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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelIsl, Island
UPC0602498485453
eBay Product ID (ePID)10046042175
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2007
GenreRock
ArtistParsons, Alan
Release TitleTales of Mystery & Imagination
Dimensions
Item Height0.66 in
Item Weight0.33 lb
Item Length5.54 in
Item Width4.91 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Number of Tracks30
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 A Dream Within a Dream 1.2 The Raven 1.3 The Tell-Tale Heart 1.4 The Cask of Amontillado 1.5 (The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether 1.6 The Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude Instrumental 1.7 The Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival Instrumental 1.8 The Fall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo Instrumental 1.9 The Fall of the House of Usher: Pavane Instrumental 1.10 The Fall of the House of Usher: Fall Instrumental 1.11 To One in Paradise 1.12 The Raven (Original Demo Version) 1.13 Edgar (Demo of An Unreleased Track) 1.14 Orson Welles Radio Spot 1.15 Interview with Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson (1976) 1.16 A Dream Within a Dream (1987 Remix Album Version) 1.17 The Raven (1987 Remix Album Version) 1.18 The Tell-Tale Heart (1987 Remix Album Version) 1.19 The Cask of Amontillado (1987 Remix Album Version) 1.20 (The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (1987 Remix Album Version) 1.21 The Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude 1987 Remix 1.22 The Fall of the House of Usher: Arrival 1987 Remix 1.23 The Fall of the House of Usher: Intermezzo 1987 1.24 The Fall of the House of Usher: Pavane 1987 Remix 1.25 The Fall of the House of Usher: Fall 1987 Remix 1.26 To One in Paradise 1987 Remix Album Version 1.27 Eric's Guide Vocal Medley 1.28 Orson Welles Dialogue 1.29 Sea Lions in the Departure Lounge 1.30 GBH Mix (Unreleased Experiments)
Notes2007 digitally remastered two CD Deluxe Edition of the debut album from the Alan Parsons Project. Featuring the original 1976 mix of the album, the 1987 remix and eight previously unreleased bonus tracks! Recorded at Abbey Road in 1975 and released in 1976, the idea for the Project came from manager and writer Eric Woolfson, who saw his role as an auteur, bringing together some of the greatest talents in music to bring to life Poe's sinister, gothic tales. Enlisting the white-hot production whiz-kid Alan Parsons, fresh from his work with Wings and Pink Floyd, the duo set about making dreams reality. The album remains a singular, compelling work and can be seen as a bridge between Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. Universal.
I was disappointed in the amplitude levels pushed too high which has been the unfortunate trend for CD music for 20 years or so.
I thought Alan Parsons himself would see to it that was not the case. Seems to me he had little to do with the final "pressing". "Remasters" are not always a good choice.
I do quite enjoy hearing the original 1976 mix. I am only familiar with the 1987 re-mix, which I have on the 1987 CD I bought new.