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A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time è il primo boxset dei Blind Guardian.[1] Contiene 15 dischi e copre la carriera della band dal 1988 al 2004, gli anni in cui sono stati sotto contratto con la Virgin Records. Insieme a sette album in studio, due live e una compilation (tutti rimasterizzati nel 2012 e alcuni anche remixati), contiene anche Imaginations Through the Looking Glass in formato audio, un'edizione speciale di Nightfall in Middle-Earth e un CD di demo e rarità.[2] Contiene anche un booklet di 20 pagine, un artwork numerato e un plettro con il logo della band.[1] È uscito in edizione limitata, con solamente 8000 copie distribuite in tutto il mondo.[1]

A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time cofanetto discografico
Artista	Blind Guardian
Pubblicazione	28 gennaio 2013
Durata	835:02
Dischi	15
Genere	Power metal Speed metal Progressive metal
Etichetta	Virgin Records/EMI
Produttore	Charlie Bauerfeind, Kalle Trapp, Flemming Rasmussen, Piet Sielck, Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian - cronologia
Album precedente Memories of a Time to Come (2012) Album successivo Beyond the Red Mirror (2015)

Tracce

Disco 1: Battalions of Fear

Digitally Remastered 2012

1. Majesty – 7:29 (testo: Hansi Kürsch – musica: Hansi Kürsch, André Olbrich)
2. Guardian of the Blind – 5:11 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Marcus Siepen, Thomas Stauch)
3. Trial by the Archon – 1:44 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. Wizard's Crown – 3:48 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. Run for the Night – 3:34 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. The Martyr – 6:15 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
7. Battalions of Fear – 6:06 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. By the Gates of Moria – 2:52 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. Gandalf's Rebirth (New 2013 Mix) – 2:12 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 2: Follow the Blind

Digitally Remastered 2012

1. Inquisition – 0:41 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
2. Banish from Sanctuary – 5:28 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
3. Damned for All Time – 4:58 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
4. Follow the Blind – 7:09 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
5. Hall of the King – 4:16 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
6. Fast to Madness – 5:59 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
7. Beyond the Ice – 3:28 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
8. Valhalla (ft. Kai Hansen, Gamma Ray, ex-Helloween) – 4:55 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
9. Don't Break the Circle (Demon cover) – 4:20 (testo: Mal Spooner, Dave Hill – musica: Spooner, Hill)
10. Barbara Ann (The Regents e Beach Boys cover) – 1:42 (testo: Fred Fassert – musica: Fassert)

Disco 3: Tales from the Twilight World

Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012

1. Traveler in Time – 6:01 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Welcome to Dying – 4:50 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. Weird Dreams – 1:19 (testo: N/A – musica: Olbrich)
4. Lord of the Rings – 3:16 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Siepen)
5. Goodbye My Friend – 5:35 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch)
6. Lost in the Twilight Hall – 6:03 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
7. Tommyknockers – 5:09 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. Altair 4 – 1:50 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. The Last Candle – 6:02 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
10. Run for the Night (Live) – 3:43 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 4: Somewhere Far Beyond

Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012

1. Time What Is Time – 5:42 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Journey Through the Dark – 4:48 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. Black Chamber – 0:57 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch)
4. Theatre of Pain – 4:11 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. The Quest for Tanelorn – 5:55 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Kai Hansen)
6. Ashes to Ashes – 6:00 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
7. The Bard's Song (In the Forest) – 3:10 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. The Bard's Song (The Hobbit) – 3:37 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. The Piper's Calling – 0:57 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
10. Somewhere Far Beyond – 7:32 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
11. Spread Your Wings (Queen cover) – 4:28 (testo: John Deacon – musica: Deacon)
12. Trial by Fire (Satan cover) – 3:43 (testo: Russ Tippins – musica: Tippins)
13. Theatre of Pain (Classic version) – 4:11 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Mathias Wiesner)

