THE ALBUM:
1. A Dream
Within A Dream
(instrumental)
Narration
- Orson Welles (1987, recorded 1976)
Bass - Joe Puerta
Drums - Stuart Tosh
Keyboards - Billy Lyall,
Eric woolfson
Electric Guitars - Ian
Bairnson
Acoustic Guitars - David
Paton, Ian Bairnson
Recorders - Billy Lyall
Backing vocals - David
Paton
Recorded at Abbey Road -
August 1975
2. The Raven
Lead Vocals - Alan
Parsons (EMI vocoder), Leonard Whiting
Bass - Joe Puerta
Drums - Burleigh
Drummond
Additional drums -
Stuart Tosh
Guitars - David Pack
Keyboards - Christopher
North, Eric Woolfson
Guitar
Solo - Ian Bairnson (1987)
Backing vocals - Eric
Woolfson
Choir - Bob Howes and
The English Chorale
Orchestra arranged and
conducted by Andrew Powell
Recorded at Mama Jo's
Studio, North Hollywood, 1975
3. The Tell-Tale
Heart
Lead Vocal - Arthur
Brown
Additional vocals - Jack
Harris
Bass - David Paton
Drums, Timps and
Backwards Cymbals - Stuart Tosh
Guitars - Ian Bairnson
Keyboards - Billy Lyall
and Eric Woolfson
Projectron - Alan
Parsons
Synths
- Alan Parsons (1987)
Lead
Guitar - Ian Bairnson (1987)
Choir - Bob Howes and
The English Chorale
Orchestra arranged and
conducted by Andrew Powell
Recorded at Abbey Road,
August 1975
4. The Cask Of
Amontillado
Lead Vocals - John Miles
Additional Vocals -
Terry Sylvester
Bass - David Paton
Drums - Stuart Tosh
Guitars - Ian Bairnson
Piano - Billy Lyall
Harpsichord - Eric
Woolfson
New
Synths
-
Alan Parsons (1987)
Backing vocals - Eric
Woolfson
Choir - Bob Howes and
The English Chorale
Orchestra arranged and
conducted by Andrew Powell
Recorded at Abbey Road,
September 1975
5. (The System
Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether
Lead Vocals - John Miles
Additional vocals - Jack
Harris
Bass - David Paton
Drums - Stuart Tosh
Guitars - Ian Bairnson,
John Miles
Piano - Billy Lyall
Additional Keyboards -
Eric Woolfson
Recorders - Alan Parsons
Crowd Noises - Abbey
Road Effects Library
Cathedral
Organ - Alan Parsons (1987)
Recorded at Abbey Road,
September 1975
The
Fall Of The House Of Usher
(instrumental)
6. (i) Prelude
Narration
- Orson Welles (1987)
Orchestra arranged and
conducted by Andrew Powell
Bass - Les Hurdle
7. (ii) Arrival
Bass - David paton
Drums and Percussion -
Stuart Tosh
Guitars - Ian Bairnson
Keyboard Loop
- Eric Woolfson, Andrew Powell
Organ - Francis Monkman
and Eric Woolfson
Projectron and Synths -
Alan Parsons
Thunder and Storm
effects recorded outside Abbey Road Studio Two during
a
freak storm, using a
binaural "Dummy" recording head
8. (iii) Intermezzo
Orchestra arranged and
conducted by Andrew Powell
9. (iv) Pavane
String Bass - Darryl
Runswick
Drums - Stuart Tosh
Acoustic Guitars -
Laurence Juber, Kevin Peek
Harp - David Snell
Harpsichord - Francis
Monkman
Cimbalom & Kantele
- John Leach
Organ - Andrew Powell
Mandolin - Hugo D'Alton
Synth
- Eric Woolfson (1987)
10. (v) Fall
Orchestra arranged and
conducted by Andrew Powell
Synths and Projectron -
Alan Parsons
'Prelude', 'Intermezzo'
and 'Fall' recorded at Kingsway Hall, London on October
10, 1975
Engineering consultant -
Gordon Parry
Orchestra Leaders -
David Kats and Jack Rothstein
'Arrival' and 'Pavane'
recorded at Abbey Road in August and November 1975
11. To One In
Paradise
Lead Vocal - Terry
Sylvester
Additional vocals - Eric
Woolfson, Alan Parsons
Bass - David Paton
Drums - Stuart Tosh
Electric Guitars - Ian
Bairnson
Acoustic Guitars - Ian
Bairnson, David Paton
Fender Rhodes &
Glockenspiel - Billy Lyall
Choir - Westminster City
School Boys Choir
Backing vocals - Jane
Powell
Narration - Leonard
Whiting
Recorded at Abbey Road
Studio Two, August 1975
DISC ONE
(CD):
Tracks 1-11: Original Album
(1976)
Tracks 12-15: Bonus Material:
12. The Raven
(Original Demo)
13. Edgar
(Demo of an unreleased track)
14. Orson Welles
Radio Spot
15. Interview
with Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson (1976)
DISC TWO
(CD):
Tracks 1-11: Album Remix (1987)
Tracks 12-15: Bonus
Material:
12. Eric's
Guide Vocal Medley
13. Orson
Welles Dialogue
14. Sea Lions
In The Departure Lounge
15. GBH Mix (Unreleased
Experiments)
DISC THREE
(CD):
Bonus Material Previously
Unreleased:
1. Album
Launch at Los Angeles Planetarium –
Introduction by Warren Duffy
2. A Dream Within A Dream (Piano
Takes)
3. A Dream Within A Dream
(Recorder Takes)
4. A Dream
Within A Dream/The Raven (Early Mix
with Eric on Vocoder)
5. The Raven (Out-take and
Extended Jam)
6. The Tell-Tale
Heart (Eric Guide Vocal)
7. The Cask Of Amontillado (Rough
mix – piano and backing vocals)
8. The Cask Of Amontillado (Eric
and Alan Guide Vocals)
9. Doctor
Tarr &
Professor Fether (Early Rough Mix)
