Ritchie Blackmore
RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW
Ritchie Blackmore (gtr); Ronnie James Dio (vcl); Gary Driscoll (drm); Craig Gruber (bss); Mickey
Lee Soule (kbr); plus Shoshana (bvc).Ritchie
Blackmore’s Rainbow [lp] :
UK Aug 1975 Oyster/Polydor 2490 141
Man On The
Silver Mountain (4:37)
Self Portrait
(3:12)
Black Sheep Of
The Family (3:19)
Catch The
Rainbow (6:29)
Snake Charmer (4:30)
The Temple
Of The King (4:43)
If You Don’t Like Rock ‘N’ Roll (2:35)
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (3:29)
Still I’m Sad (3:52)
RISING
Jimmy Bain (bss);
Ritchie Blackmore (gtr);
Ronnie James Dio (vcl);
Tony Carey (kbr); Cozy Powell (drm); plus various keyboard replacements on some live dates,
for instance, Tony Kerry (kbr).Rainbow
Rising [lp] : UK Jul 1976 Polydor
2490 137
Tarot Woman
(6:0 )
Run With The Wolf (3:47)
Starstruck (4:04)
Do You Close
Your Eyes (2:5 )
Stargazer (8:27)
Light In The Black (8:11)
GUITAR VANGUARD
Private
Pressing Live in
Ruthless Khymes Ltd. 1971??? MBP 992
(Ausser zum Perönlichen gebrauch)
A Light in
the Black
Man On The
Still I’m
Sad
Catch The Rainbow
Eulogy for
Tommy Bolin
Mistreated
Do you
close your eyes
ON STAGE
Place and time of
recording: Japan December 1976 and Germany 1976
Rainbow On
Stage [2lp] : UK Jul 1977 Polydor
2657 016
Kill The
King (5:32)
Man On The
Silver Mountain (4:12)
Blues (4:02)
Starstruck (2:5
Catch The
Rainbow (15:35)
Mistreated (13:03)
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (7:36)
Still I’m Sad (11:01)
LONG LIVE
ROCK’N’ROLL
Ritchie Blackmore (gtr/bss); Ronnie James Dio (vcl); Bob Daisley (bss); Cozy Powell (drm); David Stone (kbr).Long
Live Rock ‘n’ Roll [lp] : UK Mar
1978 Polydor POLD 5002
Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll (4:19)
Lady Of The
Lake (3:37)
L.A. Connection (4:5 )
Gates Of
Babylon (6:46)
Kill The
King (4:2 )
The Shed
(4:45)
Sensitive To Light (3:04)
Rainbow Eyes (7:11)
DOWN TO EARTH
Don Airey (kbr);
Ritchie Blackmore (gtr);
Graham Bonnet (vcl); Roger Glover
(bss); Cozy Powell (drm).Down
To Earth [lp] : UK 1979 Polydor
2391 410
All Night Long
(3:49)
Eyes Of The
World (6:36)
No Time To Lose
(3:41)
Makin’ Love (4:36)
Since You
Been Gone (3:10)
Love’s No
Friend (4:52)
Danger Zone (4:30)
Lost In Hollywood (4:51)
The Best Of
Rainbow
LP: Polydor
Records - released in Japan
1980
All Night
Long
Man On The Silver Mountain
Do You Close Your Eyes
Lost In Hollywood
Since You Been
Gone
Stargazer
Catch The Rainbow
Kill The King
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Still I’m
Sad
Long Live Rock’n'Roll
Eyes Of The World
Starstruck
A Light In The
Black
Mistreated
DIFFICULT TO CURE
Don Airey (kbr);
Ritchie Blackmore (gtr);
Roger Glover (bss); Bob Rondinelli (drm); Joe Lynn Turner
(vcl); plus Lin Robinson (bvc)
during live tours.Difficult To Cure [lp] :
UK 1981 Polydor 2391 506
I Surrender (3.55)
Spotlight Kid (4.50)
No Release
(5.26)
Magic (4.04)
Vielleicht Das Naechste
Mal (3.13)
Can’t Happen
Here (4.52)
Freedom Fighter (4.11)
Midtown Tunnel Vision (5.00)
Difficult To Cure
(5.54)
The Best Of
Rainbow
Released 1981LP: Polydor Records 800 974-1
All Night
Long
Man On The Silver Mountain
Lost In Hollywood
Jealous Lover
Long Live Rock’n'Roll
Stargazer
Kill The King
A Light In The
Black
Since You Been
Gone
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Catch The Rainbow
Eyes Of The World
I Surrender
Gates Of Babylon
Can’t Happen Here
Starstruck
STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
Ritchie Blackmore (gtr); Roger Glover (bss); Bob Rondinelli (drm); David Rosenthal (kbr); Joe Lynn Turner (vcl); plus
Dee Beale (bvc); and Lin Robinson (bvc) during live tours.Straight
Between The Eyes [lp] : UK
1982 Polydor 2391 542
Death Alley
Driver (4.36)
Stone Cold (5.15)
Bring On The
Night (4.02)
Tite Squeeze
(3.15)
Tearing Out My
Heart (4.00)
Power (4.23)
Miss Mistreated (4.25)
Rock Fever (3.40)
Eyes Of Fire (6.41)
RITCHIE BLACKMRE’S RAINBOW BOX SET
Released 1983LP: Polydor Records
Includes the LPs:
Ritchie Blackmore’s
Rainbow
Rising
On Stage
Long Live Rock’n'Roll
Down To Earth
Difficult To Cure
Straight Between The
Eyes
BENT OUT OF SHAPE
Ritchie Blackmore
