Tales of Mystery & Imagination is the debut album by the APP, and it completely captivated me when I first heard it back in 1977, and I've loved it ever since. It rocks a little harder than the albums that followed it, and often gets overshadowed by their more commercial albums, but in my opinion it is a masterpiece from start to finish. I recommend every cut from it, but "The Cask of Amontillado" will send shivers down your spine. It's creepy and beautiful at the same time.
I second that endorsement of Cask of Amontillado- especially if you are familiar with the story. It captures the essence of that story perfectly! Insanely sweet and calculating without remorse.
The 1987 Album remix is the best ! Narrated by Orson Wells (Original "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast 😊 Btw , Alan Parsons produced Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album
Yes! This is their first album and it is a masterpiece! One interesting note for those of us who first heard the album on vinyl - the remastered CD version added spoken word passages recorded by Orson Wells on "A Dream Within a Dream" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Chills!
I love it! This was the song which turned me on to APP. A lot of us prog-heads were considered nerdy back in the 70s. These bands opened us up to literature and classical music and enriched our lives which benefit us to this day. We need more music like this today. FYI- Poe was a favorite citizen of Baltimore (even though he wasn't born there). That's where they got the name for their football team, the Ravens.
Alan Parsons project, wonderful albums, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Turn of a Friendly Card and l Robot to name a few. I hear Pink Floyd, l hear Supertramp, l hear Genesis, all a cocktail of wonderful sounds.
Funny you should say that. He was involved in engineering both Abbey Road by the Beatles and Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. Alan Parsons was waaaay ahead of his time. You should listen to this in conjunction with the preceding song, "A Dream Within a Dream". They run together seamlessly and it has an amazing introduction taken from Poe"s comments about his inspiration, and read by none other than ORSON FREAKING WELLS!
@@lewismaddox4132 “All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream.” Brilliant. As a child, I often had the feeling that I would wake up to realize that life had been a dream. 😴
@@michelemichele3375 If you were a child listening to this, you must have experienced some skin crawling moments. In "A Cask of Amontillado", the sweetly sung harmonies, "Part of you dies, each brick I lay, oooooww!" Poe's words, and Alan Parson's interpretation were extraordinarily twisted. I loved it!
The first album from which this song came was originally submitted to the record company without a group name as Alan never thought of the project as having come from a group, so he simply crated the name the Alan Parsons project to satisfy the record company.
The Raven is early in the Musical Adventure that is the Alan Parsons Project. Elements of the Band's distinctive Sound were there but the Signature Tight Melody hadn't been Reached yet. Still a Fine Song but only a Precursor of Jaw Dropping Awesome Music to Come !!!
Once upon a time, classic rock radio stations played these songs. You could be road-tripping to your favorite county park destinations and you could hear these songs. That’s how I discovered them.
Love you guys. Alan Parsons was the engineer for Ambrosia's first album and the producer for their second. All four members of Ambrosia played on the first Alan Parsons Project album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, which was recorded soon after Ambrosia's first album.
You're getting warmer! Can't wait till you do "Shadow of a Lonely Man" from APP Pyramid. Whew. Also, In the Lap of the Gods from that album for killer instrumentation!
Nick and Lex I have to tell you that you missed the beginning of the song. The album starts with A Dream Within A Dream which flows right into The Raven, in fact they are a single song. It really has much more impact and meaning when you hear these two songs together. A Dream Within A Dream has the great Orson Welles reciting some Poe poetry. Unfortunately digital media splits them into separate songs. Here is a TH-cam link for the two songs: th-cam.com/video/EuGXpFQLHu8/w-d-xo.html. I don't know if Spotify has the two together. You really, really should hear them together, as they were meant to be heard. Fantastic that you reacted to this though!
@@spazimdam The version with Orson wells is not the original 1976 release. Alan Parsons made a remixed version in 1987 which included the narration by Wells and a few added instruments on The Raven and other songs.
cool Lp fun facts 4u. Alan said this was his favorite album. all analog no computers. that ripping lead guitar in the last part of the song was not on the original lp but was added for the cd release. both versions are good. the album featured many vocalist and musicians. all the members from the band Ambrosia cir. 1976 play on this LP. Alan also produced their first album which is one of my favs. kind of popy prog, check it out/ peace you guys
Love this debut album from Alan and for me personally I never listen to "The Raven" without playing the previous track "A Dream Within A Dream". The two go together and were obviously meant to, as Alan, years later puts them together in a unique revisit to this track on The album "A Valid Path"
The only reason they are 2 separate tracks is that it earns more royalties for the artist from album sales. Steve Miller took advantage of that fact on albums 'Book Of Dreams' and 'Fly Like An Eagle'.
