"On Stage" is among the greatest live albums of all time. Its versions of "Mistreated", "Kill the King", and - especially - "Still I'm Sad" are the high watermarks for this band AND the genre, overall. Absolutely perfect record.
Been a Rainbow fan since I was a kid, 50 now. Finally got to see Rainbow in 2017, excellent. Also had the pleasure of working with Don Airey a few times, said Down to Earth was one of his favourite recordings. Also met Dougie White when singing with M3 Classic Whitesnake (Marsden, moody, Murray.) when they played the theatre I was working at, very good singer.
Great job!!! I’m big fan of Deep Purple and Rainbow long time/45 years/ Ritchie Blackmore is absolutely brilliant guitar player and songwriter!!!!!!!!!!’
I saw Rainbow on the 'Long Live Rock n Roll' tour (front row!) and next couple of tours. Definitely a long-time fan. Thanks for bringing them some love here.
As much as I love Deep Purple , I have always loved Rainbow more. The only albums from Deep Purple that I have and love are the ones Ritchie Blackmore are on. I love every Rainbow album ever including studio and live albums. I even love the recent live albums Live In Birmingham 2016 and Memories In Rock and Memories In Rock 2 alot. I agree with you that Ritchie might not be as an aggressive guitar player as he used to be, but he still is amazing. My favorites are definitely the first three Rainbow studio albums and the live albums On Stage and Live In Germany 1976. I also do enjoy listening to Difficult To Cure and Straight Between The Eyes albums.
@@KickflipGnasty absolutely!! I love all three studio albums from the Rod Evan's era . There is alot of amazing guitar playing from Ritchie Blackmore on them.
Two things: When Blackmore was still with Purple he wanted them to do a cover of the Quartermass song BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY. Purple didn't want to do it, so Ritchie recruited Dio and Elf to do it as a single and they wrote 16th CENTURY GREENSLEEVES as the B side, but then, decided to make a whole album. 2) You really should've mentioned the live album Rainbow:On Stage which was released between Rising & L.L. R&R. Not only does it feature a live version of Kill The King before the studio version was recorded but they also perform Deep Purple's MISTREATED and many, like me, consider it to be one of Dio's greatest vocal performances of all time. Dio loved the song and even continued to play Mistreated live with his own band Dio.
Thank you! I was starting to question whether or not it was Black Sheep. Which, honestly... probably the only song from the Dio-era that I could live without. Not terrible, just not an exceptional song.
Thanks for the heads up i was wondering what role ""16 Century Greensleeves" had with the early "Dio + Blackmore" collaboration before the debut album, also didn't hear "Graham Bonnets" credit with "Alcatrazz" or the writers of his 2 cover songs he sang with "Rainbow"-"Since You've Been Gone"- "Russ Ballard" of "Argent" + "Will Tou Still Love Me" -"The Shirelles"
I was born in 1989 and I really like this heavy metal sound from the seventies. Thanks so much for showing bands I didn't know. I became a fan of Uriah Heep because of you. I also love Rainbow and DP. Greetings from Brazil!
Cozy Powell, Ronnie James Dio, and Ritchie Blackmore were known to their fans as the triplets. There was a rumor that Rainbows new lineup with the triplets were going to reform but Powell's untimely death ruined that, then Dio would pass soon after. Sad but true.🌈
Loved Rainbow when I bought the Best of Rainbow in early 1982.Have all the Albums.Joe lynne Turner was my Favourite Singer.Great Review of Rainbow Discography.
Saw Rainbow with JLT singing with Krokus opening in Lakeland Florida. Then saw Yngwie Malmsteen with Joe Lynn Turner singing, Lita Ford and Black And Blue opening in Pensacola Florida
I was lucky enough to see the classic Rainbow lineup in Sydney Australia in 1976. Fantastic show it was too. The Rainbow Rising album had just come out.
No one should overly nit-picky with you. You bring some additional level of details to this history and it's kinda fun to listen to the way you tell it. Rainbow was really something and some of their earlier music almost reminded me of Uriah Heep from a few years earlier...you know, the medieval stuff. Me thinks that Blackmore's solo from Stargazer was the BEST solo of 1976. Thanks for sharing!
I consider myself to be Ritchie's biggest fan - have idolised him for 40 plus years and whilst I know much of what you say I think you are a really nice guy and like your laid back style. Well done and thanks Paul
Great vid ,Rainbow rising classic album, classic cover must admit though Bent out of shape was a favorite of mine and my dad's who is no longer with us sadly spent many an evening listening to that over a few beers
Enormous fun. Thanks so much. It's rare for an American to 'get' a Brit and vice versa. This was an exercise in nostalgia and I had a blast watching it.
