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The Alan Parsons Project – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination album cover

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Label:

20th Century Records – 6370 243

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold

Country:

Germany

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Pop Rock, Symphonic Rock, Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1A Dream Within A Dream3:40
A2The Raven4:00
A3The Tell-Tale Heart4:37
A4The Cask Of Amontillado4:27
A5(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether4:14
The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental)(15:02)
B1.IPrelude
B1.IIArrival
B1.IIIIntermezzo
B1.IVPavane
B1.VFall
B2To One In Paradise4:29
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Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Phonogram
  • Licensed From – 20th Century Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 20th Century Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 20th Century
  • Copyright © – 20th Century Records
  • Pressed By – Phonodisc GmbH
  • Printed By – Druckhaus Maack KG
  • Published By – Woolfsongs Ltd.
  • Published By – Fox Fanfare Music, Inc.
  • Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
  • Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
  • Mixed At – Abbey Road Studios
  • Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc GmbH

Credits

  • Arranged By [Orchestra & Choir], Conductor [Orchestra & Choir], Keyboards – Andrew Powell
  • Bass – Joe Puerta
  • Bass, Guitar, Vocals – David Paton
  • Cimbalom, Kantele – John Leach
  • Consultant [Technical Consultant] – Gordon Parry, Keith O. Johnson
  • Contractor [Orchestral] – David Katz
  • Design [Cover & Frontsleeve] – Hipgnosis (2)
  • Design [Frontsleeve] – Hardie*
  • Double Bass [String Bass] – Darryl Runswick*
  • Drums – Burleigh Drummond
  • Drums, Vocals – Stuart Tosh
  • Engineer [Assistant] – Chris Blair, Pat Stapley
  • Guitar – David Pack, Ian Bairnson
  • Keyboards – Billy Lyall, Christopher North, Francis Monkman
  • Keyboards, Vocals, Executive-Producer – Eric Woolfson
  • Layout [Inside], Graphics – Colin Elgie
  • Mastered By – Doug Sax
  • Photography By – Aubrey Powell, Peter Christopherson, Storm Thorgerson
  • Photography By [Picture Of Alan Parsons] – Sam Emerson
  • Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals – Alan Parsons
  • Vocals – Arthur Brown, Jack Harris, Jane Powell, John Miles, Leonard Whiting, Smokey Parsons, Terry Sylvester, The English Chorale
  • Written-By – Parsons*, Powell* (tracks: B1), Woolfson*

Notes

Original first German issue.
Label rim text with "Urheber..." only.

The release contains an 8-page-booklet in a gatefold cover.
The songs are based on stories written by Edgar Allan Poe.

The album was recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London, between July 1975 and January 1976
Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California
The Harmony Vocoder on "The Raven" was invented and built by EMI Central Research Laboratories, and is exclusively available at Abbey Road Studios

Copyright 1975 - Woolfsongs Limited
Publisher: Fox Fanfare Music Inc./WOOLFSONGS LTD.

Licensed by 20th Century Records, USA
© & ℗ 20th Century Records
℗ 1976 20th Century

aus dem Hause phonogram
Printed in Germany by Druckhaus Maack KG, 5880 Lüdenscheid.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: GEMA
  • Other (On back cover, below cat#): 6016
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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination • Edgar Allan Poe (LP, Album, Stereo, Beige Labels, Gatefold)CharismaCDS 4003UK1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album)20th Century RecordsT-508Portugal1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)20th Century Records, 20th Century Records, 20th Century RecordsMOV - 7003, MOV-7003, MOV-7.003Portugal1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Gatefold)20th Century Records9209-508, T-508Canada1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Terre Haute Pressing)20th Century RecordsT-508US1976

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  • Dzubox's avatar
    Dzubox
    Very nice prog rock and production is really nice. The sound is good too, but I would like an hotter mastering. This album could be intersting as an audiophile reissue.
    • olvifa's avatar
      olvifa
      someone can confirm if this version has the guitar solo on "THE RAVEN"?, thanks

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