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The Alan Parsons Project – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe

Label:	Charisma – CDS 4003
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Beige Labels, Gatefold
Country:	UK
Released:	1976
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Pop Rock, Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock

Tracklist

A1	A Dream Within A Dream	3:42
A2	The Raven	3:58
A3	The Tell-Tale Heart	4:35
A4	The Cask Of Amontillado	4:29
A5	(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether	4:12
	The Fall Of The House Of Usher	(15:13)
B1-i	Prelude
B1-ii	Arrival
B1-iii	Intermezzo
B1-iv	Pavane
B1-v	Fall
B2	To One In Paradise	4:21

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Charisma Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Charisma Records
Published By – Woolfsongs Ltd.
Manufactured By – Phonogram Ltd.
Marketed By – Charisma Records Ltd.
Marketed By – Phonogram Ltd.
Distributed By – Phonogram Ltd.
Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
Mixed At – Abbey Road Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Abbey Road Studios
Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.
Made By – James Upton Ltd.
Printed By – James Upton Ltd.

Credits

Bass – David Paton, Joe Puerta
Choir – The English Chorale
Cimbalom – John Leach
Composed By – Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell (tracks: B1), Eric Woolfson
Conductor – Andrew Powell
Cover – Hipgnosis (2)
Cover [Inside Cover] – Colin Elgie
Design [Frontsleeve Designed By] – Hardie*, Hipgnosis (2)
Drums – Burleigh Drummond, Stuart Tosh
Engineer – Alan Parsons
Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Blair, Pat Stapley
Executive-Producer – Eric Woolfson
Guitar – Alan Parsons, David Pack, David Paton, Ian Bairnson
Kantele – John Leach
Keyboards – Alan Parsons, Andrew Powell, Billy Lyall, Christopher North, Eric Woolfson, Francis Monkman
Leader [Orchestral Contractor] – David Katz
Orchestrated By – Andrew Powell
Photography By – Aubrey Powell, Peter Christopherson, Storm Thorgerson, Sam Emerson
Producer – Alan Parsons
Vocals – Alan Parsons, Arthur Brown, David Paton, Eric Woolfson, Jack Harris, Jane Powell, John Miles, Leonard Whiting, Smokey Parsons, Stuart Tosh, Terry Sylvester

Notes

The album was recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London, between July 1975 and January 1976.

Mastered at Abbey Road Studios, London

The Harmony Vocoder on "The Raven" was invented and built by EMI Central Research Laboratories, and is exclusively available at Abbey Road Studios.

(p) 1976 Charisma Records Ltd

8 pages booklet with lyrics and pictures.

Marketed by Phonogram Ltd. (On label)
Marketed by Charisma Ltd. (On sleeve)

Manufatured & Distributed by Phonogram Ltd. Phonodisc Ltd Chadwell Heath, Essex
Printed & made by James Upton Ltd, England

The last 6s in variant 11 are barely visible

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label, side A): †CDS 4003-A†
Matrix / Runout (Label, side B): †CDS 4003-B†
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped. Var. 1): CDS 4003 A // 6 E 13 9
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped. Var. 1): CDS 4003 B // 6 E 12 LL ::
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped. Var. 2): CDS 4003 A // 1 E 11
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped. Var. 2): CDS 4003 B // 1 E 11
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped. Var. 3): CDS 4003 A//1 E 12 6
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped. Var. 3): CDS 4003 B //1 E 12 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped. Var. 4): CDS 4003 A // 1 E 1 2 1 7
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped. Var. 4): CDS 4003 B // 6 E 1 3 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped. Var. 5): CDS 4003 A2
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped. Var. 5): CDS 4003 B2 BLAIRS
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped. Var. 6): CDS 4003 A//1 E 12 8
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped. Var. 6): CDS 4003 B//4 E 11 9 BLAIRS
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped. Var. 7): CDS 4003 A//1 E 11 1 4
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped. Var. 7): CDS 4003 B//1 E 11 9
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped. Var. 8): CDS 4003 A//6 E 13 15
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped. Var. 8): CDS 4003 B//6 E 12 21
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped, Var. 9): CDS 4003 A//6 E 13 10
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped, Var. 9): CDS 4003 A//6 E 13 14
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A stamped, variant 10): CDS 4003 A // 1 E 11 1 7
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B stamped, variant 10): CDS 4003 B // 1 E 11 1 2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A stamped, variant 11): CDS 4003 A // 1 E 1 2 6
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B stamped, variant 11): CDS 4003 B // 6 E 1 2 6

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Gatefold)	20th Century Records	6370 243	Germany	1976
Recently Edited	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album)	20th Century Records	T-508	Portugal	1976
Recently Edited	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Gatefold)	20th Century Records, 20th Century Records, 20th Century Records	MOV - 7003, MOV-7003, MOV-7.003	Portugal	1976
Recently Edited	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Gatefold)	20th Century Records	9209-508, T-508	Canada	1976
Recently Edited	Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Terre Haute Pressing)	20th Century Records	T-508	US	1976

Reviews

charles6 May 14, 2022

Edited 6 days ago

My copy of The Complete Albums Collection contains a Mercury label copy of this album made in Germany with the same matrix as the one below 52878305/00042283282025 21 - this is not the matrix in the listing for the box set.