| Blast from the Past | |
| Type: | remix |
| Artist: | Gamma Ray |
| Cover: | Gamma_Ray_-_Blast_from_the_Past.jpg |
| Released: | 20 June 2000 |
| Recorded: | at Hansen Studio, Hamburg, Germany |
| Genre: | Power metal Speed metal Heavy metal |
| Length: | 61:03 (CD 1) 60:26 (CD 2) |
| Label: | Sanctuary Records |
| Producer: | Kai Hansen and Dirk Schlächter |
| Prev Title: | Power Plant |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | No World Order |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
Blast from the Past is a two-CD compilation album that contains re-recordings of older Gamma Ray material from the Ralf Scheepers era, with Kai Hansen singing the vocals, and remasters of more recent tracks. All instruments for old songs were also re-recorded, with new arrangements, by the then current members of the band.
The songs from each era to be included in the compilation were chosen by the band's fans.[1]
Note: All tracks on CD 1 and tracks 1-3 on CD 2 are completely new recordings from the year 2000. Tracks 4-10 on CD2 are remastered versions of the original recordings.