Rainbow’s live album Black Masquerade, recorded in 1995 and released on CD and DVD last year will get the vinyl treatment. Independent label Back on Black has announced that it will release the 3LP album on April 19, 2014 on red vinyl (catalogue number RCV142LP). SIDE A 1. Introduction 2. Spotlight Kid 3. Too Late […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2014-02-05
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Another Rainbow video from 1979 Passaic show was uploaded. Man on the Silver Mountain: Thanks to Anastasis Kalymnos for the upload. [Update Jan 16] More footage from the show is available at vk.com.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2014-01-15
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Rainbow performing Eyes of the World at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ, on December 1, 1979. The sound is rough around the edges as the mix is still being “finalized”, but the performance is smokin’. (watch inside)
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2014-01-15
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Universal/Polydor is set to release a Rainbow Singles Box Set 1975-1986 that will include 19 CD singles spanning these years. CD 1 Man On The Silver Mountain (7″ Edit) 03:57 Snake Charmer 04:28 CD 2 Still I’m Sad 03:53 Temple Of The King 04:43 CD 3 Man On The Silver Mountain (7″ Edit) 03:57 Snake […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-12-10
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Bob Daisley has his autobiography For facts sake published and Classic Rock spoke to him about it: A criticism of the book is its lack of insight on Blackmore. You paint some nice pictures of Ozzy, Ronnie and others but we don’t learn a whole lot more than we already knew about Richie. Is that […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2013-10-16
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More Black Than Purple has announced that […] a RAINBOW box set provisionally entitled A LIGHT IN THE DARK is being released. It contains many previously unreleased tracks, and spans the band’s years from 1975 – 1984. More news soon, but it could be out before the end of the year. Thanks to Andrey Gusenkov […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-07-17
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The much bootlegged Rainbow show from Philipshalle Düsseldorf on October 9, 1995, is now going to be released officially through Edel in Europe on August 23 and Eagle Rock in North America on August 27, on CD, DVD and digital download. That was the only performance of the last incarnation of Rainbow to be recorded […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-07-02
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I was working for Swedish Radio at this year’s Sweden Rock Festival and someone in our team brought up the topic of member changes in classic rock bands. Deep Purple was of course accused of being worst, as they always are, even by fans of the band. To prove DP aren’t worst, and as research […]
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Posted in Blog by Svante Axbacke on 2013-06-25
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Music Radar has an interview with Roger Glover presented in the form of a monologue. Interestingly enough, Now what?! gets a fairly brief mention, with the bulk dedicated to Roger’s illustrious career with Purple, solo, Rainbow, as a songwriter, and as a producer. We’re not very good at planning things to be honest. We’re a […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2013-04-30
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Adrenaline Mob is a project of ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy with Symphony X vocalist Russell Allen. Guitar player Mike Orlando and bassist John Moyer (Disturbed) round up the band. They have released an album of original material last year, followed this March by an EP of covers, with Rainbow’s Kill the King among them:
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2013-04-20
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