BLIND GUARDIAN: Early Albums To Be Reissued

"Eight of BLIND GUARDIAN's albums will be re-released in June to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary. The LPs due to be reissued are as follows:

* Battalions of Fear (1988)
* Follow the Blind (1989)
* Tales from the Twilight World (1990)
* Somewhere Far Beyond (1992)
* Tokyo Tales (1993)
* Imaginations from the Other Side (1995)
* The Forgotten Tales (1996)
* Nightfall in Middle-Earth (1998)

All albums will be digitally remastered and will feature new liner notes and pictures.

BLIND GUARDIAN has been confirmed for the Bloodstock Open Air festival, set to take place Saturday, July 7 at Catton Hall in Derbyshire, England. Also scheduled to appear are TESTAMENT, KORPIKLAANI, MENDEED and RISE TO ADDICTION.

First-week sales (approximately 3,000 copies) of BLIND GUARDIAN's "A Twist in the Myth" in the U.S. landed Germany's favorite sons at No. 21 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart and No. 288 on the Billboard Album chart. The CD debuted at position No. 4 in Germany and No. 3 in Greece. "




Guess ill wait until they're remastered so i can buy my tales from the twilight and somewhere far beyond.

Great now ill have to buy um all again. i know i dont "have" to but ill probably be suckered into it. by the way it would be awesome to see Korpiklaani.

i already own all these. no reason to buy again.

Whilst I probably won't be buying these, this topic has reminded me I need to buy Bloodstock tickets.

I have all the albums and singles so thankfully I won't need any of these rereleases,

Here are the full details. These look like great reissues, except for Nightfall in Middle Earth. Why did they include a bonus track from a later album? Anyway, I don't own all the early albums, so this will be good for me.

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EMI will re-release BLIND GUARDIAN's early albums in remastered form on June 15. The remasters will include bonus tracks, new booklets, liner notes, rare band photos and videos. In addition, the first two LPs, "Battalions Of Fear" (1988) and "Follow The Blind" (1989), have been remixed. The details are as follows:

"Battalions Of Fear" (1988)

01. Majesty
02. Guardian Of The Blind
03. Trial By The Archon
04. Wizard's Crown
05. Run For The Night
06. The Martyr
07. Battalions Of Fear
08. By The Gates Of Moria
09. Gandalf's Rebirth
10. Brian (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
11. Halloween (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
12. Lucifer's Heritage (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
13. Symphonies Of Doom (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
14. Dead Of The Night (Bonus Track - Demo Version)

"Follow The Blind" (1989)

01. Inquisition
02. Banish From Sanctuary
03. Damned For All Time
04. Follow The Blind
05. Hall Of The King
06. Fast To Madness
07. Beyond The Ice
08. Valhalla
09. Don't Break The Circle
10. Barbara Ann
11. Majesty (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
12. Trial By The Archon (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
13. Battalions Of Fear (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
14. Run For The Night (Bonus Track - Demo Version)

"Tales From The Twilight World" (1990)

01. Traveler In Time
02. Welcome To Dying
03. Weird Dreams
04. Lord Of The Rings
05. Goodbye My Friend
06. Lost In The Twilight Hall
07. Tommyknockers
08. Altair 4
09. The Last Candle
10. Run For The Night (Live)
11. Lost In The Twilight Hall (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
12. Tommyknockers (Bonus Track - Demo Version)

"Somewhere Far Beyond" (1992)

01. Time What Is Time
02. Journey Through The Dark
03. Black Chamber
04. Theatre Of Pain
05. The Quest For Tanelorn
06. Ashes To Ashes
07. The Bard's Song: In The Forest
08. The Bard's Song: The Hobbit
09. The Piper's Calling
10. Somewhere Far Beyond
11. Spread Your Wings
12. Trial By Fire
13. Theatre Of Pain
14. Ashes To Ashes (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
15. Time What Is Time (Bonus Track - Demo Version)

"Tokyo Tales" (1993)

01. Inquisition
02. Banish From Sanctuary
03. Journey Through The Dark
04. Traveler In Time
05. The Quest For Tanelorn
06. Goodbye My Friend
07. Time What Is Time
08. Majesty
09. Valhalla
10. Welcome To Dying
11. Lord Of The Rings (Bonus Track)
12. Lost In The Twilight Hall
13. Barbara Ann

"Imaginations From The Other Side" (1995)

01. Imaginations From The Other Side
02. I'm Alive
03. A Past And Future Secret
04. The Script For My Requiem
05. Mordred's Song
06. Born In A Mourning Hall
07. Bright Eyes
08. Another Holy War
09. And The Story Ends
10. A Past And Future Secret (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
11. Imaginations From The Other Side (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
12. The Script For My Requiem (Bonus Track - Demo Version)
13. Bright Eyes (Video)
14. Born In A Mourning Hall (Video)

"The Forgotten Tales" (1996)

01. Mr. Sandman
02. Surfin' USA
03. Bright Eyes
04. Lord Of The Rings
05. The Wizard
06. Spread Your Wings
07. Mordred's Song
08. Black Chamber
09. The Bard's Song (Live)
10. Barbara Ann / Long Tall Sally
11. A Past And Future Secret
12. To France
13. Theatre Of Pain
14. Hallelujah (Bonus Track)
15. Beyond The Realms Of Death (Bonus Track)
16. Don't Talk To Strangers (Bonus Track)
17. Mr. Sandman (Video)
18. The Bard's Song (Video)

"Nightfall In Middle Earth" (1998)

01. War Of Wrath
02. Into The Storm
03. Lammoth
04. Nightfall
05. The Minstrel
06. The Curse Of Feanor
07. Captured
08. Blood Tears
09. Mirror Mirror
10. Face The Truth
11. Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns
12. Battle Of Sudden Flame
13. Time Stands Still (At The Iron Hill)
14. The Dark Elf
15. Thorn
16. The Eldar
17. Nom The Wise
18. When Sorrow Sang
19. Out On The Water
20. A Dark Passage
21. Final Chapter (Thus Ends...)
22. Harvest Of Sorrow (Bonus Track)

That Bloodstock sounds incredible!! Love to be able to see those bands together!

it would be good as you cant buy them in the uk except newer ones

Yeah, I'm actually quite interested by these reissues now - I am sorely lacking a couple of BG albums. Also, since the time this topic was originally made, the Bloodstock dates have been changed and BG have consequently pulled out. Still an awesome line up though.

I will buy the first one again because it got their first demo, under the name LUCIFER´S HERITAGE.