Released April 16th, 1996 | Length 45:32 Release date 18 April 1996 | |
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Recorded Sweet Silence StudiosTwilight Hall StudiosKaro StudiosCentral Studio Similar Blind Guardian albums, Power metal albums |
The Forgotten Tales is a compilation album by Blind Guardian. It was published in 1996. The cover artwork was created by Andreas Marschall. "'The Forgotten Tales'" contains several cover versions of popular songs, including "Mr. Sandman", "Surfin' U.S.A.", and "Spread Your Wings" as well as alternate versions of the band's previous works. Remastered and re-released on 15 June 2007, with bonus tracks and videos.
Contents
Blind guardian spread your wings
Track listing
- "Mr. Sandman" (The Chordettes cover) – 2:09 (Pat Ballard)
- "Surfin' U.S.A." (The Beach Boys cover) – 2:23 (Brian Wilson/Chuck Berry)
- "Bright Eyes" (Acoustic version) – 4:20 (André Olbrich/Hansi Kürsch)
- "Lord of the Rings" (Orchestral version) – 3:55 (Marcus Siepen/Kürsch)
- "The Wizard" (Uriah Heep cover) – 3:16 (Ken Hensley)
- "Spread Your Wings" (Queen cover) – 4:14 (John Deacon)
- "Mordred's Song" (Acoustic version) – 5:16 (Olbrich/Kürsch)
- "Black Chamber" (Orchestral version) – 1:15 (Kürsch)
- "The Bard's Song" (Live) – 4:11 (Olbrich/Kürsch)
- "Barbara Ann/Long Tall Sally" (The Regents/Little Richard covers) – 1:43 (Fred Fassert/Enotris Johnson/Robert Blackwell/Richard Penniman )
- "A Past and Future Secret" – 3:47 (Olbrich/Kürsch)
- "To France" (Mike Oldfield cover) – 4:40 (Mike Oldfield)
- "Theatre of Pain" (Orchestral version) – 4:15 (Olbrich/Kürsch/Mathias Wiesner)
- "Hallelujah" (Deep Purple cover) – 3.18 (Roger Greenaway/Roger Cook)
- "Beyond the Realms of Death" (Judas Priest cover) – 7.02 (Rob Halford/Les Binks)
- "Don't Talk to Strangers" (Dio cover) – 4.49 (Ronnie James Dio)
- "Mr. Sandman" (Video) (Pat Ballard)
- "The Bard's Song" (Video) (Olbrich/Kürsch)
Lineup
Guest musicians
Personnel
Songs
1Mister Sandman2:12
2Surfin' USA2:27
3Bright Eyes (acoustic version)4:24
References
The Forgotten Tales Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA