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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Rainbow

Type:
Full-length
Release date:
August 4th, 1975
Catalog ID:
2490 141
Label:
Polydor
Format:
12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
Reviews:
14 reviews (avg. 86%)
Side A
1. Man on the Silver Mountain 04:37   Show lyrics
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2. Self Portrait 03:12   Show lyrics
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3. Black Sheep of the Family (The Hill cover) 03:19   Show lyrics
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4. Catch the Rainbow 06:36   Show lyrics
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Side B
5. Snake Charmer 04:30   Show lyrics
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6. The Temple of the King 04:42   Show lyrics
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7. If You Don't Like Rock n' Roll 02:36   Show lyrics
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8. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves 03:29   Show lyrics
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9. Still I'm Sad (The Yardbirds cover) 03:53   instrumental
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Band members
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. 2010) Vocals, Lyrics
Ritchie Blackmore Guitars, Songwriting
Craig Gruber (R.I.P. 2015) Bass
Gary Driscoll (R.I.P. 1987) Drums
Mickey Lee Soule Piano, Mellotron, Organ, Clavinet
Guest/Session
Shoshana Vocals (backing) (tracks 4, 9)
Miscellaneous staff
Martin (The Wasp) Birch (R.I.P. 2020) Producer, Mixing
David Willardson Cover art
Fin Costello Photography
Ritchie Blackmore Producer
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. 2010) Producer
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. 2010) Vocals, Lyrics
Ritchie Blackmore Guitars, Songwriting
Craig Gruber (R.I.P. 2015) Bass
Gary Driscoll (R.I.P. 1987) Drums
Mickey Lee Soule Piano, Mellotron, Organ, Clavinet
Shoshana Vocals (backing) (tracks 4, 9)
Martin (The Wasp) Birch (R.I.P. 2020) Producer, Mixing
David Willardson Cover art
Fin Costello Photography
Ritchie Blackmore Producer
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. 2010) Producer
Read The Birth of a Metal God 86% christiancoll02 December 20th, 2020
Read You Can't Paint a Good... 70% TheHumanChair March 5th, 2020
Read Magic metal pt. I 96% Doominance January 20th, 2015
Read A war between fantasy and fun 89% Brainded Binky November 23rd, 2014
Read Of Great and Meh 72% StainedClass95 August 1st, 2014
Read Once Upon a Time... 87% Ritchie Black Iommi May 8th, 2012
Read LOOK OUT I: Humble... 82% flexodus May 16th, 2011
Read Ritchie's Other Big Thing 80% DawnoftheShred February 18th, 2009
Read Simply Awesome 90% MEGANICK89 October 8th, 2008
Read Welcome to the Temple Of... 90% Vaibhavjain July 28th, 2008
Read Classic Rock with balls 98% Ausgebombt September 2nd, 2004
Read I like this one more than I... 79% OlympicSharpshooter August 6th, 2004
Read Classic Fuckin Rock N' Roll 94% Demon_of_the_Fall August 27th, 2003
Read Very enjoyable, if you like... 90% Crimsonblood March 6th, 2003

Issued in a gatefold sleeve.

All tracks except 3 and 9 by Blackmore and Dio.

Track 7 is listed as "If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll" on the vinyl.

"Still I'm Sad" is an instrumental, but there are a few live versions with vocals (it was also re-recorded with vocals for 1995's "Stranger in Us All").

Recording information:

Recorded between February 20th and March 14th, 1975 at Musicland Studios in Munich, West Germany.

Identifiers:

Runout (Side A Variant 1): 2490141 A // 2 ∇ 420 04 1 4 1 0
Runout (Side B Variant 1): 2490141 B // 2 ∇ 420 04 1 4 1
Runout (Side A Variant 2): 2490141 A / 5 PD - 6049 - AS - PRC - 2 PRC THE WASP KENDUN - B
Runout (Side B Variant 2): 2490141 B // 2 ∇ 420 04 1 4 1 JA

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