Saturday, April 02, 2011

Blsckmore's Rainbow - Rainbow Rising

Interestingly enough I went out a couple of weeks ago and found this vinyl in mint condition, I knew instantly the gods of rock were on my side so I made the metal horns... then made my way to the counter to purchase this most righteous find.
The album was released in 76' and was the second album by the band, even tho it was essentially a new band because after the first album they released which was called "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" , Ritchie Blackmore fired the whole band except for "Ronnie James Dio".
The lineup change was not the last in the bands history, and it was essentially a revolving door of musicians and singers. The lineup for this album was solid "Jimmy Bain" who played bass ended up joining forces with Dio in 83', "Cozy Powell" on drums would go on to play with "Sabbeth", and "Whitesnake", "Tony Carey" was on keyboard.. and like most keyboardists in the rock world he ended up playing on allot of different albums with allot of different bands. The 2 high profile members of the band were "Ritchie Blackmore" former guitarist of "Deep Purple", and "Ronnie James Dio"... now do I have to tell you what he did??
This album has all the themes that any 70's rock album should have, from cosmic sounding keyboards, to the crunching guitars, and that strong voice of Dio soaring above it all. I think this is an extremely solid rock album and no self respecting metal head should go without having it in their collection. You cannot deny yourself the pleasure of having Dio sing about Wizards, Maidens, Swords, and running with Wolves. I suggest you go and buy this and your collection, then when your friends make fun of you for buying an album with a rainbow on the front, you can blast the pure molten metal that is "Blackmore's Rainbow"..... "Phew"... I need a drink.

Rising 

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