(gtr); Chuck Burgi (drm); Roger Glover (bss); David Rosenthal (kbr); Joe Lynn Turner (vcl); plus
Lin Robinson (bvc) during
live tours.Bent Out Of Shape [lp] : UK/Germany 1983 Polydor 815305-1
Stranded (4.25)
Can’t Let You Go (4.19)
Fool For The Night
(4.03)
Fire Dance
(4.27)
Anybody There (4.27)
Desperate Heart
(4.00)
Street Of Dreams
(4.24)
Drinking With The De ( 3.41)
Snowman (4.30)
Make Your Move
(3.55)
FINYL VINYL
Place and time of recording:
Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 14.03.1984: 1-4, 10,
13
Nassau Coliseum,
New York U.S.A. 04.1981: 6
Convention Center, San Antonio, U.S.A. 18.08.1982:
7, 11-12
Castle Donington, U.K. 16.08.1980: 8
The Omni, Atlanta, U.S.A. 23.06.1978: 14-15
studio recordings 1981: 5, 15, 1979: 9
Finyl Vinyl [2lp] : Germany
1986 Polydor 827 987-1
Intro: Over The
Rainbow
Spotlight Kid (5.00)
I Surrender
(5.45)
Miss Mistreated
(4.21)
Jealous Lover (3.10)
Can’t Happen Here
(4.15)
Tearing Out My Heart
(8.04)
Since You Been
Gone (3.40)
Bad Girl
(4.4 )
Difficult To Cure (11.15)
Stone Cold (4.30)
Power (4.22)
Man On The Silver Mountain (8.20)
Long Live Rock’n'Roll (7.12)
Weiss Heim
(5.10)
LIVE IN GERMANY 1976
Place and time of recording
Circus Krone, Munich, Germany 29.09.76: 1-2, 8
Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany 25.09.76: 3,
6-7
Philipshalle, Duesseldorf, Germany
27.09.76: 4
Multihalle, Mannheim, Germany 28.09.76: 5
Released 1990
LP: Connoisseur
Collection Records
Kill The King ( 5.25)
Mistreated (16.00)
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (7.50)
Catch The Rainbow
(14.50)
Man On The Silver Mountain (13.37)
Stargazer (17.10)
Still I’m
Sad (15.00)
Do You Close Your Eyes (9.45)
STRANGER IN US ALL
Ritchie Blackmore
(gtr); Paul Morris (kbr);
John O’Reilly (drm); Greg
Smith (bss); Doogie White (vcl); together with Candice Night
(bvc) and Mitch Weiss (hrm).Stranger
In Us All [cd] : Europe Sep 1995 RCA/BMG 74321-30337-2
Wolf To The
Moon
Cold Hearted
Woman
Hunting Humans
Stand And Fight
Ariel
Too Late For Tears
Black Masquerade
Silence
Hall Of The Mountain King
Still I’m
Sad
Rainbow On Stage Dusseldorf
1995
Live on
CD and Video
SHADOW OF THE MOON
Ritchie Blackmore
(gtr/bss/mnd/drm/tmb)
& Candice Night (vcl); together with Ian Anderson (flt); Scott Hazell (bvc); Pat Regan (kbr); and the Minstrel Hall Consort = Tom Brown (cll); GeraldFlashman (rcr/trp/fhr); Lady Green (vla/vln).
Shadow Of The Moon [cd] : Japan April 1997
Shadow Of The Moon (R.Blackmore/C.Night)
The Clock Ticks
On (R.Blackmore/C.Night/Traditional composition by T.Susato)
Be Mine Tonight (R.Blackmore/C.Night)
Play Minstrel Play
(R.Blackmore/C.Night/Traditional song by Arraingnant)
Ocean Gypsy
(M.Dunford/B.Thatcher)
Minstrel Hall (R.Blackmore)
Magical World (R.Blackmore/C.Night/Traditional composition by Wassail)
Writing On The Wall (R.Blackmore/C.Night/Traditional composition by P.Tchaikovsky)
Renaissance Faire (R.Blackmore/C.Night/Traditional composition by P.Susato)
Memmingen (R.Blackmore)
No Second Chance (R.Blackmore/C.Night)
Mond Tanz (R.Blackmore)
Spirit Of The Sea (R.Blackmore/C.Night)
Greensleeves (Traditional composition
by Anonymous/R.Blackmore
- arrangement)
Wish You Were
Here (L.Teijo)
Minstrel Hall bonus track version (R.Blackmore)
UNDER A VIOLET MOON
Under A Violet Moon
Castles And Dreams
Past Time With Good Company
Mornnig Star
Avalon
Possum Goes To Prague
Wind In The
Willows
Gone With The Wind
Beyond The Sunset
March The
Heroes Home
Spanish Nights (I remember
well)
Catherine Howard’s
Fate
Fool’s Gold
Durch Den Wald Zum
Bach Haus
Now And Then
Self Portrait
FIRES AT MIDNIGHT
Written In The Stars
The Times They Are
A Changin
I Still Remember
Home Again
Crowning Of The
King
Fayre Thee Well
Fires At Midnight
Hanging Tree
Storm
Mid Winter’s Night
All Beacause
Of You
Wainting Just For You
Praetorius (Corante)
Benzai-Ten
Village On The
Sand
Again Someday
PAST TIMES WITH GOOD COMPANY
Shadow Of The Moon
Play Minstrel Play
Minstrell Hall
Past Time With Good Company
Fires At Midnight
Under A Violet Moon
Soldier Of Fortune
16th Century Greensleeves
Beyond The Sunset
Morning Star
Home Again
I Still Remember
Durch Den Wald Zum
Bachhaus
Writing On The Wall
GHOST OF A ROSE