@@Doggeslife - Interesting. Makes sense I guess. Can be confusing with artists who call a track Part 1 & 2 with the same title. Lol - Love Steve Miller. Got quite a few albums on vinyl. I got "Fly Like an Eagle" on vinyl in the 70's then the 30th Anniversary Edition when it was released on cd with dvd. Sooo good still after all these years.
Alan Parsons doesn’t just do songs... he did themes, and whole sides of albums were together. Love thinking about the end of the side, even though it’s all on CD now.
@@MrKellyDC He did much more than that. He was a sound/music engineer and producer, and was the guy who basically pieced together several albums from the separate tracks recorded in studios. He started as assistant engineer for the Beatles' ABBEY ROAD. He mixed Ambrosia's awesome first album and produced their second. He engineered Al Stewart's Year Of The Cat (and was the one who added the awesome sax to the title track and helped make it a hit), and biggest of all, he oversaw the creation of the epic DARK SIDE OF THE MOON by Pink Floyd. Alan said that he was trying for another dark side of the moon-type album when he and Eric Woolfson made TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION, which he started on after he turned down an offer to produce Pink Floyd's WISH YOU WERE HERE. The man is a musical genius, like Jeff Lynn.
Fun fact I just learned myself - Alan Parsons engineered Steven Wilson's "The Raven That Refused To Sing", which btw is a masterpiece and a record you guys most definitely need to check out!
Another great song is(Dr.Tarr and Professor Feather) I understand that the song is actually based on a true event, about a sanctuary where the ppl lock up the staff and run the asylum. Yes do the whole album.
The system of Dr. Tarr and Profesor Feather. JUST what you need to make you feel better Just what you need to make you feel Just what you need to make you feel better Just what you need to make you feel At the far end of your tether And your thoughts won't fit together So you sleep light or whatever And the night goes on forever Then your mind change like the weather You're in need of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
Great to see you are discovering Alan Parsons Project. Other great tunes Don't Let It Show, Old and Wise, The Eagle Will Rise Again. Just a small sample of this impressive artist.
Wow, this was a great reaction guys !! I remember going to the rollerskating rink close to my house when I was very young in the 1970's and skating around listening to The Raven and loving the unique sound of that song....incredible production for the time.
The first track is "A Dream Within a Dream", which leads perfectly into The Raven. The original LP version was a strict instrumental, while the CD release years later, has a spoken into by Orson Wells.
As a Poe fan, I flipped out when this first APP album showed up in 76. Would ❤️ a full album listen of this one! And regardless, as others have said, please go back and re-hear this with the Orson Welles "Dream Within A Dream" lead-in track. Still waiting on that "in my dreams/nightmares" APP/Lovecraft album that I know will never happen from a political standpoint these days. Anyway, MM strikes again!👍🏼😀
In 7th grade we all groaned 😖our adolescent groans when our English teacher said we’re starting a section on poetry... little did I know how much I would dig Edgar Allen Poe. The teacher knew what she was doing because she started reading us Poe’s works the last week of October leading up to Halloween. 👻
Music of this period has so much colour and dynamics. It's a treat on the ears as opposed to so much modern music that is the same pounding dynamic all the way through.
Alan Parson's project has mostly done concept albums. For example about Edgar Alan Poe or Antonio Gaudi. Gaudi was a Spanish architect who is famous for the "La Sagrada Familia" cathedral in Barcelona. Its architectural style was unique and Alan Parsons dedicated an entire album to it. The album is "Gaudi". One of the best albums is "Turn of a friendly card". Have fun exploring further. Greetings 🇩🇪
Tengo 64 años y escuché estos temas de Alan Parsons. en mi juventud..Mi mente se llenaba de magia y mi alma volaba...Gracias por recordarmelo..Un abrazo!!
