Alan Parsons Project, The - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination


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Label: Mercury
Catalog#: 832 820-2
Format: CD, Album, Remastered
Country:Germany
Released:1987
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Art Rock, Experimental
Credits: Composed By - Alan Parsons , Andrew Powell (tracks: 6 to 10) , Eric Woolfson
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
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.

(P) & (C) 1976 Polygram Records Inc.

LC 0268
GEMA
Marketed by Phonogram


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

There is another release with just these minor differences:
CD Matrix: 832 820-2 02 1AL Made in France by Universal M & L
Outer ring of the CD (in addition to usual "All rights reserved" disclaimer): MADE IN FRANCE BY PMDC
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Tracklisting:

1   A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental) (4:13)
    Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals - David Paton
  Bass - Joe Puerta
  Drums - Stuart Tosh
  Guitar [Electric], 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] - Tom Trefethen
  Guitar - David Pack
  Guitar [New Solo] - Ian Bairnson
  Keyboards - Christopher North
  Keyboards, Backing Vocals - Eric Woolfson
  Lead Vocals, Vocals [Emi Vocoder] - Alan Parsons , Leonard Whiting
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, 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 - 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 [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 - 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 Piano [Fender Rhodes], Glockenspiel - Billy Lyall
  Guitar [Electric], Acoustic Guitar - Ian Bairnson
  Lead Vocals - Terry Sylvester
  Narrator - Leonard Whiting
  Vocals [Additional] - Alan Parsons , Eric Woolfson
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