ALAN PARSONS PROJECT Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe (Limited Numbered Indie Edition / Audiophile 2LP Edition, 45 RPM)

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'Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe' is re-issued in a variety of different formats including this 2LP heavyweight, 45 RPM Audiophile edition.

The first pressing comes with a limited numbered Obi-strip. This edition was expertly cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, September 2024 on a customised Neumann VMS 80 lathe at half speed using high-resolution audio transfers taken from the original master tapes for the 2016 remaster. Pressed at Optimal, Europe's premium pressing plant.

The Alan Parsons Project debut studio album was originally released in June 1976. The lyrical and musical themes of the album are retellings of horror stories and poetry by Edgar Allan Poe.

Musicians featured on the album include vocalists Arthur Brown of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown on "The Tell Tale Heart", John Miles on "The Cask of Amontillado" and "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether", and Terry Sylvester of The Hollies on "To One in Paradise". The complete line-up of bands Ambrosia and Pilot play on the record, along with keyboardist Francis Monkman of Curved Air and Sky.

The album was a worldwide hit selling almost a million copies and achieving platinum status in a number of territories including Germany and Canada.

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar Allan Poe

- 1 -
1. A Dream Within a Dream
2. The Raven
3. The Tell-Tale Heart
4. The Cask of Amontillado
5. (the System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether

- 2 -
1. Fall of the House of Usher (I Prelude, Ii Arrival, Iii Intermezzo, Iv Pavane, V Fall)
2. To One In Paradise
3. The Raven (Single Version)
4. (the System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (Single Version)
5. To One In Paradise (Single Version)