The Alan Parsons Project-Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976)

In 1976 Alan Parsons began his project with his first album entitled "Tales of Mystery and Imagination", based on the life and work of the romantic poet Edgar Allan Poe.
For this work Parsons had surrounded by renowned musicians such as Arthur Brown, Ian Bairnson, Andrew Powell, Stuart Elliot, Mel Collins, John Miles or Chris Rainbow among others, in addition to Eric Woolfson, vocalist, composer and right hand of Alan Parsons in practically his entire career.
An album that at times is hypnotic, sophisticated, orchestral, progressive, with a dose of very addictive commercial pop that left us surprising themes such as the forceful "The Raven", the theatrical "The Tell-Tale Heart", with the plethoric voice of Arthur Brown, the musical "The Cask Of Amontillado", or the initial and tetric pseudo instrumental "A Dream Within a Dream" with the impressive narration of Orson Wells.
The second of the album is composed by the suite "The Fall of the House of Usher", orchestrated by the arranger Andrew Powell, and the beautiful and delicious "To One In Paradise" that puts the finishing touch to an essential album within the 20th century music.