Blind Guardian "The Forgotten Tales (2007 Reissue, Remastered, Enhanced CD, Germany, Virgin Records, 0946 3 96518 2 5)"

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.

Track listing

1. "Mr. Sandman" (The Chordettes cover) Pat Ballard 2:09
2. "Surfin' U.S.A." (The Beach Boys cover) Brian Wilson, Chuck Berry 2:23
3. "Bright Eyes" (Acoustic version) André Olbrich, Hansi Kürsch 4:20
4. "Lord of the Rings" (Orchestral version) Kürsch, Marcus Siepen 3:55
5. "The Wizard" (Uriah Heep cover) Ken Hensley, Mark Clarke 3:16
6. "Spread Your Wings" (Queen cover) John Deacon 4:14
7. "Mordred's Song" (Acoustic version) Olbrich, Kürsch 5:16
8. "Black Chamber" (Orchestral version) Kürsch 1:15
9. "The Bard's Song – In the Forest" (Live) Olbrich, Kürsch 4:11
10. "Barbara Ann/Long Tall Sally" (The Regents/Little Richard covers) Fred Fassert/Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman 1:43
11. "A Past and Future Secret" Olbrich, Kürsch 3:47
12. "To France" (Mike Oldfield cover) Mike Oldfield 4:40
13. "Theatre of Pain" (Orchestral version) Olbrich, Kürsch, Mathias Wiesner 4:15
14. "Hallelujah" (Deep Purple cover) Roger Greenaway, Roger Cook 3:18
15. "Beyond the Realms of Death" (Judas Priest cover) Rob Halford, Les Binks 7:02
16. "Don't Talk to Strangers" (Dio cover) Ronnie James Dio 4:49
17. "Mr. Sandman" (Video) Pat Ballard  
18. "The Bard's Song" (Video) Olbrich, Kürsch  

Time:    01:00:47

Originally released in 1996.

Track 1 is a Pat Ballard cover

Track 2 & 10 are Beach Boys covers

Track 3 & 7 rearranged and rerecorded acoustic versions

Track 4,8 & 13 rearranged and rerecorded orchestral versions

Track 5 is a Uriah Heep cover

Track 6 is a Queen cover

Track 12 is a Mike Oldfield cover

Track 14 is a Fleetwood Mac cover

Track 15 is a Judas Priest cover

Track 16 is a Dio cover

Tracks 14 to 16 are bonus tracks.

Recording information:

Mastered at Central Sound Studio, Hamburg.

Track 9 was recorded Live on 22.12.1995 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Remastered at SRS Mastering in March-April 2007.

Track 14 was recorded, mixed, and produced in 1994-1995 by Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Track 15 was recorded and produced in January-February 1996 by Piet Sielck at the Twilight Hall Studios, Krefeld, and mixed at Direct studios, Hamburg.

Track 16 was recorded, mixed, and produced in 1999 by Charlie Bauerfeind at the Twilight Hall studios.

Ralph Kessler – mastering

Andreas Marschall – cover paintings

Dirk Zumpe – photos

Flemming Rasmussen – recording (tracks 1, 5, 7, 11), mixing and engineering (tracks 1, 5, 11), producing (tracks 1, 5)

Piet Sielck – recording (tracks 2–4, 7–8, 12–13), mixing and producing (tracks 2–4, 7–9, 12–13), engineering (tracks 1–3, 6, 12)

Kalle Trapp – recording, mixing, producing and engineering (tracks 6, 10)

Henrik Vindeby – recording (tracks 4, 7, 8), engineering (tracks 2, 12), assistant engineering (tracks 1, 5, 11)

Blind Guardian – producing (tracks 3–4, 7–9, 12–13)