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The Alan Parsons Project - The Raven

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Alan Parsons Project, The - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

Label:
Catalog#:
832 820-2
Format:
CD, Album, Remastered
Country:
Germany
Released:
1987
Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style:
Art Rock, Experimental

Tracklist

1   A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental) 4:13
    Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals - David Paton
  Bass - Joe Puerta
  Drums - Stuart Tosh
  Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar - Ian Bairnson
  Keyboards - Eric Woolfson
  Keyboards, Recorder - Billy Lyall
  Narrator - Orson Welles
2   The Raven 3:57
    Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor - Andrew Powell
  Bass - Joe Puerta
  Choir - Bob Howes , English Chorale, The
  Drums - Burleigh Drummond
  Drums [Additional] - Stuart Tosh
  Engineer [Assistant At Mama Jo's Studio] - Tom Trefethen
  Guitar - David Pack
  Keyboards - Christopher North
  Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Eric Woolfson
  Lead Vocals, Vocals [Emi Vocoder] - Alan Parsons , Leonard Whiting
  Soloist [New Guitar Solo] - Ian Bairnson
3   The Tell-Tale Heart 4:38
    Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor - Andrew Powell
  Bass - David Paton
  Choir - Bob Howes , English Chorale, The
  Drums, Timpani, Cymbal [Backwards] - Stuart Tosh
  Guitar - Ian Bairnson
  Keyboards - Billy Lyall , Eric Woolfson
  Lead Vocals - Arthur Brown
  Synthesizer [New Synths], Performer [Projectron] - Alan Parsons
  Vocals [Additional] - Jack Harris
4   The Cask Of Amontillado 4:33
    Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor - Andrew Powell
  Bass - David Paton
  Choir - Bob Howes , English Chorale, The
  Drums - Stuart Tosh
  Guitar - Ian Bairnson
  Harpsichord, Backing Vocals - Eric Woolfson
  Lead Vocals - John Miles
  Piano - Billy Lyall
  Synthesizer [New Synths] - Alan Parsons
  Vocals [Additional] - Terry Sylvester
5   (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether 4:20
    Bass - David Paton
  Drums - Stuart Tosh
  Guitar - Ian Bairnson
  Keyboards [Additional] - Eric Woolfson
  Lead Vocals, Guitar - John Miles
  Other [Crowd Noises] - Abbey Road Effects Library
  Piano - Billy Lyall
  Recorder, Organ [New Cathedral] - Alan Parsons
  Vocals [Additional] - Jack Harris
  The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental)
6   I Prelude 7:02
    Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor - Andrew Powell
  Bass - Les Hurdle
  Narrator - Orson Welles
7   II Arrival 2:39
    Bass - David Paton
  Drums, Percussion - Stuart Tosh
  Guitar - Ian Bairnson
  Loops [Keyboard] - Andrew Powell
  Loops [Keyboard], Organ - Eric Woolfson
  Organ - Francis Monkman
  Synthesizer, Performer [Projectron] - Alan Parsons
8   III Intermezzo 1:00
    Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor - Andrew Powell
9   IV Pavane 4:36
    Acoustic Guitar - Kevin Peek , Laurence Juber
  Bass [String] - Darryl Runswick*
  Cimbalom, Kantele - John Leach
  Drums - Stuart Tosh
  Harp - David Snell (2)
  Harpsichord - Francis Monkman
  Mandolin - Hugo D'Alton
  Organ - Andrew Powell
  Synthesizer [New Synth] - Eric Woolfson
10   V Fall 0:51
    Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor - Andrew Powell
  Leader [Orchestra] - David Katz , Jack Rothstein
  Synthesizer, Performer [Projectron] - Alan Parsons
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11   To One In Paradise 4:46
    Backing Vocals - Jane Powell
  Bass, Acoustic Guitar - David Paton
  Choir - Westminster City School Boys Choir*
  Drums - Stuart Tosh
  Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar - Ian Bairnson
  Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Glockenspiel - Billy Lyall
  Lead Vocals - Terry Sylvester
  Narrator - Leonard Whiting
  Vocals [Additional] - Alan Parsons , Eric Woolfson

Credits

Engineer [Assistant On Original Recording] - Chris Blair , Patrick Stapley*
Engineer [Assistant On Remix] - Tony Richards
Executive Producer - Eric Woolfson
Lyrics By - Edgar Allan Poe
Producer, Engineer - Alan Parsons
Written-By - Parsons* , Powell* (tracks: 6 to 10) , Woolfson*

Notes

The original multitrack masters were transferred from a Soundcraft "Saturn" analog machine to a Sony 3324 DASH format 24 track recorder.
The album was partially re-recorded and remixed at "The Grange" via an Amek Angela console to a Sony 1630 system digital stereo master - May and June 1987.

Booklet included.

℗&© 1976 Polygram Records Inc.

LC 0268
GEMA
Marketed by Phonogram
Printed in West Germany

Made in W. Germany.

A very similar release exists but which has some variations in the inlay, booklet and CD print.