Publicación: Mayo (U.S.A) / Junio (U.K).
Productor e ingeniero: Alan Parsons.
Productor ejecutivo: Eric Woolfson.
Grabación: Julio 1975 a enero 1976.
Estudios: Abbey Road Studios, Mama Jo's & Kingway Hall.
Ingenieros asistentes: Chris Blair, Patrick Stapley.
Estudios mezcla y re-grabación parcial 1987: The Grange Studio, Kent, Inglaterra.
Ingeniero asistente en remezcla: Tony Richards.
Masterizado: Doug Sax.
En: Mastering Lab, Hollywood, California.
Discográfica U.K: Charisma Records.
N° de catalogo: CDS-4003.
Discográfica U.S.A: 20th Century Fox Records.
Casablanca (1982) / Mercury (1987).
N° de catalogo: T-539.
Portada: Hipgnosis.
Diseño de portada: Hipgnosis & Hardie.
Fotografías: Aubrey Powell, Storm Thorgerson, Peter Christopherson.
Foto de Alan Parsons: Sam Emerson.
Arte, diseño gráfico: Colin Elgie.
Presentación inaugural en 1976: Planetario del Observatorio del Parque Griffith, en Inglaterra, acompañado de un show de iluminación láser.
Tracks:
Lado A.
01 A Dream Within A Dream (Instrumental).
(Woolfson/Parsons) 4:14
02 The Raven.
(Woolfson/Parsons) 3:57
03 The Tell-Tale Heart.
(Woolfson/Parsons) 4:38
04 The Cask Of Amontillado.
(Woolfson/Parsons) 4:33
05 (The System Of) Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether.
(Woolfson/Parsons) 4:20
Lado B
06 The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Instrumental).
(Woolfson/Parsons/Powell) 16:10
I Prelude. 7:02
II Arrival. 2:39
III Intermezzo. 1:00
IV Pavane. 4:36
V Fall. 0:51
07 To One In Paradise.
(Woolfson/Parsons) 4:46
Duración total: 40:46 minutos.
Vinyl Long Play - Edición U.K:
Discográfica: Charisma Records.
N° de catalogo: CDS-4003.
Portada.
Contraportada.
Carpeta.
Interior carpeta.
Etiquetas lados 1 y 2.
Booklet.
Booklet.
Booklet.
Booklet.
Vinyl long Play - Edición U.S.A:
Discográfica: 20th Century Fox Records.
N° de catalogo: T-539.
Portada.
Contraportada.
Etiquetas lados 1 y 2.
The Alan Parsons Project:
Alan Parsons: Órgano, sintetizador, guitarra, teclados, voz, flautín, projectron.
Eric Woolfson: Sintetizador, clavicémbalo, teclados, segunda voz (To One In Paradise), coros.
Músicos:
Andrew Powell: Arreglos y conducción de orquesta.
Leonard Whiting: Narrador (versión 1976).
Orson Welles: Narrador (version 1987).
Arthur Brown: Voz (The Tell-Tale Heart).
John Miles: Guitarra, voz (The Cask Of Amontillado y (The System Of) y Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether).
Jack Harris: Voz (The System Of) Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether).
Terry Sylvester: Voz (To One In Paradise).
David Paton: Guitarra eléctrica y acústicas, bajo, voz, coros.
Ian Bairnson: Guitarras eléctrica y acústicas.
David Pack: Guitarra.
Kevin Peek: Guitarra acústica.
Laurence Juber: Guitarra acústica.
Joe Puerta: Bajo.
Les Hurdle: Bajo.
Daryl Runswick: Bajo.
Andrew Powell: Teclados, conducción y arreglos de orquesta y coros.
Francis Monkman: Órgano, teclados, clavicémbalo.
Christopher North: Teclados.
Billy Lyall: Piano, batería, Glockenspiel, teclados, flatín, Fender Rhodes.
Burleigh Drummond: Batería.
John Leach: Percusión, voz, címbalo, Kantele.
Stuart Tosh: Platos, Batería, Voz, timbales.
Smokey Parsons: Voz.
Jane Powell: Voz, coros.
David Snell: Arpa.
Hugo D’Alton: Mandolina.
David Katz: Violín, lider de orquesta.
Orquesta de la Ópera de Cámara de Munich c / o Eberhard Schoener.
Lider de orquesta: Jack Rothstein.
The English Chorale: Coros.
Westminster City School Boys Choir: Coros.
Bob Howes: Maestro de Capilla.
Letras:
A Dream Within a Dream.
(Woolfson/Parsons)
"For my own part, I have never had a thought which I could not set down
in words with even more distinctness than that with which I conceived it.
There is, however, a class of fancies of exquisite delicacy which are not
thoughts, and to which as yet I have found it absolutely impossible to
adapt to language. These fancies arise in the soul, alas how rarely.
