Alan Parsons Project

The Definitive Collection is 2 CD release by Sony Music consisting of many of the best known works from The Alan Parsons Project, along with two songs taken from Alan Parsons' first solo album.

The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1987)
EAC | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | 236,3 MB | Complete Scans (300 dpi) | 132,7 MB
Progressive Rock | Label: Polygram | Catalog Number: 832 820-2 | Time: 42:42 | RAR | RS.com
1st German CD-Pressing 1987 (LP originally released 1976)

Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. … Without any underlying theme to be pondered upon, Alan Parsons instead paints a vivid picture of one of the most alluring literary figures in history by musically reciting his most famous works in expert fashion. AMG

Tales of Mystery and Imagination is an extremely mesmerizing aural journey through some of Edgar Allan Poe's most renowned works. With the use of synthesizers, drums, guitar, and even a glockenspiel, Parsons' shivering effects make way for an eerie excursion into Poe's well-known classics. On the album's 1987 remix, the instrumental "Dream Within a Dream" has Orson Welles narrating in front of this wispy collaboration of guitars and keyboards (Welles also narrates "Fall of the House of Usher: Prelude"). The EMI vocoder is used throughout "The Raven" with the Westminster City School Boys Choir mixed in to add a distinct flair to its chamber-like sound.