Welcome to the wonderfull world of APP thisn started for me when I first bought the album in 1976 and I am still buying his albums! He is I believe the best sound enginneer there is and his ability to draw on all forms of music and combine them in his albums is amazing. I can only hope you delve more into his music and get the same thrill I have every time I play one of his albums.
Of couse it's a concept album about the wor of Edgar Allen Poe and musically describes a few of his poems or short stories. You should listen it completely if possible with the amazing intros of Orson Welles on the remasterd version.
This track was one of the first to use a vocoder. You've listened to the 1987 reworked version, which includes an Ian Bairnson solo which is not on the original album (but still awesome) I would highly recommend you guys to listen to the whole album as a reaction. I'm about your age and have been listening to Alan Parsons since the age of 6 (1988, my dad made tapes of his records, that i played with my Walkman) Tales is by far their best album for me, followed by I Robot and Turn
Ohh my goodness a 45 year old master piece. We have an audiophile Copy of the album. We had the whole set up back then. When ever we moved. It was ok where does the stereo go first. My hubby had to have it just so speakers a certain distance apart. Then seating. Then adjustments. No sound bouncing off things. It was a tweek here and there. Ken has subscribed to UHF Ultra high Fidelity Magazine for 20+ years. Nick you may really enjoy it. Cheers
The Raven wasn't a short story, it's an epic poem by Poe with the recurring famous line "Quoth the raven, nevermore." I had NEVER heard this song before, but I know of the album. VERY interesting stuff and makes me want to check them out more. Reminds me of Electric Light Orchestra! Same era, same mastery of electronics added to pop/rock.
Hey guys its been awhile... Yes yes yes...do the whole album!!! Not one bad track on this one. When this was first released just had to get it knowing that Parsons worked on Dark side of the Moon and was not disappointed. Keep discovering guys...its fun!!
@@NicknLex all different musicians now but led by Alan. I saw the "Live Project" in London 2004. I really enjoy your reactions and look forward to seeing more. Thanks from England. 😷🙋♂️
Love this album, but then I’m a big fan of Poe; I think just about every song on this album is also a movie. “Dr. Tar and Professor Feather” was the hit from this album, but my favorite has to be “Fall of the House of Usher” (instrumental).
I of course had heard of Alan Parson's Project and likely have heard songs before; but this is the first time I sit still and listen doing nothing else. Great use of strong forceful music and short quiet step-downs. Thanks for everything you do to share these first reactions - the songs you are choosing have all been great.
I was a fan of Alan Parsons when he produced for the Beatles (Abby Road and Let it Be) and Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon). When he decided to bring together great singers and musicians to do these "projects" he was able to explore all sorts of musical style. His last album (2 years ago) had a great video that has clues to most of the albums he produced through 5 decades of rock. It is a great last gift from him. By the way, a really great song from this album is "Turn of a Friendly Card" which is one of my favorites.
This is the place to start with APP. Great album, great song. Other suggestions on this album include “Dr. Tarr And Professor Feather” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” Thanks for the song, loved your response!
The writers of the 19th Century and early 20th Century brought their Characters and Stories to Life with Rich Descriptions and Vivid Imagination. There was no Television , no Film and of course no Social Media. Authors like Poe , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , Ibsen , Mary Shelley and H.P. Lovecraft utilized Words and Perfect Grammar to Spin Amazing Stories of yes....... Mystery and Imagination. I don't think Poe would have taken a Selfie even if he could !!!
Cuentos De Misterio E Imaginacion - Edgar Allan Poe - One of the three best and most complete lps in history, it has a unique atmosphere, without losing the concept and structure...
Alan Parsons was involved with the production of several albums, including the Beatles' Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
I was and am a Huge Alan Parsons Fan, I was 11 when this came out and these guys were the soundtrack to my teen years. When I just needed to just sorta chill I would crank up Alan Parsons and take a mind journey. Still one of my favorite bands of all time.
the musicians on this are the guys that were in the uk band pilot, they were in app for a number of years, so then you can check out pilot as they had big hits in the 70's with its magic and january
This sounds soooo good all these years later. It is strange the way some of the music I loved 40-50 years ago just doesn't sound as good now, but the Parsons project does...especially the I Robot album & this one. Btw, musical memory is so amazing. I hadn't heard this in probably 25 years, yet when it ended my mind could hear the next song beginning... because the album flows, one song into the next. :-) (Well done, Lex... knowing that "nevermore" is a memorable part of the original poem.)
