Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon (1999)+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candice Night - Lead Vocals, Pennywhistle Ritchie Blackmore - All Guitars, Mandolin, Bass, Rennaissance Drum, Tamborine John Ford - Lead Vocals and Bass on "Wind In The Willows", Background Vocals on "Under A Violet Moon" and "March The Heroes Home". Miri Ben-Ari - Violin on "Morning Star" and "Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)". Mick Cervino - Additional Bass on "Morning Star". Adam Forgione - Additional Keyboards on "Morning Star". Kevin Dunne - Drums. Peter Rooth - Bass on "Wind In The Willows" and "Self Portrait", Drum Programming on "Wind In The Willows" and "Gone With The Wind". Jens Johansson - Keyboards on "Wind In The Willows", "Under A Violet Moon", "Morning Star" and "Now And Then". Jeff Glixman and Roy McDonald - Additional Keyboards. Jason Chapman - Trumpet and Flugelhorn on "Gone With The Wind". Scott Hazell, Sue Goehringer, John Gould and Frish - Backing Vocals. Mike 'Metal' Goldberg - Military Drum on "Past Time With Good Company". Des Geyer Schwarzer Haufen - Thomas Roth (This is more than fun!) Bagpipes, Backing Vocals. Albert Danneman - Bagpipes, Backing Vocals. Albrecht Schmidt - Reinthaler - Harpsichord. Jost Pogrzeba - Percussion on "March The Heroes Home". Christof Heus, Gell Spitz - Trumpet on "March The Heroes Home". Adolf Lehnberger, Rolf Spitz - Trombone on "March The Heroes Home". Mark Pender - Trumpet. Mr. and Mrs. Heller - Hurdy Gurdys. The Minstrel Hall Concort - All Other Instruments. Recording Engineer - Peter Waschelwski at Wasteland Studios, Germany. Preproduction Engineer and Additional String Arrangement on track 2, 5, 6, 9 and 13 - Joe James. Final Production on track 2, 5, 12 and 13 - Ritchie Blackmore and Roy McDonald at Apres Midi Studios. Mike 'Metal' Goldberg - Engineer at Apres Midi Studios. Final Production on all tracks except 2, 5, 12 and 13 - Ritchie Blackmore and Jeff Glixman at Lobo Studios. Peter Rooth and Jeff Glixman - Engieers at Lobo Studios. Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound Studios, NYC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Under A Violet Moon (Blackmore, Night) 4:23 2) Castles And Dreams (Blackmore, Night) 3:32 3) Past Time With Good Company (Traditional by Henry VIII, arr. by Blackmore) 3:22 4) Morning Star (Blackmore, Night) 4:41 5) Avalon (Traditional with Blackmore, Night, arr. by Blackmore) 3:03 6) Possum Goes To Prague (Blackmore) 1:13 7) Wind In The Willows (Bell) 4:12 8) Gone With The Wind (Traditional (Knipper), Blackmore, Night, arr. by Blackmore) 5:24 9) Beyond The Sunset (Blackmore) 3:44 10) March The Heroes Home (Traditional, Blackmore, Night, arr. by Blackmore) 4:38 11) Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well) (Traditional, Blackmore, Night, arr. by Blackmore) 5:22 12) Catherine Howard's Fate (Blackmore, Night) 2:35 13) Fool's Gold (Blackmore, Night) 3:33 14) Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus (Blackmore) 2:31 15) Now And Then (Night) 3:10 16) Self Portrait (Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio) 3:19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Under A Violet Moon (Blackmore, Night) 4:23 Dancing to the feel of the drum Leave this world behind We'll have a drink and toast to ourselves Under a violet moon Tudor Rose with her hairin curls Will make you turn and stare Try to steal a kiss at the bridge Under a violet moon Raise your hats and your glasses too We will dance the whole night through We're going back to a time we knew Under a violet moon Cheers to the Kings and days of the olde The beggars and the thieves Living in an echanted woods Under a vilet moon Fortune teller what you see Future in a card Share your secrets, tell them to me Under a vilet moon Close your eyes and lose yourself In a medieval wood Taste the treasures and sing the tunes Under a violet moon To my delight on a shiny night The season of the year To keep the lanterns burning bright Under a violet moon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Castles And Dreams (Blackmore, Night) 3:32 Solitare with a song in her heart But what a sad song to sing Turned her back on all that she knew In the hopes of a golden ring And the rains came down And the stars fell from the sky Oh, how dark the night It always seems those castles and dreams Fade with the morning light Such a sad story That time loves to tell Copper coins shine for the sun From the floor after wishing well So the jewel of jepordy Shines with each dangerous step So unsure of what we've become What we have and what we have left ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Past Time With Good Company (Traditional by Henry VIII, arr. by Blackmore) 3:22 Past time with good company I love, and shall until I die Grutch who lust, but none deny So God be pleased, thus live will I For my pastance