Rainbow’76 documentary
The old management company Deep Purple (Overseas) (who have also managed Rainbow in 1975-78) have released a short documentary video originally made in 1976 to promote the band:
Thanks to Kevin Dixon for the info.
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The old management company Deep Purple (Overseas) (who have also managed Rainbow in 1975-78) have released a short documentary video originally made in 1976 to promote the band:
Thanks to Kevin Dixon for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Magic
November 18th, 2012 at 18:42Way cool…
November 18th, 2012 at 19:07Wow! that takes me back. My first concert was Rainbow at the Beacon Theater in NYC. November of 75. I was all of 13 years old. Saw them again at the Beacon in June of ’76 on the Rising tour. Those shows blew my mind. Scarred me for life.. LOL! Great fun to watch this.….. damn I’m old… Thanks for for posting!
November 18th, 2012 at 19:56Nice! The “real” Rainbow with the late great Dio and Powell and they are doing Stargazer and A light in the black… Rainbow Rising, it doesnt get much better than that! Long live Rock´n Roll!!!!
November 18th, 2012 at 20:06Now the obvious question is did Deep Purple (Overseas) tape the full gig?
November 18th, 2012 at 20:24@ 1 and 2. Very magic, very cool!
November 18th, 2012 at 20:39I hatet that I never got see that line-up… I probably wouldn’t have attended another concert in my life! Magic!
November 18th, 2012 at 21:49Terrific
November 18th, 2012 at 21:52I was so lucky to see them on stage 4 or 5 times
Super magic!
November 18th, 2012 at 21:54Simply stunning ! and just a reminder of how good Rainbow really were for those of us lucky enough to have seen them,a reminder as well of the talent one man has for whatever reason let go to waste
November 18th, 2012 at 23:17for the best part of nearly 3 decades which is just a shameful waste.
It sounds ” cleaned up”.
Or not?
Is this a trailer for something else? : )
November 18th, 2012 at 23:21I miss this MK of Rainbow more than any incarnation of DP except MKII……wow good stuff..I was 20 yrs old at the time and this was my music 🙂 I saw this MK only once, they backed up for REO Speedwagon so there was no rainbow background 🙁 ,and the JLT Rainbow twice, the JLT MK was very good but no comparison to Ritchie, Ronnie & Cozy…sadly missed but great memories
Cheers
November 18th, 2012 at 23:24IMPRESIONANTE!!!!
November 19th, 2012 at 01:39Ahhh….when music was great, and a concert was a show. Not the garbage forced down out throats today.
November 19th, 2012 at 04:03EVIDENCE:
This video is not ready for germany, because it contains music for what the german GEMA has gave no rights.
I hate this GEMA bullshit …
-LLRnR-
*kraatzy*
November 19th, 2012 at 08:28Excellent short documentary. What more can ya say when you are watching the greatest rock guitarist, vocalist and drummer ever!!
November 19th, 2012 at 08:54So where does this footage come from then? Fantastic sound & a live Stargazer that sounds the business. Any poss of a full release?
November 19th, 2012 at 09:04ritchie and ronnie “stargazer” epic !!
November 19th, 2012 at 11:42Long Live Rainbow!
I think it´s about Time to us all to have the Celebration Day of Our very own RAINBOW.
This stuff comes, if I´m not wrong from the band´s Australian trek in November 1976.
Have seen this way back in about 1988 or so.
In my old VHS copy Ronnie tells very much in detail of THE Rainbow (the lighting structure).
What there´s not, is the voiceover by Ritchie.
It´s always so elevating to hear these Gentlemen talk themselves.
Don´t know anything about the managements in concern, but PLEASE release this material Officially.
Cheers!
November 19th, 2012 at 11:54long live rock and roll
November 19th, 2012 at 12:04this video circulates from years…but it finally has a good quality.
November 19th, 2012 at 12:48oh my God ! That glorious days ! Gone forever…
November 19th, 2012 at 13:38Wow!
