A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time
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{{Infobox album
| name = A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time
| type = box
| artist = Blind Guardian
| cover = A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time.jpg
| alt =
| released = 28 January 2013
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Power metal, speed metal, progressive metal
| length = 13:55:02
| label = Virgin Records/EMI
| producer = Charlie Bauerfeind, Kalle Trapp, Flemming Rasmussen, Piet Sielck, Blind Guardian
| chronology = Blind Guardian
| prev_title = Memories of a Time to Come
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Beyond the Red Mirror
| next_year = 2015
}}
A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time is the first box set by German power metal band Blind Guardian.{{Cite web|title=A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time coming in February 2013 |publisher=blind-guardian.com |url=http://www.blind-guardian.com/2012/12/01/a-travelers-guide-to-space-and-time-coming-in-february-2013/ |journal= |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328103311/http://www.blind-guardian.com/2012/12/01/a-travelers-guide-to-space-and-time-coming-in-february-2013/ |archive-date=28 March 2018 |url-status=dead }} It contains 15 CDs and covers the bands discography during the so-called Virgin years, between 1988 and 2004. Along with seven studio albums, two live albums and one compilation album (all of them remastered in 2012 and some remixed), it also includes Imaginations Through the Looking Glass in audio format, a special edition of Nightfall In Middle-Earth and a CD of demos and rarities.{{Cite web|title=Blind Guardian: 'A Traveler's Guide To Space And Time' Eight-Minute Preview Clip |date= 19 January 2013|publisher= blabbermouth.net|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/blind-guardian-a-traveler-s-guide-to-space-and-time-eight-minute-preview-clip/}} It also came with a 20-page glossy booklet, limited and numbered Blind Guardian art print on special paper and a guitar pick with band logo. It is a strictly limited edition, as only 8000 copies were made worldwide.
Track listing
=Disc 1: ''[[Battalions of Fear]]''=
Remixed 2007 & lightly adjusted in 2011/2012 / Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Majesty
|music1 = Hansi Kürsch, André Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Hansi Kürsch
|length1 = 7:29
|title2 = Guardian of the Blind
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Marcus Siepen, Thomas Stauch
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 5:11
|title3 = Trial by the Archon
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = N/A
|length3 = 1:44
|title4 = Wizard's Crown
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 3:48
|title5 = Run for the Night
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 3:34
|title6 = The Martyr
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 6:15
|title7 = Battalions of Fear
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 6:06
|title8 = By the Gates of Moria
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = N/A
|length8 = 2:52
|title9 = Gandalf's Rebirth (New 2013 Mix)
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = N/A
|length9 = 2:12
}}
=Disc 2: ''[[Follow the Blind]]''=
Remixed 2007 with a few minor adjustments in 2011 / Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Inquisition
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics1 = N/A
|length1 = 0:41
|title2 = Banish from Sanctuary
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 5:28
|title3 = Damned for All Time
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 4:58
|title4 = Follow the Blind
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 7:09
|title5 = Hall of the King
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 4:16
|title6 = Fast to Madness
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 5:59
|title7 = Beyond the Ice
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics7 = N/A
|length7 = 3:28
|title8 = Valhalla (ft. Kai Hansen, Gamma Ray, ex-Helloween)
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 4:55
|title9 = Don't Break the Circle
|note9 = Demon cover
|music9 = Spooner, Hill
|lyrics9 = Mal Spooner, Dave Hill
|length9 = 4:20
|title10 = Barbara Ann
|note10 = The Regents and Beach Boys cover
|music10 = Fassert
|lyrics10 = Fred Fassert
|length10 = 1:42
}}
=Disc 3: ''[[Tales from the Twilight World]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Traveler in Time
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 6:01
|title2 = Welcome to Dying
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 4:50
|title3 = Weird Dreams
|music3 = Olbrich
|lyrics3 = N/A
|length3 = 1:19
|title4 = Lord of the Rings
|music4 = Kürsch, Siepen
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 3:16
|title5 = Goodbye My Friend
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 5:35
|title6 = Lost in the Twilight Hall
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 6:03
|title7 = Tommyknockers
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 5:09
|title8 = Altair 4
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 1:50
|title9 = The Last Candle
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 6:02
|title10 = Run for the Night (Live)
|music10 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 3:43
}}
=Disc 4: ''[[Somewhere Far Beyond]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Time What Is Time
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 5:42
|title2 = Journey Through the Dark
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 4:48
|title3 = Black Chamber
|music3 = Kürsch
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 0:57
|title4 = Theatre of Pain
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 4:11
|title5 = The Quest for Tanelorn
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Kai Hansen
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 5:55
|title6 = Ashes to Ashes
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 6:00
|title7 = The Bard's Song (In the Forest)
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 3:10
|title8 = The Bard's Song (The Hobbit)
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 3:37
|title9 = The Piper's Calling
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = N/A
|length9 = 0:57
|title10 = Somewhere Far Beyond
|music10 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 7:32
|title11 = Spread Your Wings
|note11 = Queen cover
