Memories of a Time to Come (deluxe limited edition)

~ Release by Blind Guardian (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Annotation

Case Cat# 50999 956027 2 1
CD 1 Cat# 50999 956031 2 4
CD 2 Cat# 50999 956035 2 0
CD 3 Cat# 50999 956037 2 8

Annotation last modified on 2025-02-16 17:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼CD
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1Imaginations From the Other Side
producer:
Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar:
Marcus Siepen
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich
keyboard:
Mathias Wiesner
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Imaginations From the Other Side by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Imaginations From the Other Side
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH and Neue Welt Musikverlag
7:13
2Nightfall
producer:
Blind Guardian
acoustic guitar:
Marcus Siepen
bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich
keyboard:
Mathias Wiesner
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Nightfall (original recording) by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Nightfall
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
B.G. Publishing
is based on:
The Silmarillion
5:37
3Ride Into Obsession
producer:
Blind Guardian
acoustic guitar:
Marcus Siepen
bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
drums (drum set):
Frederik Ehmke
guitar:
André Olbrich
keyboard:
Matthias Ulmer
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Ride Into Obsession by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Ride Into Obsession
lyricist and composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
4:48
4Somewhere Far Beyond
producer:
Kalle Trapp
acoustic guitar:
Marcus Siepen
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
cornamuse:
Peter Rübsam
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich
keyboard:
Mathias Wiesner
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Somewhere Far Beyond by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Somewhere Far Beyond
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
7:35
5Majesty
producer:
Kalle Trapp
acoustic guitar:
Marcus Siepen
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Majesty by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Majesty
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
7:31
6Traveler in Time
producer:
Kalle Trapp
acoustic guitar:
Marcus Siepen
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Traveler in Time by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Traveler in Time
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV, Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
6:03
7Follow the Blind
producer:
Kalle Trapp
acoustic guitar:
Marcus Siepen
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Follow the Blind by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Follow the Blind
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich, Marcus Siepen and Thomen Stauch
publisher:
CRMV and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
7:13
8The Last Candle
producer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich
guitar [lead guitar]:
Kai Hansen (German metal guitarist & vocalist)
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
The Last Candle by Blind Guardian
recording of:
The Last Candle
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
6:03
2▼CD
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1Sacred Worlds
additional recording engineer:
Čeněk Kotzmann (Cenda Kotzmann)
recording engineer:
Jan Rubach (bass guitar)
additional sound engineer:
Jan Kotzmann
additional engineer:
Oganalp Canatan (engineer) (violin), Guney Ozsan (violin) and Matthias Ulmer (flute, violin, keyboard)
engineer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
additional producer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Carsten Heusmann and Matthias Ulmer
producer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) and Blind Guardian
acoustic guitar:
André Olbrich
bagpipe, drums (drum set), flute and percussion:
Frederik Ehmke
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest flute:
Eberhard Hahn
guest keyboard and guest piano:
Matthias Ulmer
guest violin:
Dirim Ceseroglu (violin) and Klaus Marquardt (violin)
guest choir vocals:
Bach Choir Bremerhaven, The BG Choir Company (Blind Guardian band choir), Thomas Hackmann, Irish Heartbeat, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Jen Majura, Stefan Schmidt (German guitarist and vocalist) and Olaf Senkbeil
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
orchestra:
FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague
conductor:
Adam Klemens
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Icarus Music (Argentinian metal label and distributor) (in 2010)
additionally recorded at:
Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche in Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany, Dreamtone Studio in Istanbul, İstanbul (Istanbul Province), Türkiye, MAZ Musikproduktion in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Roth Recording Studios in Burghaslach, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
recorded at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2007-11 until 2010-04) and Dvořákova síň Rudolfina (Dvořák Hall) in Praha (Prague), Czechia (from 2009-08 until 2010-01)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2007-11 until 2010-04)
recording of:
Sacred Worlds
lyricist and composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
49:19
2This Will Never End
producer:
Blind Guardian
bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
drums (drum set):
Frederik Ehmke
guitar:
André Olbrich
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
This Will Never End by Blind Guardian
recording of:
This Will Never End
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
5:09
3Valhalla
producer:
Blind Guardian
bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
drums (drum set):
Frederik Ehmke
guitar:
André Olbrich
guitar [lead guitar]:
Kai Hansen (German metal guitarist & vocalist)
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
recorded at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
Valhalla
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich, Marcus Siepen and Thomen Stauch
publisher:
CRMV, Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
5:15
4Bright Eyes
producer:
Flemming Rasmussen
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich
keyboard:
Mathias Wiesner
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Bright Eyes by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Bright Eyes
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH and Neue Welt Musikverlag
5:17
5Mirror Mirror
producer:
Blind Guardian
bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich
keyboard:
Mathias Wiesner
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
remixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) (in 2011)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 2011)
remix of:
Mirror Mirror (original recording) by Blind Guardian
recording of:
Mirror Mirror
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
B.G. Publishing
is based on:
The Silmarillion
5:11
6The Bard’s Song (In the Forest)
producer:
Blind Guardian
bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
drums (drum set):
Frederik Ehmke
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
keyboard:
Matthias Ulmer
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
recorded at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
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), Neue Welt Musikverlag and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
3:29
7The Bard’s Song (The Hobbit)
producer:
Blind Guardian
bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
drums (drum set):
Frederik Ehmke
guitar:
André Olbrich
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
recorded at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
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 GmbH and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
3:43
8And Then There Was Silence
producer:
Blind Guardian
bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
drums (drum set):
Frederik Ehmke
guitar:
André Olbrich
keyboard:
Matthias Ulmer
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
recorded at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
recording of:
And Then There Was Silence
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
14:06
3▼CD: The Demos
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1Brian
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
Macken Dörk, André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
2:40
2Halloween (The Wizard’s Crown)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
Macken Dörk, André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
3:23
3Lucifer’s Heritage
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
Macken Dörk, André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
4:38
4Symphonies of Doom
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
Macken Dörk, André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
4:04
5Dead of the Night
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
Macken Dörk, André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
3:30
6Majesty
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
7:17
7Trial by the Archon
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
3:54
8Battalions of Fear
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
36:22
9Run for the Night
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
34:31
10Lost in the Twilight Hall
recording engineer:
Holger Schreiber
producer:
Blind Guardian
mixer:
Wolfgang Eller
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) (from 1989-11 until 1990-03)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich (from 1989-11 until 1990-03) and Marcus Siepen (from 1989-11 until 1990-03)
membranophone:
Thomen Stauch (from 1989-11 until 1990-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Music (NOT AN IMPRINT! a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG, for copyrights use only) (from 2007 to present)
recording of:
Lost in the Twilight Hall (from 1989-11 until 1990-03)
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich, Marcus Siepen and Thomen Stauch
publisher:
CRMV, Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
3.55:58
11Tommyknockers
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
5:14
12Ashes to Ashes
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:
Ashes to Ashes
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
3.55:38
13Time What Is Time
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), Neue Welt Musikverlag and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
3.55:11
14A Past and Future Secret
recording engineer and mixer:
André Olbrich
producer:
Blind Guardian
acoustic guitar:
André Olbrich
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 1998)
recorded at and mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (in 1994)
recording of:
A Past and Future Secret
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV, Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH, Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
33:38
15The Script for My Requiem
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
7:01