Somewhere Far Beyond (jewel case)

~ Release by Blind Guardian (see all versions of this release, 15 available)

Tracklist

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1Time What Is Time
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
Time What Is Time
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Musik-Edition Discoton, Neue Welt Musikverlag and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
4.655:46
2Journey Through the Dark
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
Journey Through the Dark
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Musik-Edition Discoton, Neue Welt Musikverlag and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
44:48
3Black Chamber
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
guest piano:
Stefan Will
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
Black Chamber
lyricist and composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
40:59
4Theatre of Pain
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
Theatre of Pain
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich and Mathias Wiesner
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
44:17
5The Quest for Tanelorn
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
guest electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Kai Hansen (German metal guitarist & vocalist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
The Quest for Tanelorn
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
additional composer:
Kai Hansen (German metal guitarist & vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
publisher:
Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Maldoror Musikverlag (German publisher), Musik-Edition Discoton, Neue Welt Musikverlag, Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017) and Wintrup Musikverlag
4.355:55
6Ashes to Ashes
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
Ashes to Ashes
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
4.356:01
7The Bard's Song: In the Forest
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
acoustic guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
The Bard’s Song: In the Forest
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Musik-Edition Discoton, Neue Welt Musikverlag and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
4.253:11
8The Bard's Song: The Hobbit
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
The Bard’s Song: The Hobbit
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
3.653:54
9The Piper's Calling
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
guest bagpipe [Scottish and Irish bagpipes]:
Peter Rübsam
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
The Piper’s Calling
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
30:59
10Somewhere Far Beyond
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
guest bagpipe [Scottish and Irish bagpipes]:
Peter Rübsam
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
Somewhere Far Beyond
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
47:31
11Spread Your Wings
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
guest effects, guest electric bass guitar and guest electric bass guitar [bass]:
Mathias Wiesner
piano:
Stefan Will
background vocals:
Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg) and Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2001) and Nuclear Blast GmbH (company and copyright holder for Nuclear Blast) (in 2005)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
cover recording of:
Spread Your Wings
lyricist and composer:
John Deacon
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Queen Music Ltd.
4.354:16
12Trial by Fire
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
cover recording of:
Trial by Fire
lyricist and composer:
Russ Tippins
publisher:
Roadster Music B.V.
3.353:45
13Theatre of Pain (classic version)
recording of:
Theatre of Pain
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich and Mathias Wiesner
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
4:23
14Alleluya
assistant engineer:
Henrik Vindeby
engineer:
Flemming Rasmussen and Piet Sielck
producer:
Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar:
André Olbrich
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
effects:
Mathias Wiesner
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
background vocals:
Ronnie Atkins, Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Piet Sielck
additionally recorded at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (in 1994-12)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1994-08 until 1995-03)
cover recording of:
Hallelujah
writer:
Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer) and Roger Greenaway
43:18
15Time What Is Time (demo)
recording engineer:
André Olbrich
producer:
Blind Guardian
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
remixer:
Wolfgang Eller
recorded at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
demo recording of:
Time What Is Time
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Musik-Edition Discoton, Neue Welt Musikverlag and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
3.55:09
16Theatre of Pain (demo)
demo recording of:
Theatre of Pain
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich and Mathias Wiesner
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
4:09
17Ashes to Ashes (demo)
demo recording of:
Ashes to Ashes
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
5:52

Credits

Release

recorded in and mastered in:Hamburg, Germany
manufactured in:Argentina
photography:Tom Nagy
graphic design:a.r.t.p.o.o.l. (German design studio)
guest effects and guest electric guitar:Piet Sielck
guest piano:Stefan Will
guest Scottish smallpipes [scottish pipes] and guest uilleann pipes [irish pipes]:Peter Rübsam
guest background vocals [backing vocals]:Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg)
Rolfi Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer)
Kalle Trapp
illustration:Martin Becker (German photographer)
Andreas Marschall
rights society:AADI (not for release label use, rights society: Asociación Argentina de Intérpretes)
BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
CAPIF (not for release label use, rights society: Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas)
SADAIC (not for release label use, rights society: Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música)
manufactured by and pressed by:Laser Disc Argentina
distributed by:NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)
licensed from:Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.)
licensed to:NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/9099785 [info]