The Beginning

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Annotation

From Discogs:

Packaging: 4 discs, each with a booklet, held in its own Digipak, all contained in a purple velvet box, embossed and printed with silver ink, surrounded with a clear plastic O-case, which has the disc info printed on the back.

In the box are the first two Blackmore‘s Night albums "Shadow Of The Moon" and "Under A Violet Moon" as well as 2 DVDs containing video footage of their early tours "Live In Germany 1997-1998" and "Under A Violet Moon - Castle Tour 2000". In addition to the concert footage there are interviews with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, as well as backstage footage, rehearsal footage and medieval fight shows.

Annotation last modified on 2016-09-25 03:06 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Shadow of the Moon
#TitleRatingLength
1Shadow of the Moon
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:
Shadow of the Moon
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
4.255:06
2The Clock Ticks On
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:
The Clock Ticks On
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Tielman Susato (Flemish Renaissance composer)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
3.755:15
3Be Mine Tonight
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:
Be Mine Tonight
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
42:51
4Play 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)
4.23:59
5Ocean Gypsy
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
cover recording of:
Ocean Gypsy
lyricist and composer:
Michael Dunford (guitarist / songwriter for the group Renaissance) and Betty Thatcher
3.56:06
6Minstrel Hall
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)
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:
Minstrel Hall
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Minstrel Hall Music
3.62:36
7Magical World
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:
Magical World
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
version of:
Gloucestershire Wassail
4.254:02
8Writing on the Wall
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:
Writing on the Wall
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
3.44:35
9Renaissance Faire
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:
Renaissance Faire
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Tielman Susato (Flemish Renaissance composer)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
3.54:16
10Memmingen
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)
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:
Memmingen
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Minstrel Hall Music
3.51:05
11No 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
4.255:39
12Mond Tanz
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)
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:
Mond Tanz
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Minstrel Hall Music
3.83:33
13Spirit 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
3.44:50
14Greensleeves
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
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
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:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3.853:47
15Wish You Were Here
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola, mandolin, nyckelharpa, percussion and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
cello:
Tom Brown (UK folk artist)
French horn and trumpet:
Gerald Flashman
keyboard:
Pat Regan (American recording engineer)
recorder:
Gerald Flashman and Candice Night
shawm, tin whistle [pennywhistle], background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ritchie Blackmore (Copyright holder for bands connected with Ritchie Blackmore) (in 1997, in 1999) and 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)
mixed at:
Minstrell Hall (Ritchie Blackmore's recording studio) in New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Wish You Were Here
composer:
Leskelä Teijo
publisher:
Zomba Music Publ. (music publisher – add no releases here!)
3.65:02
16Possum’s Last Dance
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 [renaissance drums] 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:
Possum's Last Dance
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Minstrel Hall Music
32:42
2▶CD: Under a Violet Moon
3▶DVD: Shadow of the Moon: Live in Germany 1997-1998
4▶DVD: Under a Violet Moon: Castle Tour 2000