I remember buying this on 8-track when nobody knew who Alan Parsons was. It just seemed like it might be cool since I loved Edgar Allan Poe and it sounded like it might be proggy. So I was in for a nice surprise.
It was 2019, I managed to get tickets to see Alan Parson live at Levitt Pavillion in Denver, and it was one of the best concerts I've been to. BTW, he's going to be at the Paramount Theatre in Denver in September, tickets presale starts today. I'm definitely gonna try to go, amazing band and music, totally worth seeing live if you can.
Watching your earlier Alan Parsons vids heard you speak of finding more music like Pink Floyd. Interesting note; Alan Parsons was a Engineer/Producer on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". Really enjoy your channel, thanks so much!
How about reacting to more Renaissance rock music with Ashes Are Burning, a masterpiece of progressive symphonic rock with Annie Haslam’s five octave lead vocals!
...AP very good but this prompts me to suggest Steven Wilson's "Raven that Refused to Sing" - one of the video ones which come with a warning. Very different story
This album needs to be listened to beginning to end. It's just so tremendous and unique.
Their first album ! A dream within a dream is the lead in for this song! The album is GOLD I especially love the cask of amontillado
I always loved dr tarr and professor feather
The Cask Of Amontillado is such a wonderful tune!
I can’t listen to this without wanting to hear Arthur Brown’s scream kicking off Tell-Tale Heart
The intro is missing even more. "For my own part.. "
@@torbenanschau6641 Hell, just throw in the entire album!
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Alan Parsons is genius,,,period
Tales of Mystery & Imagination is the debut album by the APP, and it completely captivated me when I first heard it back in 1977, and I've loved it ever since. It rocks a little harder than the albums that followed it, and often gets overshadowed by their more commercial albums, but in my opinion it is a masterpiece from start to finish. I recommend every cut from it, but "The Cask of Amontillado" will send shivers down your spine. It's creepy and beautiful at the same time.
I second that endorsement of Cask of Amontillado- especially if you are familiar with the story. It captures the essence of that story perfectly! Insanely sweet and calculating without remorse.
The 1987 Album remix is the best !
Narrated by Orson Wells (Original "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast 😊
Btw , Alan Parsons produced Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" album
I love this so much. The entire album is wonderful!!! Thank you for reaction to this..🐦⬛
That whole album is all his poems and stories.The Cask of Amontillado
... and even better with the version containing the voice of Orson Welles, even i prefer the guitar on the original vinyl version.
Cask song is beautiful sounding song about murder.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Yes! This is their first album and it is a masterpiece! One interesting note for those of us who first heard the album on vinyl - the remastered CD version added spoken word passages recorded by Orson Wells on "A Dream Within a Dream" and "The Fall of the House of Usher." Chills!
I love it! This was the song which turned me on to APP. A lot of us prog-heads were considered nerdy back in the 70s. These bands opened us up to literature and classical music and enriched our lives which benefit us to this day. We need more music like this today. FYI- Poe was a favorite citizen of Baltimore (even though he wasn't born there). That's where they got the name for their football team, the Ravens.
Fantastic album. in my top ten forever. So glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's. Alan Parson Rocks!
The most criminally overlooked band in the history of prog
Alan Parsons project, wonderful albums, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, Turn of a Friendly Card and l Robot to name a few. I hear Pink Floyd, l hear Supertramp, l hear Genesis, all a cocktail of wonderful sounds.
Funny you should say that. He was involved in engineering both Abbey Road by the Beatles and Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. Alan Parsons was waaaay ahead of his time.
You should listen to this in conjunction with the preceding song, "A Dream Within a Dream". They run together seamlessly and it has an amazing introduction taken from Poe"s comments about his inspiration, and read by none other than ORSON FREAKING WELLS!
@@lewismaddox4132 “All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream.” Brilliant. As a child, I often had the feeling that I would wake up to realize that life had been a dream. 😴
@@michelemichele3375 If you were a child listening to this, you must have experienced some skin crawling moments. In "A Cask of Amontillado", the sweetly sung harmonies, "Part of you dies, each brick I lay, oooooww!" Poe's words, and Alan Parson's interpretation were extraordinarily twisted. I loved it!
