A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time is the first box set by German power metal band Blind Guardian. It contains 15 CDs and covers the bands discography during the so-called Virgin years, between 1988 and 2004. Along with seven studio albums, two live albums and one compilation album (all of them remastered in 2012 and some remixed), it also includes Imaginations Through the Looking Glass in audio format, a special edition of Nightfall In Middle-Earth and a CD of demos and rarities. It also came with a 20-page glossy booklet, limited and numbered Blind Guardian art print on special paper and a guitar pick with band logo. It is a strictly limited edition, as only 8000 copies were made worldwide.
Track listing
Disc 1: Battalions of Fear Remixed 2007 & lightly adjusted in 2011/2012 / Remastered 2012
Disc 2: Follow the Blind Remixed 2007 with a few minor adjustments in 2011 / Remastered 2012
Disc 3: Tales from the Twilight World Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
Disc 4: Somewhere Far Beyond Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
Disc 5: Tokyo Tales Original 1993 Mix, Digitally Remastered 2012
Disc 6: Imaginations from the Other Side Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
Disc 7: The Forgotten Tales Original Mixes Digitally Remastered 2012
Disc 8: Nightfall in Middle-Earth Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
Disc 9: A Night at the Opera Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
Disc 10: Live (CD 1) Digitally Remastered 2012
Disc 11: Live (CD 2) Digitally Remastered 2012
Disc 12: Imaginations Through the Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 1) Digitally Remastered 2012
Disc 13: Imaginations Through the Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 2) Digitally Remastered 2012
Disc 14: Nightfall in Middle-Earth – Special Edition Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
Disc 15: An Extraordinary Tale (Live Rarities & Demos) Digitally Remastered 2012
Personnel Band members Hansi Kürsch: vocals, bass (discs 1–7, 15), backing vocals (8–9,14) André Olbrich: lead guitar, rhythm guitar (4,6–9), acoustic guitar (4,6–13), backing vocals (1–5,10–13,15) Marcus Siepen: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (4,10–13), backing vocals (1–5,10–13,15) Thomas Stauch: drums, percussion
Guest musicians
Ronnie Atkins: backing vocals (6–7) Pad Bender: keyboards (9), effects (9) Norman Eshley: narration (8) Douglas Fielding: narration (8) Hans-Peter Frey: drums (1) Thomas Hackmann: backing vocals (2–3,6–9,14) Kai Hansen: vocals (2–3), lead guitar (2–4), backing vocals (3) Alex Holzwarth: drums (10–11) Oliver Holzwarth: bass (8–14), backing vocals (10–13) Billy King: backing vocals (4,6–9,14) Rolf Köhler: vocals (2,7), backing vocals (1–4,6–9,14) Aman Malek: backing vocals (2,7) Jacob Moth: acoustic guitar (6–7) Sascha Pierro: keyboards (9), effects (9) Peter Rübsam: bagpipes (4) Boris Schmidt: keyboards (9), effects (9) Olaf Senkbeil: backing vocals (8–9,14) Michael Shüren: piano (7–9,14), keyboards (10–13), backing vocals (10–13) Otto Sidenius: organ (7) Piet Sielck: backing vocals (3,7), effects (3–4,7), guitars (4) Christof Theisen: rhythm guitar (1) Kalle Trapp: vocals (2,7), lead guitar (2,7), backing vocals (3–4,7) Michael Voss: backing vocals (1) Matthias Wiesner: keyboards (2–4,8–9,14) effects (3–4,6–9,14) bass (4,7) Stefan Will: piano (4,7) Marc Zee: keyboards (5), backing vocals (5) Max Zelzner: flutes (8)
Charts Chart (2013) Peakposition
References
External links
Tracklisting at discogs.com Tracklisting at last.fm