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Tracklist

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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
4.255:07
2Be 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
4.52:51
3Play 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:
Scott Hazell and Candice Night
guest background vocals:
Scott Hazell
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:
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
4Ocean 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
3.86:07
5Magical 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
4.254:01
6No 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
7Spirit 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
3.754:50
8Greensleeves
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)
4.23:47
9Wish 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!)
45:01
10Under a Violet Moon
recording engineer:
Peter Waschelewski
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
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:
Under a Violet Moon
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
4.24:23
11Castles and Dreams43:34
12Past Time With Good Company3.83:22
13Avalon
recording engineer:
Peter Waschelewski
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
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:
Avalon
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
publisher:
Haunted Song Music and Minstrel Hall Music
3.53:04
14Wind in the Willows
recording engineer:
Peter Waschelewski
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
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
cover recording of:
Bread and Fishes
lyricist and composer:
Alan Bell (UK folk singer)
34:12
15Beyond the Sunset3.53:44
16Catherine Howard’s Fate4.252:35
17Now and Then
recording engineer:
Peter Waschelewski
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
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
4.253:11