1-Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93618) 1975
2-Rising (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93619) 1976
3-On Stage (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93620) 1977
4-Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93621) 1977
5-Down To Earth (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93622) 1979
6-Difficult To Cure (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93623) 1981
Straight Between The Eyes (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93624) 1982
7-Bent out of Shape (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93625) 1983
8-Finyl Vinyl (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93626/7) 1986
Finyl Vinyl is a collection of live recordings and B-sides by Rainbow and was released in 1986, after the band had already ceased to be when Blackmore and Glover were part of the Deep Purple reformation. No studio track had previously been unreleased.
Finyl Vinyl (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93626/7) 1986
Disc 1:
01. Spotlight Kid [0:06:06.67]
02. I Surrender [0:05:43.50]
03. Miss Mistreated [0:04:21.28]
04. Street Of Dreams [0:04:57.55]
05. Jealous Lover [0:03:12.72]
06. Can't Happen Here [0:04:16.40]
07. Tearin' Out My Heart [0:08:08.25]
08. Since You Been Gone [0:03:47.23]
09. Bad Girl [0:04:51.70]
Disc 2:
01. Difficult To Cure [0:11:18.70]
02. Stone Cold [0:04:28.10]
03. Power [0:04:28.70]
04. Man On The Silver Mountain [0:08:19.10]
05. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll [0:07:11.22]
06. Weiss Heim [0:05:12.38]
Bent out of Shape was the last studio album released by Rainbow before Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover took part in the Deep Purple reformation. It was originally released in 1983 as an LP and cassette.
This album is generally referred to in reviews as a commercial effort[1][2] by the band, attempting to repeat the success of the song "I Surrender" and the album Difficult to Cure. As a result, some of the songs, like the first single released from this album, "Street of Dreams", are usually considered to be more in the album-oriented rock style, instead of the hard rock sound of earlier Rainbow albums. The album was particularly aimed at the US market: the title is an American idiom rather than a British one.
Bent out of Shape (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93625) 1983
1. "Stranded" – 4:25
2. "Can't Let You Go" (Turner, Blackmore, Intro - David Rosenthal) – 4:18
3. "Fool for the Night" – 4:04
4. "Fire Dance" (Turner, Blackmore, Roger Glover, Rosenthal) – 4:30
5. "Anybody There" (Blackmore) – 2:36
6. "Desperate Heart" – 4:00
7. "Street of Dreams" – 4:23
8. "Drinking with the Devil" – 3:41
9. "Snowman" (Howard Blake, arr. by Blackmore) – 4:33
10. "Make Your Move" – 3:55
Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth LP released by Rainbow, released in 1982.
The band line-up was the same as had recorded the previous year's Difficult to Cure album, with the exception of David Rosenthal, who replaced Don Airey on keyboards.
The title allegedly came from a phrase from Jeff Beck, describing Jimi Hendrix to Blackmore.
Straight Between The Eyes (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93624) 1982
1. "Death Alley Driver" (Turner, Blackmore) – 4:42
2. "Stone Cold" – 5:17
3. "Bring on the Night (Dream Chaser)" – 4:06
4. "Tite Squeeze" – 3:15
5. "Tearin' Out My Heart" – 4:03
6. "Power" – 4:26
7. "MISS Mistreated" (Turner, Blackmore, David Rosenthal) – 4:27
8. "Rock Fever" (Turner, Blackmore) – 3:50
9. "Eyes of Fire" (Turner, Blackmore, Bobby Rondinelli) – 6:37
Difficult to Cure is the fifth album released by Rainbow, in 1981, and marked a further commercialisation of the band's sound. In an interview in Sounds (July 25th 1981), a UK music paper, Blackmore openly stated his liking for Foreigner and erstwhile vocalist Ronnie James Dio has referred to this period of Rainbow as "Foreigner Junior". It is, however, a popular album with many fans, despite it being markedly different from the albums which preceded it.
Difficult To Cure (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93623) 1981
1. "I Surrender" (Russ Ballard) – 4:10
2. "Spotlight Kid" (Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover) – 5:04
3. "No Release" (Blackmore, Glover, Don Airey) – 5:42
4. "Magic" (Brian Moran) – 4:15
5. "Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)" (Blackmore, Airey) – 3:23
6. "Can't Happen Here" (Blackmore, Glover) – 5:09
7. "Freedom Fighter" (Joe Lynn Turner, Blackmore, Glover) – 4:28
8. "Midtown Tunnel Vision" (Turner, Blackmore, Glover) – 4:44
9. "Difficult To Cure" (Beethoven's Ninth)" (Beethoven, arr. by Blackmore, Glover, Airey) – 5:58
Down To Earth is the fourth studio album released by Rainbow, released in 1979. Most of the album had been already written and recorded by the time Graham Bonnet was recruited. Also recruited were Ritchie Blackmore's ex-Deep Purple bandmate Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Airey. Lyrics were by Glover, music by Blackmore, Airey and Cozy Powell.
