Parsons, Alan Project - Tales Of Mystery & Imagination (Deluxe Edition) [Import]

Artist:

Parsons, Alan Project

UPC:

602498485453

See Also:

ABBA Zombies (The) Blunstone, Colin O`Sullivan, Gilbert Bread 10cc Original Soundtrack/Marvin Hamlisch - Ice Castles

Description:

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.
Personnel: Bob Howes, Jack Harris , John Miles, Arthur Brown, Terry Sylvester (vocals); David Pack (guitar); Ian Bairnson (electric guitar, keyboards); John Leach (cimbalom, kantele); David Snell (harp); Darryl Runswick (strings); Billy Lyall (recorder, keyboards); Eric Woolfson (harpsichord, keyboards); Andrew Powell (organ); Christopher North (keyboards); Joe Puerta (bass guitar); Stuart Tosh (drums); David Paton (background vocals).
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.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Dream Within a Dream, A - (instrumental)
2. Raven, The
3. Tell-Tale Heart, The
4. Cask of Amontillado, The
5. (The Sytem of) Dr. Tarr and Proffesor Fether
6. Fall of the House of Usher, The - (instrumental)
7. Arrival
8. Intermezzo
9. Pavane
10. Fall
11. To One in Paradise
12. Bonus Track: The Raven - (Bonus Track/Orignal Demo)
13. Bonus Track: Edgar - (Bonus Track/Demo)
14. Bonus Track: Orson Welles Radio Spot
15. Interview With Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson

DISC 2:

1. Dream With a Dream, A - (instrumental)
2. Raven, The
3. Tell-Tale Heart, The
4. Cask of Amontillado, The
5. (The System Of) Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether / The Fall Of the House Of Usher
6. Prelude
7. Arrival
8. Intermezzo
9. Pavane
10. Fall
11. To One in Paradise
12. Bonus Track - Eric`s Guide - (Bonus Track)
13. Orson Welles Dialogue
14. Sea Lions in the Departure Lounge - Sound Effecs and Eperiments
15. Unreleased Experiments

Album Information

Release Date:

04/30/2007

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Progressive Rock

Label:

Island

Producer:

Alan Parsons Project

Catalog Number:

9848545

Original Release Year:

1976

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

120 : 1

Guest Artist:

David Paton; Orson Welles; Arthur Brown; John Miles; Jack Harris; Terry Sylvester; Stuart Tosh; Lyall

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