"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!!!!!!!!!!’
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.🌈
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.
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"
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.
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.
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!
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 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 !
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.
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.
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.
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
I was fortunate enough to see Rainbow with Graham Bonnet and still think it was the best of Rainbow. Bonnet went on to Alcatraz and the album with Steve Vai was awesome.
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.
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
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!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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!!
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.
Great review.special mention to the version of Spotlight Kid on final vinal.Blackmore is just smokin on this and the interplay between guitar and keyboards is beautiful.truly classic band.also my favourite Rainbow song is Gates of Babylon.Everything about this is just perfect.Dio sings this so powerful and so soulful.Thanks.
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.
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”.
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!
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.
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!!
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.
The Rainbow's best time was with Dio.
Excellent. Well done, Pete.
Great job!!! I’m big fan of Deep Purple and Rainbow long time/45 years/ Ritchie Blackmore is absolutely brilliant guitar player and songwriter!!!!!!!!!!’
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.🌈
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.
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 just say I think that stranger in us all is a nagletic masterpiece
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.
Love your show. I really do not care that you are 100% accurate. It is just great to see a music fan.
Joe Lynn Turner was a great singer on tour. Really underrated IMO.
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.
Rainbow Rising has always been my Favorite I was 16 when I first had the 8 track lol
Any Ritchie Blackmore talk is worth MY Attention.
LONG LIVE ROCK N' ROLL
Love these history of videos!
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
Rainbow definitely has a very interesting history. Some very talented members.
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!
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
Roger Glover also produced some early Nazareth albums,too..
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 !
Love that shirt
I had that shirt in the mid 80s. Great days!
Schenker and/ or UFO
Enjoying your retrospectives, keep them coming!!
UFO.
Most underrated rock band ever.
Especially with Schenker.
Long live Rainbow and Ritchie Blackmore. Great review again Pete.
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.
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.
Absolutely Love Rainbow!!! Thank you!
thanks for sharing - don't get too hung up on YT comments most people say the rudest things bro
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.
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
I was fortunate enough to see Rainbow with Graham Bonnet and still think it was the best of Rainbow. Bonnet went on to Alcatraz and the album with Steve Vai was awesome.
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.
Ritchie could recognize talent.
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
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!
Really enjoy your show, thanks for the cover on Rainbow!!!!!!
Cool !Rainbow 🌈 🎸 loved the Dio year's !
Good stuff, thanks Pete! "Straight Between The Eyes" was a big album for me as a kid and is still my favorite Rainbow record.
You missed Live in Boston, brilliant stepping in by JLT- his delivery of Loves no friend and Man Siver etc. It's GREAT
I LOVE 'Bent out of Shape' - I think it's massively underrated.
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.
Great video againPete very interesting. Saw rainbow with blue oyster cult sept. 28th, 1979- Utica ny. Great pairing, great concert 👍🏻
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?
Gram Bonnet odd fit , but great voice . Favorite rainbow album.
Do Captain Beyond !
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.
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?
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!
Rainbow was very popular in Germany when I was 16 i bought the album brought it home. Love that band.
Way to include and reference The Lizards! What a great band that is so under the radar! Well done 👏!
Love that album cover so cool.
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.
Great job totally enjoyed this
Love your channel Pete.It’s annoying when pedantic people correct the slightest of mistakes.
Thanks Pete. I now listen to Styx! Castle Walls blew my mind
Love Dio and JLT. Still follow Turner today. Great stuff!!!
Doogie White is a great singer, great album Stranger In Us All!
Saw that tour , fantastic one of my first concerts .
Great channel and great band and my fav guitarist
Pete screw the negative folks ur spot on and always a true rocker
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
Thanks Pete, that was quick!
love what your doing Pete ! your only human you'll miss one every now and then.no big deal ! ROCK ON !!
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
I'd like to see a riot retrospective - link to rainbow with Joe Lynn Turner, plus both bands played Donnington in 80
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!!
Great video 👍
Great job!
Nothing compares to the Dio era for me. Though the subsequent albums are good.
millfred123 Yeah The Down to Earth album has another singer then the 3 albums after that have Joe Lynn Turner
@@infernicide666 the Joe Lynn Turner era is my favorite, I just think the songs are extremely memorable and I like his voice the most.
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.
Thanks. Enjoyable, yes.
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.
@storeeteller1 Says you!!!
Great job man!
I like the debut the best.
Those Rainbow with Dio albums i still listen to them all the time.
Great review.special mention to the version of Spotlight Kid on final vinal.Blackmore is just smokin on this and the interplay between guitar and keyboards is beautiful.truly classic band.also my favourite Rainbow song is Gates of Babylon.Everything about this is just perfect.Dio sings this so powerful and so soulful.Thanks.
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
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.
Top 5 songs..1stargazer..2 temple of the king..3 self portrait..4 catch the rainbow..5 16th century greensleeves
Brilliant , really enjoyed it. Very informative and well put together. Thank you👍
Thank You for doing this RAINBOW review! All the Best, GUY, a "Downstate" New Yorker
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.
@@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”.
@@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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The 3 Rainbow albums with Dio are some of the greatest music ever recorded in Hard Rock Heavy Metal history!
Great review Pete. I didn't know Jimmy Bain had died. RIP
best live album ever on stage
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!
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.
Love it.
Ritchie and Glover went back to Purple. Later came Joe Lynn Turner joined Purple and Airey replaced Lord
Thank you extremely helpful
Gates Of Babylon , classic.
My 1st concert was Rainbow with Scorpions opening up in late 70s early 80s
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!!