October 16, 2012 — 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:
EUROPE: December 7th, 2012
UK: December 10th, 2012
USA: November 20th, 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