YES, they are my three favorite albums by them🤗💜
An underrated Masterpiece. Front to back.
Being followed by I Robot, it's criminal that
this gets overlooked.
The first album from which this song came was originally submitted to the record company without a group name as Alan never thought of the project as having come from a group, so he simply crated the name the Alan Parsons project to satisfy the record company.
Alan Parsons Live Project on tour shortly!
Getting my tickets for Minneapolis today. ;-)
Don't miss it! He has a great touring band. I saw him a few years back and was blown away! You're in for a treat.
@@Pcrimson1 Yes indeed... we caught him on his previous tour as well. Great performance!
Oh, I missed the Kate Bush thing! And love Edgar Allen Poe. And Alan Parsons! So gotta go back and check out Kate, as I am in love with her.
Electronicy and proggy..... I like it :)
Forward a few songs to Dr Tarr and Professer Fether
And where did you get the Leinenkugel T-Shirt? I’ve been to the brewery 🍻
You can’t review this song without hearing „A dream within a dream“ as the first part… This is a true crime…😮
One of my favorites is Nothing Left To Lose from the turn of a Friendly Card Album
Edgar Alan Parsons ;) I think this was one of the first songs to use a vocoder. Love it.
Great comment. Clever, you are! Lol 🤪
The Raven is early in the
Musical Adventure that is
the Alan Parsons Project.
Elements of the Band's distinctive
Sound were there but the
Signature Tight Melody hadn't been
Reached yet.
Still a Fine Song but only a
Precursor of Jaw Dropping Awesome Music to Come !!!
I have all of his albums 🤗👍
Once upon a time, classic rock radio stations played these songs. You could be road-tripping to your favorite county park destinations and you could hear these songs. That’s how I discovered them.
perfect mix between calm and power - the genius of APP
All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream😊
Hi Nick N Lex. I haven't heard this song in eons. It brought back some good memories. Keep up the good work.
Very creative song with excellent vocals. Thanks for another hit.
Love you guys. Alan Parsons was the engineer for Ambrosia's first album and the producer for their second. All four members of Ambrosia played on the first Alan Parsons Project album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination, which was recorded soon after Ambrosia's first album.
Great Album...
You're getting warmer! Can't wait till you do "Shadow of a Lonely Man" from APP Pyramid. Whew. Also, In the Lap of the Gods from that album for killer instrumentation!
Nick and Lex I have to tell you that you missed the beginning of the song. The album starts with A Dream Within A Dream which flows right into The Raven, in fact they are a single song. It really has much more impact and meaning when you hear these two songs together. A Dream Within A Dream has the great Orson Welles reciting some Poe poetry. Unfortunately digital media splits them into separate songs. Here is a TH-cam link for the two songs: th-cam.com/video/EuGXpFQLHu8/w-d-xo.html. I don't know if Spotify has the two together. You really, really should hear them together, as they were meant to be heard. Fantastic that you reacted to this though!
I knew I wasn’t nuts something was off something was missing all the more reason to react to the whole album👍🏽👍🏽
@@mauriciodelarosa2449 Yes reacting to the whole album would be awesome!
@@spazimdam The version with Orson wells is not the original 1976 release. Alan Parsons made a remixed version in 1987 which included the narration by Wells and a few added instruments on The Raven and other songs.
cool Lp fun facts 4u. Alan said this was his favorite album. all analog no computers. that ripping lead guitar in the last part of the song was not on the original lp but was added for the cd release. both versions are good. the album featured many vocalist and musicians. all the members from the band Ambrosia cir. 1976 play on this LP. Alan also produced their first album which is one of my favs. kind of popy prog, check it out/ peace you guys
Love this debut album from Alan and for me personally I never listen to "The Raven" without playing the previous track "A Dream Within A Dream". The two go together and were obviously meant to, as Alan, years later puts them together in a unique revisit to this track on The album "A Valid Path"
The only reason they are 2 separate tracks is that it earns more royalties for the artist from album sales. Steve Miller took advantage of that fact on albums 'Book Of Dreams' and 'Fly Like An Eagle'.
@@Doggeslife - Interesting. Makes sense I guess. Can be confusing with artists who call a track Part 1 & 2 with the same title. Lol - Love Steve Miller. Got quite a few albums on vinyl. I got "Fly Like an Eagle" on vinyl in the 70's then the 30th Anniversary Edition when it was released on cd with dvd. Sooo good still after all these years.
