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Ritchie Blackmore


Album: ''Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'' (1975)
1. Man On The Silver Mountain
2. Self Portrait
3. Black Sheep Of The Family (Quatermass cover)
4. Catch The Rainbow
5. Snake Charmer
6. Temple Of The King
7. If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll
8. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
9. Still I'm Sad (Yardbirds cover)




Man On The Silver Mountain / Snake Charmer


Album: ''Man On The Silver Mountain / Snake Charmer'' (1975 Single)
1. Man On The Silver Mountain
2. Snake Charmer




Man On The Silver Mountain / Snake Charmer / If You Don


Album: ''Man On The Silver Mountain / Snake Charmer / If You Don't Like Rock''' (1975 Single)
1. Man On The Silver Mountain
2. Snake Charmer
3. If You Don't Like Rock'n'Roll
4. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves




Still I


Album: ''Still I'm Sad / The Temple Of The King'' (1975 Single)
1. Still I'm Sad
2. The Temple Of The King




The Temple Of The King / Self Portrait / Man On The Silver Mountain /


Album: ''The Temple Of The King / Self Portrait / Man On The Silver Mountain /'' (1975 Single)
1. The Temple Of The King
2. Self Portrait
3. Man On The Silver Mountain
4. Snake Charmer




Rising


Album: ''Rising'' (1976)
1. Tarot Woman
2. Run With The Wolf
3. Starstruck
4. Do You Close Your Eyes
5. Stargazer
6. A Light In The Black



Album: ''rehearals 1976'' (1976 Demo)
1. Over the Rainbow
2. Getaway *
3. Mistreated
4. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
5. Catch the Rainbow



Album: ''rising rough mix'' (1976 Demo)
1. tarot woman
2. run with the wolf
3. starstruck
4. do you close your eyes
5. stargazer
6. coming home (demo of a light in the black)




Starstruck / Run With The Wolf


Album: ''Starstruck / Run With The Wolf'' (1976 Single)
1. Starstruck
2. Run With The Wolf




On Stage


Album: ''On Stage'' (1977 Live album)
1. Intro: Over the Rainbow/Kill the King
2. Man on the Silver Mountain/Blues/Starstruck
3. Catch the Rainbow
4. Mistreated
5. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
6. Still I'm Sad




Kill The King / Man On The Silver Mountain / Mistreated


Album: ''Kill The King / Man On The Silver Mountain / Mistreated'' (1977 Single)
1. Kill The King
2. Man On The Silver Mountain
3. Mistreated




Long Live Rock & Roll


Album: ''Long Live Rock & Roll'' (1978)
1. Long Live Rock & Roll
2. Lady Of The Lake
3. L.A. Connection
4. Gates Of Babylon
5. Kill The King
6. The Shed (Subtle)
7. Sensitive To Light
8. Rainbow Eyes




L. A. Connection


Album: ''L. A. Connection'' (1978 Single)
1. L. A. Connection
2. Lady Of The Lake




Long Live Rock N Roll


Album: ''Long Live Rock N Roll'' (1978 Single)
1. Long Live Rock N Roll
2. Sensitive To Light




Down to Earth


Album: ''Down to Earth'' (1979)
1. All Night Long
2. Eyes of the World
3. No Time to Lose
4. Makin' Love
5. Since You Been Gone
6. Love's No Friend
7. Danger Zone
8. Lost In Hollywood




Down To Earth Demo


Album: ''Down To Earth Demo'' (1979 Demo)
1. Stone (Demo Of 'Bad Girl')
2. The Streamer (Demo Of 'Lost In Hollywood')
3. Bluesing (Demo Of 'Love's No Friend')
4. Mars (Demo Of 'Eyes Of The World')
5. The Plod (Demo Of 'Makin' Love')
6. New York (Demo Of 'Danger Zone')
7. Once More With Feeling (Demo Of 'All Night Long')
8. Sparks (Demo Of 'No Time Lose')




Since You Been Gone / Bad Girls


Album: ''Since You Been Gone / Bad Girls'' (1979 Single)
1. Since You Been Gone
2. Bad Girls




The Best of Rainbow


Album: ''The Best of Rainbow'' (1980 Best of/Compilation)
1. All Night Long
2. Man On The Silver Mountain
3. Do You Close Your Eyes
4. Lost In Hollywood
5. Since You Been Gone
6. Stargazer
7. Catch The Rainbow
8. Kill The King
9. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
10. Still I'm Sad
11. Long Live Rock'n'Roll
12. Eyes Of The World
13. Starstruck
14. A Light In The Black
15. Mistreated




