Greatest Hits

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1Spirit of the Sea
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, percussion and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
cello:
Tom Brown (UK folk artist)
French horn, recorder and trumpet:
Gerald Flashman
keyboard:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ritchie Blackmore (Copyright holder for bands connected with Ritchie Blackmore) (in 1997, in 1999)
recorded at and mixed at:
Minstrell Hall (Ritchie Blackmore's recording studio) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Spirit of the Sea
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
3.44:52
2Castles and Dreams
recording engineer:
Peter Waschelewski
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg, Joe James (engineer), Peter Rooth and Peter Waschelewski
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald (The Things, The Muffs)
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald (The Things, The Muffs)
bass, drums (drum set), guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest drums (drum set):
Kevin Dunne
guest hurdy gurdy:
Mr. Heller and Mrs. Heller
guest trumpet:
Mark Pender
whistle:
Candice Night
guest background vocals:
Sue Goehringer, John Gould (UK producer/engineer), Scott Hazell and Trish (backing vocalist, worked with Blackmore's Night)
vocals:
Candice Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Minstrel Hall Music (in 1999)
recorded at:
Wasteland Studios in Heidenheim, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
produced at:
Apres Midi in New Jersey, United States, Lobo Studios in Deerpark, New York, United States and Wasteland Stage in Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
recording of:
Castles and Dreams
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
43:35
3No Second Chance
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, percussion and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
cello:
Tom Brown (UK folk artist)
French horn, recorder and trumpet:
Gerald Flashman
keyboard:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ritchie Blackmore (Copyright holder for bands connected with Ritchie Blackmore) (in 1997, in 1999)
recorded at and mixed at:
Minstrell Hall (Ritchie Blackmore's recording studio) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
No Second Chance
writer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
4.255:40
4Home Again45:28
5Now and Then
recording engineer:
Peter Waschelewski
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald (The Things, The Muffs)
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald (The Things, The Muffs)
bass, drums (drum set), guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest drums (drum set):
Kevin Dunne
guest hurdy gurdy:
Mr. Heller and Mrs. Heller
guest trumpet:
Mark Pender
keyboard:
Jens Johansson
whistle:
Candice Night
guest background vocals:
Sue Goehringer, John Gould (UK producer/engineer), Scott Hazell and Trish (backing vocalist, worked with Blackmore's Night)
vocals:
Candice Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Minstrel Hall Music (in 1999)
recorded at:
Wasteland Studios in Heidenheim, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
produced at:
Apres Midi in New Jersey, United States, Lobo Studios in Deerpark, New York, United States and Wasteland Stage in Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
recording of:
Now and Then
lyricist and composer:
Candice Night
publisher:
Haunted Song Music
3.83:13
6Diamonds and Rust
producer and mixer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, barrel drum [renaissance drum], electric guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
bass:
Sir Robert of Normandie
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Mike Sorrentino
shawm, tin whistle, background vocals and background vocals [chant]:
Candice Night
viola and violin:
Marnen Laibow-Koser
vocals:
Candice Night
cover recording of:
Diamonds & Rust
lyricist and composer:
Joan Baez (US folk singer)
dedicated to:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation and Chandos Music Company
4.354:50
7Play Minstrel Play
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, percussion and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
cello:
Tom Brown (UK folk artist)
French horn, recorder and trumpet:
Gerald Flashman
guest flute:
Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull)
keyboard:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
guest background vocals:
Scott Hazell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ritchie Blackmore (Copyright holder for bands connected with Ritchie Blackmore) (in 1997, in 1999)
recorded at and mixed at:
Minstrell Hall (Ritchie Blackmore's recording studio) in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Play Minstrel Play
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Pierre Attaingnant (French Renaissance music publisher, fl. 1514-1551)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
version of:
Tourdion (Quand je bois du vin clairet)
4.24:01
8Beyond the Sunset
recording engineer:
Peter Waschelewski
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg, Joe James (engineer), Peter Rooth and Peter Waschelewski
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald (The Things, The Muffs)
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald (The Things, The Muffs)
bass, drums (drum set), guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest drums (drum set):
Kevin Dunne
guest hurdy gurdy:
Mr. Heller and Mrs. Heller
guest trumpet:
Mark Pender
whistle:
Candice Night
guest background vocals:
Sue Goehringer, John Gould (UK producer/engineer), Scott Hazell and Trish (backing vocalist, worked with Blackmore's Night)
vocals:
Candice Night
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Minstrel Hall Music (in 1999)
recorded at:
Wasteland Studios in Heidenheim, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
produced at:
Apres Midi in New Jersey, United States, Lobo Studios in Deerpark, New York, United States and Wasteland Stage in Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
recording of:
Beyond the Sunset
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Minstrel Hall Music
3.53:44
9Hark the Herald Angels Sing/Come All Ye Faithful
producer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
bagpipe:
Albert Dannemann
bass:
Sir Robert of Normandie
drums (drum set):
Anton Fig
guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola, nyckelharpa and percussion:
Ritchie Blackmore
keyboard:
Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski; keyboards for Blackmore’s Night since 2003) and Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
