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3DD13

The very first "night of the stormrider" edition ?

So, I've an edition of this release and I don't know lots of things about it. The night I met Jon Schaffer, he said to me that it was the very first edition. But does anybody knows its price, the number of CDs that were pressed, or anything else ? Any information is welcome !
All I know it's that is one of the best IE album Very Happy
Dante

http://www.icedearth.com/discography/c_stormrider_400.jpg
It's that one right?

On Ebay a used one costs about 15-20~ (dollars).
How many that has been pressed? I have no idea!!!

'bout the cover art:

The very first Night of the Stormrider cover art looked like this:


Ugly huh? Yeah that whats the guys on Century Media thought to! This image (if you can call it image) was sent to Century Media headquarters in Germany just one day before the deadline of the cover. But as I said before, they thought it was extremely ugly and they refused to print it.
So there only option was to call in Axel Hermann he had done a couple of other covers for CM, they gave him 1 night to get the cover ready! His first attempt was even worse than the "original" one. It became "The Flying Frog".
Bit since they knew that Axel had talent they gave him another shot... This time he made it better.
That's a little info about the Cover art of NotS
paranoidmexican

i want to see the flying frog!
Dante

paranoidmexican009 wrote:
i want to see the flying frog!


Sorry for bad quality!

is that a magazine or something?

isnt there a few diffrent versions of the self title too?
The Wicked One

didn't Stormrider (member) have that as an avatar?
3DD13

Dante wrote:
paranoidmexican009 wrote:
i want to see the flying frog!


Sorry for bad quality!

is that a magazine or something?

isnt there a few diffrent versions of the self title too?


Yep it's exactly this one ... So, did anybody knows anything ? I know that the artwork is awful ^^
Dante

If you have The Flying Frog as cover, you probably have the Japan import...
3DD13

Dante wrote:
If you have The Flying Frog as cover, you probably have the Japan import...

It's written that the CDs was pressed in Germany... I'VE A CURSED RECORD.
The Wicked One

Shocked
Stormrider

Yes I indeed did have the "flying frog" cover as an avatar when I first joined. I have since switched to the awesome regular cover.
The Sexiest Metalhead

I like the Flying Frong... lol.

But the original cover is kinda ugly... but it's not that bad.
paranoidmexican

Dante wrote:
http://www.icedearth.com/discography/c_stormrider_400.jpg
It's that one right?

On Ebay a used one costs about 15-20~ (dollars).
How many that has been pressed? I have no idea!!!

'bout the cover art:

The very first Night of the Stormrider cover art looked like this:


Ugly huh? Yeah that whats the guys on Century Media thought to! This image (if you can call it image) was sent to Century Media headquarters in Germany just one day before the deadline of the cover. But as I said before, they thought it was extremely ugly and they refused to print it.
So there only option was to call in Axel Hermann he had done a couple of other covers for CM, they gave him 1 night to get the cover ready! His first attempt was even worse than the "original" one. It became "The Flying Frog".
Bit since they knew that Axel had talent they gave him another shot... This time he made it better.
That's a little info about the Cover art of NotS


scan the entire cover and put it on here Smile
The Sexiest Metalhead

paranoidmexican009 wrote:
Dante wrote:
http://www.icedearth.com/discography/c_stormrider_400.jpg
It's that one right?

On Ebay a used one costs about 15-20~ (dollars).
How many that has been pressed? I have no idea!!!

'bout the cover art:

The very first Night of the Stormrider cover art looked like this:


Ugly huh? Yeah that whats the guys on Century Media thought to! This image (if you can call it image) was sent to Century Media headquarters in Germany just one day before the deadline of the cover. But as I said before, they thought it was extremely ugly and they refused to print it.
So there only option was to call in Axel Hermann he had done a couple of other covers for CM, they gave him 1 night to get the cover ready! His first attempt was even worse than the "original" one. It became "The Flying Frog".
Bit since they knew that Axel had talent they gave him another shot... This time he made it better.
That's a little info about the Cover art of NotS


scan the entire cover and put it on here Smile


Yeah, do it! I wanna see the whole thing! Cool
The Wicked One

It doesn't look half bad. of course the finalized version is the best but i think that owning 1 of those would be cool too.
The Sexiest Metalhead

The Wicked One wrote:
It doesn't look half bad. of course the finalized version is the best but i think that owning 1 of those would be cool too.


The more I look at it... it kinda looks like Schaffers face... but... it could just be me. Laughing
Dante

3DD13 wrote:
Dante wrote:
If you have The Flying Frog as cover, you probably have the Japan import...

It's written that the CDs was pressed in Germany... I'VE A CURSED RECORD.

Well i could be wrong Smile
I just thought that i heard that the Flying Frog was used as Japan Import...
If you're CD is made in germany then it's probably the original
Dante

http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/51f5d795bd_24.05MB


Here is the whole poster!
The Sexiest Metalhead

Interesting story. I didn't know there were this many problems with the cover...
Tainted Innocence

its not easy designing cover art.
The Sexiest Metalhead

Tainted Innocence wrote:
its not easy designing cover art.


I never knew... Laughing  Cool
The Wicked One

its funny how whenever i talk to ppl about Iced Earth, somehow discussing how cool the album covers look comes up.
The Sexiest Metalhead

Laughing

Well, they are cool!
Dante

Melancholy EP isn't THAT cool!

No i just joked... It says ICED EARTH all over the album Very Happy
The Sexiest Metalhead

Dante wrote:
Melancholy EP isn't THAT cool!

No i just joked... It says ICED EARTH all over the album Very Happy


Just saying "Iced Earth" makes it amazing.  Laughing
Dante

The Sexiest Metalhead wrote:
Dante wrote:
Melancholy EP isn't THAT cool!

No i just joked... It says ICED EARTH all over the album Very Happy


Just saying "Iced Earth" makes it amazing.  Laughing

yep!
Stormrider

That poster is the one that comes in the Slave To the Dark box set version.
Dante

Stormrider wrote:
That poster is the one that comes in the Slave To the Dark box set version.

Yes it is! :=)
Vengeance

Can someone upload the whole cover again? The other link expired... Sad Or send to my mail Wink

Thanks
Dante

Vengeance wrote:
Can someone upload the whole cover again? The other link expired... Sad Or send to my mail Wink

Thanks

What cover do you mean?

BTW I've just come over a original tape recording from 1992 of NotS!
Vengeance

Dante wrote:
Vengeance wrote:
Can someone upload the whole cover again? The other link expired... Sad Or send to my mail Wink

Thanks

What cover do you mean?

BTW I've just come over a original tape recording from 1992 of NotS!


The 20Mb sized picture of the booklet of the NoTS with the covers... Very Happy

Great! The quality must be the best! Smile

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