Rainbow

Artist:  Rainbow
Origin:  Hertford, Hertfordshire, England
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Original line-up:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitars
Ronnie James Dio:  Lead Vocals
Craig Gruber:  Bass
Micky Lee Soule:  Keyboards
Gary Driscoll:  Drums

Classic line-up:  1:  (1975-1977)

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitars
Ronnie James Dio:  Lead Vocals
Jimmy Bain:  Bass
Tony Carey:  Keyboards
Cozy Powell:  Drums

Classic line-up:  2:  (1979-1980)

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitars
Graham Bonnet:  Lead Vocals
Roger Glover:  Bass
Don Airey:  Keyboards
Cozy Powell:  Drums

Rainbow were a British Hard Rock Band led by Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar Ex Deep Purple), Ronnie James Dio (Vocals Ex ELF) from 1975-1979, and replaced by Graham Bonnet (Vocals Ex Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, Impellitteri) from 1979-1980, and replaced by Joe Lynn Turner (Vocals Ex Fandango, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force) from 1980-1984, and the last singer by Doogie White (1993-1997) and disbanded.  The band has sold over 28 million albums worldwide and 4 million albums in the U.S.

Title:  A Light In The Black 1975-1984 (Box Set:  5 CD & 1 DVD)  (2015)
Genre:  Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Polydor Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:

Disc 1:  (1975-1976)

 1.  Black Sheep Of The Family  (3:21)
 2.  Sixteenth Century Greensleeves  (3:31)
 3.  Snake Charmer  (4:32)
 4.  Temple Of The King  (4:42)
 5.  Tarot Woman (Rough Mix)  (6:08)
 6.  Stargazer (Rough Mix)   (9:10)
 7.  Run With The Wolf (Rough Mix)  (3:52)
 8.  Mistreated (Live)  (11:13)
 9.  Medley:  Purple Haze/White Christmas/Lazy/Man On The Silver Mountain/Blues/Man On The Silver Mountain (Reprise) (Live Japan 1976)  (16:18)

Personnel:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitars
Ronnie James Dio:  Lead Vocals
Jimmy Bain:  Bass
Tony Carey:  Keyboards
Cozy Powell:  Drums

Disc 2:  (1977-1978)

 1.  Sensitive To Light (Rough Mix)  (3:06)
 2.  The Shed (Subtle)  (4:48)
 3.  Rainbow Eyes  (7:07)
 4.  Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (Rehearsal, Pirate Sound, LA August 1977)  (1:42)
 5.  Long Live Rock'N'Roll (Rehearsal, Pirate Sound, LA August 1977)   (6:59)
 6.  Do You Close Your Eyes (Rehearsal, Pirate Sound, LA August 1977) (6:22)
 7.  Still I'm Sad-With Organ Intro (Rehearsal, Pirate Sound, LA August 1977)   (10:10)
 8.  Gates Of Babylon  (6:480
 9.  Catch The Rainbow (Live Koseinenkin, Osaka, Japan, 17 January 1978)  (10:10)
10. Long Live Rock 'N'Roll (Don Kirshner Rock Concert, NY, May 1978)  (22:04)
11. L.A. Connection (Don Kirshner Rock Concert, NY, May 1978) (5:13)

Personnel:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitars
Ronnie James Dio:  Lead Vocals
Bob Daisley:  Bass
David Stonek:  Keyboards
Cozy Powell:  Drums

Disc 3:  (1979-1980)

 1.  Eyes Of The World (Instrumental Outtake)  (6:53)

 2.  Ain't A Lot Of Love In The Heart Of Me (Alternate Outtake) (5:02)
 3.  Lost In Hollywood  (4:53)
 4.  Danger Zone  (4:30)
 5.  Since You Been Gone (3:19)
 6.  Bad Girl  (4:52)
 7.  Over The Rainbow/Eyes Of The World (Live In NY 1979) (9:23)
 8.  Love's No Friend Of Mine (Live In NY 1979)  (8:13)
 9.  Beethoven:  Ode To Joy (5:45)
10. All Night Long (Single Remix Version) (3:52)
11. Weiss Heim  (5:13)
12. Stargazer (Live At Castle Donington 1980)

Personnel:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitars
Graham Bonnet:  Lead Vocals
Roger Glover:  Bass
Don Airey:  Keyboards
Cozy Powell:  Drums

Disc 4:  (1981-1982)

 1.  Midtown Tunnel Vision  (4:35)
 2.  I Surrender  (4:04)
 3.  Magic  (4:09)
 4.  Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal  (3:20)
 5.  Jealous Lover  (3:14)
 6.  Spotlight Kid (Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981) (5:10)
 7.  Rule Britannia/Fire Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1981) (2:53)
 8.  Death Alley Driver  (4:44)
 9.  Bring On The Night (Dream Chaser)  (4:08)
10. Stone Cold  (5:19)
11. Power (Live In Texas 1982)  (4:41)
12. Miss Mistreated (Live In Texas 1982)  (4:27)
13. Tearin' Out My Heart (Live In Texas 1982)  (8:20)

Personnel:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Lead Guitar
Roger Glover:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Joe Lynn Turner:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
David Rosenthai:  Keyboards
Bobby Rondinelli:  Drums

Disc 5:  (1983-1984)

 1.  Can't Let You Go  (4:22)
 2.  Desperate Heart  (4:37)
 3.  Anybody There  (2:53)
 4. Drinking With The Devil  (3:45)
 5.  Make You Move  (5:28)
 6.  Snowman  (4:33)
 7.  Street Of Dreams  (4:29)
 8.  Stranded  (5:51)
 9.  Power  (4:30)
10. Fire Dance  (4:29)
11. Fool For The Night  (3:59)
12. Difficult To Cure  (11:19)
13. Smoke On The Water  (4:42)

Personnel:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Lead Guitar
Roger Glover:  Bass, Backing Vocals
Joe Lynn Turner:  Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
David Rosenthai:  Keyboards
Chuck Burgi:  Drums

Disc 6:  Live At Monsters Of Rock, Castle Donington, UK, 16 August 1980)

 1.  All Night Long
 2.  Catch The Rainbow
 3.  Eyes Of The World 
 4.  Lost In Hollywood/Guitar Solo
 5.  Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
 6.  Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (Part 1)
 7.  Kill The King
 8.  Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (Part 2)

Personnel:

Ritchie Blackmore:  Guitars
Graham Bonnet:  Lead Vocals
Roger Glover:  Bass
Don Airey:  Keyboards
Cozy Powell:  Drums

A Light In The Black 1975-1984 is the Box Set of the entire Polydor career of Rainbow, featuring rare and unheard tracks as well as fan favourites as well as the band in concert at Monsters Of Rock in 1980, with pictures and the extensive booklet features many rare photos by The Rainbow, was released on January 26, 2015 by Polydor Records.