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CD/DVD Releases: Blackmore's Night: ''The Beginning'' Detailed

Posted on Saturday, November 17 @ 00:10:00 UTC by nightowl

So, having just posted Keith's review of Blackmore's Night's A Knight In York review, the very next item in our inbox was also about Blackmore's Night*.

Blackmore's Night - The Beginning is a documentation about the early period of a musical legend.

In the lavish velvet-box you will find the first two Blackmore's Night albums Shadow Of The Moon and Under A Violet Moon as well as rare video footage of their early tours "Live In Germany 1997-1998" and "Under A Violet Moon - Castle Tour 2000." Available for the first time on DVD and only in the The Beginning box.

The footage from various concerts from the Shadow Of The Moon and Under A Violet Moon tours is enriched by interviews with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night, as well as backstage footage, rehearsal footage and medieval fight shows.

"We live the music," says Ritchie Blackmore, confirming the impression that this documentation gives every second -- Blackmore's Night is authentic. The enthusiasm of the musicians captivates the audience and takes them along on a journey through the past. Some of the DVD tracks go from the living room rehearsals to the stage and are impressive proof that the compositions function wonderfully as intimate acoustic versions, as well as with the full band on the big stage.

Blackmore's Night - The Beginning is a very special release, not only for fans and collectors, for nostalgic or the medieval curious, but for any lover of beautiful timeless music. This extraordinary box provides the owner not only two DVDs with a delightful, interesting and entertaining performances plus two original studio albums of fantastic music, but rather with it is a ticket out of the dreary day to day life, a way to leave everything behind, to relax the soul for a few hours.

Content:

DVD 1: "Blackmore's Night - Shadow Of The Moon - Live In Germany 1997-1998"
DVD 2: "Blackmore's Night - Under A Violet Moon Castle Tour 2000"
CD1: "Shadow Of The Moon" album
CD2: "Under A Violet Moon" album

In stores:

UK: December 10, 2012
Rest Of Europe: December 7, 2012
USA: November 20, 2012

Track listing:

DVD 1:

* Shadow Of The Moon
* The Clock Ticks On
* Play Minstrel Play
* Minstrel Hall
* St. Theresa
* Under A Violet Moon
* Magical World
* No Second Chance
* 16th Century Greensleeves
* Renaissance Faire
* Writing On The Wall
* Mond Tanz
* Be Mine Tonight
* Memmingen
* Black Night
* Man On The Silver Mountain
* Still I'm Sad
* Maybe Next Time

DVD 2:

* Written In The Stars
* Morning Star
* Renaissance Faire
* Fires At Midnight (Midnight Acoustic Performance)
* Possum Goes To Prague
* Under A Violet Moon
* Spanish Nights
* Past Time With Good Company
* Wind In The Willows
* March The Heroes Home
* Gone With The Wind
* Fires At Midnight (Midnight Acoustic Performance)
* Now & Then
* Durch Den Wald Zum Bachhaus

CD 1:

* Shadow Of The Moon
* The Clock Ticks On
* Be Mine Tonight
* Play Minstrel Play
* Ocean Gypsy
* Minstrel Hall
* Magical World
* Writing On The Wall
* Renaissance Faire
* Memmingen
* No Second Chance
* Mond Tanz
* Spirit Of The Sea
* Greensleeves
* Wish You Were Here
* Possum's Last Dance

CD 2:

* Under A Violet Moon
* Castles And Dreams
* Past Time With Good Company
* Morning Star
* Avalon
* Possum Goes To Prague
* Wind In The Willows
* Gone With The Wind
* Beyond The Sunset
* March The Heroes Home
* Spanish Nights (I Remember It Well)
* Catherine Howard's Fate
* Fool's Gold
* Durch den Wald Zum Bach Haus
* Now And Then
* Self Portrait

* granted, at the time it arrived in October, there might actually have been spam messages in between now long since deleted, but still......

[Source: Blabbermouth.net]

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