Rainbow - The Very Best Of Rainbow
Label:
Catalog#:
31453 7687-2, D120118, 31453 7687-2
Format:
CD, Compilation
Country:
US
Released:
1997
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Hard Rock
Tracklist
| 1 | Man On The Silver Mountain | 4:37 | ||
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Arranged By -
Ritchie Blackmore
Mixed By [Mixed Production] - Martin (The Wasp) Birch* Piano, Mellotron, Clavinet, Organ - Mickey Lee Soule | ||||
| 2 | Catch The Rainbow | 6:38 | ||
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Arranged By -
Ritchie Blackmore
Mixed By [Mixed Production] - Martin (The Wasp) Birch* Piano, Mellotron, Clavinet, Organ - Mickey Lee Soule | ||||
| 3 | Starstruck | 4:06 | ||
|
Concertmaster [Koncert Meister] -
Fritz Sonneleitner*
Conductor - Rainer Pietsch Orchestra - Munich Philharmonic Orchestra* | ||||
| 4 | Stargazer | 8:26 | ||
|
Concertmaster [Koncert Meister] -
Fritz Sonneleitner*
Conductor - Rainer Pietsch Orchestra - Munich Philharmonic Orchestra* | ||||
| 5 | Kill The King | 4:28 | ||
| Written-By - Cozy Powell | ||||
| 6 | Long Live Rock 'N' Roll | 4:23 | ||
| 7 | Gates Of Babylon | 6:46 | ||
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Concertmaster -
Ferenc Kiss
Conductor, Other [Scored By] - Rainer Pietsch Strings - Bavarian String Ensemble | ||||
| 8 | Since You Been Gone | 3:17 | ||
| Written-By - Russ Ballard | ||||
| 9 | All Night Long | 3:50 | ||
| 10 | I Surrender | 4:01 | ||
| Written-By - Russ Ballard | ||||
| 11 | Can't Happen Here | 4:57 | ||
| 12 | Jealous Lover | 3:11 | ||
| 13 | Stone Cold | 5:17 | ||
| 14 | Power | 4:26 | ||
| 15 | Can't Let You Go | 4:20 | ||
| Written-by [Intro] - David Rosenthal* | ||||
| 16 | Street Of Dreams | 4:26 | ||
Credits
Artwork By [Design] -
Smay Vision
Bass - Bob Daisley (tracks: 5 to 7) , Craig Gruber (tracks: 1, 2) , Jimmy Bain (tracks: 3, 4) , Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 5 to 7) , Roger Glover (tracks: 8 to 16)
Compilation Producer - Bill Levenson
Drums - Bob Rondinelli* (tracks: 10 to 14) , Chuck Burgi* (tracks: 15, 16) , Cozy Powell (tracks: 3 to 9) , Gary Driscoll (tracks: 1, 2)
Engineer - Flemming Rasmussen (tracks: 10 to 12) , Gary Edwards (tracks: 8, 9) , Nick Blagona (tracks: 13, 14)
Guitar - Ritchie Blackmore
Keyboards - David Rosenthal* (tracks: 13 to 16) , David Stone (3) (tracks: 5 to 7) , Don Airey (tracks: 8 to 12) , Tony Carey (tracks: 3, 4)
Mastered By - Steve Fallone
Other [Essay] - Jerry Bloom , Mark Welch
Other [Project Assistance] - Catherine Ladis
Other [Projection Coordination] - Terri Tierney
Other [Rainbow Family Tree] - Pete Frame
Photography [Additional] - Anthony Loew , Fin Costello
Photography [Cover Photo] - Fin Costello
Producer - Martin Birch (tracks: 1 to 7) , Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1, 2) , Roger Glover (tracks: 8 to 16) , Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1, 2)
Vocals - Graham Bonnet (tracks: 8, 9) , Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 10 to 16) , Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1 to 7)
Written-By - Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 12 to 16) , Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 11 to 16) , Roger Glover (tracks: 9, 11, 13, 14) , Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1 to 7)
Bass - Bob Daisley (tracks: 5 to 7) , Craig Gruber (tracks: 1, 2) , Jimmy Bain (tracks: 3, 4) , Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 5 to 7) , Roger Glover (tracks: 8 to 16)
Compilation Producer - Bill Levenson
Drums - Bob Rondinelli* (tracks: 10 to 14) , Chuck Burgi* (tracks: 15, 16) , Cozy Powell (tracks: 3 to 9) , Gary Driscoll (tracks: 1, 2)
Engineer - Flemming Rasmussen (tracks: 10 to 12) , Gary Edwards (tracks: 8, 9) , Nick Blagona (tracks: 13, 14)
Guitar - Ritchie Blackmore
Keyboards - David Rosenthal* (tracks: 13 to 16) , David Stone (3) (tracks: 5 to 7) , Don Airey (tracks: 8 to 12) , Tony Carey (tracks: 3, 4)