Having a huge back catalogue can be more of a curse than a blessing. Everyone compares the new release with what's gone before even when line up is totally different. I like how you have an open mind to all of them.
Only ever got to see them the once. September 1976, on the ' Rainbow Rising' tour. Cozy Powell's party piece, drumming along to the 1812 Overture is something that will stay with me forever.
Great review Peter! Phenomenal band! What's interesting is that they were performing the song Kill the King live back in '76 and '77 before it was officially released in 1978 on Long Live Rock 'N Roll. Dio never sounded better than he did in Rainbow in regards to his clean and higher operatic range and he never officially went for any kind of singing lessons.
Dan Maler Agreed, Dan. I was always a big fan of Rainbow during the Dio years, although I had no interest after he left and the style shifted to the mainstream. I find it puzzling that “classic” Rainbow hasn’t remained “fashionable”. Of course, live they were extraordinary: shredding the studio performances. But the band deserves far greater respect than it receives these days, at least for its early work. Ronnie was also in magnificent form with Sabbath on Heaven & Hell: in as fine voice as with Rainbow and also singing splendid material.
Rainbow is probably my favourite band ever even though my entry to metal rock was because of MetallicA when I was 16 years old. After MetallicA released St.Anger that basically pushed me to find different things and found a band called Rata Blanca which also led to Iron Maiden and then back to Blackmore, Purple and Rainbow. Rainbow is one of the best supergroups ever created. They don't have any bad albums, if you try to pick a "bad album" from Rainbow it ends up being an 8/10 anyways. Stargazer, Catch the Rainbow, Street of Dreams, Light in the Black, Black Masquerade, Wolf to the Moon, Long Live Rock and Roll, Man on the Silver Mountain and many many more are already classics of hard rock / metal from the 70's and 80's. Super influential band. Long Live rock and Roll !
Thanks Pete for doing these. So far I only saw your prog show (Thanks for including the 4 Italian greats) and this one. Deep Purple has been my favorite band since '73 and I've followed all the offshoots, solo stuff and bands pre-dating Purple as well. I just wanted to throw in a few trivia bits (not corrections): first time Ritchie met Ronnie was in '72 when they supported Purple on their 6th or 7th US tour in that year. And because Purple loved playing with Elf, they invited them for their UK Burn and US '74 summer Burn tours, and Stormbringer tours until Ritchie's final gig (before the reunion) in Paris in 1975. There's also another Purple connection with Elf: Roger Glover produced their '74 Carolina County Ball album. In addition to Ronnie, you mentioned Mickey Lee Soule's time with Ian Gillan, and he has also been involved with Purple since '96, first as a keys tech for Jon Lord and still as tech for Roger. Great series and keep 'em coming. Glad you included Uriah Heep, my second favorite hard rock band. How about UFO?
Being born in 81. Street of Dreams always fascinated me when it came in the radio. I loved that song. Fast forward to the early 2000’s I’m in the Navy and we all traded digital music on hard drives. I go back to Street of Dreams and start digging into Rainbow. I had always loved Dio. This is what opened my mind to Rainbow. All because of a popish Street of Dreams. It was amazing.
Yep, and imo, that was the weakest tune on the album and didn't belong there --- should've been done in "pop contrast" with the JLT era ---- much better suited.
They originally went in the studio to record Black Sheep of the Family , which Purple rejected for Stormbringer , as a one-off single. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves ( not to be confused with the traditional Greensleeves ) was written to fill the B-SIDE , but the Blackmore/ Dio collaboration went so well that it quickly morphed into an album. Btw , keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule went on to become a Deep Purple roadie.
Well done, I heard Down to earth was named such because the bands material was considered more down to earth. Rising is a classic and I’m partial to Difficult to Cure which had heavy airplay on MTV by way of Cant Happen Here.
Enjoyed this walk down memory lane. Always one of my favorite bands. My friends older brother had LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL...that's where it started for me in 78. Unfortunately, one of te few favorite rock bands that I never saw live. LOVE to see a segment on MSG!
Bloody Brilliant work Pete !!!! The history of Rainbow needed to be told as it was in the "shadow of Deep Purple." Compliment - Pete, I would like to ad to and Compliment your great review. It is notoriously difficult to obtain album sales figures for DEEP PURPLE, yet alone Rainbow. Sales Information - Roger Glover asserts that from late 1975 to mid-1984 Rainbow sold an impressive 28 million units !!! Dio Period - I have worked out that Rainbow sold at least 21 million albums in the Dio period from 1975 - 1979. Roger Glover further claims that Dio album sales spiked when the "Dio leaving" announcement was made. Rainbow Rising sold at that time, from its release too mid-1979 U.S. SALES - Rainbow sold 4 - 5 million albums in the U.S from 1981 to 1984. Lead singer - Joe Lynn Turner - was chosen to appeal to the initially fickle, and then, loyal U.S. audience.
