The Wizard's Chosen Few

Infobox Album
Name = The Wizard's Chosen Few
Type = compilation
Artist = Axel Rudi Pell


Released = November 21, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy Metal
Length = 2:30:38
Label = Steamhammer/SPV
Producer =
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:diftxq80ldke link]
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"The Wizard's Chosen Few" is the first and only 'Best of' compilation album, which is not orientated around ballads, by German Heavy Metal Guitarist Axel Rudi Pell. Unlike most 'best of' albums by most bands, Pell decided it would be unfair on the customers to buy an album in which they can find all of the material on his other CDs, he decided to add some unreleased live songs as well as some released only to the Japanese market as bonus tracks. Also added to the album were 2 new studio tracks.

The album features 2 CDs and has the majority of artists used in Axel Rudi Pell's solo band.

Track listing

CD1

1. Broken Dreams (New Studio Track)
2. Carousel (From Oceans of Time)
3. The Masquerade Ball (From The Masquerade Ball)
4. Ghosthunter (New Studio Track)
5. Oceans of Time (From Oceans of Time)
6. Still I'm Sad (From )
7. Come Back to Me (From The Ballads II)
8. Burn/Purple Haze/Call her Princess (Previously unreleased Live Track)
9. Total Eclipse (From Magic as a Japanese Bonus Track)
10. Eternal Prisoner (From Eternal Prisoner)

CD2

1. Fool Fool (From Black Moon Pyramid)
2. Casbah (From Between the Walls)
3. Snake Eyes (Live Track from Made in Germany)
4. Mistreated (Live Track from Made in Germany)
5. Magic (From Magic)
6. The Clown is Dead (From Magic)
7. Nasty Reputation (From Nasty Reputation)
8. Land of the Giants (From Nasty Reputation)
9. Hear you Calling Me (From Wild Obsession)

Writing

All songs Written by Axel Rudi Pell, apart from the following exceptions;

CD1

Track 6

Paul Samwell-Smith and Jim McCarty

Track 8

Burn - Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord and Ian Paice
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix

CD2

Tracks 3 and 9

Axel Rudi Pell and Charlie Huhn

Track 4

Ritchie Blackmore and David Coverdale

Tracks 7 and 8

Axel Rudi Pell and Rob Rock

Personnel

CD1

Tracks 1-8

*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Johnny Gieoli (vocals)
*Ferdy Doernberg (keyboards)
*Mike Terrana (drums)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)

Track 9

*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar}
*Roland Grapow (Electric Guitar)
*Christian Wolff (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)

Track 10

*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Jeff Scott Soto (Vocals)
*Kai Raglewski (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)

CD2

Tracks 1-4

*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Jeff Scott Soto (Vocals)
*Julie Greaux (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)

Tracks 5-6

*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Jeff Scott Soto (Vocals)
*Christian Wolff (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)

Tracks 7-8

*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Rob Rock (Vocals)
*Kai Raglewski (Keyboards)
*Volker Krawczak (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)

Track 9

*Axel Rudi Pell (Electric Guitar)
*Charlie Huhn (Vocals)
*George Hahn (Keyboards)
*Joerg Deisinger (Bass)
*Jörg Michael (Drums)