Alan Parsons doesn’t just do songs... he did themes, and whole sides of albums were together. Love thinking about the end of the side, even though it’s all on CD now.
@@MrKellyDC He did much more than that. He was a sound/music engineer and producer, and was the guy who basically pieced together several albums from the separate tracks recorded in studios.
He started as assistant engineer for the Beatles' ABBEY ROAD. He mixed Ambrosia's awesome first album and produced their second. He engineered Al Stewart's Year Of The Cat (and was the one who added the awesome sax to the title track and helped make it a hit), and biggest of all, he oversaw the creation of the epic DARK SIDE OF THE MOON by Pink Floyd.
Alan said that he was trying for another dark side of the moon-type album when he and Eric Woolfson made TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION, which he started on after he turned down an offer to produce Pink Floyd's WISH YOU WERE HERE. The man is a musical genius, like Jeff Lynn.
Fun fact I just learned myself - Alan Parsons engineered Steven Wilson's "The Raven That Refused To Sing", which btw is a masterpiece and a record you guys most definitely need to check out!
It’s is a concept for sure.Listen to the whole album.
Hellooooo guys! 🌼👋🪴 Love AP.... OMG 1976 the year I got married. 🤩 It amazes me that this music still sounds so great.
Another great song is(Dr.Tarr and Professor Feather) I understand that the song is actually based on a true event, about a sanctuary where the ppl lock up the staff and run the asylum. Yes do the whole album.
Really a good kick ass rock song!
The system of Dr. Tarr and Profesor Feather.
JUST what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel
Just what you need to make you feel better
Just what you need to make you feel
At the far end of your tether
And your thoughts won't fit together
So you sleep light or whatever
And the night goes on forever
Then your mind change like the weather
You're in need of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
Great to see you are discovering Alan Parsons Project. Other great tunes Don't Let It Show, Old and Wise, The Eagle Will Rise Again. Just a small sample of this impressive artist.
The Eagle Will Rise Again is a great song👍🏽👍🏽
My favorite Alan Parsons album
Wow, this was a great reaction guys !! I remember going to the rollerskating rink close to my house when I was very young in the 1970's and skating around listening to The Raven and loving the unique sound of that song....incredible production for the time.
The first track is "A Dream Within a Dream", which leads perfectly into The Raven. The original LP version was a strict instrumental, while the CD release years later, has a spoken into by Orson Wells.
As a Poe fan, I flipped out when this first APP album showed up in 76. Would ❤️ a full album listen of this one! And regardless, as others have said, please go back and re-hear this with the Orson Welles "Dream Within A Dream" lead-in track. Still waiting on that "in my dreams/nightmares" APP/Lovecraft album that I know will never happen from a political standpoint these days. Anyway, MM strikes again!👍🏼😀
In 7th grade we all groaned 😖our adolescent groans when our English teacher said we’re starting a section on poetry... little did I know how much I would dig Edgar Allen Poe. The teacher knew what she was doing because she started reading us Poe’s works the last week of October leading up to Halloween. 👻
Why is it so exciting to get scared?!! Thanks for that story ... and if you can read this, Thank a Teacher!!! 🤗
Music of this period has so much colour and dynamics. It's a treat on the ears as opposed to so much modern music that is the same pounding dynamic all the way through.
Jeff has it right, Cask is an excellent piece as is this album.
A good one to do as a whole concept. One more rabbit hole to go down.
Alan Parson's project has mostly done concept albums. For example about Edgar Alan Poe or Antonio Gaudi. Gaudi was a Spanish architect who is famous for the "La Sagrada Familia" cathedral in Barcelona. Its architectural style was unique and Alan Parsons dedicated an entire album to it. The album is "Gaudi". One of the best albums is "Turn of a friendly card". Have fun exploring further. Greetings 🇩🇪
Pretty cool to hear Poe's The Raven in a song form. APP is the perfect band to pull this off.
Bien gracias por reaccionar a ALAN PARSON
A good one that I should have listened to more years ago!👍🏻🎸🎤🎼
I forgot all about this song. Haven't heard this in like 40 years. Wow Thanks MNM
It’s fun enjoying it together. Thanks! Now, if I can get this big, black bird outta my room ... 🤪
40 years? You're definitely not a fan of APP then.