All Night Long


Album: ''All Night Long'' (1980 Single)
1. All Night Long
2. Weiss Heim




Can


Album: ''Can't Happen Here'' (1980 Single)
1. Can't Happen Here
2. Jealous Lover




Difficult to Cure


Album: ''Difficult to Cure'' (1981)
1. I Surrender
2. Spotlight Kid
3. No Release
4. Magic
5. Vielleicht Das Naechste Zeit
6. Can't Happen Here
7. Freedom Fighter
8. Midtown Tunnel Vision
9. Difficult To Cure




The Best of  Rainbow


Album: ''The Best of Rainbow'' (1981 Best of/Compilation)
1. All Night Long
2. Man On The Silver Mountain
3. Lost In Hollywood
4. Jealous Lover
5. Long Live Rock'n'Roll
6. Stargazer
7. Kill The King
8. A Light In The Black
9. Since You Been Gone
10. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
11. Catch The Rainbow
12. Eyes Of The World
13. I Surrender
14. Gates Of Babylon
15. Can't Happen Here
16. Starstruck




I Surrender


Album: ''I Surrender'' (1981 Single)
1. I Surrender
2. Maybe Next Time




Magic / Freedom Fighter


Album: ''Magic / Freedom Fighter'' (1981 Single)
1. Magic
2. Freedom Fighter




Straight Between the Eyes


Album: ''Straight Between the Eyes'' (1982)
1. Death Alley Driver
2. Stone Cold
3. Bring On The Night (Dream Chaser)
4. Tite Squeeze
5. Tearing Out My Heart
6. Power
7. Miss Mistreated
8. Rock Fever
9. Eyes of Fire




Death Alley Driver / Power


Album: ''Death Alley Driver / Power'' (1982 Single)
1. Death Alley Driver
2. Power




Power


Album: ''Power'' (1982 Single)
1. Power
2. Miss Mistreated




Stone Cold


Album: ''Stone Cold'' (1982 Single)
1. Stone Cold
2. Rock Fever




Bent Out of Shape


Album: ''Bent Out of Shape'' (1983)
1. Stranded
2. Can't Let You Go
3. Fool For the Night
4. Fire Dance
5. Anybody There
6. Desperate Heart
7. Street of Dreams
8. Drinking With the Devil
9. Snowman
10. Make Your Move




Can


Album: ''Can't Let You Go / All Night Long (live)'' (1983 Single)
1. Can't Let You Go
2. All Night Long (live)




The Final Cut


Album: ''The Final Cut'' (1985 Video/VHS)
1. Spotlight Kid
2. Death Alley Driver
3. I Surrender
4. All Night Long
5. Can't Happen Here
6. Difficult To Cure
7. Can't Let You Go
8. Power
9. Since You've Been Gone
10. Stone Cold
11. Street Of Dreams




Finyl Vinyl


Album: ''Finyl Vinyl'' (1986 Best of/Compilation)
1. Intro:Over The Rainbow / Spotlight Kid
2. I Surrender
3. Miss Mistreated
4. Street of Dreams
5. Jealous Lover
6. Can't Happen Here
7. Tearing Out My Heart
8. Since You Been Gone
9. Bad Girl
10. Difficult To Cure (instrumental)
11. Stone Cold
12. Power
13. Man On The Silver Mountain
14. Long Live Rock'n'Roll
15. Weiss Heim (instrumental)




Since You Been Gone/All Night Long


Album: ''Since You Been Gone/All Night Long'' (1988 Single)
1. Since You Been Gone
2. All Night Long




Ансамбль Rainbow (Band Rainbow)


Album: ''Ансамбль Rainbow (Band Rainbow)'' (1989 Best of/Compilation)
1. Man on the Silver Mountain
2. Still I'm Sad
3. Long Live Rock & Roll
4. All Night Long
5. Stone Cold
6. If You Don't Like Rock'n'Roll
7. Stargazer
8. Freedom Fighter
9. I Surrender




Live in Europe


Album: ''Live in Europe'' (1990 Live album)
1. Kill The King
2. Mistreated
3. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
4. Catch The Rainbow




Live In Germany 1976


Album: ''Live In Germany 1976'' (1990 Live album)
1. Kill The King
2. Mistreated
3. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
4. Catch The Rainbow