Disco 5: Tokyo Tales

Original 1993 Mix, Digitally Remastered 2012

1. Inquisition – 0:49 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
2. Banish from Sanctuary – 6:13 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
3. Journey Through the Dark – 5:12 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. Traveler in Time – 6:33 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. The Quest for Tanelorn – 6:02 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Hansen)
6. Goodbye My Friend – 6:27 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch)
7. Time What Is Time – 6:41 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. Majesty – 7:50 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. Valhalla – 6:08 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
10. Welcome to Dying – 5:55 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
11. Lost in the Twilight Hall – 7:25 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
12. Barbara Ann – 2:56 (testo: Fassert – musica: Fassert)

Disco 6: Imaginations from the Other Side

Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012

1. Imaginations from the Other Side – 7:10 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. I'm Alive – 5:31 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. A Past and Future Secret – 3:43 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. The Script for My Requiem – 6:54 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. Mordred's Song – 5:27 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. Born in a Mourning Hall – 5:14 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
7. Bright Eyes – 5:14 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. Another Holy War – 4:35 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. And the Story Ends – 5:57 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 7: The Forgotten Tales

Original Mixes Digitally Remastered 2012

1. Mr. Sandman (The Chordettes cover) – 2:09 (testo: Pat Ballard – musica: Ballard)
2. Surfin' U.S.A. (The Beach Boys cover) – 2:23 (testo: Brian Wilson – musica: Chuck Berry)
3. Bright Eyes (Acoustic version) – 4:20 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. Lord of the Rings (Orchestral version) – 3:54 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Siepen)
5. The Wizard (Uriah Heep cover) – 3:15 (testo: Ken Hensley – musica: Hensley)
6. Spread Your Wings (Queen cover) – 4:13 (testo: Deacon – musica: Deacon)
7. Mordred's Song (Acoustic version) – 5:15 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. Black Chamber (Orchestral version) – 1:15 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch)
9. The Bard's Song (Live) – 4:11 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
10. Barbara Ann/Long Tall Sally (The Regents/Little Richard cover) – 1:43 (testo: Fassert, Richard Penniman, Entoris Johnson, Robert Blackwell – musica: Fassert, Penniman, Johnson, Blackwell)
11. A Past and Future Secret – 3:46 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
12. To France (Mike Oldfield cover) – 4:40 (testo: Mike Oldfield – musica: Oldfield)
13. Theatre of Pain (Orchestral version) – 4:16 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Wiesner)

Disco 8: Nightfall in Middle-Earth

Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012

1. War of Wrath – 1:50 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Into the Storm – 4:24 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. Lammoth – 0:28 (testo: N/A – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. Nightfall – 5:32 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. The Minstrel – 0:31 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. The Curse of Fëanor – 5:41 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch, Siepen)
7. Captured – 0:26 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. Blood Tears – 5:20 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. Mirror Mirror – 5:06 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
10. Face the Truth – 0:27 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
11. Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns) – 6:49 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
12. Battle of Sudden Flame – 0:42 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
13. Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) – 4:54 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
14. The Dark Elf – 0:23 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
15. Thorn – 6:17 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
16. The Eldar – 3:38 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Michael Schüren)
17. Nom the Wise – 0:34 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
18. When Sorrow Sang – 4:25 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
19. Out on the Water – 0:44 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
20. The Steadfast – 0:21 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
21. A Dark Passage – 6:00 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
22. Final Chapter (Thus Ends...) – 0:51 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 9: A Night at the Opera

Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012

1. Precious Jerusalem – 6:19 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Battlefield – 5:35 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch)
3. Under the Ice – 5:44 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. Sadly Sings Destiny – 6:02 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight – 5:28 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. Wait for an Answer – 6:28 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
7. The Soulforged – 5:16 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch)
8. Age of False Innocence – 6:03 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. Punishment Divine – 5:39 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
10. And Then There Was Silence – 14:05 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 10: Live (CD 1)

Digitally Remastered 2012

1. War of Wrath – 1:54 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Into the Storm – 4:52 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. Welcome to Dying – 5:28 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. Nightfall – 6:20 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. The Script for My Requiem – 6:38 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. Harvest of Sorrow – 3:56 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Siepen, Stauch)
7. The Soulforged – 6:03 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch)
8. Valhalla – 8:12 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
9. Majesty – 8:19 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
10. Mordred's Song – 6:46 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
11. Born in a Mourning Hall – 5:57 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 11: Live (CD 2)

