Under a Violet Moon
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Under a Violet Moon is the second studio album by the group Blackmore's Night, released May 25, 1999. Under a Violet Moon won the New Age Voice award for the best vocal album of the year.[2]
Track listing
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| 1. | "Under a Violet Moon" | Ritchie Blackmore, Candice Night | 4:23 |
| 2. | "Castles and Dreams" | Blackmore, Night | 3:33 |
| 3. | "Past Time with Good Company" | trad. by King Henry VIII | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Morning Star" | Blackmore, Night | 4:41 |
| 5. | "Avalon" | trad. | 3:03 |
| 6. | "Possum Goes to Prague" (Instrumental) | Blackmore | 1:13 |
| 7. | "Wind in the Willows" (feat. John Ford) | Alan Bell | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Gone with the Wind" (Includes "Polyushko-polye" by Lev Knipper, a popular Russian song of mid-30's.) | Blackmore, Knipper, Night | 5:24 |
| 9. | "Beyond the Sunset" (Instrumental) | Blackmore | 3:45 |
| 10. | "March the Heroes Home" | trad. by Michael Praetorius, Blackmore, Night | 4:39 |
| 11. | "Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)" | trad. | 5:23 |
| 12. | "Catherine Howard's Fate" | Blackmore, Night | 2:34 |
| 13. | "Fool's Gold" | Blackmore, Night | 3:32 |
| 14. | "Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus" (Instrumental) | Blackmore | 2:31 |
| 15. | "Now and Then" (including the Prelude in C by J.S. Bach) | Night | 3:11 |
| 16. | "Self Portrait" (Rainbow cover) | Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio | 3:19 |
Personnel
- Blackmore's Night
- Guest musicians
- John Ford – vocals, bass on #07, background vocals on #01 & 10
- Miri Ben-Ari – violin on #04 & 11
- Peter Rooth – bass on #01 & 16; drum programming on #07 & 08
- Mick Cervino - additional bass on #04
- Kevin Dunne – drums
- Mike Goldberg - military drum on #03
- Adam Forgione - additional keyboards on #04
- Jens Johansson – keyboards on #01, 04, 07 & 15
- Jeff Glixman, Roy McDonald - additional keyboards
- Jason Chapman - trumpet and flugelhorn on #08
- Thomas Roth - bagpipes, backing vocals on #10
- Albert Danneman - bagpipes, backing vocals on #10
- Albrecht Schmidt-Reinthaler - harpsichord on #10
- Jost Pogrzeba - percussion on #10
- Christof Heus - trumpet on #10
- Adolf Lehnberger - trombone on #10
- Gell Spitz - trumpet on #10
- Rolf Spitz - trombone on #10
- Mark Pender - trumpet
- Mr. & Mrs. Heller - hurdy-gurdy
- Scott Hazell, Sue Goehringer, John Gould, Trish - backing vocals
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| 1999 |
Japan |
13 |
| Germany |
20 |
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