Takes me right back to Nov 1976 in Perth, although the show I saw was one for the ‘listeners’ – no smashing, no encore. I was an impressionable teenager, and these guys made a BIG impression…
November 19th, 2012 at 14:06Couldn’t help laughing. Theose were the days. Quite horrible by today’s standards. Funny but horrible. Totally outdated.
November 19th, 2012 at 14:23Nice to see this video, but times have changed! When we see Ritchie destroying his guitar, what a pity! He’s absolutely ridiculous!
November 19th, 2012 at 20:30It may have originally been made to ‘promote the band’ but the bootleg has been going around for moons. Can we agree this is still a bootleg, just an aftermarket one claiming officiality, no matter who filmed it when? Come on! Tower of Bable audio footage, Houston and European footage if I remember right. I’m becoming more and more disillusioned with DPO. They know people know better and seem to be out to grab those who don’t, but the ones who do would still like some significant work done, please, our money is greener, believe me. Man alive! It’s the way they advertise as if nobody gathers material but them. This is nothing against any idividuals in the DPO camp, just take your lumps as a label if you want ads to go out to the internet fan base, please. And it doesn’t matter what they taped, it wasn’t done professionally looking at all, no matter what year it was. Perhaps that and RIGHTS are what kept it under their pillow. It almost plays out like this was just recently uncovered stuff.
November 20th, 2012 at 06:20Lucky enough to see Rainbow in 76 and if that promo was based from the Melbourne show in Australia, I was there second row from the front and centre, plus it was my 20th birthday that night. Memories…Long Live R&R
November 20th, 2012 at 09:27Therefore ‘A Light In The Black’ live does exist. All it needs now is cleaning up and releasing. Audio or video, I don’t mind. Just do it!
November 20th, 2012 at 14:50Great!!!!!!!! the best years of Rainbow ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 20th, 2012 at 16:57@ 24
What are you talking about?
November 20th, 2012 at 18:04All is great, and I enjoyed it… but regarding drum “solo”…
November 20th, 2012 at 20:12Only one and only is best drum player, all other just bangs on drums.
Do I need to say his name?
well, Ian Paice… Mr Ian Paice
Never tired to hear him, over and over and over, allways notice something new, no matter how many times I heard 1 same piece.
Wish you all best Mr Ian Paice.
@28 Yes, Paice is unbeatable….more refined and peculiar than Cozy powell or Jhon Bonham for example…but not everyone, among listners, can recognize particulars of the drumming…
November 20th, 2012 at 20:45@ 25
There several Light In The Black versions available, some better than others.
Forgot the exact recordings so for the moment I cant tell you the dates/names.
But I always thought this is a nice one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMd25rYS2kM&feature=fvwrel
November 20th, 2012 at 21:29@24: you must be living on Mars or on the dark side of the Moon. Rainbow at that time was, and today still is lightyears above 99,9% of the rest at that time and even today. Give me a timemachine and I wold go back any day. Now it’s DVD time – Rainbow Munic calling 🙂
November 20th, 2012 at 22:02Video is great, Cozy Powell full Power, Ritchie who likes the sound of the middle east and Ronnie never die, God was calling him to be a judge audition music in heaven, because God confused to decide who the best vocalist in heaven? just kidding. . .
Regards,
(kolektorkaset.com)
November 21st, 2012 at 01:42from Indonesia
@24 horrible to today’s standards really !. Look at the acts today and compare. Lady gaga, Justin beber, you can laugh at them today and call that music. Now what rainbow did was exactly what acts like kiss and sabbath did music with a little adventure .
November 21st, 2012 at 11:59This one sounds to me as something Blackmore could been inspired to take something from :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jFxu-_tb-A&feature=related
November 21st, 2012 at 12:10@ 24 Great music never gets outdated, it just breathes new life as each decade passes 🙂
November 21st, 2012 at 16:21@24
November 21st, 2012 at 17:44Saying something is horrible by present-day standards is a bit like using lettis as a benchmark for ecsquisite flavour, isn’t it?
