Alan Parsons Project – Tales Of Mystery And Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (Vinyl)
20th Century Records (1976)
$25.00
Scarce Actual 1976 First New Zealand Pressing! Laminated Gatefold Cover. Features “(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Feather”, The Audiophile Epic “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” & More!
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Scarce Actual 1976 First New Zealand Pressing! Laminated Gatefold Cover. Features “(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Feather”, The Audiophile Epic “The Fall Of The House Of Usher” & More!
Condition – Vinyl: VERY GOOD PLUS! Some light surface marks, audible at start of Side 2, otherwise plays EX and sounds wonderful.
Condition – Cover: VERY GOOD PLUS! Shelf wear, medium ring wear on back, small spots of foxing inside gatefold.
The brilliant debut album by Alan Parsons Project was recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London, between July 1975 and January 1976. It is a concept LP, based upon the writings of Poe.
Side 1:
A Dream Within A Dream
The Raven
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Cask Of Amontillado
(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Feather
Side 2:
The Fall Of The House Of Usher
Prelude
Arrival
Intermezzo
Pavane
Fall
To One In Paradise
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An extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. On the album's 1987 remix, the instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards (Welles also narrates "Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude"). The EMI vocoder is used throughout "The Raven" with the Westminster City School Boys Choir mixed in to add a distinct flair to its chamber-like sound. Parsons' expertise surrounds this album, from the slyness that prevails in "(The System Of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Feather" to the bodeful thumping of the drums that imitate a heartbeat on "The Tell-Tale Heart." "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a lengthy but dazzling array of musicianship that keeps the album's persona intact, while enabling the listener to submerge into its frightening atmosphere. With vocalists Terry Sylvester, John Miles, and Eric Woolfson stretched across each track, this variety of different singing styles adds color and design to the album's air. Without any underlying theme to be pondered upon, Alan Parsons instead paints a vivid picture of one of the most alluring literary figures in history by musically reciting his most famous works in expert fashion. 4 ½ Stars