Stranger in Us All


Album: ''Stranger in Us All'' (1995)
1. Wolf to the Moon
2. Cold Hearted Woman
3. Hunting Humans (Insatiable)
4. Stand and Fight
5. Ariel
6. Too Late For Tears
7. Black Masquerade
8. Silence
9. Hall of the Mountain King
10. Still I'm Sad




Ariel /Radio Edit) / Ariel / The Temple of the King (Live)


Album: ''Ariel /Radio Edit) / Ariel / The Temple of the King (Live)'' (1995 Single)
1. Ariel (Radio Edit)
2. Ariel
3. The Temple of the King (Live)




Hunting Humans (Insatiable) / Stand Up And Fight / Black Masquerade


Album: ''Hunting Humans (Insatiable) / Stand Up And Fight / Black Masquerade'' (1995 Single)
1. Hunting Humans (Insatiable)
2. Stand Up And Fight
3. Black Masquerade




The Very Best Of Rainbow


Album: ''The Very Best Of Rainbow'' (1997 Best of/Compilation)
1. Man On The Silver Mountain
2. Catch The Rainbow
3. Starstruck
4. Stargazer
5. Kill The King
6. Long Live Rock'n'Roll
7. Gates Of Babylon
8. Since You Been Gone
9. All Night Long
10. I Surrender
11. Can't Happen Here
12. Jealous Lover
13. Stone Cold
14. Power
15. Can't Let You Go
16. Street Of Dreams




Millennium Collection: Rainbow


Album: ''Millennium Collection: Rainbow'' (2000 Best of/Compilation)
1. Man On The Silver Mountain
2. Catch The Rainbow
3. Stargazer
4. Mistreated (live)
5. Kill The King
6. Rainbow Eyes
7. Since You Been Gone
8. I Surrender
9. Stone Cold
10. Power
11. Street Of Dreams




Live Between the Eyes


Album: ''Live Between the Eyes'' (2000 DVD)
1. Overture: Over The Rainbow
2. Spotlight Kid
3. Miss Mistreated
4. It Can’t Happen Here
5. Tearin Out My Heart
6. All Night Long
7. Stone Cold
8. Power
9. Blues Interlude
10. Beethoven’s Ninth: Ode To Joy
11. Long Live Rock ’N’ Roll
12. Smoke On The Water




Universal Masters Collection


Album: ''Universal Masters Collection'' (2001 Best of/Compilation)
1. All Night Long
2. Catch the Rainbow
3. Since You've Been Gone
4. I Surrender
5. Stone Cold
6. Kill the King
7. Stargazer
8. Starstruck
9. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
10. Man on the Sliver Mountain
11. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
12. Run With the Wolf
13. Lost in Hollywood
14. If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll
15. Miss Mistreated
16. Death Alley Driver




All Night Long: An Introduction


Album: ''All Night Long: An Introduction'' (2002 Best of/Compilation)
1. Temple of the King
2. Tarot Woman
3. Stargazer
4. Lady of the Lake
5. Eyes of the World
6. All Night Long (Live)
7. Love's No Friend
8. Spotlight Kid
9. Stone Cold
10. Fire Dance
11. Weiss Heim




Pot of Gold


Album: ''Pot of Gold'' (2002 Best of/Compilation)
1. Still I'm Sad
2. Stargazer
3. Kill The King
4. L.A. Connection
5. Rainbow Eyes
6. Since You Been Gone
7. Makin' Love
8. Danger Zone
9. Vielleicht Das Nächste Mal (Maybe Next Time)
10. Eyes Of Fire
11. Stone Cold
12. Fire Dance
13. Fool For The Night




Catch the Rainbow - The Anthology


Album: ''Catch the Rainbow - The Anthology'' (2003 Best of/Compilation)
1. Man on the Silver Mountain
2. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
3. Catch the Rainbow
4. Tarot Woman
5. Starstruck
6. Stargazer
7. A Light in the Black
8. Mistreated (Live)
9. Long Live Rock'n'Roll
10. Gates of Babylon
11. Kill the King
12. Rainbow Eyes
13. Can't Let You Go
14. Desperate Heart
15. Street of Dreams
16. Difficult to Cure (live)




Inside Rainbow 1975-1997


Album: ''Inside Rainbow 1975-1997'' (2004 DVD)
1. Man on the Silver Mountain
2. Catch the Rainbow
3. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
4. Still I'm Sad
5. Stargazer
6. Blues
7. Catch the Rainbow
8. Mistreated
9. Long Live Rock'n'Roll
10. L.A. Connection
11. Kill the King
12. Gates of Babylon
13. Rainbow Eyes
14. Eyes of the World
15. Catch the Rainbow
16. All Night Long
17. Since You Been Gone
18. I Surrender
19. Miss Mistreated
20. Can't Let You Go
21. Long Live Rock'n'Roll
22. Street of Dreams
23. Stand and Fight
24. Hunting Humans (Insatiable)
25. Too Late for Tears
26. Ariel
27. Hall of the Mountain King