|music11 = Deacon
|lyrics11 = John Deacon
|length11 = 4:28
|title12 = Trial by Fire
|note12 = Satan cover
|music12 = Tippins
|lyrics12 = Russ Tippins
|length12 = 3:43
|title13 = Theatre of Pain (Classic version)
|music13 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Mathias Wiesner
|lyrics13 = Kürsch
|length13 = 4:11
}}
=Disc 5: ''[[Tokyo Tales]]''=
Original 1993 Mix, Digitally Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Inquisition
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics1 = N/A
|length1 = 0:49
|title2 = Banish from Sanctuary
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 6:13
|title3 = Journey Through the Dark
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 5:12
|title4 = Traveler in Time
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 6:33
|title5 = The Quest for Tanelorn
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Hansen
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 6:02
|title6 = Goodbye My Friend
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 6:27
|title7 = Time What Is Time
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 6:41
|title8 = Majesty
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 7:50
|title9 = Valhalla
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 6:08
|title10 = Welcome to Dying
|music10 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 5:55
|title11 = Lost in the Twilight Hall
|music11 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics11 = Kürsch
|length11 = 7:25
|title12 = Barbara Ann
|music12 = Fassert
|lyrics12 = Fassert
|length12 = 2:56
}}
=Disc 6: ''[[Imaginations from the Other Side]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Imaginations from the Other Side
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 7:10
|title2 = I'm Alive
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 5:31
|title3 = A Past and Future Secret
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 3:43
|title4 = The Script for My Requiem
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 6:54
|title5 = Mordred's Song
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 5:27
|title6 = Born in a Mourning Hall
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 5:14
|title7 = Bright Eyes
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 5:14
|title8 = Another Holy War
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 4:35
|title9 = And the Story Ends
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 5:57
}}
=Disc 7: ''[[The Forgotten Tales]]''=
Original Mixes Digitally Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Mr. Sandman
|note1 = The Chordettes cover
|music1 = Ballard
|lyrics1 = Pat Ballard
|length1 = 2:09
|title2 = Surfin' U.S.A.
|note2 = The Beach Boys cover
|music2 = Chuck Berry
|lyrics2 = Brian Wilson
|length2 = 2:23
|title3 = Bright Eyes (Acoustic version)
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 4:20
|title4 = Lord of the Rings (Orchestral version)
|music4 = Kürsch, Siepen
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 3:54
|title5 = The Wizard
|note5 = Uriah Heep cover
|music5 = Hensley
|lyrics5 = Ken Hensley
|length5 = 3:15
|title6 = Spread Your Wings
|note6 = Queen cover
|music6 = Deacon
|lyrics6 = Deacon
|length6 = 4:13
|title7 = Mordred's Song (Acoustic version)
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 5:15
|title8 = Black Chamber (Orchestral version)
|music8 = Kürsch
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 1:15
|title9 = The Bard's Song (Live)
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 4:11
|title10 = Barbara Ann/Long Tall Sally
|note10 = The Regents/Little Richard cover
|music10 = Fassert, Penniman, Johnson, Blackwell
|lyrics10 = Fassert, Richard Penniman, Entoris Johnson, Robert Blackwell
|length10 = 1:43
|title11 = A Past and Future Secret
|music11 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics11 = Kürsch
|length11 = 3:46
|title12 = To France
|note12 = Mike Oldfield cover
|music12 = Oldfield
|lyrics12 = Mike Oldfield
|length12 = 4:40
|title13 = Theatre of Pain (Orchestral version)
|music13 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Wiesner
|lyrics13 = N/A
|length13 = 4:16
}}
=Disc 8: ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = War of Wrath
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 1:50
|title2 = Into the Storm
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 4:24
|title3 = Lammoth
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = N/A
|length3 = 0:28
|title4 = Nightfall
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 5:32
|title5 = The Minstrel
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 0:31
|title6 = The Curse of Fëanor
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch, Siepen
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 5:41
|title7 = Captured
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 0:26
|title8 = Blood Tears
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 5:20
|title9 = Mirror Mirror
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 5:06
|title10 = Face the Truth
|music10 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 0:27
|title11 = Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)
|music11 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics11 = Kürsch
|length11 = 6:49
|title12 = Battle of Sudden Flame
|music12 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics12 = Kürsch
|length12 = 0:42
|title13 = Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)
|music13 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics13 = Kürsch
|length13 = 4:54
|title14 = The Dark Elf
|music14 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics14 = Kürsch
|length14 = 0:23
|title15 = Thorn
|music15 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics15 = Kürsch
|length15 = 6:17
|title16 = The Eldar
|music16 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Michael Schüren
|lyrics16 = Kürsch
|length16 = 3:38
|title17 = Nom the Wise
|music17 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics17 = Kürsch
|length17 = 0:34
|title18 = When Sorrow Sang
|music18 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics18 = Kürsch
|length18 = 4:25
|title19 = Out on the Water
|music19 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics19 = Kürsch
|length19 = 0:44
|title20 = The Steadfast
|music20 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics20 = Kürsch
|length20 = 0:21
|title21 = A Dark Passage
|music21 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics21 = Kürsch
|length21 = 6:00
|title22 = Final Chapter (Thus Ends...)
