Rainbow - Live In Munich

Rainbow was formed by Ritchie Blackmore in 1975 after he left Deep Purple at the height of their fame. They were instantly successful and released a string of hit albums, with an ever changing line-up, between 1975 and 1983 when Blackmore broke up the group to join the reformed Deep Purple. This concert from their European tour in 1977 features the line-up responsible for the Long Live Rock'n'Roll album released later that year, including vocalist Ronnie James Dio and drummer Cozy Powell. Blackmore had to be smuggled out of Austria after trouble with the police at a gig two nights earlier and was very late arriving in Munich, all of which seemed to inspire both the band and the audience to create a truly remarkable gig.

Side 1

Introduction

Kill The King

Mistreated

Sixteenth Century Greensleeves

Side 2

Catch The Rainbow

Long Live Rock 'N' Roll

Side 3

Still I’m Sad

Side 4

Man On The Silver Mountain

Do You Close Your Eyes

Customer Reviews (3.00 Stars) 1 person(s) rated this product.

Rocking album, but... posted on 05/03/2013 3 Stars Reviewer: Greg D. What a burning live album! Rainbow at their peak. I saw them twice a year later in NY and they played pretty much the same show. Brought me back. Ritchie Blackmore is amazing and Dio is one of the best hard rock singers we ever had. The downside? Not a high fidelity recording, by far. But full of the energy that was there that night. Vinyl is pretty noisy. Of course you don't notice when they're tearing it up, but you do in those classic Blackmore's subtle guitar moments. Which is very annoying.

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