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| 1 |
Man On The Silver Mountain
Arranged By – Ritchie Blackmore Mixed By [Mixed Production] – Martin (The Wasp) Birch* Piano, Mellotron, Clavinet, Organ – Mickey Lee Soule |
4:37 | ||
| 2 |
Catch The Rainbow
Arranged By – Ritchie Blackmore Mixed By [Mixed Production] – Martin (The Wasp) Birch* Piano, Mellotron, Clavinet, Organ – Mickey Lee Soule |
6:38 | ||
| 3 |
Starstruck
Concertmaster [Koncert Meister] – Fritz Sonneleitner* Conductor – Rainer Pietsch Orchestra – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra* |
4:06 | ||
| 4 |
Stargazer
Concertmaster [Koncert Meister] – Fritz Sonneleitner* Conductor – Rainer Pietsch Orchestra – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra* |
8:26 | ||
| 5 |
Kill The King
Written-By – Cozy Powell |
4:28 | ||
| 6 | Long Live Rock 'N' Roll | 4:23 | ||
| 7 |
Gates Of Babylon
Concertmaster – Ferenc Kiss Conductor, Other [Scored By] – Rainer Pietsch Strings – Bavarian String Ensemble |
6:46 | ||
| 8 |
Since You Been Gone
Written-By – Russ Ballard |
3:17 | ||
| 9 | All Night Long | 3:50 | ||
| 10 |
I Surrender
Written-By – Russ Ballard |
4:01 | ||
| 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
Written-by [Intro] – David Rosenthal* |
4:20 | ||
| 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)
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)
Distribution: Polydor/PolyGram
LC 0309
BIEM/MCPS
Other Versions (Showing 3 of 3) View All
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Very Best Of (CD, Comp) | Universal Music Greece | 06007 5310017 2 | Greece | 2008 | ||
| The Very Best Of Rainbow (CD, Comp, RM) | Polydor, Chronicles | 31453 7687-2 | US | 1997 | ||
| The Very Best Of Rainbow (CD, Comp) | Polydor, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., Chronicles | 31453 7687-2, D120118 | US | 1997 |
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