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Legendary Years
Type:	Compilation
Longtype:	of re-recorded songs
Artist:	Rhapsody of Fire
Cover:	File:Rhapsody of Fire - Legendary Years.jpg
Released:	26 May 2017
Recorded:	November 2016–February 2017
Studio:	Echoes Studio (Trieste) Zolfo Studio (Udine) Greenman Studios (Arnsberg) Audiofloor (Arnsberg)
Genre:	Symphonic power metal
Length:	73:36
Label:	AFM Records
Producer:	Alex Staropoli
Chronology:	Rhapsody of Fire compilation album
Prev Title:	Tales from the Emerald Sword Saga
Prev Year:	2004

Legendary Years is the second compilation album by Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire.^{[1] [2]} It consists of re-recorded songs from The Emerald Sword Saga, a five concept albums-long story started in their first album Legendary Tales in 1997 and concluded in Power of the Dragonflame in 2002.

It is their first work with singer Giacomo Voli and drummer Manu Lotter,^[3] replacing longtime members Fabio Lione and Alex Holzwarth respectively.^[4] It also mark the band's first album (and first record since 1995) not to feature Lione, and the first without Holzwarth since their 1998 studio album Symphony of Enchanted Lands.

Personnel

All information from the album booklet.^[5]

Rhapsody of Fire

• Alex Staropoli – keyboards, production, engineering, editing
• Roberto De Micheli – guitars
• Alessandro Sala – bass
• Giacomo Voli – lead vocals, choir vocals, conductor (choir)
• Manu Lotter – drums

Additional musicians

• Manuel Staropoli – baroque recorder, baroque oboe, flute
• Massimo Marchese – lute
• Teodora Tommasi – celtic harp
• Elisa Frausin – cello
• Elisa Verzier – vocals (alto)
• Riccardo Rados – vocals (tenor)
• Hao Wang – vocals (bass)
• Matjaž Zobec – vocals (bass)
• Paola Marra – vocals (soprano)
• Galateia Mastichidou – vocals (soprano)

Choir

• Paolo Ribaldini, Davide Moras, Fabio Sambenini, Gabriele Gozzi, Alex Mari, Marco Sandron

Production

• Sebastian "Seeb" Levermann – engineering, editing, mixing, mastering, recording
• Massimo Goina – photography
• Paul Thureau – layout
• Luca Balboa – conductor
• Alexandre Charleux – cover art

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rhapsody Of Fire To Release "Legendary Years" - in Metal News . Metal Underground.com . 2017-04-15.
2. Web site: Rhapsody Of Fire Working On Album Of Re Recorded Versions Of Early Rhapsody Songs . Blabbermouth.net . 2017-01-23 . 2017-04-15.
3. Web site: Rhapsody Of Fire Names Manu Lotter As New Drummer. Metal Underground. 2016-12-22. 2017-07-24. en-US.
4. Web site: Rhapsody Of Fire Recruits Singer Giacomo Voli . Blabbermouth.net . 2016-11-11 . 2017-04-15.
5. (2017). "Legendary Years liner notes". In Legendary Years [CD booklet]. AFM.