The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination + bonus material (1975/2007) (@256)

I was about to upload Tales of Mystery and Imagination, as a part of the Edgar Allan Poe tribute, when I read that Eric Woolfson, one of the two members of the Alan Parsons Project passed away on December, 2. Unfortunately, there are now two reasons for this upload. APP was the result of the collaboration of a talented songwriter (Woolfson) with a studio wizard (Parsons). Their first release, a concept album that retells horror stories and poetry of Poe, was an old idea of Woolfson which was abandoned since he realised that it would be impossible to materialise. He changed his mind when he met Parsons and realised the latter's mastery in production. The duo also hired some hundreds (!) of musicians among which were Terry Sylvester (singer of the Hollies after Graham Nash), John Miles and Arthur Brown. The result is a characteristic 70's grandiose concept album which gave "a pulsing beat of life into the body of Poe's work" as Orson Welles described in a relevant radio advertising spot.

Tracklisting:
A. Original album
01-A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental)
02-The Raven
03-The Tell-Tale Heart
04-The Cask Of Amontillado
05-(The System Of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether
06-The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental) - Prelude
07-The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental) - Arrival
08-The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental) - Intermezzo
09-The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental) - Pavane
10-The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental) - Fall
11-To One In Paradise
B. Bonus material
A12-The Raven (original demo) - bonus material
A13-Edgar (demo of an unreleased track)
A14-Orson Welles Radio Spot
A15-Interview with Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson (1976)
B12-Eric's Guide Vocal Medley
B13-Orson Welles Dialogue
B14-Sea Lions In The Departure Lounge - Sound Effects And Experiments
B15-GBH Mix - Unreleased Experiments

review link: here

download link: here (original album) and here (bonus material with info, lyrics, credits etc.) (in mirrorcreator) or here (in rapidshare)