Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe: Half-Speed

The Alan Parsons Project's 1976 Debut Studio Album Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe on 180g LP. Half-Speed Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios.

The Alan Parsons Project debut studio album was originally released in June 1976. The lyrical and musical themes of the album are retellings of horror stories and poetry by Edgar Allan Poe.

Musicians featured on the album include vocalists Arthur Brown of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown on "The Tell Tale Heart," John Miles on "The Cask of Amontillado" and "(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether," and Terry Sylvester of The Hollies on "To One in Paradise." The complete line-up of bands Ambrosia and Pilot play on the record, along with keyboardist Francis Monkman of Curved Air and Sky.

The album was a worldwide hit selling almost a million copies and achieving platinum status in a number of territories including Germany and Canada.

180g black vinyl half-speed remaster by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios, includes a sleevenote featuring quotes from Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.