Rainbow Discography

darkstar831 · Joined: 06 Sep 2006 Posts: 2

I have always found it amusing that there are more Rainbow live albums than there are studio albums involving Dio.
The question I have for everyone, if it hasn't been answered in previous topics, is how many Rainbow albums there are that involve Dio? At the moment, I can only factor in (excluding greatest hits compilations):

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Rising
On Stage
Long Live Rock and Roll
Live in Germany 1976 (Live in Europe?)
Live in Munich 1977

Recently itunes added on Rainbow Live in Koln 1976 to the Rainbow catalog. However, it sounds incredibly similar to Live in Germany 1976. I was also wondering if all the 1976 concerts are all the same and just released multiple times under a different name to milk as much money from Rainbow fans?

Thanks everyone

ManOnTheSilverMountain_DP · Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 1419 Location: Rome, Italy

The following list includes all the official live and studio albums of Rainbow with Dio in issuing order:

1. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
2. Rainbow Rising
3. On Stage
4. Long Live Rock'n'Roll
5. Live In Germany '76
6. Live In Europe (76)
7. Finyl Vinyl (this one includes only two live tracks with Dio: "Man On The Silver Mountain" and "Long Live Rock'n'Roll)
8. Live In Munich '77
9. Live In Cologne '76
10. Live In Dusseldorf
11. Live In Nurnberg (this has to be released soon)

Magic!

Mario

The Wolf · Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 330 Location: Great Old Vienna

Live in Germany is a "sampler" ,because it includes songs of Düsseldorf,Köln(Collogne) and Nürnberg.
Last year the record-company remastered the tapes and released them as uncut concert-documents.
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