Only at epochs of most intense tranquillity, when the bodily and mental
health are in perfection. And at those weird points of time, where the
confines of the waking world blend with the world of dreams. And so I
captured this fancy, where all that we see, or seem, is but a dream within
a dream."
Instrumental.
The Raven.
(Woolfson/Parsons)
The clock struck midnight
And through my sleeping
I heard a tapping at my door
I looked but nothing lay in the darkness
And so I turned inside once more.
To my amazement
There stood a raven
Whose shadow hung above my door
Then through the silence
It spoke the one word
That I shall hear for evermore.
Nevermore
Thus quoth the raven, nevermore.
And still the raven remains in my room
No matter how much I implore
No words can soothe him
No prayer remove him
And I must hear for evermore.
Quoth the raven, nevermore
Nevermore
Thus quoth the raven, nevermore.
The Tell-Tale Heart.
(Woolfson/Parsons)
You should have seen him
Lying alone in helpless silence in the night
You should have seen him
You would have seen his eye reflecting in the light.
So for the old man
Ashes to ashes, earth to earth and dust to dust
No one will see me
No one with guilt to share, no secret soul to trust.
Louder and louder
Till I could tell the sound was not within my ears
You should have seen me
You would have seen my eyes grow white and cold with fear.
Heard all the things in Heaven and Earth
I've seen many things in Hell
But his vulture's eye of a cold pale blue
Is the eye of the Devil himself.
Take me away now
But let the silence drown the beating of his heart.
The Cask of Amontillado.
(Woolfson/Parsons)
By the last breath of the four winds that blow
I'll have revenge upon Fortunato
Smile in his face I'll say "come let us go
I've a cask of Amontillado"
Sheltered inside from the cold of the snow
Follow me now to the vault down below
Drinking the wine as we laugh at the time
Which is passing incredibly slow.
(What are these chains that are binding my arm?)
Part of you dies each passing day
(Say it's a game and I'll come to no harm)
You'll feel your life slipping away.
You who are rich and whose troubles are few
May come around to see my point of view
What price the Crown of a King on his throne
When you're chained in the dark all alone.
(Spare me my life only name your reward)
Part of you dies each brick I lay
(Bring back some light in the name of the Lord)
You'll feel your mind slipping away.
(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.
(Woolfson/Parsons)
Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel
Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel
At the far end of your tether
And your thoughts won't fit together
So you sleep light or whatever
And the night goes on forever
Then your mind change like the weather
You're in need of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.
Even clouds seem bright and breezy
'Cause the livin' is free and easy
See the rat race in a new way
Like you're wakin' up to a new day
It's a wise thing if you're clever
Take a lead from Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.
Find the end of a rainbow
Fly wherever the winds blow
Laugh at life like a sideshow
Just what you need to make you feel better.
Satisfaction altogether
Guaranteed by Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.
Find the end of a rainbow
Fly wherever the winds blow
Laugh at life like a sideshow
Just what you need to make you feel better.
Don't stop bringin' the girls round
Don't start havin' a showdown
Keep on handin' the jug round
All that you need is wine and good company.
The Fall Of The House Of Usher.
I) Prelude.
(Woolfson/Parsons/Powell)
"Shadows of shadows passing. It is now 1831, and as always I am
absorbed with a delicate thought. It is how poetry has indefinite
sensations, to which end music is inessential. Since the comprehension
of sweet sound is our most indefinite conception, music, when combined
with a pleasurable idea, is poetry. Music without the idea is simply music.
Without music or an intriguing idea, colour becomes pallor, man becomes
carcase, home becomes catacomb, and the dead are but for a moment
motionless."
II) Arrival.
(Woolfson/Parsons/Powell)
Instrumental.
III) Intermezzo.
(Woolfson/Parsons/Powell)
Instrumental.
IV) Pavane.
(Woolfson/Parsons/Powell)
Instrumental.
V) Fall.
(Woolfson/Parsons/Powell)
Instrumental.
To One In Paradise.
(Woolfson/Parsons)
If I could see the sky above
And my mind could be set free
As wild white horses reached the shore
I'd stand alone and oversee.
And if the bush before me burns
Should I turn my eyes away
And still the voices I can hear
As clear to me as light of day.
I believed in my dreams
Nothing could change my mind
Now I know what they mean
How could I be so blind.
Cold sands of time
(Winds that blow as cold as ice
Sounds that come in the night)
Shall hide what is left on me
(Come from Paradise).
I've been through times when no one cared
(Words that were mine)
I've seen clouds in empty skies
When one kind word meant more to me
(Shall last as a memory)
Than all the love in Paradise.
I believed in my dreams
Nothing could change my mind
Till I found what they mean
Nothing can save me now.
Videos:
Enlaces:
The Alan Parsons Project. com: http://www.the-alan-parsons-project.com/tales-of-mystery-and-imagination
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Mystery_and_Imagination_(Alan_Parsons_Project_album)
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