Mr. Sandman
~ Recording by Blind Guardian
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.2 | Mister Sandman | 2:11 | Blind Guardian | Bright Eyes | Blind Guardian | Single |
| Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint) | VICP-15051 |
| 1.1 | Mister Sandman | 2:11 | Blind Guardian | Mr. Sandman | Blind Guardian | EP |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 892960 2 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:10 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation | Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 724384162726, 841 627 2 | |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:10 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 841 626 2 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) | NEMS 270 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) | NEMS 270 |
| 1.10 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | Battalions of Fear (black back cover) | Blind Guardian | Album |
| NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) | NEMS 38 |
| 1.10 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | Battalions of Fear (purple back cover) | Blind Guardian | Album |
| NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) | NEMS 38 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Century Media (imprint of Century Media Records GmbH and its subsidiaries) | 8256-2 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 396 5182 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:10 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales (Remastered) | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 0946 3 96518 2 5 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:09 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales (remastered 2007) | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Nuclear Blast (1987-2022, rebranded to Nuclear Blast Records in 2022) | |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales (remastered) | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Century Media (imprint of Century Media Records GmbH and its subsidiaries) | 8558-2 |
| 7.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | A Traveler’s Guide to Space and Time | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin EMI Records (division of Universal Music UK, 2013–2020) | 725338 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:10 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales (remastered) | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Nuclear Blast (1987-2022, rebranded to Nuclear Blast Records in 2022), Shinigami Records (Brazilian metal label) | SRNB094 |
| 2.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Nuclear Blast (1987-2022, rebranded to Nuclear Blast Records in 2022) | 27361 43290 |
| 1.1 | Mr. Sandman | 2:12 | Blind Guardian | The Forgotten Tales | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| Nuclear Blast (1987-2022, rebranded to Nuclear Blast Records in 2022) | 27361 43290 |
| 1.9 | Mr Sandman | 2:10 | Blind Guardian | Metal / Hard Rock Covers 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.14 | Mr. Sandman | 2:14 | Blind Guardian | Tokyo Tales / Singles Collection | Blind Guardian | Album + Compilation |
| AGAT Company Ltd. | |
| 2.19 | Mr. Sandman | 2:10 | Blind Guardian | European Collection: …All That! | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| First Town Records | |
Relationships
| recording engineer, producer and mixer: | Flemming Rasmussen |
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| assistant engineer: | Henrik Vindeby |
| engineer: | Flemming Rasmussen Piet Sielck |
| drums (drum set): | Thomen Stauch |
| effects: | Mathias Wiesner |
| electric bass guitar [bass] and lead vocals: | Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) |
| electric guitar [guitar]: | André Olbrich Marcus Siepen |
| 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) |
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| recorded at and mixed at: | Sweet Silence Studios (at Bådehavnsgade, since 2018) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1995-01 until 1995-03) |
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| recording of: | Mr. Sandman (cover) |
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Related works
Mr. Sandman
| lyricist and composer: | Pat Ballard |
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| publisher: | Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Quodlibet for Small Orchestra: Allegro (1st movement) (order: 7) |
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| later parody versions: | CRISPR‐Cas9 (Bring Me a Gene) Mr Sandman (Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights parody) Mr. Biden, Bring My Vaccine |
| later translated parody versions: | Sandmann |
| later translated versions: | Meneer Klaas Vaak Wü’st a Band sehn |
| later versions: | Mr. Sandman (Oppidan version) |
| is the basis for: | „Liebster Schneemann“ CRISPR‐Cas9 (Bring Me a Gene) Mister Santa |
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