10. Dr.
Tarr &
Professor Fether (Vocal Take)
11. Doctor
Tarr and Professor Fether (Eric's
Guide Vocal)
12. Prelude (Orchestral Take 19)
13. Pavane (Experimenting &
Take 1)
14. To One In Paradise (Rough
Mix)
15. Interview with Alan and Eric –
London, August 1987
DISC 4 (BLU-RAY):
5.1 Surround Mix of Album
- DTS and LPCM options
Produced
and
Engineered by Alan
Parsons at Capitol Studios,
Hollywood - June 2016.
Original
Stereo Mix of Album (1976)
in HD 96kHz / 24-bit
2-LP
SET:
Original 1976 Stereo Mix
half speed mastered at 45rpm from the
original analogue master tapes
by Miles
Showell at Abbey Road Studios -
March 2016.
SIDE
ONE -
Tracks 1,2 & 3
SIDE
TWO -
Tracks 4 & 5
SIDE
THREE -
Tracks 6, 7, 8 & 9
SIDE FOUR -
Track 10 -
(The System Of) Doctor
Tarr And
Professor
Fether (Single
Version)
The
Raven
(Single
Version) -
To
One In
Paradise (Single
Version)
Produced and Engineered
by Alan Parsons
Executive Producer Eric
Woolfson
ORIGINAL 1976 VERSION:
Assistant Engineers -
Chris Blair and Patrick Stapley
An Analogue Recording on
2-inch 24-track - mixed to a 15ips stereo analogue
non-Dolby 1/4 inch master.
The original analogue
stereo master tape was used for the CD mastering of
this version.
Recorde
at Abbey Road Studios except "Prelude", "Intermezzo"
and "Fall" recorded at Kingsway Hall. London
(Engineering Consultant - Gordon
Parry) and "The Raven" recorded at Mama
Jo's Studio, North Hollywood
(Assistant Engineer - Tom
Trefethen)
1987
REMIX:
Assistant Engineer
- Tony Richards
Partially re-recorded and remixed at The Grange
Studio, Kent, England.
The
original analogue 24-track
multitracks were transferred to Sony Digital
3324 format for overdubs
and mixing.
Content
not included on 1976
version is marked "(1987)"
in the credits for each
track in this booklet.
Mixed to Sony
1630 Digital Stereo
U-Matic Format.
Bonus
material was
compiled from a
variety of mono
and stereo
analogue sources
of varying
quality.
All
tracks written by Eric Woolfson/Alan Pasrons except
'The Fall Of The House Of Usher' written by
Woolfson/Parsons/Powell.
'The Raven (Original Demo)', 'Edgar', 'GBH mix'
written by Eric Woolfson.
Published
by Woolfsongs Ltd/Careers Music Inc. (BMI).
Administered by Universal Music,
except 'Edgar' and 'GBH mix' administered by
Woolfsongs Ltd.
Original album P 1976,
digital remix P 1987.
All bonus tracks P
1972-1976, P 2016, licensed
courtesy of Woolfsongs Ltd.
Tales
Of Mystery And Imagination was originally
released in the US on 20th Century
Records, T-539, May 1976.
Tales Of Mystery And
Imagination was originally released in the UK
on Charisma Records, CDS 4003, June 1976.
Original album Design by Hipgnosis
and Hardie
Photography by
Aubrey Powell, Peter
Christopherson and Storm Thorgerson
40th Anniversary Box set
and book design - Matt Read
Compiled for re-issue by
Sally
Woolfson (for Woolfsongs Ltd), Alan Parsons, Daryl
Easlea and Giancarlo Sciama (for Universal Music International)
Box
Set
CD Mastering - Dave Donnelly and Alan
Parsons at DNA Mastering Studio City CA
5.1 Surround Mix at Capitol
Studios, Hollywood, June 2016 - Produced
by Alan Parsons
Engineer - Alan Parsons
Assistant Engineers - P.J.
Olsson and Jeff Fitzpatrick
Vinyl
Mastering
- Miles Showell at Abbey
Road Studios, London
Blu-Ray
authored by Ray Shulman at
Isonic
Licensing
by Linda Lee, Jennifer
Irving and Dawn Marecki
Label
Copy by Liam Donoghue
Overview
Essay and 2016
Interviews by Jerry
Ewing
"Spirit
Moving Music" essay
- Emma Stott
Photographs
C APP archives
With special thanks to
Haydn Bendall, Hazel and Lorna Woolfson, Lisa Parsons,
Emma Stott, Christian Hamer, Paul
Bromby, Richard Whitaker at FX and Kirk
Kiester.
Photographs
C APP archives
- Disc 1 tracks
12-15, Disc 2
tracks 12-15
and all of
Disc 3 Licensed
courtesy of
Woolfsongs Ltd
P 2007, 2016
Disc
One And
Two Previously
Released As
Mercury
B0009122-02,
2007
Disc
1 tracks 12-15,
Disc 2 tracks
12-15
and all of
Disc 3 Licensed
courtesy of
Woolfsongs Ltd
P 2007, 2016
This
compilation P
2016 Mercury
Records
Limited
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