The Best Of

~ Release by Blackmore’s Night (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Shadow of the Moon
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (engineer)
acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums (drum set) [drums], electric guitar, mandolin and tambourine:
Ritchie Blackmore
cello:
Tom Brown (UK folk artist)
French horn, recorder and trumpet:
Gerald Flashman
keyboard:
Pat Regan (engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
recording of:
Shadow of the Moon
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
55:07
2Be Mine Tonight
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (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 (engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
recording of:
Be Mine Tonight
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
42:51
3Play Minstrel Play
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (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 (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
recording of:
Play Minstrel Play
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Pierre Attaingnant (French Renaissance music publisher, fl. 1514-1551)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
version of:
Tourdion (Quand je bois du vin clairet)
43:59
4Ocean Gypsy
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (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 (engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
cover recording of:
Ocean Gypsy
lyricist and composer:
Michael Dunford (guitarist / songwriter for the group Renaissance) and Betty Thatcher
3.356:07
5Magical World
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (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 (engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
recording of:
Magical World
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
version of:
Gloucestershire Wassail
4.54:01
6No Second Chance
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (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 (engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
recording of:
No Second Chance
writer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night
45:40
7Spirit of the Sea
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (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 (engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
recording of:
Spirit of the Sea
lyricist:
Candice Night
composer:
Ritchie Blackmore
34:50
8Greensleeves
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (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 (engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
arranger:
Ritchie Blackmore
recording of:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4.353:47
9Wish You Were Here
engineer and mixer:
Pat Regan (engineer)
producer:
Ritchie Blackmore and Pat Regan (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 (engineer)
viola and violin:
Lady Green (Blackmore's Night)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Candice Night
cover recording of:
Wish You Were Here
composer:
Leskelä Teijo
publisher:
Zomba Music Publ. (music publisher - add no releases here!)
35:01
10Under a Violet Moon44:23
11Castles and Dreams33:34
12Past Time With Good Company3.353:22
13Avalon33:04
14Wind 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)
24:12
15Beyond the Sunset33:44
16Catherine Howard’s Fate42:35
17Now and Then43:11