Tis the season of reposts, so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and repost one of my fave collab's of my time on this forum. It features the Fantabulous and wondrous Linda on vocals, she truly did me proud on this one, thanks love. This was originally posted here in January 2007.


Here is what I wrote when I posted it and this goes out to the lovely linda:hug: ::bowdown:

Here is our cover of Village on the Sand one of my fave songs by Blackmore's Night. I built the backing track and laid down guitars. I then asked Linda to be Candice Night and she delivered wonderfully. She then pulled Art in to the studio do the backup vocals. Linda & Art gave a really stella vocal performance on this one. I was totally floored when she sent the track back to me.

My deepest thanks also go to Matt (Supercharged350) who mastered and produced my final tweakings of the mix. Big thanks also go to Rain (Mandy) who listened (& advised) to numerous creations as I built this track and started to layer in guitars. I will post this backing track up minus guitars for people to use

This was quite a demanding project for me and I am glad it is done. I did have fun doing it and felt I have learnt through the process (which is what it is all about).

Thanks in advance for listening,
Mark.

Fantastic cover from both of you.:chucks: Lovely vocal work & cool guitar works.Keep them comin'.I wanna hear Linda sing new song again ***** for you :)

Jan '07 was before my time so I have not heard this before, sounds great! I don't have any Blackmore's Night, will have to have a look around, been a few of their's posted and I have enjoyed them all. Worth 5 just for Linda singing, missed that lately...

sorry to bump up but noticed the above mp3 stopped halfway thru'....here is full version

This was fun to do Mark thanks for asking me, Wow was it a year ago :eek: time flies :hug:

Bloody hell ! a year ago!...I remember this like yesterday & talking to Linda & Art about it..still sounds mega!..great vocals & production..still another big 5 from me :) :) :) :) :)

Ahh yes i remember you both doing this aswell , really enjoyed it back when you both first did it , really enjoyed it on the second listen , Linda did lovely work with the vocals and captured Candice's spirit without a doubt , Mark the guitars and bt are great , although judging by your playing and tones of late i would love to hear you on another Blackmore track in the near future :)
Nevertheless 5 stars , and for bringing a smile to me face , always a pleasure to hear some BN :D

Love this!!!!:woot: Exlnt job with the backer and guitar work, Mark!!!!:thumb:

And Linda....the vocals are gr8!!!! Your voice always reminds be of the '60's English female vocalists!!!:bowdown:

Remember this one well, really enjoyed it the first time around, and just as much this time around, you both did great on this, and even though i'm not much of a BN fan, it was great hearing it again :thumb:

excellent cover, love this song. Quality vocals Linda *****

I can't remember if I heard this one or not Mark, sounds absolutely fantastic mate and great work from Linda on the vocals. I've been getting into more Blackmore stuff recently expecially after hearing Mart's stuff as well. Lovely work guys, top collab & 5 from me.

Neat cover. good work. :thumb:

Awesome again Mark!