Tengo 64 años y escuché estos temas de Alan Parsons. en mi juventud..Mi mente se llenaba de magia y mi alma volaba...Gracias por recordarmelo..Un abrazo!!
Welcome to the wonderfull world of APP thisn started for me when I first bought the album in 1976 and I am still buying his albums! He is I believe the best sound enginneer there is and his ability to draw on all forms of music and combine them in his albums is amazing. I can only hope you delve more into his music and get the same thrill I have every time I play one of his albums.
Of couse it's a concept album about the wor of Edgar Allen Poe and musically describes a few of his poems or short stories. You should listen it completely if possible with the amazing intros of Orson Welles on the remasterd version.
One of my favorite albums which has so many textures to it the full album is a jewel of a masterpiece.✨
Really did a great job of interpreting Edgar Alan Poe’s work. Each song is so different, too.
This track was one of the first to use a vocoder. You've listened to the 1987 reworked version, which includes an Ian Bairnson solo which is not on the original album (but still awesome) I would highly recommend you guys to listen to the whole album as a reaction. I'm about your age and have been listening to Alan Parsons since the age of 6 (1988, my dad made tapes of his records, that i played with my Walkman) Tales is by far their best album for me, followed by I Robot and Turn
Ohh my goodness a 45 year old master piece.
We have an audiophile
Copy of the album.
We had the whole set up back then. When ever we moved. It was ok where does the stereo go first. My hubby had to have it just so speakers a certain distance apart. Then seating.
Then adjustments.
No sound bouncing off things. It was a tweek here and there. Ken has subscribed to UHF
Ultra high Fidelity Magazine for 20+ years. Nick you may really enjoy it.
Cheers
A good start with Alan Parsons, the first I've heard and got into it!
Nice reflection!
I remember listening to this in high school. I'm still waiting for you to listen to Gov"t Mule
The Raven wasn't a short story, it's an epic poem by Poe with the recurring famous line "Quoth the raven, nevermore." I had NEVER heard this song before, but I know of the album. VERY interesting stuff and makes me want to check them out more. Reminds me of Electric Light Orchestra! Same era, same mastery of electronics added to pop/rock.
you won't be disappointed with this album.
Yes, my three favorite groups are ELO, Alan Parsons Project and The Moody Blues💜💕
@@sharongranger5860 I love APP too... but I can't find someone who likes it. Unfortunately, few people know the band's work.
Hey guys its been awhile...
Yes yes yes...do the whole album!!!
Not one bad track on this one. When this was first released just had to get it knowing that Parsons worked on Dark side of the Moon and was not disappointed.
Keep discovering guys...its fun!!
The album changed my life, and still continues to amaze at every listening. A stellar composition, arrangement, musicianship, engineering. 🧔👏🧔👏
We just booked a concert on Sept 2nd. We can't wait to see them.for the first time!!
@@NicknLex all different musicians now but led by Alan. I saw the "Live Project" in London 2004. I really enjoy your reactions and look forward to seeing more. Thanks from England. 😷🙋♂️
was walking at the lakefront the other day and saw a large Raven and now seeing reactions to it and APP is hitting the road again. wow.
Love this album, but then I’m a big fan of Poe; I think just about every song on this album is also a movie. “Dr. Tar and Professor Feather” was the hit from this album, but my favorite has to be “Fall of the House of Usher” (instrumental).
I love that album one of the first albums I bought as a child in 1979
I of course had heard of Alan Parson's Project and likely have heard songs before; but this is the first time I sit still and listen doing nothing else. Great use of strong forceful music and short quiet step-downs. Thanks for everything you do to share these first reactions - the songs you are choosing have all been great.
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Yes, Yes do the whole album!!! You will enjoy alone with your favorite drink!
I was a fan of Alan Parsons when he produced for the Beatles (Abby Road and Let it Be) and Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon). When he decided to bring together great singers and musicians to do these "projects" he was able to explore all sorts of musical style. His last album (2 years ago) had a great video that has clues to most of the albums he produced through 5 decades of rock. It is a great last gift from him.
By the way, a really great song from this album is "Turn of a Friendly Card" which is one of my favorites.
This is the place to start with APP. Great album, great song. Other suggestions on this album include “Dr. Tarr And Professor Feather” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” Thanks for the song, loved your response!
