remix More Info... 7:02
7)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Arrival 1987 Remix More Info... 2:39
8)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Intermezzo 1987 Remix More Info... 1:00
9)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Pavane 1987 Remix More Info... 4:36
10)    The Fall Of The House Of Usher: Fall 1987 Remix More Info... 0:51
11)    To One In Paradise 1987 Remix More Info... 4:46
2)    The Raven More Info... 0:04
3)    The Tell-tale Heart More Info... 0:04
4)    The Cask of Amontillado More Info... 0:04
5)    (The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether More Info... 0:04
6)    I Prelude More Info... 0:07
7)    II Arrival More Info... 0:02
8)    III Intermezzo More Info... 0:01
9)    IV Pavane More Info... 0:04
10)    V Fall More Info... 0:01
11)    To One in Paradise More Info... 0:04
 
Product Description
Product Details
EAN
0042283282025
Writer
Alan Project Parsons (Performed By)
Producer
Alan Parsons Project
Country
USA
Studio/Live
Studio
Label
Mercury / Pgd
Dimensions
12.5 x 14.2 x 1 centimeters (0.06 kg)

Tracks

1. A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental)

2. The Raven

3. The Tell Tale Heart

4. A Cask Of Amontillado

5. The System Of Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether

6. I Prelude

7. II Arrival

8. III Intermezzo

9. IV Pavane

10. V Fall

11. To One In Paradise

Performer Notes
  • This reissue includes a prologue featuring Orson Welles that was not used on the original release, as well as newly recorded drums, guitar and synthesizer parts.
  • Personnel: Alan Parsons (vocals, keyboards); John Miles, Leonard Whiting, Arthur Brown (vocals); Orson Welles (spoken vocals); David Paton (guitar, bass, background vocals); Laurence Juber, Kevin Peek, Ian Bairnson, David Pack (guitar); Hugo D'Alton (mandolin); David Snell (harp); Billy Lyall (recorder, keyboards); Eric Woolfson (harpsichord, keyboards, background vocals); Francis Monkman (harpsichord); Christopher North (keyboards); Joe Puerta, Darryl Runswick, Les Hurdle (bass); John Leach, Burleigh Drummond, Stuart Tosh (drums, percussion); The Westminster City School Boys Choir, Jack Harris, Terry Sylvester, Jane Powell, Bob Howes and The English Chorale (background vocals).
  • Includes liner notes by Alan Parsons.
  • All tracks have been digitally remastered.
  • Personnel includes: Alan Parsons (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John Miles, Leonard Whiting, Arthur Brown (vocals); David Paton (guitar, bass, background vocals); Laurence Juber, Kevin Peek, Ian Bairnson, David Pack (guitar); Hugo D'Alton (mandolin); David Snell (harp); Billy Lyall (recorder, keyboards); Eric Woolfson (harpsichord, keyboards, background vocals); Francis Monkman (harpsichord); Christopher North (keyboards); Joe Puerta, Darryl Runswick, Les Hurdle (bass); Burleigh Drummond, Stuart Tosh (drums); The Westminster City School Boys Choir, Jack Harris, Terry Sylvester, Jane Powell, Bob Howes, The English Chorale (background vocals).
  • Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England between July 1975 and January 1976.
  • The maiden voyage of the Alan Parsons Project, 1976's TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION, finds Parsons paying homage to the thrilling work of suspense legend Edgar Allan Poe. Although such an ambitious undertaking would likely be a disaster for most debuting artists, Parsons had engineered albums by the Beatles and Pink Floyd, making the British musician more than familiar with adventurous, highly textured records.
  • TALES opens with no less than film legend Orson Welles providing narration over Parsons's mesmerizing melody for "A Dream Within a Dream," while "The Raven" and "(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" prove to be the most pop-oriented tracks on the album, employing electronically treated vocals and prog-rock pomp and circumstance to convey the arch strangeness of these stories. Much of TALES consists of keyboard-driven instrumentals that capture the suspenseful nature of Poe's work, most notably the haunting "Intermezzo" and the spine-chilling "Fall," both part of the "Fall of the House of Usher" suite. To listen to TALES OF MYSTERY & IMAGINATION is to hear a young artist challenging himself from his creative outset and crafting an intriguing set of songs in the process.
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By Annette on March 4, 2011
Love this. I actually first heard this music many years ago on vinyl. When I found that Fishpond had this in the catalogue I couldn't wait to receive it. I listen to it at least once a week and have put it on my computer at work so that I can listen whenever I want to.
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By Christopher on March 13, 2008
A wonderful album and the voice of Orson Wells adds to it buetifully absoluterly love it gives it a very theatrical flavour and one song plays well into another giving ita very theater feel and the music and its sound I think fits well with the albums title for those who apreciate Alan Parsons this is a great addition to any collection a very unique sound.
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