Mickey Lee Soule also was the keyboard technician for Deep Purple for many years. He also played on the reunion of the Concerto live show in the late 90s.
Going back to watch this because I've only been listening for like a year. Pete I remember that Rainbow and Scorpions tour. I saw them at The Spectrum in Philly and I believe Riot opened up! Incredible show and as great as Rainbow was The Scorpions were just as good. I remember it was the Blackout tour and their entranc onto the stage was fantastic. The hair on my arms stood up. Klaus sliding across the stage swinging the microphone. Epic! And Ritchie destroyed that night!!! He is top 3 for me
Saw them live in 76 (Bremerhaven), AC-DC opening, talked to Ronnie after the gig (He came on stage looking for his towel, and I asked him if he could get me a drum stick from Cozy, and he did. Two sticks actually, which was cool.) Talked about the great concert. And yes, in those days you could still hang around the concert hall after the gig, impossible nowadays... 1980 I watched them in Bremen, with Bonnet singing, Glover Bass of course, great gig too. Opening act, I can't remember.
@@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712 I remember that it was Touch who were opening act at the danish shows. They’ve just released an album then which i think was called “Black Star”.
Growing up in the 70's Ritchie was my favorite rock player then I found out about Al Dimeola and Return to Forever. Both still are favorite today. Unfortunately Ritchie's arthritis has taken away his amazing playing.
Thanks Pete. I appreciate the knowledge you share about these bands. I want to investigate bands I'm not familiar with and the info you share really helps me explore these bands and understand the background. Thanks again!
Excellent review!!! Rainbow is still one of my favorite bands which I had seen many times in Europe starting in 1979 with Down to Earth tour. Really like your comments and your knowledge of Rock history!!
Saw Tygers of Pan Tang supporting Gillan in 1981 or 82 in Munich. I guess ıt was the "Future Schock"-Tour. Tygers of Pan Tang were great, especially their song "Paris by Air".
Rainbow fait partie de mes groupes préférés.Ritchie Blackmore est une légende de la guitare.Il a écrit tellement de morceaux incroyables avec Rainbow et Deep Purple.Entre Long live rock'n'roll et Down to Earth mon cœur balance mais c'est finalement Down to Earth qui est mon album préféré de Rainbow.Graham Bonnet est un chanteur phénoménal.Dommage qu'il n'a fait qu'un album avec Rainbow.
That box set could’v been SO MUCH better. Not nearly enough rarities. An expensive box set full of shit you already own? Doesn’t make sense to me. Even the Deluxe Editions of four of the individual Rainbow albums didn’t offer much in the rarity department. There’s good stuff STILL out there. Someone’s asleep in the quality control department.
Rainbow, Iron maiden and Metallica. My favorite band of all time. Most people know Metallica and Maiden, when i tell about Rainbow, They are Who? Unless they truly know music. Ufo and Purple also.
Rainbow was a big influence for both maiden and metallica. classic example for the importance of publicity that rainbow seems to lack of opposed to other bands of the genre.
I first became familiar with Rainbow with the song Stone Cold and then later heard some of the older stuff like man on the Silver Mountain, but I think I'm going to go through some of their stuff and check it out
I recall David Rosenthal also played with Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul, as well as Cyndi Lauper after Rainbow. Interesting that he's playing with Burgi again today.
I like it better when you do artist retrospectives - the Deep Purple and Uriah Heep shows for me were invaluable - two of my favorite bands, yet it's easy to get lost in the weeds with all those releases.💿🎵
I have finyl vinyl on four formats such as: two Japanese imports on CDs, The twoLP set which I bought in mid April 1986 and the cassette tape with two bonus tracks on there!!
I've loved Ritchie since early 70's. Powerful, yet clean and concise. I saw Rainbow's first US gig at the Beacon - lol, Grateful Dead played the night before - this black kid climbed atop one of the gargoyles and was still there! So, I left my friend upstairs and knelt in the aisle by Ritchie. He was using his reel machine for delay. My buddy Paul didn't get it and yelled Turn off the damn recorder! During Man on the Silver Mountain, Ritchie crouched down with a leg extended awaiting the climax. He then became a whirling dervish on steroids blasting out power chords! And Yes, Kill the King was their fabulous opener.
