The Beginning

Tracklist

• CD 1: Shadow of the Moon
• 1
  Shadow of the Moon
  5:05
  4.2 ★
• 2
  The Clock Ticks On
  5:14
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Be Mine Tonight
  2:51
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Play Minstrel Play
  3:59
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Ocean Gypsy
  6:06
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Minstrel Hall
  2:35
  3.6 ★
• 7
  Magical World
  4:01
  4.2 ★
• 8
  Writing on the Wall
  4:35
  3.4 ★
• 9
  Renaissance Faire
  4:16
  3.5 ★
• 10
  Memmingen
  1:05
  3.5 ★
• 11
  No Second Chance
  5:38
  4.2 ★
• 12
  Mond Tanz
  3:33
  3.8 ★
• 13
  Spirit of the Sea
  4:50
  3.4 ★
• 14
  Greensleeves
  3:46
  3.9 ★
• 15
  Wish You Were Here
  5:02
  3.6 ★
• 16
  Possum’s Last Dance
  2:42
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: Under a Violet Moon
• 1
  Under a Violet Moon
  4:23
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Castles and Dreams
  3:33
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Past Time With Good Company
  3:24
  3.8 ★
• 4
  Morning Star
  4:41
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Avalon
  3:02
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Possum Goes to Prague
  1:13
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Wind in the Willows
  4:12
  3.0 ★
• 8
  Gone With the Wind
  5:24
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Beyond the Sunset
  3:44
  3.5 ★
• 10
  March the Heroes Home
  4:39
  2.8 ★
• 11
  Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)
  5:22
  4.2 ★
• 12
  Catherine Howard’s Fate
  2:34
  3.8 ★
• 13
  Fool’s Gold
  3:31
  3.6 ★
• 14
  Durch den Wald zum Bach Haus
  2:31
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Now and Then
  3:11
  3.8 ★
• 16
  Self Portrait
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• DVD 3: Shadow of the Moon: Live in Germany 1997-1998
• 1
  Shadow of the Moon
• 2
  The Clock Ticks On
• 3
  Play Minstrel Play
• 4
  Minstrel Hall
• 5
  St. Theresa
• 6
  Under a Violet Moon
• 7
  Magical World
• 8
  No Second Chance
• 9
  16th Century Greensleeves
• 10
  Renaissance Faire
• 11
  Writing on the Wall
• 12
  Mond Tanz
• 13
  Be Mine Tonight
• 14
  Memmingen
• 15
  Black Night
• 16
  Man on the Silver Mountain
• 17
  Still I’m Sad
• 18
  Maybe Next Time
• DVD 4: Under a Violet Moon: Castle Tour 2000
• 1
  Written in the Stars
• 2
  Morning Star
• 3
  Renaissance Faire
• 4
  Fires at Midnight (Midnight acoustic Performance)
• 5
  Possum Goes to Prague
• 6
  Under a Violet Moon
• 7
  Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)
• 8
  Past Time With Good Company
• 9
  Wind in the Willows
• 10
  March the Heroes Home
• 11
  Gone With the Wind
• 12
  Fires at Midnight
• 13
  Now & Then
• 14
  Durch Den Wald Zum Bach Haus

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Release credits

• Adam G Forgione
  additional [4], guest [4], keyboard [4]
• Adolf Lehnberger
  guest [10], trombone [10]
• Albert Dannemann
  background vocals [10], bagpipe [10], guest [10]
• Albrecht Schmidt-Reinthaler
  guest [10], harpsichord [10]
• Candice Night
  background vocals [1-5, 7-9, 11, 13-16], lead vocals [1-5, 7-9, 11, 13-16], recorder [15], shawm [15], tin whistle [15], vocal [1-16], whistle [1-16]
• Christof Heus
  guest [10], trumpet [10]
• Gell Spitz
  guest [10], trumpet [10]
• Gerald Flashman
  French horn [1-16], recorder [1-16], trumpet [1-16]
• Ian Anderson
  flute [4], guest [4]
• Jason Chapman
  flugelhorn [8], guest [8], trumpet [8]
• Jeff Glixman
  additional [1-16], guest [1-16], keyboard [1-16], producer [1-16]
• Jens Johansson
  keyboard [1, 4, 7, 15]
• Joe James
  engineer [2, 5-6, 9, 13]
• John Ford
  background vocals [1, 10], guest [1, 7, 10]
• John Gould
  background vocals [1-16], guest [1-16]
• Jost Pogrzeba
  guest [10], percussion [10]
• Kevin Dunne
  drums (drum set) [1-16], guest [1-16]
• Lady Green
  viola [1-16], violin [1-16]
• Mark Pender
  guest [1-16], trumpet [1-16]
• Mick Cervino
  additional [4], bass [4], guest [4]
• Mike “Metal” Goldberg
  drums (drum set) [3], engineer [1-16], guest [3]
• Miri Ben‐Ari
  guest [4, 11], violin [4, 11]
• Mr. Heller
  guest [1-16], hurdy gurdy [1-16]
• Mrs. Heller
  guest [1-16], hurdy gurdy [1-16]
• Pat Regan
  engineer [1-16], keyboard [1-16], mix [1-16], producer [1-16]
• Peter Rooth
  bass [1, 16], engineer [1-16], guest [1, 16]
• Peter Waschelewski
  engineer [2, 5-6, 9, 13], recording [1-16]
• Ritchie Blackmore
  acoustic guitar [1-16], arranger [14], bass [1-16], bass guitar [1-16], drums (drum set) [1-16], electric guitar [1-16], guitar [1-16], hurdy gurdy [15], mandola [15], mandolin [1.1-16, 2.1-16], nyckelharpa [15], percussion [1-16], producer [1.1-16, 2.1-16], tambourine [1.1-16, 2.1-16]
• Rolf Spitz
  guest [10], trombone [10]
• Roy McDonald
  additional [1-4, 6-16], guest [1-4, 6-16], keyboard [1-4, 6-16], producer [1-4, 6-16]
• Roy McDonald
  additional [5], guest [5], keyboard [5], producer [5]
• Scott Hazell
  background vocals [1.4, 2.1-16], guest [2.1-16, 1.4]
• Sue Goehringer
  background vocals [1-16], guest [1-16]
• Thomas Roth
  background vocals [10], bagpipe [10]
• Tom Brown
  cello [1-16]
• Trish
  background vocals [1-16], guest [1-16]
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Issues

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  The Beginning

  2x CD, 2x DVD
  7 December 2012