Stormwitch, grupo alemán de metal melódico, lanzó en 1987 su cuarto album titulado The Beauty and the Beast, quizá su mejor trabajo. Como bien se puede observar en la contraportada del disco de vinilo, está inspirado en leyendas, cuentos y vidas de corsarios, todo un disco épico.

The Beauty & The Beast (1987)

Integrantes:
-Andy “Aldrian” Mück (vocalista)
-Harald “Lee Tarot” Spengler (guitarra)
-Stefan “Steve Merchant” Kaufmann (guitarra)
-Andy “Hunter” Jäger (bajo)
-Peter “Pete Lancer” Langer (batería)

Tracklist:

01 - Call Of The Wicked
02 - The Beauty And The Beast
03 - Just For One Night
04 - Emerald Eye
05 - Tears By The Firelight
06 - Tigers Of The Sea
07 - Russia's On Fire
08 - Cheyenne (Where The Eagles Retreat)
09 - Welcome To Bedlem

Female vocals by Lisa Wheeler
Keyboards byb Tom Krüger
All music by Merchant/Tarot, all lyrics by Tarot.

Recorded and mixed by Tom Krüger, May/June 1987 at Zuckerfabrik Studio,
Stuttgart, Germany.
Produced by Stormwitch

Reissued on March 7th, 2005 by Battle Cry Records (formerly Iron Glory Records)
with these bonus tracks, all recorded live iat Conny's Place, Hanau, Germany on
October 6, 1990:

10. Emerald Eye (3:49)
11. Call of the Wicked (2:59)
12. The Beauty and the Beast (4:22)
13. Tears by the Firelight (5:01)
14. Russia's on Fire (5:22)
15. Thunder and Lightning (3:55)
16. Cheyenne (Where the Eagle Retreats) (5:20)
17. Away from the Darkness (3:11)
18. Tigers of the Sea (7:29)

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