The Alan Parsons ProjectTales Of Mystery And Imagination

Label:

20th Century Records – 6370 243

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Gatefold

Country:

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 A Dream Within A Dream 3:40
A2 The Raven 4:00
A3 The Tell-Tale Heart 4:37
A4 The Cask Of Amontillado 4:27
A5 (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether 4:14
The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental) (15:02)
B1.I Prelude
B1.II Arrival
B1.III Intermezzo
B1.IV Pavane
B1.V Fall
B2 To One In Paradise 4:29

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyPhonogram
  • Licensed From20th Century Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗20th Century Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗20th Century
  • Copyright ©20th Century Records
  • Pressed ByPhonodisc GmbH
  • Printed ByDruckhaus Maack KG
  • Published ByWoolfsongs Ltd.
  • Published ByFox Fanfare Music, Inc.
  • Recorded AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Mastered AtThe Mastering Lab
  • Mixed AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Lacquer Cut AtPhonodisc GmbH

Credits

  • Arranged By [Orchestra & Choir], Conductor [Orchestra & Choir], KeyboardsAndrew Powell
  • BassJoe Puerta
  • Bass, Guitar, VocalsDavid Paton
  • Cimbalom, KanteleJohn Leach
  • Consultant [Technical Consultant]Keith O. Johnson
  • Contractor [Orchestral]David Katz
  • Design [Cover & Frontsleeve]Hipgnosis (2)
  • Design [Frontsleeve]Hardie*
  • Double Bass [String Bass]Darryl Runswick*
  • DrumsBurleigh Drummond
  • Drums, VocalsStuart Tosh
  • Engineer [Assistant]Pat Stapley
  • GuitarIan Bairnson
  • KeyboardsFrancis Monkman
  • Keyboards, Vocals, Executive-ProducerEric Woolfson
  • Layout [Inside], GraphicsColin Elgie
  • Mastered ByDoug Sax
  • Photography ByStorm Thorgerson
  • Photography By [Picture Of Alan Parsons]Sam Emerson
  • Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, VocalsAlan Parsons
  • VocalsThe English Chorale
  • Written-ByWoolfson*

Notes

Original first German issue.
Label rim text with "Urheber..." only.

The release contains an 8-page-booklet in a gatefold cover.
The songs are based on stories written by Edgar Allan Poe.

The album was recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London, between July 1975 and January 1976
Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California
The Harmony Vocoder on "The Raven" was invented and built by EMI Central Research Laboratories, and is exclusively available at Abbey Road Studios

Copyright 1975 - Woolfsongs Limited
Publisher: Fox Fanfare Music Inc./WOOLFSONGS LTD.

Licensed by 20th Century Records, USA
© & ℗ 20th Century Records
℗ 1976 20th Century

aus dem Hause phonogram
Printed in by Druckhaus Maack KG, 5880 Lüdenscheid.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: GEMA
  • Other (On back cover, below cat#): 6016
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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination • Edgar Allan Poe (LP, Album, Stereo, Beige Labels, Gatefold) Charisma CDS 4003 UK 1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album) 20th Century Records T-508 Portugal 1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) 20th Century Records MOV - 7003, MOV-7003, MOV-7.003 Portugal 1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Gatefold) 20th Century Records 9209-508, T-508 Canada 1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Terre Haute Pressing) 20th Century Records T-508 US 1976

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Reviews

  • Dzubox's avatar
    Dzubox
    Very nice prog rock and production is really nice. The sound is good too, but I would like an hotter mastering. This album could be intersting as an audiophile reissue.
    • olvifa's avatar
      olvifa
      someone can confirm if this version has the guitar solo on "THE RAVEN"?, thanks

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