A Dream Within a Dream & The Raven - Alan Parsons Project

A tribute to perhaps the greatest pioneers of progressive rock, Alan Parsons Project accompanied by nature photography from Oregon, USA. Photographs include Crater Lake National Park, Mount Hood, Crown Point, as well as Multnomah, Latourell, Horse Tail, Bridal Veil and Toketee waterfalls. Excluding the last one in the video, photos were taken in September 2010.
Photo editing: Picasa 3
Video effects and editing: Windows Movie Maker
Photography and video production: M. Rivas (2011)
Alan Parsons Project
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
1976 Charisma Records
"The Raven" lyrics:
The clock struck midnight / And through my sleeping
I heard a tapping at my door / I looked but nothing
Lay in the darkness / And so I turned inside once more
To my amazement / There stood a raven
Whose shadow hung above my door
Then through the silence / It spoke the one word
That I shall hear for evermore / Nevermore
Thus quoth the raven, nevermore
And still the raven remains in my room / No matter how much I implore
No words can soothe him / No prayer remove him
And I must hear for evermore
Quoth the raven, nevermore / Thus quoth the raven, nevermore
Quoth the raven, nevermore / Thus quoth the raven, nevermore
Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore, never
Nevermore, nevermore, never
Nevermore, nevermore, never
Nevermore, nevermore, nevermore, never
Nevermore, nevermore, never
Nevermore, nevermore...
... nevermore.

[@t.l.davidson5228]

Fantastic I'm 69 now nothing but fabulous music 🎶 ever more!!!

[@realrocketscientist6262]

I put the 8 track of this album on back in 1978 on a brisk fall evening and proceeded to have the most incredible love-making session with my girlfriend at the time. I'll never forget that night as long as I live.

[@curiouscoffee8181]

As good as I Robot and Turn of a Friendly Card are, nothing beats this album. So vast sounding.

[@DanielMalstrom]

Poe ettic justice!

[@jjmarz1001]

I would crank this up and shake the whole house with this. It drove my parents, siblings, and neighbors crazy. I had an amazing sound system as a teenager.

[@Logan-py8we]

Same here...lmao My neighbors were acquainted well with my musical tastes

[@jaycehayes8534]

You probably dont care but if you guys are stoned like me atm you can stream all the new movies on instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my gf for the last couple of months =)

[@dakotajad4817]

@Jayce Hayes yup, I've been watching on Instaflixxer for since november myself :D

[@jamesscicluna9424]

This is jum of music 🥂✌👍👌

[@louise_rose]

I recorded this one and a couple more off the album to a cassette tape - I had borrowed the LP from an plder friend, at the time the APP were not a well-known band at all outside of the UK - and my brother took to using "The Raven" for practising on his drum kit at home. :)

[@v.b.3451]

Το 1976 ημουν14 και τωρα το ακουω και βλεπω ποσο μπροστα ηταν αυτη μουσικη για εκεινα τα χρονια

[@laynefullmer836]

It doesn't matter what Alan Parsons project song it is because everything they do is totally awesome thanks for an awesome amazing group sir 👍👌👍 u Rock.

[@brentbowers2389]

I've been listening to this since it was released. It's an incredible album.

[@lloydcramer2079]

I thank my father so much for showing me this album when I was a kid 😣 Great music!

[@savedbyzero3554]

...........A TIMELESS CLASSIC FROM 1976.........!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@raystlouis]

Brilliant. Cool video too. Well done. TYVM!

[@yenyyenrockfan438]

alan parsons and edgar a. poe. what a combination!!!! good memories. thnxs

[@johnbaxter9446]

still cherishing and sharing this. Masterpiece. Gratitude,

[@lostinmusic5431]

🌟🎶🎵👍🏾🎵🎶🌟

[@saverioscaccianoce6461]

Not the original version. The original one don't have the very fastidious guitar riff on the last part of "The Raven". I also bought it, vinil of course, when I was 16 and still have.

[@lostinmusic5431]

​@@saverioscaccianoce6461You're right. 😉 I should listen to the music pieces until the end in the future.

[@robinhall4604]

Pure musical layering and bliss one of my absolute favorite songs of all time and then once you add the raven into it it pushes it right over the top,,,incredible

[@oceansfloormicah719]

A magical sound! Alan Parsons is a musical genius!

[@kevinbirkett3175]

I bought the vinyl record growing up. Am amazing work to be sure!!

[@giovannimalagrino4748]

The Alan Parsons the gold music

[@martinkroebel2856]

This music was based on Edgar Allen Poe's Poems. Thank you for sharing.

[@louise_rose]

A decade later, German band Propaganda cut an even greater , epic song using Poe's actual poem (assisted by legendary producers Trevor Horn and Stephen Lipson, opening one of the greatest albums of the 1980s). But yeah, Alan Parsons' debut album is a fine record too.🎶🎹

[@juergenachenbach7402]

The Raven "Nevermore"

[@jay0kew]

One of the best CDs in my collectiion.