Not too sure if Kill The King was part of Rainbow's set at The Beacon. Maybe they opened with Self Portrait. Can I get a reply from someone who was at that show or knows for sure. EY from Brooklyn
I can also say that the audience that night was very atypical for any other Ritchie show - I guessed it was mostly press and industry folk. As opposed to the later raucous crowds who booed openers off the stage and chanted "Blackmore, Blackmore, . . ."
Which was a phenomenon new to me, I saw the Rising tour twice - first time mid-June 1976 at the Beacon (really classy show and subdued crowd), and July 3 at the Jersey shore, some hall or Convention Center - maybe in Asbury Park. Henry Gross barely had time to sing his hit "Shannon" before the crowd drowned him out. A later tour in NYC, the A's opened - same thing, but their guitarist had a beer bottle thrown at him - he fielded it and threw it back!
Thank you for the Band and Album Review's.Very Much!!!!! Please don't forget tease:HAWKWIND; MOTORHEAD; PERE UBU; and MANILLA ROAD. From Germany Cologne, Oliver L.💣💥💣💥💣💥💣💥💣
Saw Graham Bonnet fronting a last-ditch escape from Alcatrazz in a Phoenix club, 1986. Great singer. I enjoyed his stint with Rainbow, in part due to MTV. Haha!
I think LLRNR is as good as Rising. Definitely not as poignant, but just the playing and singing on that album are just unbelievable. Dio's best vocal album along with Heaven and Hell.
The first three albums are masterpieces
I agree with you, The Dio' s voice are amazing, the guitars, anyway very, very goods albums
I don't even bother listening to what came after that. I appreciate all of ritchie's work, but those 3 albums just have a special magic to them
I believe the first album was Blackmore with ELF. After that Blackmore kept DIO and others where gone.
They are ,I’d add down to earth to that list too ,those 4 albums are incredible
First four
"On Stage" is among the greatest live albums of all time. Its versions of "Mistreated", "Kill the King", and - especially - "Still I'm Sad" are the high watermarks for this band AND the genre, overall. Absolutely perfect record.
Rainbow on stage
Rainbow Live in Germany 1976 (1990) is the better live album. Better tracks from the same tour.
Been a Rainbow fan since I was a kid, 50 now. Finally got to see Rainbow in 2017, excellent. Also had the pleasure of working with Don Airey a few times, said Down to Earth was one of his favourite recordings. Also met Dougie White when singing with M3 Classic Whitesnake (Marsden, moody, Murray.) when they played the theatre I was working at, very good singer.
Great job!!! I’m big fan of Deep Purple and Rainbow long time/45 years/ Ritchie Blackmore is absolutely brilliant guitar player and songwriter!!!!!!!!!!’
I saw Rainbow on the 'Long Live Rock n Roll' tour (front row!) and next couple of tours. Definitely a long-time fan. Thanks for bringing them some love here.
Excellent. Well done, Pete.
As much as I love Deep Purple , I have always loved Rainbow more. The only albums from Deep Purple that I have and love are the ones Ritchie Blackmore are on. I love every Rainbow album ever including studio and live albums. I even love the recent live albums Live In Birmingham 2016 and Memories In Rock and Memories In Rock 2 alot. I agree with you that Ritchie might not be as an aggressive guitar player as he used to be, but he still is amazing. My favorites are definitely the first three Rainbow studio albums and the live albums On Stage and Live In Germany 1976. I also do enjoy listening to Difficult To Cure and Straight Between The Eyes albums.
Yeah but that's A LOT of albums Ritchie was on.haha Gotta give it up for all the Rod Evans era albums. Some killer guitar playing on those albums
@@KickflipGnasty absolutely!! I love all three studio albums from the Rod Evan's era . There is alot of amazing guitar playing from Ritchie Blackmore on them.
Two things:
When Blackmore was still with Purple he wanted them to do a cover of the Quartermass song BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY. Purple didn't want to do it, so Ritchie recruited Dio and Elf to do it as a single and they wrote 16th CENTURY GREENSLEEVES as the B side, but then, decided to make a whole album.
2) You really should've mentioned the live album Rainbow:On Stage which was released between Rising & L.L. R&R. Not only does it feature a live version of Kill The King before the studio version was recorded but they also perform Deep Purple's MISTREATED and many, like me, consider it to be one of Dio's greatest vocal performances of all time. Dio loved the song and even continued to play Mistreated live with his own band Dio.
Thank you! I was starting to question whether or not it was Black Sheep. Which, honestly... probably the only song from the Dio-era that I could live without. Not terrible, just not an exceptional song.
