A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time
A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time is the first box set by German power metal band Blind Guardian. 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, 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. 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'''Disc 2: ''[Follow the Blind]''
'''Remixed 2007 with a few minor adjustments in 2011 / Remastered 2012'''Disc 3: ''[Tales from the Twilight World]''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012'''Disc 4: ''[Somewhere Far Beyond]''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012'''Disc 5: ''[Tokyo Tales]''
'''Original 1993 Mix, Digitally Remastered 2012'''Disc 6: ''[Imaginations from the Other Side]''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012'''Disc 7: ''[The Forgotten Tales]''
'''Original Mixes Digitally Remastered 2012'''Disc 8: ''[Nightfall in Middle-Earth]''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012'''Disc 9: ''[A [Night at the Opera (Blind Guardian album)|A Night at the Opera]]''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012'''Disc 10: ''Live (CD 1)">Live (Blind Guardian album)">Live (CD 1)''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012'''Disc 11: ''Live (CD 2)">Live (Blind Guardian album)">Live (CD 2)''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012'''Disc 12: ''Imaginations [Through the Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 1)">Imaginations Through the Looking Glass">Imaginations [Through the Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 1)]''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012'''Disc 13: ''Imaginations Through the [Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 2)">Imaginations Through the Looking Glass">Imaginations Through the [Looking Glass - Live in Coburg, 2003 (CD 2)]''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012'''Disc 14: ''Nightfall in Middle-Earth – Special Edition">Nightfall in Middle-Earth">Nightfall in Middle-Earth – Special Edition''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012 & New Mix 2012'''Disc 15: ''An Extraordinary Tale (Live Rarities & Demos)''
'''Digitally Remastered 2012'''Personnel
Band members
- Hansi Kürsch: vocals, bass, backing vocals
- André Olbrich: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Marcus Siepen: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Thomas Stauch: drums, percussion
Guest musicians
- Ronnie Atkins: backing vocals
- Pad Bender: keyboards, effects
- Norman Eshley: narration
- Douglas Fielding: narration
- Hans-Peter Frey: drums
- Thomas Hackmann: backing vocals
- Kai Hansen: vocals, lead guitar, backing vocals
- Alex Holzwarth: drums
- Oliver Holzwarth: bass, backing vocals
- Billy King: backing vocals
- Rolf Köhler: vocals, backing vocals
- Aman Malek: backing vocals
- Jacob Moth: acoustic guitar
- Sascha Pierro: keyboards, effects
- Peter Rübsam: bagpipes
- Boris Schmidt: keyboards, effects
- Olaf Senkbeil: backing vocals
- Michael Shüren: piano, keyboards, backing vocals
- Otto Sidenius: organ
- Piet Sielck: backing vocals, effects, guitars
- Christof Theisen: rhythm guitar
- Kalle Trapp: vocals, lead guitar, backing vocals
- Michael Voss: backing vocals
- Matthias Wiesner: keyboards effects bass
- Stefan Will: piano
- Marc Zee: keyboards, backing vocals
- Max Zelzner: flutes