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Poe Chronology1809, January 19Edgar Poe born in Boston, Massachusetts 1811, December After the death of his mother, Poe is adopted by Mr. & Mrs. John Allan 1815, July 28 Poe and the Allans arrive in England. Move to Scotland where Poe enters Irvine Grammar School 1820, July 21 Poe and the Allans arrive in New York 1821 Moves to Fifth Street and attends Clark School until December 1822 1823, April 1 Poe enters William Burke's School 1826, February 14 Poe enters University of Virginia, Charlottesville and leaves on December 15 1827, March 24 Leaves for Boston where on May 26, calling himself Edgar A. Perry, he enlists in the U.S. Army and is sent to Fort Independence in Boston Harbor. "Tamerlane and Other Poems" is published. 1829, January 1 Promoted to Sergeant Major February 29 Poe's foster mother dies April 15 Poe leaves Army and goes to Washington December "Al Aaraaf" is published 1830, June At West Point, the U.S. Military Academy 1831, February 21 Poe leaves West Point April "Poems by Edgar A. Poe" second edition published in New York Summer Arrives in Baltimore to stay with Mrs. Maria Clemm and her daughter Virginia 1833, October 12 Poe wins first prize in a competition run by The Baltimore Saturday Visitor with his "Ms. Found In A Bottle" 1834, March 27 John Allan dies in Richmond, leaving Poe nothing 1835, August Poe moves to Richmond to become an assistant editor of the Southern Literary Messenger October 3 Mrs. Clemm and Virginia also move to Richmond 1836, May 16 Poe and the 13 year old Virginia are married 1837, January 3 He leaves The Messenger and goes to live in New York 1838, July "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" is published. Summer He moves to Philadelphia 1839, June Poe is appointed assistant editor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine 1840 "Tales Of The Grotesque and Arabesque" is published. Poe leaves Burton's Gentleman's Magazine 1841, April Poe becomes editor of Graham's Magazine July Treasury Department rejects his application to become a clerk in Washington 1842, January Virginia breaks a blood vessel while singing May He leaves Graham's Magazine 1844, April Poe moves to New York; becomes assistant of New York Evening Mirror 1845, January "The Raven" is printed March He is appointed one of the editors of The Broadway Journal October He obtains post of proprietor of The Broadway Journal 1846, January 3 The Broadway Journal closes and Poe moves to a cottage in Fordham 1847, January 30 Virginia dies 1848, June 10 He meets "Annie", Mrs. Nancy Richmond September He meets "Helen", Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, to whom he proposes November Proposes to Helen again, then goes to Boston where he attempts suicide December 22 A marriage agreement is drawn up, but the engagement is broken off a few days later 1849, June He goes to Richmond with ideas for a new magazine July Arrives at a friends home in Philadelphia, in a state of delirium July 13 In Richmond he meets Sarah Elmira Royster whom he hopes to marry August Poe lectures on "The Poetic Principle" October 3 In mysterious circumstances he is discovered unconscious in Baltimore and is taken to Washington College Hospital. He regains consciousness but is delirious and suffers much torment Sunday October 7 Edgar Allan Poe dies He is buried in Baltimore. |
"A Dream Within A Dream""All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream"
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Narration - Orson Welles |
The Raven"Quoth the raven 'Nevermore' as if his soulin that one word he did outpour"
The clock struck midnight
To my amazement
Nevermore
And still the raven remains in my room
Quoth the raven, nevermore |
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Lead Vocals - Alan Parsons, EMI vocoder, Leonard Whiting Read The Raven |
The Tell-Tale Heart
"'Villains!' I shrieked,
'dissemble no more! I admit the deed! - tear up the planks! here, here! - it is the beating of his hideouse heart'" |
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You should have seen him
So for the old man
And he won't be found at all
Louder and louder
Heard all the things in Heaven and
Take me away now |
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Lead vocals - Arthur Brown Read The Tell-Tale Heart |
The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato
I had borne as best I could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge"
By the last breath of the four
Sheltered inside from the cold of the
(What are these chains that are
You who are rich and whose troubles
(Spare me my life only name your |
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Lead vocals - John Miles |
(The System Of) Doctor Tarr
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Just what you need to make you
At the far end of your tether
Even clouds seem bright and breezy
Find the end of a rainbow
Satisfaction altogether
Find the end of a rainbow
Don't stop bringin' the girls round |
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Lead vocals - John Miles |
The Fall Of The House
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To One In Paradise
"And all my days are trances,
And all my nightly dreams Are where thy dark eye glances, And where thy footstep gleams In what ethereal dances By what eternal streams" |
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IF I could see the sky above
And if the bush before me burns
I believed in my dreams
Cold sands of time
I've been through times when no
I believe in my dreams |
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Lead vocal - Terry Sylvester Read "To One In Paradise" |
 The original multitrack masters were transferred from a Soundcraft 'Saturn' analog machine to a Sony 3324 DASH format 24 track recorder. The Album was partially re-recorded and remixed at "The Grange" via an Amek Angela console to a Sony 1630 system digital stereo master - May and June 1987
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