Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED

Richie and Ronnie. What a pair of music geniuses! Every track is mind blowing. As for the shipping, if was totally unsatisfactory. I finally received it after over a month, so I give it one star fat shipping and ten stars for Rainbow.

I had to have new copy of this. It was intended to be a one time solo project from Blackmore which apparently blossomed into an entirely seperate band from Deep Purple. There are some clear differences here betweenDP and Rainbow. Teh first being that this is pretty much Ritchie in control all the way through. While some songs are similar to DP the noticeable difference is classical influence, including the first recording of Ritchie on acoustic guitar. The album is strong all the way through. Especially impressive is the instrumental reworking of The Yardbirds 'Still I'm Sad' and the Hendrix-inspired 'CAth The Rainbow'. Dio's vocals are top notch on every cut. This album showcases some different sides of Ritchie's guitar playing and is my personal favorite Rainbow album. Many years later and even with the passing of Ronnie James Dio it still holds a place amongst greatest albums of the seventies if not of all time.

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This review isn't so much about the musical content of this album, but the quality of this long over-due re-issue as a package.I was expecting a lot after not seeing this LP on the (internet) shelves for so long. What I got was a real faith-restorer. All the original pictures on the gatefold are there, and nothing is been disturbed on the outer-sleeves either. The LP is a nice, thick slab of vinyl. Nice upgrade.Best of all - the mastering/pressing quality is excellent. The original LP had a very polite character to it, which made it's engineering sound a little bland. This one comes alive by comparison. It isn't overly bright, or a victim of volume wars, it's as if the mastering room had a complete upgrade in the quality of the components they use. Very impressive sound quality.Had they included all the lyrics on an extra sheet of the record sleeve I would have given it five stars. The lyrics to Greensleeves are still on the back cover however.Buy with confidence if you like Dio/Rainbow/Blackmore/70's rock.

Un album espectacular, que quien gusta de la musica de los 70 y en especial de Rainbow, se lo va a gozar, me encanta este album, de mis preferidos de Rainbow..., llego todo perfecto a tiempo y en perfecto estado.

Awesome CD, Ronnie j dip and the gang did some awesome songs glad to have in my collection

What a great album by an amazing band that no one ever heard of. Dio's vocals are incredible. Blackmore's guitar work is gorgeous. The fact that he fired the band after this recording might lead you to suspect that there is something wrong with this effort. There is NOTHING wrong with this effort. There is everything RIGHT. The drumming is amazing. The bass is a treat. It's really a perfect album. Call it hard rock, call it metal, doesn't matter. Just great, powerful music. And what can I say about Dio's singing? Stunning. Simply the best.

Dio has a voice filled with emotion and nuance. Ritchie has the magical touch on the strings. Together they have created some TIMELESS classics. Oh how a weep for the youth of today and all the homogenized crap they think to call music. Long live Rock and Roll!