Rainbow - On Stage [Remaster]

Artist:

Rainbow

UPC:

731454736220

See Also:

Bad Company Dio Elf (Band) Glover, Roger Powell, Cozy Aerosmith Bonnet, Graham Nugent, Ted Westworld Blackmore, Ritchie

Description:

Rainbow: Ronnie James Dio (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Tony Carey (keyboards); Jimmy Bain (bass); Cozy Powell (drums).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Rainbow: Ronnie James Dio (vocals); Ritchie Blackmore (guitar); Tony Carey (keyboards); Jimmy Bain (bass); Cozy Powell (drums).
Breaking with `70s heavy metal tradition by releasing a live album after only two studio efforts (you`re supposed to have three before the live one), Rainbow served up this double platter in 1977. On Stage is full of great songs and playing, but somehow it lacks some of the excitement that existed at those early Ritchie Blackmore concerts. The production is just kind of flat. That doesn`t change the fact that there is some great stuff to be found here and nowhere else, such as the side-long version of "Mistreated," from Deep Purple`s Burn. The also epic version of "Catch the Rainbow" contains some awesome guitar work but is too long for its own good. In another break with metal tradition, the album kicks off with "Kill the King," a blazing rocker from their next platter, Long Live Rock `n` Roll. The idea of opening your show with a song no one knows is very foreign to both heavy metal and double live albums. On the band`s classic song, "Man on the Silver Mountain," Ronnie Dio cries out in his over-the-top vocal finale, "I`m the man, I`m the man, I`m the man....we`re all the maaaaaaaaaannnn." That is unconsciously funny enough to make the disc worthwhile all by itself. ~ Geoff Ginsberg

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Kill the King
2. Medley: Man on the Silver Mountain/Blues/Starstruck: Man On The Silver Mountain / Blues / Starstruck
3. Catch the Rainbow
4. Mistreated
5. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
6. Still I`m Sad

Album Information

Release Date:

04/27/1999

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Hard Rock

Label:

Polydor

Catalog Number:

547362

Original Release Year:

1977

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Live

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

64 : 11

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