Format: Vinyl
Artist: The Alan Parsons Project
CatNo: COOKLP840X
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The Alan Parsons Project’s Tales Of Mystery And Imagination Edgar Allan Poe (1976) remains one of the collective’s most beloved albums by both critics and fans.
 
Based around retellings of horror stories and poetry by Edgar Allan Poe, musicians featured include Arthur BrownJohn MilesTerry Sylvester, AmbrosiaPilot, and Francis Monkman.
 
2LP heavyweight, 45 RPM Audiophile edition. The first pressing comes with a limited numbered Obi-strip.This edition was cut by Miles Showell at Abbey Road, 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.
 
Includes a replica of the original 8-page booklet plus a printed insert featuring quotes from Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.
 
180g double vinyl in gatefold sleeve. Purchases from Burning Shed include an exclusive cover art print (while stocks last)
 
Please note - there is a ‘locked groove’ after Track 1 on Side 4 to mark the end of the album and the start of the bonus tracks. This is deliberate. You will need to lift your needle in order to move onto Track 2.
 
SIDE 1
1. A Dream Within A Dream
2. The Raven
3. The Tell-tale Heart
 
SIDE 2
1. The Cask Of Amontillado
2. (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether
 
SIDE 3
1. Fall Of The House Of Usher (I Prelude, II Arrival, III Intermezzo, IV Pavane, V Fall)
 
SIDE 4
1. To One In Paradise
2. The Raven (Single Version)
3. (The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether (Single Version)
4. To One In Paradise (Single Version)