The Alan Parsons ProjectTales Of Mystery And Imagination

Label:

20th Century Records – T-508

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Gatefold

Country:

New Zealand

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

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)
B1a Prelude
B1b Arrival
B1c Intermezzo
B1d Pavane
B1e Fall
B2 To One In Paradise 4:21

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗20th Century Records
  • Manufactured ByFestival Records (NZ) Ltd.
  • Made ByFestival Records (NZ) Ltd.
  • Distributed ByFestival Records (NZ) Ltd.
  • Recorded AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Mixed AtAbbey Road Studios
  • Mastered AtThe Mastering Lab

Credits

  • Arranged By [Orchestra And Choir Arranged By], Conductor [Orchestra And Choir Conducted By], KeyboardsAndrew Powell
  • BassJoe Puerta
  • Bass, Guitar, VocalsDavid Paton
  • Cimbalom, KanteleJohn Leach
  • Consultant [Technical Consultant]Keith O. Johnson
  • Contractor [Orchestral Contractor]David Katz
  • Cover, Design [Frontsleeve Designed By]Hipgnosis (2)
  • Design [Frontsleeve Designed By]Hardie*
  • Double Bass [String Bass]Darryl Runswick*
  • DrumsBurleigh Drummond
  • Drums, VocalsStuart Tosh
  • Engineer [Assistant Engineer]Pat Stapley
  • Executive-Producer, Keyboards, VocalsEric Woolfson
  • GuitarIan Bairnson
  • KeyboardsFrancis Monkman
  • Layout [Inside Layout By], Graphics [Inside Graphics By]Colin Elgie
  • Mastered ByDoug Sax
  • Photography ByStorm Thorgerson
  • Photography By [Picture Of Alan Parsons By]Sam Emerson
  • Producer, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, VocalsAlan Parsons
  • VocalsThe English Chorale
  • Written-ByWoolfson*

Notes

Released in a gatefold sleeve. Originally included an elaborate illustrated 8 page 30x30cm green booklet with a tracing paper "dust cover", which contains all the song lyrics. In the booklet, photographs are in sepia tone, and illustrations, graphics and text are in a matching brown colour.
In "SMX·48944" in the side B runout, the last "4" is written over the top of a half-written "3".

Sleeve:
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)
The album was recorded and mixed at Abbey Road Studios, London, between July 1975 and January 1976
℗ 1976 20th Century Records.
Distributed by by Festival Records (NZ) Ltd

Labels:
Made in New Zealand by Festival Records (NZ) Ltd
℗ 1976 20th Century Records
20th Century Fox Record Corp., Los Angeles, California

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): SMX48943
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): SMX48944
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Groove Hand-Etched): SMX·48943 ··2A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Groove Hand-Etched): SMX·48944 ··2A

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination • Edgar Allan Poe (LP, Album, Stereo, Beige Labels, Gatefold) Charisma CDS 4003 UK 1976
Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Gatefold) 20th Century Records 6370 243 1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album) 20th Century Records T-508 Portugal 1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) 20th Century Records MOV - 7003, MOV-7003, MOV-7.003 Portugal 1976
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Tales Of Mystery And Imagination (LP, Album, Gatefold) 20th Century Records 9209-508, T-508 Canada 1976

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