Blind Guardian

Booking – HHK Concert Service
Choir [Boston] – Vox Futura Choir Boston
Choir [Budapest] – Hungarian Studio Choir Budapest
Choir [Prague] – FILMharmonic Choir Prague
Concertmaster [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Balazs Bujtor
Conductor [Choir Recordings, Boston] – Andrew Shenton
Conductor [Choir Recordings, Budapest] – Peter Pejtsik
Conductor [Choir Recordings, Prague] – Stanislav Mistr
Conductor [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Peter Pejtsik
Conductor [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Adam Klemens
Contractor [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Sándor M. Jozsa
Contractor [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Petr Pycha
Coordinator [Production] [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Carsten Heusmann
Cover, Artwork [Booklet], Design [Booklet] – Felipe Machado Franco
Directed By [Orchestra Recordings, Boston] – Noel Smith
Drums, Percussion – Frederik Ehmke
Engineer – Charlie Bauerfeind
Engineer [Keyboards] – Matthias Ulmer
Engineer [Recording] [Assistant] [Orchestra Recordings, Boston] – Daniel Schwartz
Engineer [Recording] [Assistant] [Orchestra Recordings, Boston] – Travis Karpak
Engineer [Recording] [Orchestra Recordings, Boston] – John Weston
Engineer [Recording] [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Tamás Kurina
Engineer [Sound] [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Thomas Geiger
Engineer [Sound] [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Jan Kotzmann
Engineer [Sound] [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Oldrich Slezak
Guest, Bass – Barend Courbois
Guest, Choir – William "Billy" King
Guest, Choir – Olaf Senkbeil
Guest, Choir – Thomas Hackmann
Guest, Keyboards – Matthias Ulmer
Guest, Piano – Matthias Ulmer
Guest, Piano – Michael Schüren
Lead Guitar – André Olbrich
Management [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Gergely Kiss
Management [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Petr Pycha
Mastered By – Charlie Bauerfeind
Mastered By [Master Sequence Assembling] – Wolfgang Eller
Mixed By – Charlie Bauerfeind (A1 to C3, D2)
Mixed By – Thomas Geiger (D1)
Orchestra [Budapest] – Hungarian Studio Orchestra Budapest
Orchestra [Prague] – FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague
Orchestrated By [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Matthias Ulmer
Other [BG Office] – Daniel Kleckers
Other [Proof Reading, Lyrics] – Dr. Jason Breitweg
Other [Proof Reading, Lyrics] – Dr. Magaret Gonzales
Other [Proof Reading, Storyboard] – Dr. Carolin Caliendo
Photography By, Design [Photo] – Hans-Martin Issler
Producer – Blind Guardian
Producer – Charlie Bauerfeind
Producer [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Charlie Bauerfeind
Producer [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Carsten Heusmann
Producer [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Charlie Bauerfeind
Producer [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Matthias Ulmer
Recorded By [Piano] – Philipp Dusse (D1)
Recorded By [Piano] – Thomas Geiger (D1)
Rhythm Guitar – André Olbrich
Rhythm Guitar – Marcus Siepen
Score Editor [Score Proof Reader] [Orchestra Recordings, Budapest] – Sugár Miklós
Technician [Studio] [Orchestra Recordings, Prague] – Cenda Kotzmann
Transcription By [Choir Recordings, Boston] – Arturo Rodriguez
Vocals – Hansi Kürsch

Black vinyl in gatefold.

"Distant Memories" is actually a bonus track, even if not mentioned anywhere on this edition.

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Twilight Hall Studio/Grefrath-Oedt, Germany between October 2012 and October 2014.
Orchestral and Choir recordings Budapest: TomTom Studio D/Budapest, Hungary between June and August 2014.
Orchestral and Choir recordings Prague: Rudolfinum, Dvorak Hall/Prague, Czech Republic in January 2014.
Choir recordings Boston: Futura Productions/Boston MA, USA in August 2014.
Piano recordings: (Miracle Machine) at Funkhaus Studio Berlin in May 2014.
Additional recordings: MAZ Tonstudio/Stuttgart, Germany.

Barcode (Printed) – 7 27361 32721 7
Barcode (EAN-Code, Scanned) – 0727361327217
Other (LP1 cat. number) – NB 3272-1-1
Other (LP2 cat. number) – NB 3272-1-2
Label Code – LC 07027