Thanks for the heads up i was wondering what role ""16 Century Greensleeves" had with the early "Dio + Blackmore" collaboration before the debut album, also didn't hear "Graham Bonnets" credit with "Alcatrazz" or the writers of his 2 cover songs he sang with "Rainbow"-"Since You've Been Gone"- "Russ Ballard" of "Argent" + "Will Tou Still Love Me" -"The Shirelles"
I was born in 1989 and I really like this heavy metal sound from the seventies. Thanks so much for showing bands I didn't know. I became a fan of Uriah Heep because of you. I also love Rainbow and DP. Greetings from Brazil!
Love these history of videos!
Any Ritchie Blackmore talk is worth MY Attention.
LONG LIVE ROCK N' ROLL
Cozy Powell, Ronnie James Dio, and Ritchie Blackmore were known to their fans as the triplets. There was a rumor that Rainbows new lineup with the triplets were going to reform but Powell's untimely death ruined that, then Dio would pass soon after. Sad but true.🌈
The Rainbow's best time was with Dio.
thanks for sharing - don't get too hung up on YT comments most people say the rudest things bro
You missed Live in Boston, brilliant stepping in by JLT- his delivery of Loves no friend and Man Siver etc. It's GREAT
Long live Rainbow and Ritchie Blackmore. Great review again Pete.
Loved Rainbow when I bought the Best of Rainbow in early 1982.Have all the Albums.Joe lynne Turner was my Favourite Singer.Great Review of Rainbow Discography.
Really enjoy your show, thanks for the cover on Rainbow!!!!!!
Love your show. I really do not care that you are 100% accurate. It is just great to see a music fan.
Saw Rainbow with JLT singing with Krokus opening in Lakeland Florida. Then saw Yngwie Malmsteen with Joe Lynn Turner singing, Lita Ford and Black And Blue opening in Pensacola Florida
Roger Glover also produced some early Nazareth albums,too..
I don't really listen to this genre of music. But really enjoying this channel. And getting into bands I wouldn't usually listen too.. thanx
Thanks Pete! Love this family of bands and esp. Blackmore, god of the strat and riffs.
Thanks for the effort and speed to get it out.
I was lucky enough to see the classic Rainbow lineup in Sydney Australia in 1976. Fantastic show it was too. The Rainbow Rising album had just come out.
No one should overly nit-picky with you. You bring some additional level of details to this history and it's kinda fun to listen to the way you tell it. Rainbow was really something and some of their earlier music almost reminded me of Uriah Heep from a few years earlier...you know, the medieval stuff. Me thinks that Blackmore's solo from Stargazer was the BEST solo of 1976. Thanks for sharing!
I just say I think that stranger in us all is a nagletic masterpiece
The best line up from 🌈 👉 Toni Carrey, Jimmy bain,Cozy powell, Ritchie Blackmore And Ronald James Padavona👏👏👏
run to buy some good pair of ears or make a trial at your parents dumb poor boy!
padovaniroland wtf, you triggered much little boy?
I consider myself to be Ritchie's biggest fan - have idolised him for 40 plus years and whilst I know much of what you say I think you are a really nice guy and like your laid back style.
Well done and thanks
Paul
Rainbow definitely has a very interesting history. Some very talented members.
We're having fun Pete, thanks for these presentations.
Absolutely Love Rainbow!!! Thank you!
Great vid ,Rainbow rising classic album, classic cover must admit though Bent out of shape was a favorite of mine and my dad's who is no longer with us sadly spent many an evening listening to that over a few beers
Enormous fun. Thanks so much. It's rare for an American to 'get' a Brit and vice versa. This was an exercise in nostalgia and I had a blast watching it.
Having a huge back catalogue can be more of a curse than a blessing. Everyone compares the new release with what's gone before even when line up is totally different. I like how you have an open mind to all of them.
Only ever got to see them the once. September 1976, on the ' Rainbow Rising' tour. Cozy Powell's party piece, drumming along to the 1812 Overture is something that will stay with me forever.
Schenker and/ or UFO
Enjoying your retrospectives, keep them coming!!
UFO.
Most underrated rock band ever.
Especially with Schenker.
@@johndonson1603it's about Rainbow!!!!!!
Rainbow Rising has always been my Favorite I was 16 when I first had the 8 track lol
Great review Peter! Phenomenal band! What's interesting is that they were performing the song Kill the King live back in '76 and '77 before it was officially released in 1978 on Long Live Rock 'N Roll. Dio never sounded better than he did in Rainbow in regards to his clean and higher operatic range and he never officially went for any kind of singing lessons.
Dan Maler Agreed, Dan. I was always a big fan of Rainbow during the Dio years, although I had no interest after he left and the style shifted to the mainstream.
I find it puzzling that “classic” Rainbow hasn’t remained “fashionable”. Of course, live they were extraordinary: shredding the studio performances. But the band deserves far greater respect than it receives these days, at least for its early work.
