The Wizard

~ Recording by Blind Guardian

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.14The Wizard3:15Blind GuardianFollow the BlindBlind GuardianAlbum
1.3The Wizard3:21Blind GuardianA Past and Future SecretBlind GuardianSingle
  • DE1995-02-06
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 8927442 4, 892744 2
1.10The Wizard3:17Blind GuardianImaginations From the Other SideBlind GuardianAlbum
  • JP1995-04-14
Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint)VICP-8142
1.10The Wizard3:17Blind GuardianImaginations From the Other SideBlind GuardianAlbum
  • JP1995-04-14
Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint)VICP-5519
1.5The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1996-04-18
  • NL1996-04-18
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)724384162726, 841 627 2
1.5The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)841 626 2
1.6The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianBest of Wacken Open – Air (10 Years Louder Than Hell)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
SteamhammerSPV 087-21452 CD
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)NEMS 270
1.10The Wizard3:17Blind GuardianImaginations From the Other Side (Japan, limited edition)Blind GuardianAlbum
  • JP2002-02-21
Victor (Japanese “His Master’s Voice” imprint)VICP-61767
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Century Media (imprint of Century Media Records GmbH and its subsidiaries)8256-2
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2007-06-15
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)396 5182
1.5The Wizard3:15Blind GuardianThe Forgotten Tales (remastered 2007)Blind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres)
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten Tales (remastered)Blind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
Century Media (imprint of Century Media Records GmbH and its subsidiaries)8558-2
7.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianA Traveler’s Guide to Space and TimeBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2013-02-04
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)725338
2.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-04-12
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres)27361 43290
1.5The Wizard3:18Blind GuardianThe Forgotten TalesBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2019-04-12
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres)27361 43290
Promotion
1.4Wizzard3:15Blind GuardianGuardians of the RingsBlind GuardianEP
Metal Hammer & Heavy Metal (Greek version of the Metal Hammer magazine), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)7243 895420 2 8
Bootleg
1.11The Wizard3:14Blind GuardianSymphonies of Doom & Battalions of FearBlind GuardianAlbum + Compilation
1.10The Wizard3:16Blind GuardianEvil Ultimate Metal Covers 47Various ArtistsOther + Compilation
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)

Relationships

assistant engineer:Henrik Vindeby
engineer:Flemming Rasmussen
Piet Sielck
producer:Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar:André Olbrich
bass guitar and lead vocals:Hansi Kürsch
drums (drum set):Thomen Stauch
effects:Mathias Wiesner
electric guitar:André Olbrich
Marcus Siepen
background vocals:Ronnie Atkins
Thomas Hackmann
Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg)
Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer)
Piet Sielck
additionally recorded at:Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (in 1994-12)
recorded at and mixed at:Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1994-08 until 1995-03)
has remixes:The Wizard
recording of:The Wizard (cover)

The Wizard

writer:Mark Clarke (Rock, UK)
Ken Hensley
publisher:A Tale of Two Ditties
Bron Music
EMI Music Ltd.
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
EMI Publishing Ltd.
S. Bron Music Co. Ltd.