Live In Munich 1977


Album: ''Live In Munich 1977'' (2006 DVD)
1. Introduction
2. Kill The King
3. Mistreated
4. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
5. Catch The Rainbow
6. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
7. Man On The Silver Mountain
8. Still I'm Sad
9. Do You Close Your Eyes
10. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (promo video)
11. Gates Of Babylon (promo video)
12. L.A. Connection (promo video)




Live in Düsseldorf 1976


Album: ''Live in Düsseldorf 1976'' (2006 Live album)
1. Kill the King
2. Mistreated
3. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
4. Catch the Rainbow
5. Man on the Silver Mountain
6. Stargazer
7. Still I'm mad




Live In Köln 1976


Album: ''Live In Köln 1976'' (2006 Live album)
1. Introduction
2. Kill The King
3. Mistreated
4. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
5. Catch The Rainbow
6. Man On The Silver Mountain




Live In Munich


Album: ''Live In Munich'' (2006 Live album)
1. Kill The King
2. Mistreated
3. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
4. Catch The Rainbow
5. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll



rainbow

RAINBOW BIOGRAPHY

Rainbow were a British hard rock band formed by Deep Purple founder and former guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in 1975. In addition to Blackmore, the band originally consisted of former Elf lead singer Ronnie James Dio, bassist Craig Gruber, drummer Gary Driscoll, and keyboardist Micky Lee Soule. Over the years Rainbow went through many lineup changes.

The Dio Years

The name of the band Rainbow was inspired by a Hollywood Bar and Grill called the Rainbow that catered to rock stars, groupies and rock enthusiasts. It was here that Ritchie spent some of his off time from Deep Purple and met Dio, whose band Elf had toured regularly as an opening act for Deep Purple. Rainbow's debut album, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, was released in 1975 and featured the minor hit Man on the Silver Mountain.

Rainbow's music was different from Deep Purple's. The music was more directly inspired by Classical music and Dio wrote lyrics about medieval themes. Dio possessed a versatile vocal range capable to sing both hard rock and lighter ballads. Although Dio never played a musical instrument on any Rainbow album, he is credited with writing and arranging the music with Blackmore in addition to writing all the lyrics himself.

Blackmore fired everybody except Dio shortly after the album was recorded and recruited drummer Cozy Powell (formerly of the Jeff Beck Group), bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey. This lineup went on to record the album Rising.

For the next album, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll, Blackmore kept Powell and Dio and replaced the rest of the band. Blackmore had difficulty finding a bass player for this record so he played bass on all but three songs on this album (Gates of Babylon, Kill the King, and Sensitive To Light). After the release and supporting tour, Ronnie James Dio left Rainbow. He would go to replace Ozzy Osbourne as the lead singer in Black Sabbath and later form his own band Dio.

Commercial Success

Blackmore continued with Rainbow, replacing Dio with ex-Marbles vocalist Graham Bonnet. Powell stayed and was joined by former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Airey. The first album from the new lineup, Down To Earth, featured the bands first chart successes, 'All Night Long' and 'Since You Been Gone'. On stage Bonnet possessed a powerful voice, but struggled with the band's quieter numbers and lacked Dio's range.[citation needed] In 1980, the band headlined the inaugural Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington in England. This would be Powell's final performance with Rainbow. He would go on to play for Michael Schenker, Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.

The next album saw yet another line-up change as Bonnet and Powell were replaced by Joe Lynn Turner, and Bobby Rondinelli respectively. The title track from the album, Difficult to Cure, was a version of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The album also contained the guitar piece, Maybe Next Time. The Difficult to Cure tour was the first tour in which Rainbow headlined in the U.S.

Rainbow's next studio album was Straight Between the Eyes. The band added a new keyboardist, David Rosenthal, The album was more cohesive than Difficult to Cure and had more success in the United States. The band, however, was alienating some of its earlier fans with its more AOR sound.[citation needed] The single, Stone Cold, was a ballad and had some chart success. The successful supporting tour skipped the UK completely and focused on the American market.

