Rainbow - Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan 1980

Yet another Rainbow, this with Graham Bonnet as vocalist. He was not as consensual as Ronnie Dio but I think he did a good job even with the older stuff.

The album Down to Earth is in focus here with a total of five songs presented in the setlist.
This is an excellent audience capture by the Japanese taper Mr. Peach on May 8, 1980.

Sound Quality: 9

Source: Audience

Track List:

101 Pomp And Circumstance March No.1 (Elger)

102 Countdown

103 Over The Rainbow

104 Eyes Of The World

105 Love's No Friend Of Mine

106 Band Introduction

107 Guitar Solo

108 Since You Been Gone

109 Over The Rainbow

110 Man On The Silver Mountain

111 Catch The Rainbow

201 MC

202 Keyboard Solo

203 Lost In Hollywood 

204 Guitar Solo

205 Lost In Hollywood

206 Guitar Solo

207 An Die Freude (Beethoven #9)

208 Keyboard Solo

209 Drum Solo

210 1812 Overture 

211 Lost In Hollywood 

212 Guitar Solo

213 Lazy

214 All Night Long

215 Long Live Rock'n Roll 

216 Kill The King - Guitar Clash

217 Long Live Rock'n Roll 

218 Over The Rainbow

219 Announcement

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Rainbow - Den Haag, Netherlands 1977

An early Rainbow, still with the late singer Ronnie James Dio at the Congresgebouw in Den Haag, Netherlands.

This is a reworked version of a release titled Den Haag 1977.

Two titles from the upcoming album Long Live Rock 'n' Roll are presented here, the other tracks appear on the live 'On Stage'. Unfortunately none from the excellent Rising.

Sound Quality: 9

Source: Audience

Track List:

01 Over The Rainbow

02 Kill The King

03 Mistreated

04 16th Century Greensleeves

05 Catch The Rainbow

06 Long Live Rock'n'Roll

07 Man On The Silver Mountain

08 Still I'm Sad

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Rainbow - Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 1980

For now I'm stopping with Deep Purple aboard, so let's go on to... Rainbow!

A show made in Japan on the tour of the album Down to Earth, at the Budokan in front of an, it's safe to say, enthusiastic audience, on the 9th of May 1980.

Long Live Rock 'n' Roll!

Sound Quality: 9

Source: Audience

Track List:

Disc 1

01 Land Of Hope And Glory

02 Countdown Intro

03 Eyes Of The World

04 Love's No Friend

05 Brandenburg Concerto

06 Since You Been Gone

07 Over The Rainbow

08 Man On The Silver Mountain

09 Catch The Rainbow

Disc 2

01 Keyboard Intro

02 Lost In Hollywood

03 Guitar Solo - A Light In The Black

04 Beethoven 9th

05 Keyboard Solo

06 Drums Solo - 1812 Overture

07 Lost In Hollywood (Reprise)

08 Guitar Solo

09 Lazy

10 All Night Long

11 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

12 Kill The King

13 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (Reprise)

14 Over The Rainbow

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Rainbow - Short but Hard and Heavy (Japan 1978)

Rainbow in Fukushima on January 24th, 1978, one of their dates in Japan playing on the promotion tour of the album On Stage.
This is the complete show taken from an unofficial release named Short But Hard And Heavy sourced from a Mr. Peach recording but with various sound issues mostly from the PA.

Sound Quality: 9

Source: Audience

Track List:
CD1
01. Yoninbayashi Ending
02. SE 1
03. SE 2
04. SE 3
05. Rainbow Monitor Check
06. Over The Rainbow
07. Start
08. Kill The King
09. PA Trouble
10. MC
11. Guitar Solo
12. Mistreated
13. Guitar Solo
14. Mistreated
15. Greensleeves
16. 16th Century Greensleeves
17. Niji Flashing Working
18. Guitar Solo
19. Catch The Rainbow
20. Guitar Solo
21. Catch The Rainbow
22. MC
23. Long Live Rock'n Roll

CD2
01. MC
02. Man On The Silver Mountain
03. Blues
04. Man On The Silver Mountain
05. Starstruck
06. Man On The Silver Mountain
07. MC
08. Keyboard Solo
09. Still I'm Sad
10. Beethoven Sinfonie Nr. 9 D-moll Op. 125
11. Keyboard Solo
12. The Year 1812 Festival Overture in E Flat Major
13. Break
14. Still I'm Sad
15. Over The Rainbow
16. Announcement


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Rainbow - Shi Auditorium Hiroshima 1976

Audience aboard? Yes, but this one is better than many soundboard tapes!
It's an unofficial release titled "Ave Maria" and the source of this material comes from Mr Peach's recordings, a Japanese taper that recorded many great concerts in Japan around the '70's and early '80's.

