Blind Guardian "Live (2CD, Germany, Virgin Records, 5849602)"

Live is the second live album by German power metal band Blind Guardian. It was recorded during the Blind Guardian World Tour 2002/2003 in Tokyo, Stockholm, Lichtenfels, Venice, Düsseldorf, Milan, Florence, Barcelona, San Sebastián, Avilés, Madrid, Granada, Valencia, Bremen, Moscow, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "War of Wrath" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 1:54
2. "Into the Storm" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 4:52
3. "Welcome to Dying" (from Tales from the Twilight World) – 5:28
4. "Nightfall" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 6:20
5. "The Script for my Requiem" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 6:38
6. "Harvest of Sorrow" (from A Night at the Opera) – 3:56
7. "The Soulforged" (from A Night at the Opera) – 6:03
8. "Valhalla" (from Follow the Blind) – 8:12
9. "Majesty" (from Battalions of Fear) – 8:19
10. "Mordred's Song" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 6:46
11. "Born in a Mourning Hall" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 5:57

Time: 01:04:31

Disc two

1. "Under the Ice" (from A Night at the Opera) – 6:15
2. "Bright Eyes" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 5:26
3. "Punishment Divine" (from A Night at the Opera) – 6:21
4. "The Bard's Song (In the Forest)" (from Somewhere Far Beyond) – 7:48
5. "Imaginations from the Other Side" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 9:40
6. "Lost in the Twilight Hall" (from Tales from the Twilight World) – 7:09
7. "A Past and Future Secret" (from Imaginations from the Other Side) – 4:31
8. "Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 5:52
9. "Journey Through the Dark" (from Somewhere Far Beyond) – 5:43
10. "Lord of the Rings" (from Tales from the Twilight World) – 4:34
11. "Mirror Mirror" (from Nightfall in Middle-Earth) – 6:06

Time:  01:09:30

The European version, released by Virgin is copy protected whereas the US release by Century Media is not.

There is a limited edition 3 Picture Disc LP Boxset version (2000 copies), which includes the 4 versions of "The Bard's Song (In The Forest)": new studio version, live in Milan, live in Munich, live in Madrid and a two sided poster.

Recording information:

All songs were recording during the Blind Guardian World Tour 2002/2003 in Tokyo, Stockholm, Lichtenfels, Venice, Dusseldorf, Milano, Firenze, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Aviles, Madrid, Granada, Valencia, Bremen, Moscow, Hamburg, Berlin, Munchen and Stuttgart. Mixed in March through April of 2003 at the Twilight Hall, Grefrath Oedt.

Charlie Bauerfeind – production, mixing

Alexander "Chester" Kalb – recording

Andreas Marschall  – cover painting

Nikolay "Dr. Venom" Simkin – artwork

Dennis "Sir" Kostroman – artwork

Axel Jusseit – photography

Hans Martin Issler – photography

Buffo Schnädelbach – photography

Sascha Wischnewski – photography