The Beginning

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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

▶ CD 1: Shadow of the Moon
▼ CD 2: Under a Violet Moon
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1Under a Violet Moon
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
bass, drums (drum set), guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest bass:
Peter Rooth
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:
John Ford (member of the Strawbs and the Monks), Sue Goehringer, John Gould (UK producer/engineer), Scott Hazell and Trish (backing vocalist, worked with Blackmore's Night)
vocals:
Candice Night
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:
Under a Violet Moon
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
4.24:23
2Castles and Dreams
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg, Joe James (engineer), Peter Rooth and Peter Waschelewski
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
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
43:33
3Past Time With Good Company
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
bass, drums (drum set), guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest drums (drum set):
Kevin Dunne and Mike “Metal” Goldberg
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
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:
Pastime With Good Company
composer:
King Henry VIII of England
3.63:24
4Morning Star
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest bass:
Mick Cervino
additional guest keyboard:
Adam G Forgione, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
guest violin:
Miri Ben‐Ari
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
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:
Morning Star
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
4.254:41
5Avalon
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg, Joe James (engineer), Peter Rooth and Peter Waschelewski
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
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:
Avalon
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
3.53:03
6Possum Goes to Prague
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg, Joe James (engineer), Peter Rooth and Peter Waschelewski
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
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:
Possum Goes to Prague
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
3.51:13
7Wind in the Willows
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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)
guest vocals:
John Ford (member of the Strawbs and the Monks)
vocals:
Candice Night
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
cover recording of:
Bread and Fishes
lyricist and composer:
Alan Bell (UK folk singer)
34:12
8Gone With the Wind
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
bass, drums (drum set), guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest drums (drum set):
Kevin Dunne
guest flugelhorn:
Jason Chapman (trumpet player and flugelhornist)
guest hurdy gurdy:
Mr. Heller and Mrs. Heller
guest trumpet:
Jason Chapman (trumpet player and flugelhornist) and 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
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:
Gone With the Wind
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Лев Книппер
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
version of:
Полюшко-поле (Oh Fields, My Fields)
3.65:24
9Beyond the Sunset
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg, Joe James (engineer), Peter Rooth and Peter Waschelewski
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
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
3.53:45
10March the Heroes Home
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
bagpipe and background vocals:
Thomas Roth (mediaeval folk)
bass, drums (drum set), guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest bagpipe:
Albert Dannemann
guest drums (drum set):
Kevin Dunne
guest harpsichord:
Albrecht Schmidt-Reinthaler
guest hurdy gurdy:
Mr. Heller and Mrs. Heller
guest percussion:
Jost Pogrzeba
guest trombone:
Adolf Lehnberger and Rolf Spitz
guest trumpet:
Christof Heus, Mark Pender and Gell Spitz
whistle:
Candice Night
guest background vocals:
Albert Dannemann, John Ford (member of the Strawbs and the Monks), Sue Goehringer, John Gould (UK producer/engineer), Scott Hazell and Trish (backing vocalist, worked with Blackmore's Night)
vocals:
Candice Night
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:
March the Heroes Home
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
2.84:39
11Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
guest violin:
Miri Ben‐Ari
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
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:
Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
4.25:23
12Catherine Howard’s Fate
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
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:
Catherine Howard's Fate
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
4.252:34
13Fool’s Gold
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg, Joe James (engineer), Peter Rooth and Peter Waschelewski
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
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:
Fool’s Gold
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
43:32
14Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
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:
Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
3.52:31
15Now and Then
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
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
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
4.253:11
16Self Portrait
engineer:
Mike “Metal” Goldberg and Peter Rooth
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore, Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
additional guest keyboard:
Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald
bass, drums (drum set), guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
guest bass:
Peter Rooth
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
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:
Self Portrait
lyricist:
Ronnie James Dio
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio
43:19
▶ DVD 3: Shadow of the Moon: Live in Germany 1997-1998
▶ DVD 4: Under a Violet Moon: Castle Tour 2000