Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Kill the King
2. Mistreated
3. Sixtheenth Century Greensleeves
4. Catch the Rainbow
5. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll

Disc 2:

1. Man on the Silver Mountain
2. Still I'm Sad
3. Do You Close Your Eyes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36431 in Music
• Released on: 2006-06-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Live

Customer Reviews

Awesome live recording from a legendary band.......
For most of us ageing Rainbow fans 1991's " Rainbow Live in Germany 1976" and the heavily edited 1978 album " On Stage" looked like they were the only true examples of the awesome latent power of the definitive Rainbow line-up. However, here we now have finally the official audio release of the " Rockpalast" TV recording, and once again Messers Blackmore, Dio and Powell show why their version of Rainbow was , for a gloriously brief time in the mid 1970's, THE best live act in the world (Led Zep included!!)
Compared to the forthcoming European release of the concert DVD we do get an edited " Do you close your eyes" but all else is intact- drum solo and all!!. The highlight remains " Catch the Rainbow" ; simply breathtaking in its emotive dynamics. Thoroughly recommended for those who remember the gigs at the time and for those too young a chance to appreciate what the fuss was all about.

Simply stunning
In my most humble opinion, leaving this amazing concert recording to lie gathering dust in the vaults for the best part of three decades was tantamount to a crime against music.

Good as they are, "On Stage" and "Rainbow Live In Germany 1976" pale by comparison to this release.

Put simply, this album has to be a serious contender for the title of best live hard rock album of all time.

Everything about it exudes excellence - Ronnie James Dio's vocals are flawless, the rhythm axis of Cozy Powell and Bob Daisley are solid throughout without being overpowering (which Cozy had a tendency towards being on occasion), keyboardist David Stone (on this showing at least) proves that is every bit as good as his more celebrated predecessor Tony Carey, and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore is on fire.

And added to all that, great attention has obviously been paid here to getting the best possible sound quality. The sound is as clear as a bell, with none of the poor mixing and muddy sound that plague some live releases.

The version of "Catch The Rainbow" included here will blow your mind - I get a lump in my throat and goosebumps every time I listen to it. The price of the album is worth it for that one track alone. But the rest of it is sheer excellence too and an absolute must-have for any fan of the "real" Rainbow (before the Man In Black sold out to commercialism, hired a bunch of pretty Americans and started churning out Foreigner soundalike hit singles).