|music22 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics22 = Kürsch
|length22 = 0:51
}}
=Disc 9: ''[[A Night at the Opera (Blind Guardian album)|A Night at the Opera]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Precious Jerusalem
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 6:19
|title2 = Battlefield
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 5:35
|title3 = Under the Ice
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 5:44
|title4 = Sadly Sings Destiny
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 6:02
|title5 = The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 5:28
|title6 = Wait for an Answer
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 6:28
|title7 = The Soulforged
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 5:16
|title8 = Age of False Innocence
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 6:03
|title9 = Punishment Divine
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 5:39
|title10 = And Then There Was Silence
|music10 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 14:05
}}
=Disc 10: ''[[Live (Blind Guardian album)|Live (CD 1)]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = War of Wrath
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 1:54
|title2 = Into the Storm
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 4:52
|title3 = Welcome to Dying
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 5:28
|title4 = Nightfall
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 6:20
|title5 = The Script for My Requiem
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 6:38
|title6 = Harvest of Sorrow
|music6 = Kürsch, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 3:56
|title7 = The Soulforged
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 6:03
|title8 = Valhalla
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 8:12
|title9 = Majesty
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 8:19
|title10 = Mordred's Song
|music10 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 6:46
|title11 = Born in a Mourning Hall
|music11 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics11 = Kürsch
|length11 = 5:57
}}
=Disc 11: ''[[Live (Blind Guardian album)|Live (CD 2)]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Under the Ice
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 6:14
|title2 = Bright Eyes
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 5:26
|title3 = Punishment Divine
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 6:21
|title4 = The Bard's Song (In the Forest)
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 7:48
|title5 = Imaginations from the Other Side
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 9:40
|title6 = Lost in the Twilight Hall
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 7:09
|title7 = A Past and Future Secret
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 4:31
|title8 = Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 5:52
|title9 = Journey Through the Dark
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 5:43
|title10 = Lord of the Rings
|music10 = Kürsch, Siepen
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 4:35
|title11 = Mirror Mirror
|music11 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics11 = Kürsch
|length11 = 6:06
}}
=Disc 12: ''[[Imaginations Through the Looking Glass|Imaginations Through the Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 1)]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = War of Wrath
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 1:10
|title2 = Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 5:16
|title3 = Banish from Sanctuary
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 6:09
|title4 = Nightfall
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 5:49
|title5 = The Script for My Requiem
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 6:11
|title6 = Valhalla
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 8:28
|title7 = A Past and Future Secret
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 4:02
|title8 = Punishment Divine
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 6:07
|title9 = Mordred's Song
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 5:53
|title10 = The Last Candle
|music10 = Kürsch, Siepen
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 7:33
|title11 = Bright Eyes
|music11 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics11 = Kürsch
|length11 = 5:23
}}
=Disc 13: ''[[Imaginations Through the Looking Glass|Imaginations Through the Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 2)]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Lord of the Rings
|music1 = Kürsch, Siepen
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 4:41
|title2 = I'm Alive
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 5:46
|title3 = Another Holy War
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 5:00
|title4 = And Then There Was Silence
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 13:02
|title5 = The Piper's Calling/Somewhere Far Beyond
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 8:59
|title6 = The Bard's Song (In the Forest)
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 3:38
|title7 = Imaginations from the Other Side
