Artist: AYREON
Album: ELECTRIC CASTLE LIVE AND OTHER TALES EARBOOK (2CD+2DVD+BLURAY BOOK)

Release date: 27.03.2020
EAN/UPS: 810020501414
Media type: CD

- Ayreon is the highly acclaimed project from singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist / record producer Arjen Lucassen.
 -  Ayreon Electric Castle Live And Other Tales is an unique performance featuring original singers of the highly acclaimed Into The Electric Castle album & Other Tales from Ambeon, Stream Of Passion, Guilt Machine, The Gentle Storm, Marillion and Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
 - Close to 6 hours of content including a 2.5 hour concert, 1.5+ hour Behind The Scenes and Extended Interview as 2 extra’s.
 - Featuring original album singers and musicians, such as Thijs Van Leer, Fish, Damian Wilson, Edward Reekers, Anneke van Giersbergen, and several special guests including Simone Simons (Epica) and Star Trek's John De Lancie as narrator.
 - All 12,000 tickets for the 4 Ayreon shows in September were sold out in a day; the shows were attended by visitors from 64 countries.


On March 27 Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group release ‘Ayreon – Electric Castle Live & Other Tales’, a 5-Disc Photobook set of last year's live spectacular performance of the third Ayreon album ‘Into The Electric Castle’. Over four nights at Tilburg's 013 venue (scene of the Ayreon Universe series of live shows in 2017) Lucassen, his band and one of modern progressive music's most emphatic of casts celebrated the 20th anniversary of the third Ayreon album in front of thousands of adoring fans who had flown in from around the world.

Originally released in 1998, "Into The Electric Castle" is a classic tale of an epic quest. Set in "no time and no space", it tells the story of eight individuals who are guided by a mysterious voice and tasked with finding the mysterious Electric Castle and discover what's inside. The entire album was performed live, featuring original album singers and musicians, such as Thijs Van Leer, Fish, Damian Wilson, Edward Reekers, Anneke van Giersbergen, and several special guests including Simone Simons (Epica) and Star Trek's John De Lancie as narrator.

The "Other Tales" are deep cuts from Arjen Lucassen's other projects, such as The Gentle Storm, Ambeon, Stream of Passion, Guilt Machine, Star One, his solo-album Arjen Anthony Lucassen and a very special Marillion cover.

CD1
1 Welcome to the New Dimension
2 Isis and Osiris
3 Amazing Flight
4 Time Beyond Time
5 The Decision Tree
6 Tunnel of Light
7 Across the Rainbow Bridge
8 The Garden of Emotions
9 Valley of the Queens
10 The Castle Hall
11 Tower of Hope
12 Cosmic Fusion

CD2
1 Robby Valentine
2 The Mirror Maze
3 Evil Devolution
4 The Two Gates
5 Forever of the Stars
6 Another Time, Another Space
7 Shores of India
8 Ashes
9 Out in the Real World
10 Twisted Coil
11 Kayleigh
12 Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin
13 Songs of the Ocean

Content 2CD – Full concert - 2,5 hours of audio.


BLURAY/ DVD:

Content Blu-ray & 2DVD
Full show (2:28:37)
Extra’s:
Behind the scenes (1:48:28)
Extended Interview (1:32:24)

Total Running Time: 05:52:29
Image: 16:9
Audio: Stereo & 5.1 Surround Sound

1 Welcome to the New Dimension
2 Isis and Osiris
3 Amazing Flight
4 Time Beyond Time
5 The Decision Tree
6 Tunnel of Light
7 Across the Rainbow Bridge
8 The Garden of Emotions
9 Valley of the Queens
10 The Castle Hall
11 Tower of Hope
12 Cosmic Fusion

1 Robby Valentine
2 The Mirror Maze
3 Evil Devolution
4 The Two Gates
5 Forever of the Stars
6 Another Time, Another Space
7 Shores of India
8 Ashes
9 Out in the Real World
10 Twisted Coil
11 Kayleigh
12 Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin
13 Songs of the Ocean