Tales of Mystery and Imagination [40th Anniversary Edition]

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination [40th Anniversary Edition]

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Product Details

Release Date:	12/09/2016
UPC:	0600753736296
Original Release:	1976
Source:	Mercury
Language:	English

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

The Alan Parsons Project	Primary Artist
Alan Parsons	Primary Artist,Organ,Guitar,Vocals,Recorder,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Bob Howes	Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra,Choir/Chorus
Westminster City School Boys Choir	Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra,Choir/Chorus
English Chorale	Primary Artist,Vocals,Orchestra,Choir/Chorus
Francis Monkman	Organ,Keyboards
Kevin Peek	Guitar (Acoustic)
The English Chorale and Played Ti	Choir/Chorus
John Miles	Guitar,Vocals,Guitar,Vocals
Smokey Parsons	Vocals
Jack Rothstein	Orchestra Leader
Andrew Hurdle	Bass
Jane Powell	Vocals,Vocals (Background),Vocals (Background)
Stuart Tosh	Vocals,Cymbals,Timpani,Drums
William Lyall	Keyboards
Daryl Runswick	Bass,String Bass
Burleigh Drummond	Drums
Christopher North	Keyboards
John Leach	Vocals,Kantele,Cimbalom,Percussion
Terry Sylvester	Vocals
Jack Harris	Vocals
Laurence Juber	Guitar (Acoustic)
Eric Woolfson	Vocals,Keyboards,Harpsichord,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Billy Lyall	Drums,Piano,Recorder,Keyboards,Glockenspiel,Fender Rhodes
David Paton	Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
David Pack	Guitar
Leonard Whiting	Vocals,Vocoder
Arthur Brown	Vocals
Joe Puerta	Bass
David Snell	Harp
Andrew Powell	Conductor,Keyboards
Ian Bairnson	Guitar,Soloist,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
David Katz	Violin,Orchestra Leader

Technical Credits

David Katz	Orchestra Contractor,Leader
The Alan Parsons Project	Composer,Performer
Sam Emerson	Photography
Storm Thorgerson	Photography
Aubrey Powell	Photography
Gordon Parry	Engineer,Engineering Consultant
Edgar Allan Poe	Composer
Hipgnosis	Design,Cover Art
Tom Trefethen	Assistant Engineer
Jack Rothstein	Leader
Colin Elgie	Artwork,Layout Design,Graphic Design
Eric Norman Woolfson	Composer
Pat Stapley	Assistant Engineer
Alan Parsons	Composer,Engineer,Producer,Projection
Eric Woolfson	Composer,Executive Producer
Leonard Whiting	Narrator
Peter Christopherson	Photography
Orson Welles	Narrator
Andrew Powell	Composer,Choir Arrangement,Orchestral Arrangements
Chris Blair	Assistant Engineer
Tony Richards	Assistant Engineer

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Editorial Reviews

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. ~ Mike DeGagne

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