Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe

Album by The Alan Parsons Project

Released 1976

progressive rock rock pop rock

Tracklist

CD 1: Original Album (1976) + Bonus Material
1
A Dream Within a Dream
3:41
4.0 ★
2
The Raven
3:58
4.6 ★
3
The Tell‐Tale Heart
4:42
4.0 ★
4
The Cask of Amontillado
4:28
4.0 ★
5
(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
4:19
3.6 ★
6
The Fall of the House of Usher: I Prelude
5:52
5.0 ★
7
The Fall of the House of Usher: II Arrival
2:41
5.0 ★
8
The Fall of the House of Usher: III Intermezzo
1:03
4.0 ★
9
The Fall of the House of Usher: IV Pavane
4:34
5.0 ★
10
The Fall of the House of Usher: V Fall
0:52
4.0 ★
11
To One in Paradise
4:39
4.0 ★
12
The Raven (original demo)
3:27
3.0 ★
13
Edgar (original demo of an unreleased track)
3:04
3.6 ★
14
Orson Welles Radio Spot
1:03
4.0 ★
15
Interview With Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson (1976)
8:33
4.0 ★
CD 2: Album Remix (1987) + Bonus Material
1
A Dream Within a Dream
4:13
3.8 ★
2
The Raven
3:57
5.0 ★
3
The Tell‐Tale Heart
4:39
5.0 ★
4
The Cask of Amontillado
4:33
4.6 ★
5
(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
4:21
5.0 ★
6
The Fall of the House of Usher: I Prelude
7:01
4.6 ★
7
The Fall of the House of Usher: II Arrival
2:39
4.6 ★
8
The Fall of the House of Usher: III Intermezzo
0:59
4.6 ★
9
The Fall of the House of Usher: IV Pavane
4:36
4.6 ★
10
The Fall of the House of Usher: V Fall
0:51
4.0 ★
11
To One in Paradise
4:54
3.5 ★
12
Eric’s Guide Vocal Medley
9:14
2.0 ★
13
Orson Welles Dialogue
3:08
2.0 ★
14
Sea Lions in the Departure Lounge: Sound Effects and Experiments
2:38
2.0 ★
15
GBH Mix: Unreleased Experiments
5:22
2.0 ★
CD 3: Bonus Material Previously Unreleased
1
Album Launch at Los Angeles Planetarium – Introduction by Warren Duffy
2:17
2
Dream Within a Dream (piano takes)
2:19
3
Dream Within a Dream (recorder takes)
1:19
4
Dream Within a Dream / The Raven (early mix with Eric on vocoder)
2:55
5
The Raven (out‐take and extended jam)
7:58
6
The Tell Tale Heart (Eric guide vocal)
4:40
7
Cask of Amontillado (rough mix – piano and backing vocals)
3:41
8
Cask of Amontillado (Eric and Alan guide vocals)
4:19
9
Dr Tarr and Professor Fether (early rough mix)
4:28
10
Dr Tarr and Professor Fether (vocal take)
0:30
11
Dr Tarr and Professor Fether (Eric guide vocal)
4:24
12
Prelude (orchestral take 19)
2:02
13
Pavane (experimenting & take 1)
5:15
14
To One in Paradise (rough mix)
4:20
15
Interview With Alan and Eric – London, August 1987
20:36
Blu-ray 4: 5.1 DTS + 5.1 LPCM + Stereo 96kHZ/24-bit
1
A Dream Within a Dream (5.1 mix)
4:14
2
The Raven (5.1 mix)
3:57
3
The Tell‐Tale Heart (5.1 mix)
4:38
4
The Cask of Amontillado (5.1 mix)
4:33
5
(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (5.1 mix)
4:21
6
The Fall of the House of Usher: I Prelude (5.1 mix)
7:01
7
The Fall of the House of Usher: II Arrival (5.1 mix)
2:39
8
The Fall of the House of Usher: III Intermezzo (5.1 mix)
0:59
9
The Fall of the House of Usher: IV Pavane (5.1 mix)
4:36
10
The Fall of the House of Usher: V Fall (5.1 mix)
0:51
11
To One in Paradise (5.1 mix)
4:40
12
A Dream Within a Dream
3:40
4.0 ★
13
The Raven
4:01
4.6 ★
14
The Tell‐Tale Heart
4:42
4.0 ★
15
The Cask of Amontillado
4:29
4.0 ★
16
(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
4:21
3.6 ★
17
The Fall of the House of Usher: I Prelude
5:54
5.0 ★
18
The Fall of the House of Usher: II Arrival
2:36
5.0 ★
19
The Fall of the House of Usher: III Intermezzo
1:14
4.0 ★
20
The Fall of the House of Usher: IV Pavane
4:31
5.0 ★
21
The Fall of the House of Usher: V Fall
0:51
4.0 ★
22
To One in Paradise
4:35
4.0 ★
Vinyl 5
1
A Dream Within a Dream
4.0 ★
2
The Raven
4.6 ★
3
The Tell‐Tale Heart
4.0 ★
4
The Cask of Amontillado
4.0 ★
5
(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
3.6 ★
Vinyl 6
1
The Fall of the House of Usher: I Prelude
5.0 ★
2
The Fall of the House of Usher: II Arrival
5.0 ★
3
The Fall of the House of Usher: III Intermezzo
4.0 ★
4
The Fall of the House of Usher: IV Pavane
5.0 ★
5
The Fall of the House of Usher: V Fall
4.0 ★
6
To One in Paradise
3.0 ★
7
The Raven (single version)
3:48
8
(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (single version)
3:23
9
To One in Paradise (single version)
4:08