Ronnie was also in magnificent form with Sabbath on Heaven & Hell: in as fine voice as with Rainbow and also singing splendid material.
Dio was a trained trumpeter. He himself attributed his voice control and phrasing to his training on the trumpet.
Joe Lynn Turner was a great singer on tour. Really underrated IMO.
Rainbow is probably my favourite band ever even though my entry to metal rock was because of MetallicA when I was 16 years old. After MetallicA released St.Anger that basically pushed me to find different things and found a band called Rata Blanca which also led to Iron Maiden and then back to Blackmore, Purple and Rainbow. Rainbow is one of the best supergroups ever created. They don't have any bad albums, if you try to pick a "bad album" from Rainbow it ends up being an 8/10 anyways. Stargazer, Catch the Rainbow, Street of Dreams, Light in the Black, Black Masquerade, Wolf to the Moon, Long Live Rock and Roll, Man on the Silver Mountain and many many more are already classics of hard rock / metal from the 70's and 80's. Super influential band. Long Live rock and Roll !
Thanks Pete for doing these. So far I only saw your prog show (Thanks for including the 4 Italian greats) and this one. Deep Purple has been my favorite band since '73 and I've followed all the offshoots, solo stuff and bands pre-dating Purple as well.
I just wanted to throw in a few trivia bits (not corrections): first time Ritchie met Ronnie was in '72 when they supported Purple on their 6th or 7th US tour in that year. And because Purple loved playing with Elf, they invited them for their UK Burn and US '74 summer Burn tours, and Stormbringer tours until Ritchie's final gig (before the reunion) in Paris in 1975. There's also another Purple connection with Elf: Roger Glover produced their '74 Carolina County Ball album. In addition to Ronnie, you mentioned Mickey Lee Soule's time with Ian Gillan, and he has also been involved with Purple since '96, first as a keys tech for Jon Lord and still as tech for Roger. Great series and keep 'em coming. Glad you included Uriah Heep, my second favorite hard rock band. How about UFO?
Being born in 81. Street of Dreams always fascinated me when it came in the radio. I loved that song. Fast forward to the early 2000’s I’m in the Navy and we all traded digital music on hard drives. I go back to Street of Dreams and start digging into Rainbow. I had always loved Dio. This is what opened my mind to Rainbow. All because of a popish Street of Dreams. It was amazing.
Way to include and reference The Lizards! What a great band that is so under the radar! Well done 👏!
Love that shirt
I had that shirt in the mid 80s. Great days!
Great video againPete very interesting. Saw rainbow with blue oyster cult sept. 28th, 1979- Utica ny. Great pairing, great concert 👍🏻
Do Captain Beyond !
The song that brought Ronnie and Ritchie together was Black Sheep Of The Family. That's the one that Purple didn't want to do.
Thanks for the correction!
They didn't want to do it because they don't get royalties from a cover song
Yep, and imo, that was the weakest tune on the album and didn't belong there --- should've been done in "pop contrast" with the JLT era ---- much better suited.
They originally went in the studio to record Black Sheep of the Family , which Purple rejected for Stormbringer , as a one-off single. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves ( not to be confused with the traditional Greensleeves ) was written to fill the B-SIDE , but the Blackmore/ Dio collaboration went so well that it quickly morphed into an album.
Btw , keyboardist Mickey Lee Soule went on to become a Deep Purple roadie.
I'd like to see a riot retrospective - link to rainbow with Joe Lynn Turner, plus both bands played Donnington in 80
I had the pleasure of meeting Don Airey last night at the Deep Purple concert at the Paramount Theater here in Seattle.
Very cool! He should write a book. With all the bands and guys he has played with over the years I'm sure it would be a fantastic read.
Well done, I heard Down to earth was named such because the bands material was considered more down to earth. Rising is a classic and I’m partial to Difficult to Cure which had heavy airplay on MTV by way of Cant Happen Here.
Enjoyed this walk down memory lane. Always one of my favorite bands. My friends older brother had LONG LIVE ROCK N ROLL...that's where it started for me in 78. Unfortunately, one of te few favorite rock bands that I never saw live. LOVE to see a segment on MSG!
Bloody Brilliant work Pete !!!!
The history of Rainbow needed to be told as it was in the "shadow of Deep Purple."
Compliment - Pete, I would like to ad to and Compliment your great review. It is notoriously difficult to obtain album sales figures for DEEP PURPLE, yet alone Rainbow.
Sales Information - Roger Glover asserts that from late 1975 to mid-1984 Rainbow sold an impressive 28 million units !!!