[@sterlingblake7655]

This album is in my top ten of all time!!

[@helenepadiou3190]

C est juste magistral! J ai connu cet artiste par un ami de fac en 1979, il était de Nouvelle Zélande et s appelait Alain, encore merci pour ces bon moments😘

[@tdcgranbury]

Badass tunes and Badass pics thanks man,been Parsons fan for many years

[@mechkia]

I would like to compliment you on the graphics in this video they are spectacular!!!

[@miguelgeneral]

Thanks very much!

[@SloeDaddy]

I like all of the Oregon and Columbia Gorge pictures in this video! Thank you very much! Would have liked to continue on to the “Tell Tale Heart!”

[@ReinhardMeier-lu3dd]

Ab 1:59 ist das so fantastisch gut gelungen, zeitlos ❤❤❤

[@thomasmann3209]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@devbru064]

un capolavoro rifinito con una perla geni

[@johnbaxter9446]

absolutely brilliant video. bravo...

[@miguelgeneral]

Thanks for your kind comment!

[@ferrywever1208]

Beautiful

[@siegfriednagerl5954]

a dream within a dream,amazing

[@billbeamer5342]

Just had to play it ®️🖤

[@onkelmichel2254]

Tolle Fotos zu dieser Musik.

[@RedVynil]

Thanks for posting this REAL original with the original mix (save the added solo near the end). I just slogged through the remix and it sounded dull and in dire need of a set of balls!!

[@miguelgeneral]

Tributo al que talvez son los pionerors más importantes del rock progresivo, Alan Parsons Project acompañados por fotografías de Oregon, USA. Las fotos incluyen el parque Crater Lake, monte Hood, Crown Point y las cataratas Multnomah, Latourell, Horse Tail, Bridal Veil y Toketee. Excluyendo la última del video, las fotos fueron tomadas en septiembre de 2010.

[@giovannimalagrino4748]

Thankyou for infomation

[@jameskrell4392]

He has done some good stuff since but nothing surpasses Tales. I bought it when it came out and played and played it through the late 1970’s, it seems imposible now, just a dream.

[@Zion83n6]

Buena presentacion. My favorite project song,

[@19bikerbabe53]

Just an amazing video !

[@napomania]

oldies vinyl remix rocks.! thank you

[@RussCobleigh]

i was 20 when this came out ....WOW !

[@TheOGNoName]

Dude you old af.

[@antoinedufour6530]

Daft Punk created nothing ! Thanks Alan parsons!

[@Hacroi]

Maravilloso!!! Bellísimo tema!!!

Unos de los mejores finales que he escuchado (conozco muchos).

[@giulianobarghi8614]

great

[@athanasiosmagopoulos8964]

Έπος ❤

[@nicolesmith5908]

No words can soothe him ...No prayer remove him . .. the raven remains in my room...forever more.

[@iqorsemenov7603]

хорошее видио.

[@rafaelmartell8933]

What do you mean by preyers ???

[@davidwilliamson2115]

indeed

[@NisiCaloponis]

This is the original 1976 version (The original version starts with music fading in and not with vocal speech). See more at this great video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epjKcqlvi9iZpdE ('Album differences: Tales of' etc. by 'Laineycrusoe').

[@enriqueomarguajardo7789]

Un exelente tema lastima.que Alan Parsons siempre se ha llevado por nombre todo el credito, cuando en realidad fue Eric Wolfson el genio musical

[@miguelgeneral]

Thanks for the comment, glad you like it.

[@randy5655]

I prefer this version without the guitar riff added. the intro by Orson Welles is ok though.

[@miguelgeneral]

I thought this was the original song. The version with the Orson Wells intro is nice too but I really like the instrumental version from 1976 as it fades up. I agree, I also prefer the mix of both songs, playing just one would sound the way Chicago's Hard to say I'm sorry sounds without the dramatic end, just like many dumb radio DJs play it.

[@user-tf3wg3ki6u]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@drummingmeister]

Can someone please give me a link to the full album WITH the (added) guitar solo's. I just love the one in this one. There was one on KZbin but is was deleted please please please

[@KevinStriker]

5 years later, but sure. Both the LP and CD versions of the album are on YT and Spotify which I appreciate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGmlfIRrgrl5h7s

[@asterlofts1565]

Mashup?

[@andresisidori2067]

whats is the image in minute 2:03?

[@EEED8888]

at china

[@miguelgeneral]

Multnomah Falls in Oregon near Columbia River, USA.

[@gitsjeanluc]

Best off Alen Parsons...but also the end off his activities

[@RODNEYINMEMPHIS]

Who is the lead singer?

[@chuckbaranoski6184]

Google it or ask siri

[@skidigizen14zn68]

Who dissliket it?

[@miguelgeneral]

Probably young punks that like regueton and crappy music from recent times.

[@davidwilliamson2115]

indeed