Mastered By - Steve Fallone
Other [Essay] - Jerry Bloom , Mark Welch
Other [Project Assistance] - Catherine Ladis
Other [Projection Coordination] - Terri Tierney
Other [Rainbow Family Tree] - Pete Frame
Photography [Additional] - Anthony Loew , Fin Costello
Photography [Cover Photo] - Fin Costello
Producer - Martin Birch (tracks: 1 to 7) , Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1, 2) , Roger Glover (tracks: 8 to 16) , Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1, 2)
Vocals - Graham Bonnet (tracks: 8, 9) , Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 10 to 16) , Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1 to 7)
Written-By - Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 12 to 16) , Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 11 to 16) , Roger Glover (tracks: 9, 11, 13, 14) , Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1 to 7)
Notes
Compilation comes with a fold-out poster-style booklet, including an essay and the band's family tree "Rainbow - Roots And Branches".
Tracks 1/2 recorded between the 20th of February and the 14th of March 1975 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany.
Tracks 3/4 recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany sometime in February 1976.
Tracks 5/6/7 recorded at Le Chateau, Paris, France, March/May/December 1977.
Tracks 8/9 recorded at Le Chateau, Paris, France, with the Maison Rouge Mobile Studio, January/February 1979.
Tracks 10/11 recorded and mixed at Sweet Silent Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1980 and
track 12 recorded in the US, April 1981.
Tracks 13/14 recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Canada, November 1981.
Tracks 15/16 recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, May/June 1983.
Compilation mastered at PolyGram Studios.
Tracks 1 and 2 from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Tracks 3 and 4 from Rainbow Rising (1976)
Tracks 5 to 7 from Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (1978)
Tracks 8 and 9 from Down To Earth (1979)
Tracks 10 and 11 from Difficult To Cure (1981)
Track 12 from b-side of Can't Happen Here (1981)
Tracks 13 and 14 from Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Tracks 15 and 16 from Bent Out Of Shape (1983)
This compilation ℗ © 1997 Polygram Records, Inc.
Manufactured and marketed by A&M Associated Labels, a division of A&M Records, Inc. a PolyGram company.
Made/Printed in the U.S.A.
Mfd. for BMG Direct under license
Tracks 1/2 recorded between the 20th of February and the 14th of March 1975 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany.
Tracks 3/4 recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany sometime in February 1976.
Tracks 5/6/7 recorded at Le Chateau, Paris, France, March/May/December 1977.
Tracks 8/9 recorded at Le Chateau, Paris, France, with the Maison Rouge Mobile Studio, January/February 1979.
Tracks 10/11 recorded and mixed at Sweet Silent Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1980 and
track 12 recorded in the US, April 1981.
Tracks 13/14 recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Canada, November 1981.
Tracks 15/16 recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, May/June 1983.
Compilation mastered at PolyGram Studios.
Tracks 1 and 2 from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Tracks 3 and 4 from Rainbow Rising (1976)
Tracks 5 to 7 from Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (1978)
Tracks 8 and 9 from Down To Earth (1979)
Tracks 10 and 11 from Difficult To Cure (1981)
Track 12 from b-side of Can't Happen Here (1981)
Tracks 13 and 14 from Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Tracks 15 and 16 from Bent Out Of Shape (1983)
This compilation ℗ © 1997 Polygram Records, Inc.
Manufactured and marketed by A&M Associated Labels, a division of A&M Records, Inc. a PolyGram company.
Made/Printed in the U.S.A.
Mfd. for BMG Direct under license
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