Rainbow
1975 – Blackmore’s Rainbow
12-11-75 – New York, USA (no label) 2CD ***
15-11-75 – Philadelphia, PA, USA (no label) ***
18-11-75 – “Perfect Night” – Pittsburgh, PA, USA (no label) 2CD ***
1976 – Rising
1976 – Rising Rough Mix – Cozy’s tape (Langley label, LANGLEY-087) A ***
00-00-76 – Studio Rehearsals For World Tour 1976 (Langley label,
LANGLEY-134) ***
00-05-76 – “Tower of Babel” – World Tour Studio Rehearsals May 76 + 1976
Promotional Film + Radio Special (Boot
the Band label, 2000) 3CD, A/A- ***
25-06-76 – Chicago’76 (no label) 2CD
15-07-76 – Live in Miami, USA (DP-021-1-2) 2CD ***
14-12-76 – Live at Ken Taiikukan, Hiroshima, Japan (no label) 102 min.,
B+ *** including “Kill The King” before being officially
released
16-12-76 – “When Evening Falls” – Live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (Langley
label, LANGLEY-123) 2CD ***
1976 – Live in Germany 1976, 2CD
04-10-77 – “Kill The King” – Live at Concertgebouw, Den Haag, The
Netherlands (no label) 2CD ***
20-10-77 – “Still I’m Sad” – Live at Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany (Fire
Power label, FP-0049 A/B) 2CD ***
27-10-77 – “Parisian Night” – Live in Paris, France (Bondage Music
label, BON 028/29) 2CD ***
1978 – Long Live Rock’n’Roll
1978 – Long Live Rock’n’Roll – Japan Digital Remasters
11-01-78 – Live at Shikohkaido Hall, Nagoya, Japan (no label) 101 min. ***
17-01-78 – “Starstruck” – Osaka, Japan (no label) 61:07/59:22, 2CD A-***
20-01-78 – “Electric Warrior” – Osaka, Japan (Langley label) 2CD ***
27-01-78 – “Misconduct Sapparo” – Sapporo, Japan (no label) 2CD ***
03-02-78 – “The Last Day” – Live at Budo-kan Hall, Tokyo, Japan + bonus
tracks from Fukuoka, 14-01-78 (Pandora label, Pandora-003/4) ***
23-06-78 – The Omni, Atlanta, USA (no label) ***
00-00-79 – Down To Earth Rough Mix (Langley label, LANGLEY-135) ***
30-11-79 – Live in New York, USA (no label) B- ***
30-11-79 – New York, USA (no label) A ***
12-12-79 – Chicago, IL, USA (no label) 74 min. ***
18-01-80 – “Dangerous Express” – Stockholm, Sweden (no label) 2CD ***
20-01-80 – Copenhagen, Denmark (no label) 88 min. ***
22-01-80 – Hannover, Germany (no label) AUD., 86 min. ***
13-05-80 – “The Colour Of The Rainbow” – Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan
(Independence Music Entertainment label) 2CD ***
08-08-80 – “Another Online” – Arhaus (no label) 2CD ***
09-08-80 – “On Line” – Malmo, Sweden (no label) ***
16-08-80 – Donington, UK (no label) 2CD, A ***
1981 – Difficult to Cure
20-08-81 – “Shades of Whitchy” – Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan (Demon’s
Eye label) 2CD ***
1982 – Straight Between The Eyes
00-00-82 – Live in San Antonio, TX, USA (no label) 73 min. ***
03-11-82 – Live in Helsinki, Messukeskus Ukk-Halli, Finland (no label)
2CD ***
06-11-82 – Stockholm, Sweden (no label) 102 min. ***
1983 – Bent Out Of Shape
14-09-83 – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, UK (no label) 2CD ***
30-09-83 – Live in Gothenburg, Sweden (no label) 2CD ***
1986 – Finyl Vinyl, 2CD – Remastered
00-00-84 – Japan Tour’84 (no label) 2CD ***
11-03-84 – Osaka, Japan (no label) 2CD ***
1995 – Stranger In Us All
09-10-95 – “Black Shadows” – Dusseldorf, Germany, including Deep Purple
Songs (no label) ***
17-10-95 – Live at Ahoy Arena, Rotterdam, Holland (no label) 2CD ***
11-11-95 – Live at Yoyogi Olympic Pool, Tokyo, Japan (no label) 130
min., A+ ***
27-02-97 – “Ohio First Night” – Canton, Ohio, USA + Soundcheck in NJ,
20-02-97 (no label) 2CD ***
The Ballads of Rainbow
Tribute to Rainbow – “Long Live Rainbow” /75:34/
Kill The King (Liege Lord); All Night Long – live (Alcatrazz); Since YouBeen Gone (Impellitteri); Gates Of Babylon (Tad Morose); Black Sheep Of The Family (Al Atkins); Man On The Silver Mountain (Armed Forces); Kill The King(ADX); I Surrender – live (Episode); Stargazer (Sorcerer); Long Live Rock’N’Roll (Tush); Spotlight Kid – live (Episode); Since You Been Gone – live (Alcatrazz); Gates Of Babylon (Yngwie J. Malmsteen); All Night Long(Blackthorne); Rainbow Eyes – live (Episode); Kill The King – live(Heathen)
Reissues
from Azia Records label
Archives 1976 – Incubus (Azia Records label, 2003) 2CD NEW!
Disc 1 – “Rainbow Over Melbourne” – Festival Hall Melbourne, Australia, 09-11-76Disc 2 - -09-11-76 + Interview w/ Ritchie Blackmore recorded in Melbourne, Australia, 21-11-76Archives 1982 – The Final Cut – Recorded Live during the Rainbow World Tour (Azia Records label, 2003) NEW!
Archives 1995 – “The Last Nights In Germany Vol.1” – Live in Music Hall, Hannover, Germany, 08-10-95 (Azia Records label, 2003) 2CD NEW!
Archives 1995 – “The Last Nights In Germany Vol.2” – Recorded in Terminal 1, Munich, Germany 21-10-95 (Azia Records label, 2003) NEW!
Olympiahalle, Munchen, Germany, 20-10-77 (Rockpalast
Classics) 2VCD – EXC sound and video-picture – GREAT!
“Live Between The Eyes” – San Antonio, TX, USA, 1982
(no label) 2VCD – EXC sound and video-picture
“Rainbow Over Toronto” – Toronto, Canada, 1997
(Hot Live Concert Video) 2VCD – sound does not match to video-picture
See also Deep Purple, Ronnie James Dio, Blackmore’s Night, Richie Blackmore etc.