Label: Polydor Records (Japan), P33P-25018
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 36:52
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 251 Mb
Charts: UK #6, AUS #27, FIN #26, GER #19, JPN #15, SWE #17, US #66. UK: Gold.
The writing of Down to Earth began at Ritchie Blackmore's house in Connecticut in January 1979. By that time, he had dismissed both bassist Bob Daisley and keyboardist David Stone before singer Ronnie James Dio quit the band. Blackmore had already recruited his old Deep Purple bandmate Roger Glover as producer and started auditioning musicians for the vacant slots in the band, while songwriting progressed with Blackmore, Cozy Powell and session bassist Clive Chaman. The songs were largely written by Blackmore and Glover. "It was a great opportunity for me, and why should I bear a grudge? (about being dismissed from Purple in 1973) " recalled Glover. "I'm a huge Ritchie fan. Some of my biggest influences have come from him."
By early 1979, Blackmore had recruited keyboardist Don Airey - a suggestion from Powell - and considered Peter Goalby of Trapeze, as well as another old Deep Purple bandmate Ian Gillan, to replace Dio. In April 1979, Jack Green of The Pretty Things was hired as new bass player for the recording sessions at Chateau Pelly de Cornfeld, in the countryside of Southern France, but he did not stay for long. Producer Glover ended up playing bass on the album and provided lyrics for all songs. While auditions for the new singer proceeded, Glover tracked down ex-Marbles singer Graham Bonnet, who auditioned in France and was immediately hired.
During song composition, Bonnet composed his vocal melodies although his contributions remained uncredited. His vocals were not recorded with the other tracks in France, but later at Kingdom Sound Studios in Long Island, when all other recording sessions were completed. Down to Earth is the only Rainbow album to feature Bonnet, though he was still part of the band when writing for Difficult to Cure began.
Also recorded for the proposed next single, but unreleased due to Bonnet's departure, was "Will You Love Me Tomorrow". Bonnet had previously recorded this song for his first, eponymously titled, solo album in 1977. Rainbow's version was recorded in the studio in May 1980, during rehearsals for the Japanese leg of the Down to Earth tour. It was subsequently played live throughout that tour.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(Rainbow_album))
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog. D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. All Night Long (03:54)
02. Eyes Of The World (06:46)
03. No Time To Lose (03:46)
04. Makin' Love (04:40)
05. Since You Been Gone (03:21)
06. Love's No Friend (04:55)
07. Danger Zone (04:33)
08. Lost In Hollywood (04:53)
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