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 7:58
|title8 = And the Story Ends
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 6:14
|title9 = Mirror Mirror
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 6:56
}}
=Disc 14: ''[[Nightfall in Middle-Earth|Nightfall in Middle-Earth – Special Edition]]''=
Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Into the Storm
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 4:27
|title2 = Nightfall
|music2 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 5:34
|title3 = The Curse of Fëanor
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Stauch, Siepen
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 5:44
|title4 = Blood Tears (New Vocal Mix 2012)
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 5:24
|title5 = Mirror Mirror
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 5:08
|title6 = Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)
|music6 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics6 = Kürsch
|length6 = 6:52
|title7 = Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill)
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 4:56
|title8 = Thorn
|music8 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 6:18
|title9 = The Eldar
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Michael Schüren
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 3:45
|title10 = When Sorrow Sang
|music10 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics10 = Kürsch
|length10 = 4:28
|title11 = A Dark Passage
|music11 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics11 = Kürsch
|length11 = 6:10
}}
=Disc 15: ''An Extraordinary Tale (Live Rarities & Demos)''=
Digitally Remastered 2012
{{track listing
|notes = yes
|title1 = Welcome to Dying (Demo)
|music1 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics1 = Kürsch
|length1 = 4:43
|title2 = Lord of the Rings (Demo)
|music2 = Kürsch, Siepen
|lyrics2 = Kürsch
|length2 = 2:47
|title3 = The Bard's Song (In The Forest) (Demo)
|music3 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics3 = Kürsch
|length3 = 2:58
|title4 = The Bard's Song (The Hobbit) (Demo)
|music4 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics4 = Kürsch
|length4 = 3:45
|title5 = Theatre of Pain (Demo)
|music5 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics5 = Kürsch
|length5 = 4:06
|title6 = Trial by Fire (Demo)
|music6 = Tippins
|lyrics6 = Tippins
|length6 = 3:45
|title7 = The Quest for Tanelorn (Extended version)
|music7 = Kürsch, Olbrich, Siepen, Hansen
|lyrics7 = Kürsch
|length7 = 6:42
|title8 = Harvest of Sorrow (2007 Remaster)
|music8 = Kürsch, Siepen, Stauch
|lyrics8 = Kürsch
|length8 = 3:39
|title9 = I'm Alive (Demo)
|music9 = Kürsch, Olbrich
|lyrics9 = Kürsch
|length9 = 5:19
}}
Personnel
= Band members =
- Hansi Kürsch: vocals, bass (discs 1-7, 15), backing vocals (8-9,14)
- André Olbrich: lead guitar, rhythm guitar (4,6-9), acoustic guitar (4,6-13), backing vocals (1-5,10-13,15)
- Marcus Siepen: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (4,10-13), backing vocals (1-5,10-13,15)
- Thomas Stauch: drums, percussion
= Guest musicians =
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- Ronnie Atkins: backing vocals (6-7)
- Pad Bender: keyboards (9), effects (9)
- Norman Eshley: narration (8)
- Douglas Fielding: narration (8)
- Hans-Peter Frey: drums (1)
- Thomas Hackmann: backing vocals (2-3,6-9,14)
- Kai Hansen: vocals (2-3), lead guitar (2-4), backing vocals (3)
- Alex Holzwarth: drums (10-11)
- Oliver Holzwarth: bass (8-14), backing vocals (10-13)
- Billy King: backing vocals (4,6-9,14)
- Rolf Köhler: vocals (2,7), backing vocals (1-4,6-9,14)
- Aman Malek: backing vocals (2,7)
- Jacob Moth: acoustic guitar (6-7)
- Sascha Pierro: keyboards (9), effects (9)
- Peter Rübsam: bagpipes (4)
- Boris Schmidt: keyboards (9), effects (9)
- Olaf Senkbeil: backing vocals (8-9,14)
- Michael Shüren: piano (7-9,14), keyboards (10-13), backing vocals (10-13)
- Otto Sidenius: organ (7)
- Piet Sielck: backing vocals (3,7), effects (3-4,7), guitars (4)
- Christof Theisen: rhythm guitar (1)
- Kalle Trapp: vocals (2,7), lead guitar (2,7), backing vocals (3-4,7)
- Michael Voss: backing vocals (1)
- Matthias Wiesner: keyboards (2-4,8-9,14) effects (3-4,6-9,14) bass (4,7)
- Stefan Will: piano (4,7)
- Marc Zee: keyboards (5), backing vocals (5)
- Max Zelzner: flutes (8)
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Charts
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! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Germany4|8|id=212675|artist=Blind Guardian|album=A Traveler's Guide To Space And Time|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 20, 2024}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.blind-guardian.com/2012/12/01/a-travelers-guide-to-space-and-time-coming-in-february-2013/|Announcement on the official website}}
- {{Official website|http://www.blind-guardian.com/2013/01/19/a-travelers-guide-to-space-and-time-preview/|A preview on the official website}}
- [http://www.discogs.com/Blind-Guardian-A-Travelers-Guide-To-Space-And-Time/release/4310079 Tracklisting at discogs.com]
- [http://www.last.fm/music/Blind+Guardian/A+Traveler%E2%80%99s+Guide+to+Space+and+Time Tracklisting at last.fm]
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