@24 your understanding of music in general is rather pathetic to say the least…enough said
November 22nd, 2012 at 07:49stop arguing and being petty ,you all sound like the members of a 70s rock band that reformed in the 80s. just get a full length film out of the 76 tour
November 22nd, 2012 at 15:30Was from Australian tour me thinks, 1420 3XY , a Melbourne AM radio station that l listened to when l was a lad is pictured in this video. Was busting to see them at the time 1976 when the band came to Australia.
November 22nd, 2012 at 22:193XY had a phone up competition to win tickets. Spent all night trying to win some but never did and never went to the concert because l had no money to buy em.
Spuwin to this day now.
Missed the classic line up.:(
Bob @ 42 – Excellent comment, 3XY radio I listened to all the time as a rocking teenager in the early to mid 70’s. A classic station it was & without sounding nostalgic, they don’t have radio stations like that anymore. But then again, we don’t have music like that anymore either!
November 23rd, 2012 at 22:22My brother & other guys I know, witnessed that classic version of Rainbow live in Sydney at the Horden Pavillion. Not sure if that gig was the one were the fans trashed the place after a ‘no encore”, I think it was! I have always regretted not travelling on the train for 8 hours to Sydney to see them. Classsic Tull lineup were there in ’77 also, always regret missing that one as well!
Actually, I forgot to mention in my previous post, 3XY radio was where I first heard ‘Man On A Silver Mountain’! Every time I hear that song & riff, it returns me to my bedroom on that night, glued to that classic rock radio station! I was never worried about Blackmore leaving Purple anymore, after hearing that song! It was bliss!
November 23rd, 2012 at 22:38The BEST version of RAINBOW.
November 24th, 2012 at 12:20Ritchie, Ronnie & Cozy ……a triumvirate of power never bettered and rarely matched.
This band tops Led Zep at any and all levels. No matter which Mk Rainbow line up…. they where simply ahead of their time. I saw them twice and RB was at his best. He played like a beast.
November 24th, 2012 at 15:00@42 This is from Melbourne 1976, I have it on a boot DVD somewhere
November 25th, 2012 at 21:03Saw this band three times. Santa Monica Civic. a place called Starlight Amphitheater Burbank and also Shrine Auditorium. Greatest show I have ever seen was at Santa Monica, Purple second at the Long Beach Arena. If you never had the chance to see Stargazer or Tarot Woman live I am so sorry for you but Thats Life as Sinatra would say. Words could not describe these shows. For the record the only reason REO headlined was because it was decided by Ritchie he wanted to play second. There is a story about that tour Ritchie could tell you about a knock down drag out fight with REO management talk to him he has the story. One last comment Gates of Babylon was played on this last tour at the SHRINE.
November 29th, 2012 at 22:00What’s the shrine?
November 30th, 2012 at 14:25Remember I was blown away when I first saw the Tchaikovski drum solo, on [German show] Rockpalast.
November 30th, 2012 at 21:33@48. thanks for the bits of information, although I don’t think there is much of chance of ever asking RB about the fight w/REO…ha ha….Gates Of Babylon…WOW…now there a f***ing HARD ROCK song….TURN IT WAY UP
cheers
December 2nd, 2012 at 11:34@48: I have searched for ages for the alleged live versions of Gates of Babylon, and unfortunately, I have yet to find ANY of the reported versions of Gates which Rainbow were supposed to have played live on the 1978 tour…
According to sources, Rainbow were supposed to have played Gates live at the following venues/dates:
Shrine Auditorium – Los Angeles on 18/5/78
Capitol Theatre – Passaic NJ on 2/6/78
Paradise Theatre – Boston on 21/8/78
However, until I actually hear any recordings, I am going to remain sceptical as to whether Gates was 100% definitely played live.
December 3rd, 2012 at 22:25I have five witnesses to G of Babylon performed live at the Shrine Auditorium in L A. Just so you guys know they also played ironically LA Connection as well. It kind of makes sense NO? Ritchie had those footpedals specifically used for that solo. It was a fantastic night but unfortunately it was the last tour for this one of a kind band. Someone informed me that Ritchie and Ronnie were no longer traveling in the same vehicles so things were not all peaches and cream. But the show still was brilliant.
December 9th, 2012 at 05:55