Label: Polydor Records / Universal Music (Europe), 5332266
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London and Los Angeles
Time: 77:20, 43:12
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 512, 293 Mb
Charts: UK #11, AUS #33, CAN #17, GER #38, JPN #12, SWE #23, US #48. UK: Gold (Original Edition); UK: Silver (Deluxe Edition); AUS & JPN: Gold.
Band leader Ritchie Blackmore retained only singer Ronnie James Dio from the previous album line-up, and recruited drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey to complete the new roster. Recorded in Munich in less than a month, the album was overseen by rock producer and engineer Martin Birch. The band was originally billed as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow in the US, but was titled simply Rainbow on this release. In 1996 Cozy Powell told Record Collector magazine that much of the album was recorded in one or two takes, with some subsequent overdubs, which explains why no alternate or demo versions exist, just the original or rough mixes.
The album showpiece, the eight-minute-and-26-second track "Stargazer", features the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, and originally had a keyboard intro as evidenced on the 2011 Deluxe Edition's "Rough Mix" version.
Few of the album tracks made it into the band's live set: "Stargazer" and "Do You Close Your Eyes", written prior to the inaugural US tour in late 1975, featured in all the 1975 and 1976 shows, while "A Light in the Black" was dropped early in the 1976 tour, although it was reintroduced into the set during the Japanese dates. "Starstruck" was played in shortened form, usually as part of "Man on the Silver Mountain".
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_(Rainbow_album))
Outside of the Re-Mastered LA-Mix version of this Album, and the Munich 77 concert, I know of few CDs/-recordings where the audio is so brilliantly great.The best thing about the Deluxe versions of these albums, is that it is the next best thing to getting the Japanese pressings. The German discs that I have bought so far have packaging made in other parts of the EU, but the discs are the key usually. The presentation has great packaging, pictures, and a superb booklet.
The New York Mix is not the greatest all-round mix, but if you want a mix that centres on the guitar on vocals, then the NY mix works. The best all round mix is the LA mix since it has the NY sound with the
depth of the Bass into the mix. The Rough mix on disc two comes very close to being as good as the LA mix, but
fails on some level. All in all these RAINBOW
discs are great.
The LA Mix makes a great Car CD for those who need that in their travels. Just a minor note; The sounds you can hear developing in RAINBOW were starting to come around in the latter part of DEEP PURPLE, and as the Booklet notes, Blackmore learning the Cello helped him expand his composing skills and find a sound for some of his tonal variations that were changing. Ever the temperamental artist, it was probably almost inevitable that Blackmore wind up playing in his current band, BLACKMORES NIGHT which has some skillful guitar work as well as brilliant ideas.
(amazon.com/Rising-2-CD-Deluxe-Rainbow/dp/B004DN3VEM)
01. Tarot Woman [New York Mix] (06:05)
02. Run with the Wolf [New York Mix] (03:43)
03. Starstruck [New York Mix] (04:08)
04. Do You Close Your Eyes [New York Mix] (03:00)
05. Stargazer [New York Mix] (08:31)
06. A Light in the Black [New York Mix] (08:13)
07. Tarot Woman [Los Angeles Mix] (06:06)
08. Run with the Wolf [Los Angeles Mix] (03:47)
09. Starstruck [Los Angeles Mix] (04:06)
10. Do You Close Your Eyes [Los Angeles Mix] (03:00)
11. Stargazer [Los Angeles Mix] (08:24)
12. A Light in the Black [Los Angeles Mix] (08:11)
01. Tarot Woman [Rough Mix] (06:08)
02. Run with the Wolf [Rough Mix] (03:50)
03. Starstruck [Rough Mix] (04:06)
04. Do You Close Your Eyes [Rough Mix] (03:06)
05. Stargazer [Rough Mix] (09:10)
06. A Light in the Black [Rough Mix] (08:15)
07. Stargazer [Pirate Sound Tour Rehearsal] (08:33)
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