Album
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
1975 · Rock
30 collectors on Gatefold own this
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is a Rock album by Rainbow, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 261 pressings tracked, owned by 30 collectors.
About
Dismayed by Deep Purple’s move towards funk and soul-influenced material, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore formed Rainbow in 1975 to pursue his vision of unsullied hard rock. Rather than assemble a new band, Blackmore simply hijacked Elf, who had opened for Deep Purple in 1974. Blackmore formed an immediately bond with Elf’s lead singer, Ronnie James Dio, and from that partnership came early Rainbow classics like “Man On the Silver Mountain,” “Self Portrait” and “Snake Charmer.” The formula was surprisingly prescient. <i>Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow</i> lays the early blueprint for bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, who would lead hard rock into its next phase. The album’s other great contribution is its medieval-themed epics. With imagery of knights and castles and eternal glory, “The Temple of the King” and “Sixteenth Century Greensleeves” heralded the epic fantasies of heavy metal’s future. Dio was Rainbow’s breakout star, but the album belongs to Blackmore, and in the finale — the instrumental “Still I’m Sad”— he wields his guitar like a mighty swordsman.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Man On The Silver Mountain4:38
- A2Self Portrait3:16
- A3Black Sheep Of The Family3:20
- A4Catch The Rainbow6:40
Side B
- B1Snake Charmer4:30
- B2The Temple Of The King4:46
- B3If You Don't Like Rock n' Roll2:36
- B4Sixteenth Century Greensleeves3:35
- B5Still I'm Sad3:53
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- crunchy
- triumphant
- occult
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Craig GruberBAND , BASS GUITAR BASS BASS GUITAR
- Gary DriscollBAND , DRUMS DRUMS
- Mickey Lee SouleBAND , PIANO, MELLOTRON, CLAVINET, ORGAN CLAVINET, MELLOTRON, ORGAN, PIANO KEYBOARDS
- Ritchie BlackmoreARRANGED BY, GUITAR BAND , GUITAR GUITAR
- Ronnie James DioBAND , VOCALS LEAD VOCALS LYRICS BY, VOCALS
- Shoshana FeinsteinBACKING VOCALS GUEST , VOCALS GUEST, VOCALS
30 collectors on Gatefold own this · 261 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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