Sound Quality: 9.5

Source: Audience

Track List:
Disc 1
01 Setting / Tuning
02 Over The Rainbow
03 Kill The King
04 MC
05 Guitar Solo
06 Mistreated
07 MC
08 Greensleeves
09 16th Century Greensleeves
10 MC
11 Catch The Rainbow
12 Band Introduction
13 MC
14 Lazy
15 Guitar Tuning
16 Ave Maria (Bach)
17 White Christmas
18 Man On The Silver Mountain
19 Improvisation
20 Man On The Silver Mountain
21 Starstruck
22 Man On The Silver Mountain

Disc 2
01 MC
02 Keyboard Solo
03 Stargazer
04 Guitar Solo
05 Stargazer
06 Still I’m Sad
07 Keyboard Solo
08 Drum Solo
09 1812 Overture
10 Still I’m Sad
11 Guitar Solo
12 A Light In The Black
13 Guitar Solo
14 A Light In The Black
15 Over The Rainbow
16 Announcement

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Rainbow - Overdrive (Cardiff, 1983)

Contrary to what says on the cover of this edition titled Overdrive this show is from the UK tour of Bent Out Of Shape, the last studio album Rainbow did before the group disbanded on 1984.
I believe this is the complete concert at the St. David' Hall in Cardiff from September 14, 1983.

Sound Quality: 9

Source: Soundboard

Track List:
Disc 1
01 - Introduction ~ Over The Rainbow
02 - Spotlight Kid
03 - Miss Mistreated
04 - Fool For The Night
05 - I Surrender
06 - Can't Happen Here
07 - Difficult To Cure
09 - Catch The Rainbow

Disc 2
01 - Lazy / Drinking With The Devil
02 - Power
03 - Ritchie's Blues
04 - Stargazer
05 - Stranded
06 - Rule Britannia / All Night Long
07 - Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)
08 - Since You've Been Gone
09 - Woman From Tokyo & Smoke On The Water Jam
10 - Long Live Rock'n Roll
11 - Hey Joe
12 - Long Live Rock'n Roll (Reprise)

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Rainbow - Hit The Rainbow (1978)

A classic line-up of Rainbow performing on the Long Live Rock 'N' Roll tour and as support of Reo Speedwagon.
Recorded live at The Omni, Atlanta, USA on June 24th, 1978 , two songs (Long Live Rock 'N' Roll and Gates Of Babylon) were taken from a Don Kirshner's TV show.

Sound Quality: 9

Source: FM Broadcast/TV

Track List:

1 - Kill The King
2 - Mistreated
3 - Long Live Rock And Roll
4 - Man On The Silver Mountain
5 - Still I´m Sad ~ Beethoven´s Ninth(IV. "Ode To Joy" - Keys ~ Drums(Tchaikovsky´s 1812 - Still I´m Sad
6 - Long Live Rock And Roll
7 - Gates Of Babylon

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Rainbow - Down To Earth Rough Mix

Something different today, studio sessions instead of the usual live stuff you see aboard.
Recorded between February and April 1979, these are all instrumentals, except for the last tracks, and were copied from the original cassette tape with the label description "Rainbow" Rough Mixes France.



Sound Quality: 9

Source: Soundboard

Track List:

01 - Stone (Bad Girl)
02 - The Steamer (Lost In Hollywood)
03 - Bluesing (Loves No Friend Of Mine)
04 - Mars (Eyes Of The World)
05 - The Plod (Making Love)
06 - New York (Danger Zone)
07 - Once More With Feeling (All Night Long)
08 - Sparks Dont Mean A Thing (No Time to Lose)
09 - Set Me Free (Graham Bonnet Bonus Track)


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Rainbow - Fire 1981

Recorded at the legendary Hammersmith Odeon on 27th of July, 1981, the last date of the Difficult to Cure tour.
There's some cuts in 3 or 4 tracks but there's still about 75 minutes of pure Hard-Blackmore-Rock.




Sound Quality: 9

Source: Mono Soundboard

Track List:

01 - Over The Rainbow
02 - Spotlight Kid
03 - Love's No Friend
04 - I Surrender
05 - Man On The Silver Mountain
06 - Catch The Rainbow
07 - Can't Happen Here
08 - Keyboard Solo incl. Eyes Of The World
09 - Lost In Hollywood
10 - Guitar Solo incl. A Light In The Black
11 - Difficult To Cure
12 - Drum Solo
13 - Long Live Rock'n Roll
14 - All Night Long
15 - Fire
16 - Maby Next Time
17 - Since You Been Gone

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Rainbow - Denver 1979

Classic Hard Rock aboard with Rainbow live in Denver, Colorado. With Graham Bonnet on vocals, this recording shows a different phase in their career after Ronnie Dio left.
In support of Down To Earth, the 1979 album.



Sound Quality: 9

Source: FM Broadcast ?

Track List:
01 - Over The Rainbow
02 - Eyes of the World
03 - Love´s No Friend
04 - Since You Been Gone
05 - All Night Long
06 - Lost in Hollywood
07 - Beethoven 9th Symphony-Solos
08 - Lost In Hollywood
09 - Man On The Silver Mountain
10 - Long Live Rock ´N´Roll
11 - Over The Rainbow

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