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Rainbow Rising: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow |
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NotAProghead 
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 Posted: July 20 2020 at 14:01 |
Have you tried to listen to the albums? Some keyboard sounds are clearly heard on them.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 20 2020 at 03:51 |
Maybe the keyboard player was a little bit shy and didn't want to come out from behind the pillar. I wasn't even aware Rainbow had a keyboard player when I saw them Live in Leicester.
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Posted: July 20 2020 at 03:39 |
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The problem with Rainbow was it was pretty much the Richie and Ronnie show. Cozy Powell was a good enough drummer to get a look in but the bass and keyboards were always mixed down. When I saw them at the Rainbow the keyboard player was behind a pillar so you couldn't see or hear him.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 20 2020 at 03:17 |
I saw Rainbow Live at Granby Halls in Leicester in the early 1980's where they were supported by Rose Tattoo. I remember buying a Rainbow T-shirt at the venue which fell to pieces within a month after going through the washing machine.
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Posted: July 20 2020 at 03:07 |
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Lost interest in them after Ronnie left, Rising is the best by a mile with the debut and LLRNR about equal. I don't really listen to the live album much now.
I saw them play at the Rainbow once! Edited by chopper - July 20 2020 at 03:36 |
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Posted: July 20 2020 at 00:28 |
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^ I like the Rainbow Rising album best of all too.
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Posted: July 19 2020 at 17:50 |
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Rising is his best, and this tune ranks up their with the pantheon of Deep Purple hard rockers....
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: July 19 2020 at 16:41 |
Same here. The last Rainbow album is the only one I haven't heard yet, and I'm not sure who the vocalist was on that album either. I do like Joe Lynn Turner's vocals though, and Ronnie James Dio too, obviously.
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Posted: July 19 2020 at 16:11 |
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Love all the Dio albums, and like the one with Graham Bonnet (Down to Earth). Never managed to get into the later albums - mostly because I cannot stand Joe Lynn Turner's vocals. I haven't heard the very last one, though I believe it was recorded with a different vocalist.
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Posted: July 19 2020 at 15:25 |
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LONG LIVE ROCK 'n' ROLL because it's time for some DOWN TO EARTH Hard Rock from RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW. Ritchie Blackmore (born 1945) - the legendary "Man in Black" - quickly became a RISING star of the guitar when he joined Deep Purple way back in 1968. Who can forget the now infamous California Jam episode in 1974 when he nearly hit the poor cameraman STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES in a fit of anger, and his guitar ended up being BENT OUT OF SHAPE after being smashed against the amps ON STAGE. Ritchie Blackmore's famously fiery temper may have been DIFFICULT TO CURE, but there's a STRANGER IN US ALL and there's an altogether gentler side to his nature. Who would have guessed Ritchie Blackmore would mellow out in his later years by going on to form the Folk-Rock band Blackmore's Night in 1997 with his American wife Candice Night.
All albums in DEEP PURPLE HIGHLIGHTS by Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow The seven levels of ascension to guitar mastery:- 1. Beginner 2. Advanced 3, Professional 4. Expert 5. Legend 6. Guitar God 7. RITCHIE BLACKMORE  RAINBOW ALBUMS Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) Rainbow Rising (1976) On Stage (1977) Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (1978) Down to Earth (1979) Difficult to Cure (1981) Straight Between the Eyes (1982) Bent Out of Shape (1983) Stranger in Us All (1995)
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