Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe

Album by The Alan Parsons Project

Released 1976

progressive rock rock pop rock

Tracklist

CD 1: 1976 Album
1
A Dream Within a Dream (instrumental)
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) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether
4:19
3.6 ★
6
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): i Prelude
5:52
5.0 ★
7
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): ii Arrival
2:41
5.0 ★
8
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): iii Intermezzo
1:03
4.0 ★
9
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): iv Pavane
4:34
5.0 ★
10
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): 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 (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: 1987 Remix
1
A Dream Within a Dream (instrumental)
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) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether
4:21
5.0 ★
6
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): i Prelude
7:01
4.6 ★
7
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): ii Arrival
2:39
4.6 ★
8
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): iii Intermezzo
0:59
4.6 ★
9
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): iv Pavane
4:36
4.6 ★
10
The Fall of the House of Usher (instrumental): 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 ★

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Release credits

Alan Parsons
additional [1.11, 2.11], electronic instruments [3], engineer [1.1-5, 2.1-11], lead vocals [1.2, 2.2], other instruments [7, 10], pipe organ [5], producer [1.1-5, 2.1-11], recorder [2.5, 1.5], synthesizer [2.3-4, 2.7, 2.10, 1.7, 1.10], vocal [2]
Andrew Powell
additional [2, 2-3, 3-4, 4], conductor [1.2, 1.6, 1.8, 1.10, 2.2-4, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10], keyboard [1.7, 2.7], orchestrator [2-4, 6, 8, 10], organ [2.9, 1.9]
Arthur Brown
lead vocals [1.3, 2.3]
Billy Lyall
Rhodes piano [1.11, 2.11], glockenspiel [2.11, 1.11], keyboard [1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.3], piano [1.4-5, 2.4-5], recorder [1.1, 2.1]
Burleigh Drummond
drums (drum set) [1.2, 2.2]
Chris Blair
assistant [1-11]
Christopher North
keyboard [1.2, 2.2]
Daryl Runswick
bass [9], double bass [9]
Dave Munden
additional [12]
David Pack
guitar [1.2, 2.2]
David Paton
acoustic guitar [2.1, 2.11, 1.1, 1.11], background vocals [2.1, 1.1], bass [1.7, 1.11, 2.3-5, 2.7, 2.11], bass guitar [3-5]
David Snell
harp [1.9, 2.9]
Eric Woolfson
additional [1.5, 1.11, 2.5, 2.11], background vocals [2.2, 2.4, 1.2, 1.4], executive [1-11], harpsichord [1.4, 2.4], keyboard [1.1-3, 1.5, 1.7, 1.12, 2.1-3, 2.5, 2.7], organ [2.7, 1.7], performer [2.12, 1.13], synthesizer [9], vocal [12]
Francis Monkman
harpsichord [1.9, 2.9], organ [1.7, 2.7]
Hugo D’Alton
mandolin [2.9, 1.9]
Ian Bairnson
acoustic guitar [2.1, 2.11, 1.1, 1.11], electric guitar [1.1, 1.11, 2.1, 2.11], guitar [2.2-5, 2.7, 1.2], guitar family [3-5, 7], solo [2]
Jack Harris
additional [1.3, 1.5, 2.3, 2.5]
Jane Powell
background vocals [1.11, 2.11]
Joe Puerta
bass [1], bass guitar [1-2]
John Leach
cimbalom [2.9, 1.9], kantele [2.9, 1.9]
John Miles
guitar [5], guitar family [5], lead vocals [2.4-5, 1.4-5]
Kevin Peek
acoustic guitar [2.9, 1.9]
Laurence Juber
acoustic guitar [2.9, 1.9]
Leonard Whiting
lead vocals [1.2, 2.2], other vocals [11], spoken vocals [11], vocal [2]
Les Hurdle
bass [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 [2-4]
Stuart Tosh
additional [2.2, 1.2], cymbal [1.3, 2.3], drums (drum set) [1.1-5, 1.11, 2.1-5, 2.7, 2.9, 2.11], membranophone [7, 9], percussion [1.7, 2.7], timpani [2.3, 1.3]
Terry Sylvester
additional [2.4, 1.4], lead vocals [1.11, 2.11]
The English Chorale
choir vocals [1.2-4, 2.2-4]
Tom Trefethen
assistant [1.2, 2.2]
Tony Richards
assistant [1-11]
Westminster City School Boys Choir
choir vocals [2.11, 1.11]