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It has taken over 6 years to make the album

It was all recorded at the legendary Abbey Road studios, mainly in Studio 2 where the Beatles recorded all their albums and where many Alan Parsons Project albums were made

It has cost 1 million EUROS to make

The top session musicians have been used including John Parricelli (played THE mandolin in Capatain Correlli’s Mandolin), Laurence Cottle (played with Sting, Cher and Seal), Simon Chamberlain (played with Bjork, Pet Shop Boys, Paul McCartney) and Ralph Salmins (played with Madonna, Van Morrison, Mike Oldfield)

A forty piece orchestra and 80 strong choir were used in the recordings

The songs include three Poe stories and an actual poem of Poe’s put to music. The rest of the tracks are reflections of Poe’s life which was as extraordinary as his work.

Five of the tracks are sung by Steve Balsamo who shot to fame after Andrew Lloyd Webber chose him to star in the recent West End production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Lloyd Webber described him as the ‘most exciting new talent it was ever (his) privilege to have discovered’