Bent Out of Shape saw drummer Rondinelli fired in favor of Chuck Burgi. The album featured the single Street Of Dreams. The song's video was banned by MTV for its supposedly controversial hypnotic video clip.[1] The resulting tour saw Rainbow return to UK and also to Japan where the band performed with a full orchestra.

Hiatus and regroup

By the mid-1980s, Blackmore and Glover had reformed the Deep Purple "Mark II" lineup and Rainbow was disbanded. A final Rainbow album, Finyl Vinyl, was patched together from live tracks and "b" sides of singles. The album contained the instrumental Weiss Heim widely available for the first time.

Blackmore left Deep Purple in 1993 and formed a new Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. The band released Stranger in Us All in 1995 and embarked on a lengthy world tour.

The tour proved very successful and a show in Germany was professionally filmed by 'Rockpalast'. It has never officially been released, but has been heavily bootleged (and considered by many collectors to be the best Rainbow bootleg of the era). The live shows featured frequent changes in set lists and musical improvisations that proved popular with bootleggers and many shows are still traded over a decade later.

However, fed up with stadium rock, Blackmore turned his attention to Rennaisance and medieval music, a lifelong interest of his. Rainbow was put on hold once again and played its final concert in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1997. Blackmore, together with his partner Candice Night as vocalist, then formed the renaissance-influenced Blackmore's Night.

RAINBOW GENRES
70s Hard Rock, Heavy Metal (early), AOR (later)

RAINBOW LYRICAL THEMES
Early: Fantasy, Rock Late: Relationships, Partying

RAINBOW ORIGIN
United Kingdom (London), formed in 1975

RAINBOW CURRENT RECORD LABEL
BMG

RAINBOW STATUS
Split-up

RAINBOW CURRENT LINE-UP
Dougie White - Vocals (Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Cornerstone, ex-Balance of Power, ex-Pink Cream 69, ex-Praying Mantis)
Ritchie Blackmore - Guitars (ex-Deep Purple, Blackmore's Night)
Greg Smith - Bass (Americade, The Plasmatics, Van Helsing's Curse)
Paul Morris - Keyboards (Chris Caffery, Doctor Butcher, ex-Doro)
John O. Reilly - Drums (C.P.R.)

RAINBOW PREVIOUS LINE-UP
Vocals:
Ronnie James Dio (ex-Black Sabbath, Munetaka Higuchi (Guest), Hear 'n Aid, Heaven And Hell (UK), Elf) (1975-1978)
Graham Bonnet (Taz Taylor Band, ex-Impellitteri, ex-Alcatrazz, ex-Anthem (Jpn), ex-Michael Schenker Group, Blackthorne, The Marbles) (1979-1980)
Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Deep Purple, ex-Cem Köksal, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen) (1980-1984)

Bass:
Craig Gruber (Jack Starr, The Rods) (1975)
Jimmy Bain (ex-Dio, WWIII) (1975-1977)
Mark Clarke (1977)
Bob Daisley (Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Black Sabbath, Yngwie J. Malmsteen , Planet Alliance, Dio, guest for Jorge Salan, Stream (US)) Gary Moore, Uriah Heep, Mother's Army, Living Loud) (1977-1978)
Roger Glover (Deep Purple) (1978-1984)

Drums:
Gary Driscoll (1975) (R.I.P 1987, murdered) (ex-Thrasher (US), ex-Jack Starr)
Cozy Powell (R.I.P. 05. April 1998) (Glenn Tipton, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Black Sabbath, Tony Martin, Emerson, Lake & Powell, Graham Bonnet, Michael Schenker Group, Whitesnake) (1975-1980)
Bobby Rondinelli (Sun Red Sun, ex-Doro, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Scorpions, guest, ex-Riot, ex-Quiet Riot, Blue Öyster Cult, Warlock (Ger), The Lizards) (1980-1983)
Chuck Bürgi (1983-1984, on tour in 1995)

Keyboards:
Mickey Lee Soule (1975)
Tony Carey (1975-1977)
David Stone (1977-1978) (Le Mans)
Don Airey (ex-Alaska (UK), ex-Anthem (Jpn), Crossbones (Guest), ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Divlje Jagode, Empire (Ger), ex-Iommi, ex-Glenn Tipton, ex-Judas Priest, ex-Ozzy Osbourne, ex-Sinner (Ger), The Cage, Deep Purple) (1978-1981)
David Rosenthal (Hammerhead (Hol), Vinnie Moore, ex-Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Whitesnake) (1981-1986)


Guest: Candice Night (Blackmore's Night) - backing vocals on "Stranger in us All"

 


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