Electric Castle Live and Other Tales is a live album and DVD/Blu-ray by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon, that was released on March 27, 2020. It is a live version of the 1998 studio album Into the Electric Castle, performed as an actual rock opera, complete with mise-en-scène; it is a recording of one of four live performances between September 13 and 15, 2019 in Tilburg, to celebrate the original album's 20th anniversary in a way similar to The Theater Equation, with songs from other Lucassen projects performed once the songs from the albums were all performed.
Lucassen and fellow singers Anneke van Giersbergen, Damian Wilson, Edward Reekers, Edwin Balogh, Fish, and George Oosthoek returned to reprise their roles from the original album, alongside drummer Ed Warby and flutist Thijs van Leer. New additions include Simone Simons of Epica, Marcela Bovio of Mayan, and Mark Jansen of both Epica and Mayan, with actor John de Lancie acting as narrator. The performance of the album was followed by a selection of songs from other Lucassen projects.
DVD1
Electric Castle Live:
01. Welcome to the New Dimension
02. Isis and Osiris
03. Amazing Flight
04. Time Beyond Time
05. The Decision Tree
06. Tunnel of Light
07. Across the Rainbow Bridge
08. The Garden of Emotions
09. Valley of the Queens
10. The Castle Hall
11. Tower of Hope
12. Cosmic Fusion
13. Robby Valentine
14. The Mirror Maze
15. Evil Devolution
16. The Two Gates
DVD2
17. Forever of the Stars
18. Another Time, Another Space
Other Tales:
19. Shores of India
20. Ashes
21. Out in the Real World
22. Twisted Coil
23. Kayleigh
24. Pink Beatles in a Purple Zeppelin
Speech and Encore:
25. Speech Arjen and Joost
26. Songs of the Ocean
Ayreon – Electric Castle Live and Other Tales [2020,, BD=>DVD9+DVD5]
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