The Alan Parsons Project TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION • Edgar Allan Poe MINT
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The Alan Parsons Project TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION • Edgar Allan Poe 180 gram Half-Speed Mastered MINT
Label:
Cooking Vinyl – COOKLP840Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Half-Speed Mastered, Stereo, Gatefold, 180 gramCountry:
UK, Europe & USReleased:
2022Genre:
RockStyle:
Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock, Art RockTracklist: A1 A Dream Within A Dream Written-By – Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson 3:42 A2 The Raven Written-By – Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson 3:58 A3 The Tell-Tale Heart Written-By – Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson 4:35 A4 The Cask Of Amontillado Written-By – Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson 4:29 A5 (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether Written-By – Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson 4:12 The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental) Written-By – Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell, Eric Woolfson (15:13) B1.1 Prelude B1.2 Arrival B1.3 Intermezzo B1.4 Pavane B1.5 Fall B2 To One In Paradise Written-By – Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson 4:21
- Copyright © – 20th Century Records
- Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
- Mixed At – Abbey Road Studios
- Half-Speed Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
- Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios
- Manufactured By – Cooking Vinyl
- Arranged By [Orchestra And Choir], Conductor – Andrew Powell
- Bass – David Paton, Joe Puerta
- Cimbalom, Kantele – John Leach
- Cover – Hipgnosis
- Double Bass [String Bass] – Darryl Runswick
- Drums – Burleigh Drummond, Stuart Tosh
- Guitar – Alan Parsons, David Pack, David Paton, Ian Bairnson
- Keyboards – Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell, Billy Lyall, Christopher North, Eric Woolfson, Francis Monkman
- Half-Speed Mastered By – Miles Showell
- Vocals – Alan Parsons, Arthur Brown, David Paton, Eric Woolfson, Jack Harris, Jane Powell, John Miles, Leonard Whiting, Smokey Parsons, Stuart Tosh, Terry Sylvester, The English Chorale
- Featuring a half speed remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios
- Gatefold 8 pages booklet with lyrics and pictures.
The Harmony Vocoder on "The Raven" was invented and built by EMI Central Research Laboratories, and is exclusively available at Abbey Road Studios
The album was recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London, between July 1975 and January 1976
© The Alan Parsons Project 2022
- Matrix / Label (Side A): COOKLP-840
- Matrix / Label (Side B): COOKLP-840
- Matrix / Runout (Side A): MILES.ABBEYROAD1/2SPEED.ROOM30 1229501 243049E1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B): MILES.ABBEYROAD1/2SPEED.ROOM30 1274536 243049E2
Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. On the album's 1987 remix, the instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards (Welles also narrates "Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude"). The EMI vocoder is used throughout "The Raven" with the Westminster City School Boys Choir mixed in to add a distinct flair to its chamber-like sound. Parsons' expertise surrounds this album, from the slyness that prevails in "(The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather" to the bodeful thumping of the drums that imitate a heartbeat on "The Tell-Tale Heart." "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a lengthy but dazzling array of musicianship that keeps the album's persona intact, while enabling the listener to submerge into its frightening atmosphere. With vocalists Terry Sylvester, John Miles, and Eric Woolfson stretched across each track, this variety of different singing styles adds color and design to the album's air. Without any underlying theme to be pondered upon, Alan Parsons instead paints a vivid picture of one of the most alluring literary figures in history by musically reciting his most famous works in expert fashion. Allmusic
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