Dio Period - I have worked out that Rainbow sold at least 21 million albums in the Dio period from 1975 - 1979.
Roger Glover further claims that Dio album sales spiked when the "Dio leaving" announcement was made. Rainbow Rising sold at that time, from its release too mid-1979
U.S. SALES - Rainbow sold 4 - 5 million albums in the U.S from 1981 to 1984. Lead singer - Joe Lynn Turner - was chosen to appeal to the initially fickle, and then, loyal U.S. audience.
Rainbow was very popular in Germany when I was 16 i bought the album brought it home. Love that band.
Good stuff, thanks Pete! "Straight Between The Eyes" was a big album for me as a kid and is still my favorite Rainbow record.
Thanks Pete. I now listen to Styx! Castle Walls blew my mind
Mickey Lee Soule also was the keyboard technician for Deep Purple for many years. He also played on the reunion of the Concerto live show in the late 90s.
Brilliant , really enjoyed it. Very informative and well put together. Thank you👍
Going back to watch this because I've only been listening for like a year. Pete I remember that Rainbow and Scorpions tour. I saw them at The Spectrum in Philly and I believe Riot opened up! Incredible show and as great as Rainbow was The Scorpions were just as good. I remember it was the Blackout tour and their entranc onto the stage was fantastic. The hair on my arms stood up. Klaus sliding across the stage swinging the microphone. Epic! And Ritchie destroyed that night!!! He is top 3 for me
Love that album cover so cool.
Saw them live in 76 (Bremerhaven), AC-DC opening, talked to Ronnie after the gig (He came on stage looking for his towel, and I asked him if he could get me a drum stick from Cozy, and he did. Two sticks actually, which was cool.) Talked about the great concert. And yes, in those days you could still hang around the concert hall after the gig, impossible nowadays...
1980 I watched them in Bremen, with Bonnet singing, Glover Bass of course, great gig too. Opening act, I can't remember.
tomtom vicky
Could it have been the american act “Touch” who opened?
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 Wow, could be. It is not easy to remember all these year ago.
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I remember that it was Touch who were opening act at the danish shows.
They’ve just released an album then which i think was called “Black Star”.
@@kasperkjrsgaard1447 My concert ticket says: Rainbow in Concert + Opening Act. They could've put the bands name on it
@@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712 does this rings a bell?
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Love Dio and JLT. Still follow Turner today. Great stuff!!!
Growing up in the 70's Ritchie was my favorite rock player then I found out about Al Dimeola and Return to Forever. Both still are favorite today. Unfortunately Ritchie's arthritis has taken away his amazing playing.
Street of Dreams in Blackmore's favorite work. He is supremely proud of that tune. Blackmore is a huge pop fan. He wanted that sound.
And Ritchie's favorite pop band, and it seems to be also of many 70s Brit rockers, is …. Abba. Quite complex in their arrangements actually.
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love what your doing Pete ! your only human you'll miss one every now and then.no big deal ! ROCK ON !!
Thanks Pete. I appreciate the knowledge you share about these bands. I want to investigate bands I'm not familiar with and the info you share really helps me explore these bands and understand the background. Thanks again!
Great channel and great band and my fav guitarist
I LOVE 'Bent out of Shape' - I think it's massively underrated.
Saw that tour , fantastic one of my first concerts .
Doogie White is a great singer, great album Stranger In Us All!
Excellent review!!! Rainbow is still one of my favorite bands which I had seen many times in Europe starting in 1979 with Down to Earth tour. Really like your comments and your knowledge of Rock history!!
Saw Tygers of Pan Tang supporting Gillan in 1981 or 82 in Munich. I guess ıt was the "Future Schock"-Tour. Tygers of Pan Tang were great, especially their song "Paris by Air".
For me, it's Slave to Love but with John Deverill (so only live version)
Was John Sykes still playing for them when you saw them? I think he left for Thin Lizzy shortly after.
Great job totally enjoyed this
Rainbow fait partie de mes groupes préférés.Ritchie Blackmore est une légende de la guitare.Il a écrit tellement de morceaux incroyables avec Rainbow et Deep Purple.Entre Long live rock'n'roll et Down to Earth mon cœur balance mais c'est finalement Down to Earth qui est mon album préféré de Rainbow.Graham Bonnet est un chanteur phénoménal.Dommage qu'il n'a fait qu'un album avec Rainbow.
For my money Live in Germany 76 is one of the greatest live rock guitar albums ever released, it is a shame it was never released in the 70’s
Cool !Rainbow 🌈 🎸 loved the Dio year's !
Very nice queen 2 was a very progressive metal album i feel. Queens first 6 albums are fantastic. Queen of the 70s the best queen era
Allen Saunders Yes, 2 and SHA are awesome.
