(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether

"(The System of) Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether" is a 1976 single by The Alan Parsons Project which first appeared on their album Tales of Mystery and Imagination: Edgar Allan Poe. The single reached number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 62 in Canada. Like the other songs on the album, it is based on a story by American author Edgar Allan Poe, in this case "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" (1845); the song was written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson, and was originally recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London in September 1975.[1] The 1987 reissue featured a "cathedral organ".

"(The System of) Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether"
Single by The Alan Parsons Project
from the album Tales of Mystery and Imagination
B-side"A Dream Within a Dream"
ReleasedJuly 1976
GenreProgressive rock
Length4:12 (LP); 3:20 (single)
Label20th Century (US)
Charisma (UK)
Songwriter(s)Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
Producer(s)Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson
The Alan Parsons Project singles chronology
"The Raven"
(1975)
"(The System of) Dr. Tarr And Professor Fether"
(1976)
"To One in Paradise"
(1976)

Personnel

References

  1. Liner notes of 1987 CD reissue version



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