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Albums recorded by Rainbow, with release dates and UK CD availability.

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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow [as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]

08/75

New

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Rising

07/76

New

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On Stage [live]

07/77

New

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Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

03/78

New

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Down To Earth

08/79

New

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Difficult To Cure

02/81

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Straight Between The Eyes

04/82

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Bent Out Of Shape

09/83

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Finyl Vinyl [compilation of live recordings & B-sides]

03/86

New

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Live In Germany 1976

03/90

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Stranger In Us All [as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]

09/95

New

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Live In Munich 1977

06/06

New

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Man On The Silver Mountain
Self Portrait
Black Sheep Of The Family
Catch The Rainbow
Snake Charmer
The Temple Of The King
If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Still I'm Sad

Ritchie Blackmore
Ronnie James Dio
Gary Driscoll
Craig Gruber
Shoshana
Mickey Lee Soule

Producer:

Guitar
Vocals
Drums
Bass
Backing Vocals
Keyboards

Martin Birch,
Ritchie Blackmore,
Ronnie James Dio

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Tarot Woman
Run With The Wolf
Starstruck
Do You Close Your Eyes
Stargazer
A Light In The Black

Jimmy Bain
Ritchie Blackmore
Tony Carey
Ronnie James Dio
Cozy Powell


Producer:

Bass
Guitar
Keyboards
Vocals
Drums
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Martin Birch

 
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LP One
Intro: Over The Rainbow
Kill The King
Medley:
Man On The Silver Mountain/Blues/Starstruck
Catch The Rainbow

LP Two
Mistreated
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Still I'm Sad

Recorded live at various venues
in Japan and Germany in 1976

Jimmy Bain
Ritchie Blackmore
Tony Carey
Ronnie James Dio
Cozy Powell

Producer:

Bass
Guitar
Keyboards
Vocals
Drums

Martin Birch

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Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Lady Of The Lake
LA Connection
Gates Of Babylon
Kill The King
The Shed
Sensitive To Light
Rainbow Eyes

Ritchie Blackmore
Bob Daisley
Karl Heinz Feit
Max Hecker
Ferenc Kiss
Nico Nicolic
Ronnie James Dio
Cozy Powell
Rudi Risavy
David Stone



Producer:

Guitar
Bass
Vocals
Cello (Track 8)
Flute (Track 8)
Viola (Track 8)
Viola (Track 8)
Drums
Flute (Track 8)
Keyboards
Bavarian String Ensemble
(Track 4)

Martin Birch

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All Night Long
Eyes Of The World
No Time To Lose
Makin' Love
Since You Been Gone
Love's No Friend
Danger Zone
Lost In Hollywood

Don Airey
Graham Bonnet
Ritchie Blackmore
Roger Glover
Cozy Powell

Producer:

Keyboards
Vocals
Guitar
Bass
Drums

Roger Glover

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I Surrender
Spotlight Kid
No Release
Magic
Vielleicht Das Naechste Mal (Maybe Next Time)
Can't Happen Here
Freedom Fighter
Midtown Tunnel Vision
Difficult To Cure

Don Airey
Ritchie Blackmore
Roger Glover
Bob Rondinelli
Joe Lynn Turner

Producer:

Keyboards
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Vocals

Roger Glover

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Death Alley Driver
Stone Cold
Bring On The Night (Dream Chaser)
Tite Squeeze
Tearing Out My Heart
Power
Miss Mistreated
Rock Fever
Eyes Of Fire

Ritchie Blackmore
Roger Glover
Bob Rondinelli
David Rosenthal
Joe Lynn Turner

Producer:

Guitar
Bass
Drums
Keyboards
Vocals

Roger Glover

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Stranded
Can't Let You Go
Fool For The Night
Fire Dance
Anybody There
Desperate Heart
Street Of Dreams
Drinking With The Devil
Snowman
Make Your Move

Ritchie Blackmore
Chuck Burgi
Roger Glover
David Rosenthal
Joe Lynn Turner

Producer:

