Artist: BLACKMORE'S NIGHT
Album: SHADOW OF THE MOON RE-RELEASE (CD)

Release date: 1997/ 2006
Media type: CD

Following his global success as Deep Purple and Rainbow’s guitarist and main composer, Blackmore changed his musical form of expression in the mid-Nineties and founded Blackmore’s Night together with his partner, Candice Night. Fans and press were equally fascinated by their 1997 debut album, Shadow Of The Moon, with its successful mix of wonderful melodies and magnificent guitar parts. “In the beginning, my fingers were not used to the acoustic guitar,” Blackmore recalls the early stages, which apparently were not so easy for him. “With Deep Purple we often played wild stuff, which never seemed to sound wrong. You just let your guitar howl and whimper, and people were deeply impressed. An acoustic guitar requires a totally different technique.” Shadow Of The Moon stayed in the German album charts for 17 weeks and went gold in Japan. The band toured churches, opera houses, theatres and castles all over the world with their next release, Under A Violet Moon, out in spring 1999, which went to no. 20 in Germany and to no. 12 in the Japanese charts. As the very successful european tour still continues, these two classic albums are available again. The fan demand is there.

TRACKLIST:

1. Shadow Of The Moon
2. The Clock Ticks On
3. Be Mine Tonight
4. Play Minstrel Play
5. Ocean Gypsy
6. Minstrel Hall
7. Magical World
8. Writing On The Wall
9. Renaissance Fair
10. Memmingen
11. No Second Chance
12. Mond Tanz
13. Spirit Of The Sea
14. Greensleeves
15. Wish You Were Here
16. Possum's Last Dance (Bonus Track)