bass guitar, fretless bass, musician, guest Oliver Holzwarth
choir Billy King
choir Olaf Senkbeil
choir Rolf Köhler
choir The Choir Company
choir Thomas Hackmann
cover, painting [story paintings] Andreas Marschall
drums, percussion Thomas Stauch
engineer [mixing engineer] Charlie Bauerfeind
engineer [mixing engineer] Flemming Rasmussen
engineer [mixing engineer] Piet Sielck
flute, alto flute, musician, guest Max Zelzner
grand piano, musician, guest Michael Schüren
keyboards, effects [orchestral], musician, guest Mathias Wiesner
lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar André Olbrich
lead vocals, backing vocals Hansi Kürsch
lyrics by [lyrics & concept stories] Hansi Kürsch
mixed by Flemming Rasmussen
mixed by [interludes] Charlie Bauerfeind
narrator Douglas Fielding
narrator Norman Eshley
photography by Thorsten Eichhorst
producer Blind Guardian
recorded by, engineer Charlie Bauerfeind
recorded by, engineer Cuny
recorded by, engineer Flemming Rasmussen
recorded by, engineer Piet Sielck
rhythm guitar Marcus Siepen
tracks 1 to 5, 7 to 15, 17 to 22 written-by André Olbrich
tracks 1 to 5, 7 to 15, 17 to 22 written-by Hansi Kürsch
Phonographic Copyright (p) Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
Copyright (c) Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
Published By BG Publishing
Recorded At Twilight Hall Studios
Recorded At Karo Musikstudio, Brackel
Recorded At Sweet Silence Studios
Recorded At Vox Studios, Hamburg
Recorded At Air Edel Studios
Mixed At Sweet Silence Studios
Glass Mastered At EMI Uden
Pressed By EMI Uden
Based on the story The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.
This album is dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien.

Recorded at Twilight Hall Studios, Krefeld, Karo Musik Studios, Brackel (HH, Germany) & Sweet Silence Studios (Copenhagen, Denmark) from September 1997 - March 1998 except:
Piano recorded at Vox Studios, HH, Germany in January 1998,
Narration recorded at Air edel-Studios, London.
Mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Packaging: jewel case.
Total Playing Time: 65 mins, 31 secs

© & ℗ 1998 Virgin Schallplatten GmbH
Barcode: 7 24384 58992 9 (Text)
Barcode: 724384589929 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 3098
Price Code: PM 538 (F)
Rights Society: bel BIEM
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