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More Passaic goodies
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.
Read more »In the eyes of the world
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)
Read more »The moody bastard
Cameron Crowe’s official site The Uncool has a reprint of his article in Rolling Stone #184 from 1975, based on an interview he did with Ritchie Blackmore just a couple of days after the first Rainbow single was penned in the studio. Jacksonville, Florida – Ritchie Blackmore’s face fell into a tortured grimace. “Fucking hell,” […]
Read more »Rainbow singles box set
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 […]
Read more »Winter Carols, the 2013 edition
Without much fanfare, on November 15 Blackmore’s Night released an updated version of their Cristmas album Winter Carols. The 2013 edition comes on 2 CDs, with the first appear to be identical with the original album that came out in 2006, and second one containing bonus tracks: Hark the Herald Angels Sing / O Come […]
Read more »Sounds like he’s not showing up
Blackmore’s management circulated the following message today: Please note Ritchie has no involvement in the particular organization that is putting on an event at the Royal Albert Hall. Mourning is very personal – He would rather express himself in the instrumental he wrote for Jon – Carry on Jon. The ‘event at the Royal Alber […]
Read more »A Light in the Dark
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 […]
Read more »Blackmore’s Night on German TV
Blackmore’s Night have appeared today, July 16 in Bayerischer Fernsehen programme Abendschau. Warning: these are high resolution videos, you can select lower resolution by viewing directly from BR.de here and here. Interview with Ritchie and Candice (complete with a facepalm moment of showing footage of Tommy Bolin while introducing the “legendary songwriter and guitar player”): […]
Read more »Dancer and the Moon video
Blackmore’s Night have released a second promo video for the recent album’s Dancer and the Moon title track (watch inside).
Read more »Black Masquerade
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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