This was to be the only Rainbow album on which Bonnet sang, although he was still part of the band when writing for Difficult to Cure began.
Down To Earth (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93622) 1979
1. All Night Long 3:53
2. Eyes Of The World 6:43
3. No Time To Lose 3:45
4. Makin Love 4:38
5. Since You Been Gone 3:20
6. Love's No Friend 4:55
7. Danger Zone 4:32
8. Lost In Hollywood 4:50
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll is the third studio album released by Rainbow, released in 1978.
Although Bob Daisley & David Stone are listed on the album credits for their contributions they joined the band part way through the recording sessions and only appear on a couple of tracks. (Stone part wrote "Gates of Babylon" but was never credited). Blackmore played most of the bass parts himself for the album.
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93621) 1977
1. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
2. Lady Of The Lake
3. LA Connection
4. Gates Of Babylon
5. Kill The King
6. The Shed
7. Sensitive To Light
8. Rainbow Eyes
On Stage is a live album released by Rainbow in 1977. The album features a cover of a song from Blackmore's previous band Deep Purple; 'Mistreated'.
The album was recorded live over several German and Japanese dates in late 1976 during the Rising world tour. Many of the tracks were spliced together from different dates by producer Martin Birch, and the running order was changed to more easily fit four sides of vinyl.
The recording features the customary introduction to a rainbow show - the classic quote from the The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), "Toto: I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow!" with the last word repeated a couple of times.
A more representative example of a Rainbow concert of the time was the 1991 release Live in Germany.
On Stage (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93620) 1977
1. Kill The King
2. Man On The Silver Mountain
3. Blues
4. Starstruck
5. Catch The Rainbow
6. Mistreated
7. 16th Century Greensleeves
8. Still I'm Sad
Rising is a hard rock album by Rainbow, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). Rising has become known as the best album of Rainbow's career. With founder Ritchie Blackmore retaining only Ronnie James Dio from the previous album, he recruited keyboard player Tony Carey, bassist Jimmy Bain and renowned drummer Cozy Powell to complete the new line-up. Recorded in Munich in less than a month, the album was overseen by famous Deep Purple engineer and rock producer Martin Birch.
The album marks Dio's first work with bassist Jimmy Bain. Bain would later play bass in Dio's solo band.
The showpiece is the 8 minute and 26 second piece "Stargazer", which has become one of Rainbow's most-famous tracks. This features the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, reinforcing and enriching the riffs played by the band.
However, despite its popularity with the fans, surprisingly little of the album made it into the live set: "Stargazer" and "Do You Close Your Eyes" featured in all the 1976 shows, while "A Light in the Black" was dropped early in the tour.
Rising peaked at #48 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. In the UK it would peak at #6.
Rising (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93619) 1976
1. Tarot Woman
2. Run With The Wolf
3. Starstruck
4. Do You Close Your Eyes
5. Stargazer
6. A Light In The Black
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) is the first album released by Rainbow. It was recorded and released while lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was still a member of Deep Purple. Despite the modest chart success this album achieved, many musicians consider this album to be one of hard rock's finest moments. Lead vocalist Ronnie James Dio has called this his favourite Rainbow album.
Elf had supported Deep Purple on the previous year's tour promoting the band's 'Burn' album. This album marked the first collaboration between Dio and Blackmore, and it is essentially the lineup of Elf, Dio's previous band, with Blackmore instead of Steve Edwards. Blackmore would dismiss all the other Elf musicians and recruit new players for subsequent Rainbow albums.
Several songs on the album were cover versions. "Black Sheep of the Family", a song that Deep Purple had refused to record for their album Stormbringer, was a cover of a song recorded by Quatermass, and "Still I'm Sad" was an instrumental cover of a Yardbirds track.
The original vinyl release had a gatefold sleeve, although later reissues on the budget arms of Polydor reduced this to a single sleeve. This line-up never performed live and the live-shots used in the album art are of Blackmore in his Deep Purple days and of Elf playing live. The album's songs, however, have been performed by subsequent Rainbow lineups.
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93618) 1975
1. Man On The Silver Mountain 4:36
2. Self Portrait 3:13
3. Black Sheep Of The Family 3:19
4. Catch The Rainbow 6:35
5. Snake Charmer 4:29
6. The Temple Of The King 4:41
7. If You Don't Like Rock & Roll 2:34
8. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves 3:28
9. Still I'm Sad 3:53
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