Guitar
Drums
Bass
Keyboards
Vocals

Roger Glover

 
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LP One
Spotlight Kid
I Surrender
Miss Mistreated
Street Of Dreams
Jealous Lover
Can't Happen Here
Tearing Out My Heart
Since You've Been Gone
Bad Girl

LP Two
Difficult To Cure
Stone Cold
Power
Man On The Silver Mountain
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Weiss Heim

LP 1 Tracks 1-4: Recorded live in Tokyo in 1984
LP 1 Track 2: Recorded live in Tokyo in 1984
LP 1 Track 3: Recorded live in Tokyo in 1984
LP 1 Track 4: Recorded live in Tokyo in 1984
LP 1 Track 5: Studio recording, B-side of
Can't Happen Here
LP 1 Track 6: Recorded live in Boston in 1981
LP 1 Track 7: Recorded live in San Antonio in 1982
LP 1 Track 8: Recorded live at Monsters Of Rock,
Castle Donington, England in 1980
LP 1 Track 9: Studio recording, B-side of
Since You've Been Gone
LP 2 Track 1: Recorded live in Tokyo in 1984
LP 2 Tracks 2,3: Recorded live in San Antonio in 1982
LP 2 Tracks 4,5: Recorded live in Atlanta in 1978
LP 2 Track 6: Studio recording, B-side of
All Night Long

Don Airey

Dee Beale
Ritchie Blackmore
Graham Bonnet
Chuck Burgi

Bob Daisley
Ronnie James Dio
Roger Glover
Cozy Powell

Lin Robinson
Bob Rondinelli

David Rosenthal

David Stone
Joe Lynn Turner


Producer:

Keyboards (LP 1 Tracks 5,6,8,9 & LP 2 Track 15)
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Vocals (LP 1 Tracks 8,9)
Drums (LP 1 Tracks 1-4 &
LP 2 Track 1)
Bass (LP 2 Tracks 4,5)
Vocals (LP 2 Tracks 4,5)
Bass (LP 1 & LP 2 Tracks 1-3,6)
Drums (LP 1 Tracks 8,9 &
LP 2 Tracks 4-6)
Backing Vocals
Drums (LP 1 Tracks 5-7 &
LP 2 Tracks 2,3)
Keyboards (LP 1 Tracks Tracks 1-4,7 & LP 2 Track 1-3)
Keyboards (LP 2 Tracks 4,5)
Vocals (LP 1 Tracks 1-7 &
LP 2 Tracks 2,3)

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Kill The King
Mistreated
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Catch The Rainbow
Man On The Silver Mountain
Stargazer
Still I'm Sad
Do You Close Your Eyes

Recorded live:
Tracks 1,2,8: Circus Krone, Munich,
West Germany on 29 September 1976
Tracks 3,6,7: Sporthalle, Cologne,
West Germany on 25 September 1976
Track 4: Philipshalle, Dusseldorf,
West Germany on 27 September 1976
Track 5: Multihalle, Mannheim,
West Germany on 28 September 1976

Jimmy Bain
Ritchie Blackmore
Tony Carey
Ronnie James Dio
Cozy Powell

Producer:

Bass
Guitar
Keyboards
Vocals
Drums

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Wolf To The Moon
Cold Hearted Woman
Hunting Humans (Insatiable)
Stand And Fight
Ariel
Too Late For Tears
Black Masquerade
Silence
Hall Of The Mountain King
Still I'm Sad

Ritchie Blackmore
Paul Morris
Candice Night
John O'Reilly
Greg Smith
Mitch Weiss
Doogie White

Producer:

Guitar
Keyboards
Backing Vocals
Drums
Bass
Harmonica
Vocals

Ritchie Blackmore, Pat Regan

 
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Disc 1
Kill The King
Mistreated
Sixtheenth Century Greensleeves
Catch The Rainbow
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

Disc 2
Man On The Silver Mountain
Still I'm Sad
Do You Close Your Eyes

Recorded live at The Olympiahalle, Munich,
West Germany on 20 October 1977

Ritchie Blackmore
Bob Daisley
Ronnie James Dio
Cozy Powell
David Stone

Producer:

Guitar
Bass
Vocals
Drums
Keyboards