The Wizard

~ Recording by Blind Guardian

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3The Wizard3:21Blind GuardianA Past and Future SecretBlind GuardianSingle
  • DE1995-02-06
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8927442 4, 892744 2
1.10The Wizard3:17Blind GuardianImaginations From the Other SideBlind GuardianAlbum
  • JP1995-04-14
Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint)VICP-8142
1.10The Wizard3:17Blind GuardianImaginations From the Other SideBlind GuardianAlbum
  • JP1995-04-14
Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint)VICP-5519
1.5The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1996-04-18
  • NL1996-04-18
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)724384162726, 841 627 2
1.5The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)841 626 2
1.14The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianFollow the BlindBlind GuardianAlbum
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)NEMS 39
1.6The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianBest of Wacken Open‐Air (10 Years Louder Than Hell)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SteamhammerSPV 087-21452 CD
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)NEMS 270
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)NEMS 270
1.10The Wizard3:17Blind GuardianImaginations From the Other Side (limited edition)Blind GuardianAlbum
  • JP2002-02-21
Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint)VICP-61767
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Century Media (imprint of Century Media Records GmbH and its subsidiaries)8256-2
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-06-15
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)396 5182
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten Tales (remastered)Blind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Century Media (imprint of Century Media Records GmbH and its subsidiaries)8558-2
1.5The Wizard3:15Blind GuardianThe Forgotten Tales (remastered 2007)Blind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres)
1.5The Wizard3:15Blind GuardianThe Forgotten Tales (Remastered)Blind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)0946 3 96518 2 5
7.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianA Traveler’s Guide to Space and TimeBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2013-02-04
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin EMI Records (division of Universal Music UK, 2013–2020)725338
2.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-04-12
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres)27361 43290
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-04-12
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres)27361 43290
1.14The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianFollow the BlindBlind GuardianAlbumNEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)NEMS 39
Promotion
1.4Wizzard3:15Blind GuardianGuardians of the RingsBlind GuardianEP
Metal Hammer & Heavy Metal (Greek version of the Metal Hammer magazine), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 895420 2 8
Bootleg
1.11The Wizard3:14Blind GuardianSymphonies of Doom & Battalions of FearBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Good MusicCompanyLH-D 1996
1.10The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianEvil Ultimate Metal Covers 47Various ArtistsOther + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

Relationships

recording engineer and mixer:Flemming Rasmussen (from 1994-08 until 1994-10)
assistant engineer:Henrik Vindeby
engineer:Flemming Rasmussen
Piet Sielck
producer:Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar:Jacob Moth
André Olbrich
drums (drum set):Thomen Stauch
effects:Mathias Wiesner
electric guitar:André Olbrich
Marcus Siepen
Hammond organ:Otto Sidenius
instruments:Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
background vocals:Ronnie Atkins
Thomas Hackmann
Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg)
Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer)
Piet Sielck
lead vocals:Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2001)
recorded at and mixed at:Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1994-08 until 1994-10)
has remixes:The Wizard
recording of:The Wizard (cover)

The Wizard

writer:Mark Clarke (Rock, UK)
Ken Hensley
publisher:A Tale of Two Ditties
Bron Music
EMI Music Ltd.
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
EMI Publishing Ltd.
S. Bron Music Co. Ltd.