Blazon Stone

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Blazon Stone
File:1991-Blazon Stone.jpg
Studio album by
Running Wild
Released4 April 1991
RecordedDecember 1990 – January 1991
StudioStudio M, Hanover
GenreHeavy metal, power metal
Length49:27
LabelNoise
ProducerRolf Kasparek, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach
Running Wild chronology
Death or Glory
(1989) 		Blazon Stone
(1991) 		The First Years of Piracy
(1991)
Singles from Blazon Stone
  1. "Little Big Horn"
    Released: 28 February 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[2]
Rock Hard9.0/10[3]

Blazon Stone is the sixth album by German heavy metal band Running Wild, released in 1991. According to Rolf Kasparek in an interview to a Brazilian heavy metal/hard rock magazine (Roadie Crew, ed. #41, June 2002), Blazon Stone is the best-selling album by the band, in the 1990s. It is also their first album with both guitarist Axel Morgan and drummer AC.

Track listing

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All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Blazon Stone" 6:30
2."Lonewolf" 4:49
3."Slavery" 5:15
4."Fire & Ice"AC4:09
5."Little Big Horn" 5:00
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."White Masque" 4:17
7."Rolling Wheels"Becker5:33
8."Bloody Red Rose" 5:06
9."Straight to Hell"Becker3:50
10."Heads or Tails" 4:58
Total length:49:27
CD bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Over the Rainbow" (instrumental)Becker1:55
12."Billy the Kid"Kasparek, Dreffein4:47
13."Genocide (The Killing of the Buffalo)" (Thin Lizzy cover)Phil Lynott4:47
Total length:60:56
1995 bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Dancing on a Minefield"4:59
Total length:65:55

Notes

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  • 1st press CD release and Polish pressings features the three bonus tracks "Over the Rainbow", "Billy the Kid" and a cover version of the Thin Lizzy song "Genocide". Later CD releases feature one or two bonus tracks
  • The 1995 re-release includes the song "Dancing on a Minefield", which is also featured as a bonus track on the 1994 album Black Hand Inn
  • The 2017 remastered release features all bonus tracks (excluding "Dancing on a Minefield"), plus the 2003 re-recorded versions of "Blazon Stone" and "Little Big Horn"

Personnel

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  • Rolf Kasparek – vocals, guitar
  • Axel Morgan – guitars
  • Jens Becker – bass
  • Rüdiger "AC" Dreffein – drums
Additional Musicians
  • Kalle Bösel – backing vocals
  • Jan Olav, Martina Wiegendt, Sven Pöschmann, Michael Herwig, Jens Butterwick, Raymond Kana, Oliver Losshagen and Ladislav Křížek – backing vocals on "Little Big Horn" and "Heads or Tails"
Production
  • Jan Němec – engineer, mixing
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
  • Thorsten Herbig – photography
  • Rock 'n' Rolf – producer
  • Andreas Marschall – pover art (front and back covers)
  • Horst Herrndorff – pover art (back cover)

Charts

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[4] 24
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 16

References

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  5. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Running Wild – Blazon Stone" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Running Wild – Blazon Stone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

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