The multi-part "The Fall of the House of Usher" suite features a lush, orchestral series of compositions from Powell mixed with a bit of Parsons' signature looping, proto-electronica beats. The 1987 remaster even features narration from cinematic icon Orson Welles, who was firmly in the "I'll do pretty much anything for a paycheck" phase of his career.You can really hear that diversity of artistic sensibilities in the tracks themselves. It's really a mid-'70s progressive rock super-group lineup. In addition to core Project members Parsons and Eric Woolfson, Tales features contributions from composer Andrew Powell, guitarist Ian Bairnson, singer/actor Leonard Whiting (of 1968's Romeo & Juliet fame), vocalists Arthur Brown, John Miles, Jack Harris and Terry Sylvester and the full rosters of both Ambrosia and Pilot. The musical approach in Tales is as diverse as Poe's stories themselves, reflected in the staggeringly long list of artists who contributed to the album. Tales of Mystery and Imagination is a musical adaptation of some of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems and stories, with tracks like "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Cask of Amontillado." The Sicilian Defence (c.Binge It! Band of Brothers Remains a Compelling WWII StoryMost APP works are framed as concept albums built around a clear, unifying theme, whether it's gambling and addiction in 1980's The Turn of a Friendly Card or the way 1987's Gaudi acts as a sort of musical biography of the famous Catalan Spanish architect. Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe (1976) The Alan Parsons Project: The Complete Albums Collection The deluxe library box includes notes by Alan Parsons and rare photos, many previously unpublished. The masters used for The Alan Parsons Project – The Complete Albums Collection were overseen by Alan Parsons and each of the albums is presented, in facsimile vinyl replica wallet sleeves, with original album track-listings intact. was included as a bonus track on an expanded edition of Eve, The Sicilian Defence is being released for the first time in its entirety for this collection. While an edited version of one of the album’s tracks, Elsie’s Theme. Delivered to Arista in March 1981, the masters were locked away and the controversial recordings unheard for three decades.
Composed and recorded over an intense three day marathon session at Super Bear Studios in France (during the same period Eve was made), The Sicilian Defence is a complex and challenging work, full of atonality and dissonance. Taking its name from a series of opening chess moves, The Sicilian Defence was an aggressive musical response to stalled contract negotiations. Included is The Sicilian Defence, the notorious never-released fifth APP album.
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