Hunt, sing and dance My heart is set All goodly sport For my comfort Who shall we let? Youth must have some dalliance Of good or ill some pastance Company methinks them best All thoughts and fancies to digest For idleness is chief mistress Of vices all, then who can say But mirth and play Is best of all? Company for honesty Is virtue, vices to flee Company is good and ill The best ensure The worst eschew My mind shall be Virtue to use Virtue to refuse Thus shall I use me ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Morning Star (Blackmore, Night) 4:41 There are shadows in the sky Dancing in the air Calling to my heart Saying, "If you dare We're running fast We're running far Trying to catch the morning star..." And time and space Our only shield Keeping secrets Unrevealed Falling night Breather in the dark Trying to catch the morning star I can fly through my mind when I see them as they shine Can it be so hard to cry and charm the elusive morning star So within the chase We soon will find The light of the moon Those left behind Try to free the gypsy in their hearts By trying to catch the morning star Now that the time Has come and gone Illusion has past And we're on our own Know the dream is never far When trying to catch the morning star ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Avalon (Traditional with Blackmore, Night, arr. by Blackmore) 3:03 To the days of Avalon Where magic rules as kind The moon beneath the castle walls As the nightingale sings The golden bird he gave to me What happiness he brings Like a star on a Christmas tree As the nightingale sings And so we sat, hand in hand and watched the fireflies And never spoke a single word But lived to do or die We lived to do or die We read of tales of treason The soldiers legacy Blood beneath the crimson sky Fighting without reason But the crime of loyality A tettered flag left the sky The branches bent Like an archers bow And he spread his wings And flew beneath the gentle show As the nightingale sings ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Possum Goes To Prague (Blackmore) 1:13 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Wind In The Willows (Bell) 4:12 As I went a walking one morning in spring I met with some travelers on an old coutry lane One was an old man, the second a maid The third was a young boy who smiled as he said "With the wind in the willows, the birds in the sky There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie We have bread and fishes and a jug of red wine To share on our journey with all of mankind" So I asked them to tell me their name and their race So I could remember each smile on their face "Our names, they mean nothing They change throughout time So come sit beside us and share in our wine" So I sat down beside them with flowers all around We ate from a mantle spread out on the ground They told me of prophets of peoples and kings And all of the one God that knows everything "We're travelling to Glaston over England's green Lanes To hear of men's troubles, to hear of men's pains We travel the wide world over land and the sea To tell all the people how they can be free..." So sadly I left them on that old coutry lane For I knew that I'd never see them again One was an old man, the second a maid The third was a young boy who smiled as he said ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Gone With The Wind (Traditional (Knipper), Blackmore, Night, arr. by Blackmore) 5:24 Twisting turning The winds are burning Leaving me without a name How will we ever find our way Snow was falling I could hear the frightened calling Fear taking over every more than sand Wind will sweep away The traces I was here A story in a teardrop That's all I have to give Rage inferno swallowing the life that know Strength is the only way to fight You must look up to see the light Gone with the wind Take all I know Turn it into darkened shadows They'll disappear in the sun When a new story has begun She survived the nightmare Began a whole new life here But I can see behind those eyes She still sees those fires in the night Twisting and turning Oh, the wind is burning Leaving me without a name How will we ever find our way ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Beyond The Sunset (Blackmore) 3:44 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) March The Heroes Home (Traditional, Blackmore, Night, arr. by Blackmore) 4:38 I sing the praise of honored wars of glory and the kings The bravery of soldiers, the joy that peace can bring The captains on their way homes, the ribbons on their chests They've packed away the firearms the trumpets lay to rest They've taken in the battlefield with one last weary breath And set their sights on something new while there's still something left The poets and the dreamers thank the stars above For leaving hatred in the dust and bringing back the love Over land and over sea