Live in Germany '76 [Live]

Live in Germany '76 [Live]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
After Blackmore left Deep Purple in 1974, he formed Rainbow by adopting Elf as his backing band, featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals. 8 tracks featuring, 'Kill The King', 'Mistreated' and 'Stargazer'.

Tracks:

Kill The King
Mistreated
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Catch The Rainbow

Tracks:

Man On Silver Mountain
Stargazer
Still I'm Sad
Do You Close Your Eyes

Album Description

After Blackmore left Deep Purple in 1974, he formed Rainbow by adopting Elf as his backing band, featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals. 8 tracks featuring, 'Kill The King', 'Mistreated' and 'Stargazer'.

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Ranbow concert.......2007-07-25

This dual CD album has all the highest rated Rainbow songs in extra versions with fabulous solos and plays. Mandatory for all Dio/Blackmore/Rainbow collectors.

There truly is gold at the end of the Rainbow!.......2006-09-12

All right fellas, let me get this out of the way immediately: I'm a MAJOR Dio-era Rainbow fan, so I was very excited about getting this record. And I was right to be excited! This is a great release, showcasing Rainbow during their German tour of 1976 supporting "Rising". The band is on fire here, following Ritchie's lead all the way to the end of that Rainbow.

This is a superior choice from "On Stage", simply because it features a full performance of the band, as opposed to a greatly edited one. While these CD's are culled from a few of those german shows, they retain the sense consistency that you get from an actual show. The show starts with an early version of "Kill the King", a song destined to become a live staple for subsequent tours and to be included on the band's next record. While I do believe that the song had yet to develop to its full scale, I find this version to be amazing! Next comes Deep Purple's classic "Mistreated", which I must admit is a rather odd choice: I mean, Ritchie left Purple cos he didn't like the direction they were headed, and yet he chose to "steal" one of the songs that showcased that direction more blatantly! I would have thought he would pick "Burn", or something like that, but...I guess that's Ritchie...I love the guy's music, but he DEFINITELY has issues...

Rainbow's take on this song is great, but I do prefer the Purple version...I miss Ian Paice's looser playing (which is here replaced with Cozy Powell's heavy drumming...I love it too, but it's very different) and I don't think that the "guitar solo" is particularly inspired...

The next two songs redeem the affair, with "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" and "Catch the Rainbow" being absolutely awesome, especially the latter, where Ritchie indulges in all sorts of ways. Disc 2 starts with a powerful rendition of "Man on the Silver Mountain" and continues with "Stargazer". Now, I have to be honest: I didn't originally like this song when I got "Rising". I thought it was too long and complicated. But hearing it live totally changed it for me, taking it to the next level. I can't understand how was it that it wasn't included in "On Stage"!!! A shame, nothing less...

The last two songs are a bit of a surprise: two extended versions, first of the Yardbird's "Still I'm Sad", and "Do you close your Eyes", which, in their original studio format, were short tunes, the former being an instrumental take. But here, the band stretches them beyond recognition, turning them into 2 true classics. Ritchie is clearly enjoying his newfound freedom, and it shows in his playing; Dio is in top form, belting all the way into the stratosphere, Cozy is the heaviest drummer on earth since Bonzo Bonham, and while Tony Carey and Jimmy Bain play more discrete parts, they sure know how to make the best with what they are given.

All in all, this is a great record of a great band at the peak of their performing powers! Be warned, though: if you don't like extended versions, stick to the studio albums. Otherwise, GET IT!

Great Live album! Underrated.......2005-07-30

This show's the most talented group of musicians ever assembled playing freely and intensly.

Disc 1

1.Kill The King- 10/10 A great concert opener! A very fast paced track with a lot of energy. This track shows all of the musicians on it as it highlights Dio's amazing vocals, Blackmore's great fretboard work, Cozy Powell's excellent drum work, Jimmy Bain's fast solid bass work and Tony Carey's keyboard work.