Thanks Pete for the writings on Richie no more said. He is the riffmaster of all time keep up the good work. CARL MzcCrazy Spokane Wash
Thanks. Enjoyable, yes.
Pete- Rainbow also released an excellent boxset called Rainbow A Light In The Black 1975-1984. You really should get it.
The weird thing with that box set,the song Light in the Black,isn't included on it. How STUPID is that???
That box set could’v been SO MUCH better. Not nearly enough rarities. An expensive box set full of shit you already own? Doesn’t make sense to me. Even the Deluxe Editions of four of the individual Rainbow albums didn’t offer much in the rarity department. There’s good stuff STILL out there. Someone’s asleep in the quality control department.
Gram Bonnet odd fit , but great voice . Favorite rainbow album.
Rainbow, Iron maiden and Metallica. My favorite band of all time. Most people know Metallica and Maiden, when i tell about Rainbow, They are Who? Unless they truly know music. Ufo and Purple also.
Rainbow was a big influence for both maiden and metallica. classic example for the importance of publicity that rainbow seems to lack of opposed to other bands of the genre.
Great job!
Ritchie could recognize talent.
Pete screw the negative folks ur spot on and always a true rocker
Pete, will You do "Blackmore's Night" album ranking? Or not a fan at all?
I first became familiar with Rainbow with the song Stone Cold and then later heard some of the older stuff like man on the Silver Mountain, but I think I'm going to go through some of their stuff and check it out
Love your channel Pete.It’s annoying when pedantic people correct the slightest of mistakes.
I recall David Rosenthal also played with Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul, as well as Cyndi Lauper after Rainbow. Interesting that he's playing with Burgi again today.
David was also with Madonna... about 1990....
Pete, You are awesome!! Can you recommend a "Rainbow" book?
Try Martin Popoff's book.
I like it better when you do artist retrospectives - the Deep Purple and Uriah Heep shows for me were invaluable - two of my favorite bands, yet it's easy to get lost in the weeds with all those releases.💿🎵
Great review Pete. I didn't know Jimmy Bain had died. RIP
Great video 👍
I have finyl vinyl on four formats such as: two Japanese imports on CDs, The twoLP set which I bought in mid April 1986 and the cassette tape with two bonus tracks on there!!
I've loved Ritchie since early 70's. Powerful, yet clean and concise. I saw Rainbow's first US gig at the Beacon - lol, Grateful Dead played the night before - this black kid climbed atop one of the gargoyles and was still there! So, I left my friend upstairs and knelt in the aisle by Ritchie. He was using his reel machine for delay. My buddy Paul didn't get it and yelled Turn off the damn recorder! During Man on the Silver Mountain, Ritchie crouched down with a leg extended awaiting the climax. He then became a whirling dervish on steroids blasting out power chords! And Yes, Kill the King was their fabulous opener.
Not too sure if Kill The King was part of Rainbow's set at The Beacon. Maybe they opened with Self Portrait. Can I get a reply from someone who was at that show or knows for sure. EY from Brooklyn
For sure, they opened with Kill the King - I was there Nov. 12, 1975 for their US debut.
I can also say that the audience that night was very atypical for any other Ritchie show - I guessed it was mostly press and industry folk. As opposed to the later raucous crowds who booed openers off the stage and chanted "Blackmore, Blackmore, . . ."
Which was a phenomenon new to me, I saw the Rising tour twice - first time mid-June 1976 at the Beacon (really classy show and subdued crowd), and July 3 at the Jersey shore, some hall or Convention Center - maybe in Asbury Park. Henry Gross barely had time to sing his hit "Shannon" before the crowd drowned him out. A later tour in NYC, the A's opened - same thing, but their guitarist had a beer bottle thrown at him - he fielded it and threw it back!
Thank you for the Band and Album Review's.Very Much!!!!! Please don't forget tease:HAWKWIND; MOTORHEAD; PERE UBU; and MANILLA ROAD. From Germany Cologne, Oliver L.💣💥💣💥💣💥💣💥💣
Thank You for doing this RAINBOW review! All the Best, GUY, a "Downstate" New Yorker
Saw Graham Bonnet fronting a last-ditch escape from Alcatrazz in a Phoenix club, 1986. Great singer. I enjoyed his stint with Rainbow, in part due to MTV. Haha!
I think LLRNR is as good as Rising. Definitely not as poignant, but just the playing and singing on that album are just unbelievable. Dio's best vocal album along with Heaven and Hell.
Had tickets to see them on the Stranger In Us All tour in a small club, but on the day of the show it got canceled.