March the heroes home For the faithful, for the free March the heroes home We'll be waiting when you March the heroes home And the night and day through March the heroes home The flower laughing in the fields boast colors bright and new A hint of freedom in the air, the chimes are ringing true They're bringing in the New Year and ringing out the old Becoming the springtime though winter winds blow cold ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11) Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well) (Traditional, Blackmore, Night, arr. by Blackmore) 5:22 Silent she rose from the cold desert sands Painted in shadows, a dark caravan Quiet as a whisper with moves like a cat She ruled like a storm cloud, her eyes gloving black Oh, and they cried Malaguena Wait for me Malaguena I remember it well Oh, and they cried Malaguena Wait for me Malaguena I remember it well Ooh, too well And so they rode on the wings of a song Spinning in silence, the world was their own Two lovers locked in the arms of the dance Freedom begins with the game of the dance And now they rise like a wave on the seas Lost in the rhythm and ever they'll be ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12) Catherine Howard's Fate (Blackmore, Night) 2:35 Oh, to my dearest and ruler and lord Mereiful husband Nobelest of kings Your hear of gold has long since tarnished in my chamber What will the morning bring? Was it my heart that doth betray me Cause I loved more than one man? Is it true you wear a wounded spirit? Pray let me mend and make our love anew Allow me to be your humble servant once again, as before Are you like the others, so quick to judge And for this the queen must fall Was it my heart that doth betray me Cause I loved more than one man? Truth within the writtings of a letter Signed and sealed poor Christine Howard's fate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 13) Fool's Gold (Blackmore, Night) 3:33 Somewhere in the market square the cobblestones still shine Glassy eyes behold the sight through another cup of wine The one eyed jester skips and turns as he makes his way through the crowd While the travern's royalty try not to laugh aloud The jester does another spin and then falls to the floor A show of hands, a short 'Hurrah!', a plea for him to do more The ease of laughter comes so fast when you're not in a jester's shoes Cause when you've only fool's gold you've got nothing more to loose Who holds the riches, the jester or the king? A fortress made from fool's gold or the tears that treasure can bring? The king he sits upon his throne The world's weight on his chest When your mind begins to race you've got no time to rest "Where is my clown? I need him now, to take my troubles away..." The harlequin rushes in as his work begins for the day While somewhere in a market square the cobblestones will shine ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14) Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus (Blackmore) 2:31 Instrumental ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 15) Now And Then (Night) 3:10 The past is so familiar But that's why you couldn't stay Too many ghosts, too many haunted dreams Besides you were built to find your own way But after all these years I thought we'd still hold on But when I reach for you and search your eyes I see you're already gone That's OK I'll be fine I've got myself, I'll heal in time But when you leave just remember what we had There's more to life than just you I man cry but I'll make it through And I know that the sun will shine again Though I may think of you now and then Can't do a thing with ashes but throw them to the wind Though his heart may be in pieces now You know I'll build it up again and I'll come back stronger than I ever did before Just don't turn around when you walk out that door That's OK I'll be fine I've got myself, I'll heal in time And even though our stories at the end I still may think of you now and then ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16) Self Portrait (Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio) 3:19 (from Rainbow "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" (1975)) Paint me a picture and hand it on the wall Colour it darkly, the lines must start to crawl Down, down, down Spin me around and around Draw me away to the night from the day Leave not a trace to be found Down, down Nothing is real but the way that I feel And I feel like going ... down, down Paint me a picture of eyes that never see With flashes of lightning that burn for only me Hey, hey, hey There's only the devil to pay I'm ready to go, pull me down from below Give me a place I can lay Hey, hey Nothing is real but the way that I feel And I feel like going ... down, down, down Nothing is real but the way that I feel And I feel like going ... down, down, down ------------------------------------------------------------------------