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The Very Best of Rainbow

Rainbow

Type:
Compilation
Release date:
July 15th, 1997
Catalog ID:
537 687 - 2
Label:
PolyGram
Format:
CD
Reviews:
3 reviews (avg. 69%)
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2. Catch the Rainbow 06:38   Show lyrics
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3. Starstruck 04:06   Show lyrics
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4. Stargazer 08:26   Show lyrics
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5. Kill the King 04:28   Show lyrics
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6. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll 04:23   Show lyrics
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7. Gates of Babylon 06:46   Show lyrics
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8. Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard cover) 03:17   Show lyrics
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9. All Night Long 03:50   Show lyrics
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10. I Surrender (Russ Ballard cover) 04:01   Show lyrics
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11. Can't Happen Here 04:57   Show lyrics
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12. Jealous Lover 03:11   Show lyrics
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13. Stone Cold 05:17   Show lyrics
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14. Power 04:26   Show lyrics
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15. Can't Let You Go 04:20   Show lyrics
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16. Street of Dreams 04:26   Show lyrics
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Band members
Ritchie Blackmore Guitars
Craig Gruber (R.I.P. 2015) Bass (tracks 1 & 2)
Jimmy Bain (R.I.P. 2016) Bass (tracks 3 & 4)
Mickey Lee Soule Clavinet, Mellotron, Piano, Organ (tracks 1 & 2)
Gary Driscoll (R.I.P. 1987) Drums (tracks 1 & 2)
Cozy Powell (R.I.P. 1998) Drums (tracks 3-9)
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. 2010) Vocals (tracks 1-7)
Tony Carey Keyboards (tracks 3 & 4)
Bob Daisley Bass (tracks 5-7)
David Stone Keyboards (tracks 5-7)
Roger Glover Bass (tracks 8-16)
Don Airey Keyboards (tracks 8-12)
Graham Bonnet Vocals (tracks 8 & 9)
Bobby Rondinelli Drums (tracks 10-14)
Joe Lynn Turner Vocals (tracks 10-16)
David Rosenthal Keyboards (tracks 13-16)
Chuck Burgi Drums (tracks 15 & 16)
Miscellaneous staff
Ritchie Blackmore Producer
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. 2010) Producer
Roger Glover Producer
Martin Birch (R.I.P. 2020) Producer
Nick Blagona (R.I.P. 2020) Engineering
Flemming Rasmussen Engineering
Suha Gur Mastering
Greg Calbi Mastering
Gary Edwards Engineering
Ritchie Blackmore Guitars
Craig Gruber (R.I.P. 2015) Bass (tracks 1 & 2)
Jimmy Bain (R.I.P. 2016) Bass (tracks 3 & 4)
Mickey Lee Soule Clavinet, Mellotron, Piano, Organ (tracks 1 & 2)
Gary Driscoll (R.I.P. 1987) Drums (tracks 1 & 2)
Cozy Powell (R.I.P. 1998) Drums (tracks 3-9)
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. 2010) Vocals (tracks 1-7)
Tony Carey Keyboards (tracks 3 & 4)
Bob Daisley Bass (tracks 5-7)
David Stone Keyboards (tracks 5-7)
Roger Glover Bass (tracks 8-16)
Don Airey Keyboards (tracks 8-12)
Graham Bonnet Vocals (tracks 8 & 9)
Bobby Rondinelli Drums (tracks 10-14)
Joe Lynn Turner Vocals (tracks 10-16)
David Rosenthal Keyboards (tracks 13-16)
Chuck Burgi Drums (tracks 15 & 16)
Ritchie Blackmore Producer
Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. 2010) Producer
Roger Glover Producer
Martin Birch (R.I.P. 2020) Producer
Nick Blagona (R.I.P. 2020) Engineering
Flemming Rasmussen Engineering
Suha Gur Mastering
Greg Calbi Mastering
Gary Edwards Engineering
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Ritchie Blackmore - guitar, bass
Ronnie James Dio - vocals (tracks 1-7)
Graham Bonnet - vocals (tracks 8 & 9)
Joe Lynn Turner - vocals (tracks 10-16)
Mickey Lee Soule - piano, Mellotron, clavinet, organ (tracks 1 & 2)
Tony Carey - keyboards (tracks 3-4)
David Stone - keyboards (tracks 5-7)
Don Airey - keyboards (tracks 8-12)
David Rosenthal - keyboards (tracks 13-16)
Craig Gruber - bass (tracks 1 & 2)
Jimmy Bain - bass (tracks 3 & 4)
Bob Daisley - bass (tracks 5-7)
Roger Glover - bass (tracks 8-16)
Gary Driscoll - drums (tracks 1 & 2)
Cozy Powell - drums (tracks 3-9)
Bob Rondinelli - drums (tracks 10-14)
Chuck Burgi - drums (tracks 15-16)

Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Rainer Pietsch (tracks 3 & 4)

Tracks traken from:
"Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow": 1, 2
"Rainbow Rising": 3, 4
"Long Live Rock 'n' Roll": 5, 6, 7
"Down to Earth": 8, 9
"Difficult to Cure": 10, 11
B-side of "Can't Happen Here": 12
"Straight Between the Eyes": 13, 14
"Bent Out of Shape": 15, 16

Writer's credits:
Blackmore/Dio: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Blackmore/Dio/Powell: 5
Ballard: 8, 10
Blackmore/Glover: 9, 11
Blackmore/Turner: 12, 15, 16
Blackmore/Glover/Turner: 13, 14

Identifiers:

Barcode: 731453768727
Matrix / Runout: Made in the E.U. by Cinram Optical Discs
Master SID Code: IFPI L003
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0284
Labelcode: LC 0309

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