recorder, shawm, tin whistle and tin whistle [pennywhistle]:
Candice Night
violin:
Sarah Steiding
background vocals:
Albert Dannemann, Jim Manngard and Iain Robertson (UK stage manager/drum tech)
choir vocals [harmony vocals]:
Sisters of the Moon
vocals:
Candice Night
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Icarus Music (Argentinian metal label and distributor) (in 2006)
recorded at:
Minstrell Hall (Ritchie Blackmore's recording studio) in New York, New York, United States (in 2005)
medley including a recording of:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Christmas carol)
additional lyricist:
George Whitefield (in 1753)
lyricist:
Charles Wesley (hymn writer) (in 1739)
composer:
Felix Mendelssohn (composer) (in 1840)
arranger:
William H. Cummings (in 1855)
part of:
The New English Hymnal (hymn book) (number: 26)
medley including a recording of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful (English version of Latin “Adeste fideles”)
lyricist and composer:
John Francis Wade (from 1740 until 1743)
translator:
Frederick Oakeley (in 1841)
arrangement of:
O Come, All Ye Faithful
translated version of:
Adeste fideles (original latin version)
53:48
10Keeper of the Flame
producer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
bass:
Earl Grey of Chimay (Mike Clemente)
bombarde, gemshorn, rauschpfeife, recorder, shawm and tin whistle:
Candice Night
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Squire Malcolm of Lumley
guitar:
Ritchie Blackmore and Earl Grey of Chimay (Mike Clemente)
hurdy gurdy, mandola, mandolin and nyckelharpa:
Ritchie Blackmore
keyboard and background vocals:
Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski; keyboards for Blackmore’s Night since 2003)
violin and choir vocals [harmony vocals]:
Gypsy Rose (violinist / vocals)
recording of:
Keeper of the Flame
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
44:39
11Locked Within the Crystal Ball
producer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, hurdy gurdy, mandocello, mandola, mandolin, percussion and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest strings:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
guest violin:
Gypsy Rose (violinist / vocals)
oboe, background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
guest vocals:
David Bard, Joe Castle and Jim Manngard
recording of:
Locked Within the Crystal Ball
lyricist:
Candice Night
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
4.58:02
12All Because of You4.353:35
13Rainbow Blues
producer and mixer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, barrel drum [renaissance drum], electric guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
bass:
Sir Robert of Normandie
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Mike Sorrentino
shawm, tin whistle, background vocals and background vocals [chant]:
Candice Night
viola and violin:
Marnen Laibow-Koser
vocals:
Candice Night
cover recording of:
Rainbow Blues
lyricist and composer:
Ian Anderson (of Jethro Tull)
3.654:27
14Mond Tanz/Child in Time
producer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hurdy gurdy and percussion [various drums]:
Ritchie Blackmore
bagpipe:
Albert Dannemann
bass guitar:
Sir Robert of Normandie
drums (drum set):
Anton Fig
keyboard:
Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski; keyboards for Blackmore’s Night since 2003), The Minstrel Hall Consort and Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
practice chanter, rauschpfeife, recorder, shawm and lead vocals:
Candice Night
violin:
Sarah Steiding
background vocals:
Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski; keyboards for Blackmore’s Night since 2003), Albert Dannemann, Jim Manngard, Candice Night and Iain Robertson (UK stage manager/drum tech)
choir vocals [harmony vocals]:
Lady Madeline (Real Name: Madeline Posner) and Lady Nancy (Real Name: Nancy Posner)
cover recording of:
Child in Time
writer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. (publisher active since the 1910s), B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing France, HEC Music, Henrees Music co., EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division (until 2021-06-30), EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Bombay Calling
recording of:
Mond Tanz
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Minstrel Hall Music
4.356:11
15Street of Dreams
producer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
bagpipe:
Albert Dannemann
bass guitar:
Sir Robert of Normandie
drums (drum set):
Anton Fig
electric guitar:
Ritchie Blackmore
keyboard:
Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski; keyboards for Blackmore’s Night since 2003), The Minstrel Hall Consort and Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
practice chanter, rauschpfeife, recorder, shawm and lead vocals:
Candice Night
violin:
Sarah Steiding
background vocals:
Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski; keyboards for Blackmore’s Night since 2003), Albert Dannemann, Jim Manngard, Candice Night and Iain Robertson (UK stage manager/drum tech)
choir vocals [harmony vocals]:
Lady Madeline (Real Name: Madeline Posner) and Lady Nancy (Real Name: Nancy Posner)
recording of:
Street of Dreams
lyricist:
Joe Lynn Turner (US rock vocalist)
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
4.354:32
16All the Fun of the Fayre
producer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
bass:
Earl Grey of Chimay (Mike Clemente)
bombarde, gemshorn, rauschpfeife, recorder, shawm and tin whistle:
Candice Night
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Squire Malcolm of Lumley
guitar:
Ritchie Blackmore and Earl Grey of Chimay (Mike Clemente)
hurdy gurdy, mandola, mandolin and nyckelharpa:
Ritchie Blackmore
keyboard and background vocals:
Bard David of Larchmont (David Baranowski; keyboards for Blackmore’s Night since 2003)
violin and choir vocals [harmony vocals]:
Gypsy Rose (violinist / vocals)
recording of:
All the Fun of the Fayre
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
4.53:53
17Toast to Tomorrow
producer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, fiddle, hurdy gurdy, mandocello, mandola, mandolin, percussion and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest strings:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
guest violin:
Gypsy Rose (violinist / vocals)
oboe, background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
guest vocals:
David Bard, Joe Castle and Jim Manngard
recording of:
Toast to Tomorrow
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
43:46