Digitally Remastered 2012

1. Under the Ice – 6:14 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Bright Eyes – 5:26 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. Punishment Divine – 6:21 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. The Bard's Song (In the Forest) – 7:48 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. Imaginations from the Other Side – 9:40 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. Lost in the Twilight Hall – 7:09 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
7. A Past and Future Secret – 4:31 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) – 5:52 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. Journey Through the Dark – 5:43 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
10. Lord of the Rings – 4:35 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Siepen)
11. Mirror Mirror – 6:06 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 12: Imaginations Through the Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 1)

Digitally Remastered 2012

1. War of Wrath – 1:10 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) – 5:16 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. Banish from Sanctuary – 6:09 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
4. Nightfall – 5:49 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. The Script for My Requiem – 6:11 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. Valhalla – 8:28 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch)
7. A Past and Future Secret – 4:02 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. Punishment Divine – 6:07 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. Mordred's Song – 5:53 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
10. The Last Candle – 7:33 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Siepen)
11. Bright Eyes – 5:23 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 13: Imaginations Through the Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 2)

Digitally Remastered 2012

1. Lord of the Rings – 4:41 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Siepen)
2. I'm Alive – 5:46 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. Another Holy War – 5:00 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. And Then There Was Silence – 13:02 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. The Piper's Calling/Somewhere Far Beyond – 8:59 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. The Bard's Song (In the Forest) – 3:38 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
7. Imaginations from the Other Side – 7:58 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. And the Story Ends – 6:14 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. Mirror Mirror – 6:56 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 14: Nightfall in Middle-Earth – Special Edition

Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012

1. Into the Storm – 4:27 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Nightfall – 5:34 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
3. The Curse of Fëanor – 5:44 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch, Siepen)
4. Blood Tears (New Vocal Mix 2012) – 5:24 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. Mirror Mirror – 5:08 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns) – 6:52 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
7. Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) – 4:56 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
8. Thorn – 6:18 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
9. The Eldar – 3:45 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Michael Schüren)
10. When Sorrow Sang – 4:28 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
11. A Dark Passage – 6:10 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Disco 15: An Extraordinary Tale (Rarità Live & Demo)

Digitally Remastered 2012

1. Welcome to Dying (Demo) – 4:43 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
2. Lord of the Rings (Demo) – 2:47 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Siepen)
3. The Bard's Song (In The Forest) (Demo) – 2:58 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
4. The Bard's Song (The Hobbit) (Demo) – 3:45 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
5. Theatre of Pain (Demo) – 4:06 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)
6. Trial by Fire (Demo) – 3:45 (testo: Tippins – musica: Tippins)
7. The Quest for Tanelorn (Extended version) – 6:42 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Hansen)
8. Harvest of Sorrow (2007 Remaster) – 3:39 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Siepen, Stauch)
9. I'm Alive (Demo) – 5:19 (testo: Kürsch – musica: Kürsch, Olbrich)

Formazione

• Hansi Kürsch: voce, basso (dischi 1-7, 15), voce addizionale (8-9,14)
• André Olbrich: chitarra solista, chitarra ritmica (4,6-9), chitarra acustica (4,6-13), voce addizionale (1-5,10-13,15)
• Marcus Siepen: chitarra ritmica, chitarra acustica (4,10-13), voce addizionale (1-5,10-13,15)
• Thomas Stauch: batteria, percussioni

Ospiti

Note

Collegamenti esterni

• Annuncio sul sito ufficiale, su blind-guardian.com. URL consultato il 20 febbraio 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 28 marzo 2018).
• Una preview sul sito ufficiale, su blind-guardian.com. URL consultato il 20 febbraio 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 25 gennaio 2014).
• Lista delle tracce su discogs.com, su discogs.com.
• Lista delle tracce su last.fm, su last.fm.

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[en] A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time

A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time is a first box set by German power metal band Blind Guardian.[1] 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.[2] 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.[1] It is a strictly limited edition, as only 8000 copies were made worldwide.[1]

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