Album
Rainbow Rising
1976 · Rock
45 collectors on Gatefold own this
Rainbow Rising is a Rock album by Blackmore's Rainbow, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 259 pressings tracked, owned by 45 collectors.
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
Side A
- A1Tarot Woman5:58
- A2Run With The Wolf3:48
- A3Starstruck4:06
- A4Do You Close Your Eyes2:58
Side B
- B1Stargazer8:26
- B2A Light In The Black8:12
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- dense
- foreboding
- occult
The second studio album by the band, released in 1976. For this record, Ritchie Blackmore fired the entire backing band except for Ronnie James Dio, anchoring the new lineup with drummer Cozy Powell and keyboardist Tony Carey to create what many fans consider the definitive Rainbow lineup.
Often hailed as a masterpiece of heavy metal, the album is celebrated for its epic scale and technical precision. The centerpiece of the record is the symphonic track "Stargazer", which featured the Münchner Philharmoniker (Munich Philharmonic Orchestra) and cemented the band's legacy in neoclassical rock.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Cozy PowellDRUMS
- Fritz SonnleitnerCONCERTMASTER
- Jimmy BainBASS BASS GUITAR
- Mitglieder der Münchner PhilharmonikerORCHESTRA
- Münchner PhilharmonikerORCHESTRA
- Rainer PietschCONDUCTOR CONDUCTOR , SCORE CONDUCTOR , ARRANGED BY
- Ritchie BlackmoreARRANGED BY, MUSIC BY, GUITAR ARRANGED BY, WRITTEN-BY, GUITAR GUITAR
- Ronnie James DioARRANGED BY, VOCALS, LYRICS BY ARRANGED BY, WRITTEN-BY, VOCALS LEAD VOCALS
- Tony CareyKEYBOARDS
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