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
| 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, backgroud 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 - additional keyboards
- 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 - backing vocals
- Sue Goehringer - backing vocals
- John Gould - backing vocals
- Trish - backing vocals
Charts performance
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
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| 1999 |
Japan |
13 |
| Germany |
20 |
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Packaging
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