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Release credits

Alan Parsons
additional [4.22, 1.11, 2.11], electronic instruments [5.3, 4.14, 1.3], engineer [2.1-11, 1.1-5, 4.12-16, 5.1-5, 6.6], lead vocals [2.2, 5.2, 1.2, 4.13], other instruments [6.2, 6.5, 1.7, 1.10, 4.18, 4.21], pipe organ [5], producer [1.1-5, 4.12-16, 5.1-5, 6.6, 2.1-11], recorder [5.5, 2.5, 1.5, 4.16], synthesizer [1.7, 1.10, 2.3-4, 2.7, 2.10, 6.2, 6.5, 4.18, 4.21], vocal [4.13, 1.2, 5.2]
Andrew Powell
additional [4.13, 4.13-14, 4.14-15, 4.15, 5.2, 5.2-3, 5.3-4, 5.4, 1.2, 1.2-3, 1.3-4, 1.4], conductor [4.13, 4.17, 4.19, 4.21, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 5.2, 1.2, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 2.2-4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10], keyboard [1.7, 4.18, 6.2, 2.7], orchestrator [2-4, 6, 8, 10], organ [4.20, 6.4, 1.9, 2.9]
Arthur Brown
lead vocals [4.14, 5.3, 2.3, 1.3]
Billy Lyall
Rhodes piano [1.11, 4.22, 2.11], glockenspiel [4.22, 1.11, 2.11], keyboard [5.1, 5.3, 4.12, 4.14, 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.3], piano [1.4-5, 4.15-16, 2.4-5, 5.4-5], recorder [2.1, 1.1, 4.12, 5.1]
Burleigh Drummond
drums (drum set) [2.2, 1.2, 5.2, 4.13]
Chris Blair
assistant [1-11]
Christopher North
keyboard [5.2, 1.2, 2.2, 4.13]
Daryl Runswick
bass [4.20, 6.4, 1.9], double bass [9]
Dave Munden
additional [12]
David Pack
guitar [4.13, 5.2, 2.2, 1.2]
David Paton
acoustic guitar [5.1, 2.1, 2.11, 1.1, 1.11, 4.12, 4.22], background vocals [2.1, 4.12, 1.1, 5.1], bass [2.3-5, 2.7, 2.11, 4.18, 4.22, 1.7, 1.11, 6.2], bass guitar [4.14-16, 5.3-5, 1.3-5]
David Snell
harp [4.20, 1.9, 2.9, 6.4]
Eric Woolfson
additional [1.5, 1.11, 5.5, 4.16, 4.22, 2.5, 2.11], background vocals [4.13, 4.15, 5.2, 5.4, 2.2, 2.4, 1.2, 1.4], executive [1-11], harpsichord [2.4, 5.4, 4.15, 1.4], keyboard [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.12, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7, 5.1-3, 5.5, 6.2, 4.12-14, 4.16, 4.18], organ [6.2, 4.18, 1.7, 2.7], performer [2.12, 1.13], synthesizer [9], vocal [12]
Francis Monkman
harpsichord [1.9, 4.20, 2.9, 6.4], organ [1.7, 6.2, 2.7, 4.18]
Hugo D’Alton
mandolin [1.9, 4.20, 6.4, 2.9]
Ian Bairnson
acoustic guitar [1.1, 1.11, 2.1, 2.11, 5.1, 4.12, 4.22], electric guitar [1.1, 1.11, 5.1, 2.1, 2.11, 4.12, 4.22], guitar [2.2-5, 2.7, 5.2, 1.2, 4.13], guitar family [1.3-5, 1.7, 4.14-16, 4.18, 5.3-5, 6.2], solo [2]
Jack Harris
additional [1.3, 1.5, 5.3, 5.5, 4.14, 4.16, 2.3, 2.5]
Jane Powell
background vocals [2.11, 4.22, 1.11]
Joe Puerta
bass [1], bass guitar [4.12-13, 1.1-2, 5.1-2]
John Leach
cimbalom [1.9, 4.20, 6.4, 2.9], kantele [6.4, 4.20, 1.9, 2.9]
John Miles
guitar [5], guitar family [1.5, 5.5, 4.16], lead vocals [5.4-5, 1.4-5, 4.15-16, 2.4-5]
Kevin Peek
acoustic guitar [6.4, 2.9, 4.20, 1.9]
Laurence Juber
acoustic guitar [2.9, 6.4, 4.20, 1.9]
Leonard Whiting
lead vocals [2.2, 4.13, 5.2, 1.2], other vocals [1.11, 4.22], spoken vocals [11], vocal [4.13, 1.2, 5.2]
Les Hurdle
bass [4.17, 6.1, 1.6, 2.6]
Orson Welles
performer [14], spoken vocals [1, 6, 13]
Pat Stapley
assistant [1-11]
Rick Westwood
additional [12]
Robert Howes
choir vocals [2-4], chorus master [5.2-4, 1.2-4, 4.13-15]
Stuart Tosh
additional [5.2, 1.2, 2.2, 4.13], cymbal [1.3, 2.3, 4.14, 5.3], drums (drum set) [5.1-5, 4.12-16, 4.22, 1.1-5, 1.11, 2.1-5, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11], membranophone [4.18, 4.20, 1.7, 1.9, 6.2, 6.4], percussion [2.7, 1.7, 6.2, 4.18], timpani [2.3, 1.3, 4.14, 5.3]
Terry Sylvester
additional [1.4, 4.15, 5.4, 2.4], lead vocals [4.22, 1.11, 2.11]
The English Chorale
choir vocals [4.13-15, 5.2-4, 1.2-4, 2.2-4]
Tom Trefethen
assistant [1.2, 5.2, 2.2, 4.13]
Tony Richards
assistant [1-11]
Westminster City School Boys Choir
choir vocals [4.22, 1.11, 2.11]