The writers of the 19th Century and
early 20th Century brought their
Characters and Stories to Life
with Rich Descriptions and
Vivid Imagination.
There was no Television , no Film
and of course no Social Media.
Authors like Poe , Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle , Ibsen , Mary Shelley and
H.P. Lovecraft utilized Words and
Perfect Grammar to Spin Amazing
Stories of yes....... Mystery and
Imagination.
I don't think Poe would have taken
a Selfie even if he could !!!
I so remember buying this album.
Cuentos De Misterio E Imaginacion - Edgar Allan Poe - One of the three best and most complete lps in history, it has a unique atmosphere, without losing the concept and structure...
Alan Parsons was involved with the production of several albums, including the Beatles' Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970), Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
I was and am a Huge Alan Parsons Fan, I was 11 when this came out and these guys were the soundtrack to my teen years. When I just needed to just sorta chill I would crank up Alan Parsons and take a mind journey. Still one of my favorite bands of all time.
Simple, beautiful, enchanting; yet possessing a touch of menace.
the musicians on this are the guys that were in the uk band pilot, they were in app for a number of years, so then you can check out pilot as they had big hits in the 70's with its magic and january
Plus the musicians from Ambrosia.
The guitarist from Pilot was also on the early Kate Bush albums.
@@stevebinning977 so was david paton, the bass player
This whole album is an absolute masterpiece! You said it, you need to hear the whole album.
This sounds soooo good all these years later. It is strange the way some of the music I loved 40-50 years ago just doesn't sound as good now, but the Parsons project does...especially the I Robot album & this one. Btw, musical memory is so amazing. I hadn't heard this in probably 25 years, yet when it ended my mind could hear the next song beginning... because the album flows, one song into the next. :-) (Well done, Lex... knowing that "nevermore" is a memorable part of the original poem.)
Masterpiece Album
I remember buying this on 8-track when nobody knew who Alan Parsons was. It just seemed like it might be cool since I loved Edgar Allan Poe and it sounded like it might be proggy. So I was in for a nice surprise.
I love your Leinekugels t-shirt. I live just a couple hours from the brewery. Enjoy your review. Keep up the good work.
It was 2019, I managed to get tickets to see Alan Parson live at Levitt Pavillion in Denver, and it was one of the best concerts I've been to. BTW, he's going to be at the Paramount Theatre in Denver in September, tickets presale starts today. I'm definitely gonna try to go, amazing band and music, totally worth seeing live if you can.
Omg! Thanks for the heads up!! 15 mins the sale goes live!!! ;))))
We just got our tickets… we’re going!!!! :D Thank you again!!!
@@NicknLex we are too! Just got mine as well.
Alan Parson was very innovative and, maybe I’m wrong here, but the pioneer in electronic music.
He and Giorgio Moroder and someone not as well known named Patrick Cowley.
Kraftwerk were the pioneers IMO
I’m stand humbly corrected. Did nit see Kraftwerk before Alan Parson. One have of course as well Mike Oldfield to take into consideration
They were all active around the same time.
You’ve missed the wonderful introduction to this song A Dream Within A Dream.
Great album, thank you for the reaction, Awesome!
Watching your earlier Alan Parsons vids heard you speak of finding more music like Pink Floyd. Interesting note; Alan Parsons was a Engineer/Producer on Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". Really enjoy your channel, thanks so much!
I remember that song being played on parties so often when I was young
Thank you. The original release didn't include the guitar solo but still loved it.
How about reacting to more Renaissance rock music with Ashes Are Burning, a masterpiece of progressive symphonic rock with Annie Haslam’s five octave lead vocals!
The entire album is great and should be listened to all at once!
A FULL ALBUM WOULD BE THE BEST I LOVE ALAN PARSONS LOL
YES do the whole album.....you won’t regret it.
Love this album and it is my favorite of all Alan Parsons' works.
...AP very good but this prompts me to suggest Steven Wilson's "Raven that Refused to Sing" - one of the video ones which come with a warning. Very different story
Good job again. Great reactions. Clean and wholesome. Nice choices also.
Yes a full album! A suggestion for a full album - Pyramid
First album I heard from APP. Nice idea 👍🏻
Finally someone reacting to Tales of Mystery and Imagination!