Rainbow Rising / Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is a Rock album by Rainbow, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
About
Rainbow’s second album consolidated the creative bond between Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore, pushing them to condense and polish their hard rock. “Tarot Woman” is a bed of riffs and sudden dynamic shifts—some tiny, some huge—while “Stargazer” stretches that approach, creating an epic, preening grandeur. “Starstruck” chugs and swings and “Run with the Wolf” prowls and menaces while the merciless pell-mell pounding of “A Light in the Black” takes the band into a startlingly intense finale.
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Tracklist
- 1Tarot Woman5:58
- 2Run with the Wolf3:40
- 3Starstruck4:05
- 4Do You Close Your Eyes2:58
- 5Stargazer8:26
- 6A Light In the Black8:11
Sound DNA
- Rock
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Original catalogue numbers 2490 137 and 2490 141 printed on inside sleeve, original matrixes too are visible in dead wax. Oyster/Polydor must have repacked overstocks of the 1st 2 albums, using the original sleeves sealed by a new spine strip, the records are certainly identical to originals.
Polydor Double Pack
Matrices are stamped/etched
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ritchie BlackmoreGUITAR GUITAR, WRITTEN-BY, ARRANGED BY
- Ronnie James DioVOCALS VOCALS, WRITTEN-BY
- Cozy PowellDRUMS
- Craig GruberBASS GUITAR
- Fritz SonnleitnerCONCERTMASTER
- Gary DriscollDRUMS
- Jimmy BainBASS BASS GUITAR
- Mickey Lee SoulePIANO, MELLOTRON, CLAVINET, ORGAN
- Münchner PhilharmonikerORCHESTRA
- Rainer PietschCONDUCTOR, ORCHESTRATED BY CONDUCTOR, SCORE
- Shoshana FeinsteinGUEST , VOCALS
- Tony CareyKEYBOARDS
6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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