2.Mistreated- 10/10 An excellent take on the Deep Purple blues classic here as Ronnie gives it more of an epic feel which is a good thing. Also a cool extended jam too.

3.Sixteenth Century Greensleeves- 10/10 One of Rainbow's classic tracks. Blackmore opens the song with the traditional song Greensleeves and goes into Rainbow's Mideval themed track. This song is a mix of heavy metal and renaissance.

4.Catch The Rainbow- 10/10 Rainbow's classic ballad is performed as good as the studio here with an extended jam of course. Dio's voice seems better here than on the studio version.

Disc 2

1.Man On The Silver Mountain - 10/10 A Very cool intro here by Blackmore. The track is faster than the studio version which isn't as good in my opinion but the keyboards add an interesting effect on this version. Also Blackmore's solo is excellent obviously.

2.Stargazer- 10/10 The Highlight of the whole album is this track, Rainbow's epic masterpeice performed live. Dio's as good vocally as on the studio and Ronnie tells the story of the song before Tony Carey's amazing keyboard solo/intro. Blackmore has an extended solo in the middle of the song which he improvises using arabic scales. Ronnie improvises the lyrics a little towards the end which adds to the intensity of this song.

3.Still I'm Sad- 10/10 One of Rainbow's best tracks! The version from On Stage is slightly better but this one is still amazing. Cozy Powell plays one of the best drum solos ever recorded and Dio's vocals are amazing and Blackmore starts shredding toward the end of the song.

4. Do You Close Your Eyes- 9/10 Much Better than the studio version here as theres more energy. This is not one of Rainbow's best tracks but still worth listening to. Good idea to add another Rising track to the album since this is the Rising tour.

Rainbow has done better performances...actually this is the band on an off night but they're still better than every other band on an off night.

Band
Ronnie James Dio- Vocals
Ritchie Blackmore- Guitar
Cozy Powell- Drums
Jimmy Bain- Bass
Tony Carey- Keyboards

Lacks preparation and post-production.......2005-01-07

I am an avid Rainbow fanatic. This album does exactly match up to "On Stage". Well , I am amusician invvolved in recording and I know that not all gigs are at 100%. This release is a typical case. There are mistakes in the songs and Blackmore going off on his tangents and Dio not quite reaching the bar he set.

I have waited for years/decades for the release of "Stargazer" by Rainbow with Dio. When I finally heard it I wished I had never heard it and now I know why it was never released. Dio is currently,(2003) doing it on his tour and his band did an outstanding job (with Doug Aldrich).

I suggest that a completist get this, but for a great release get "On Stage" instead

Live in 4 different german cities.......2004-12-21

Thats what this should be called, for thats what it is. %80 of the songs on this album can be found on the "On Stage" album,which, mind you, is all from the SAME show. it gets two stars for "star gazer" and thats it becuase "do you close your eyes" is just a average song and all of the rest sound exacty like they do on "On Stage". The main probablem with this is that its all taken from sevral different live shows and it sounds kind of stapled together unlike "On Stage" which is a smooth atmosheric, consistant live experience. How many people do you know that have been to a concert? most likely they will tell you about what songs were done that night and what experiences thay had ON THAT NIGHT, not sevral nights scattered across the country. just get ON STAGE, it blows this boot leg quality recording to hell.

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Live in Germany '76
Rainbow
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000736W
Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

Kill the King
Mistreated
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Catch the Rainbow

Tracks:

Man on the Silver Mountain
Stargazer
Still I'm Sad
Do You Close Your Eyes

Album Description

1990 release from the Connoisseur label featuring eightlive recordings spread out over two CDs, including 'CatchThe Rainbow', 'Mistreated' and 'Man On The Silver Mountain'.

Album Details

Double Disc Live Document of the Band at It's Best When Ronnie James Dio, Cozy Powell and Ritchie Blackmore Still Ruled the Roost. Tracks Include Kill the King / Mistreated / 16th Century Greensleeves / Catch the Rainbow / Man on Silver Mountain Andmore.