RAINBOW – RISING / RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW 2LP – Nr MINT UK DEEP PURPLE BLACKMORE

Rainbow – Rising / Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
(Oyster/Polydor Records  1976  2683078)
Matrix No’s: A2/B3/A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Gatefold Sleeve in Excellent condition
– some wear to edges/corners & small light rubbing around edges

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow or Blackmore’s Rainbow) are a British rock band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, active from 1975 to 1984, from 1993 to 1997, and from 2015 to the present. They were originally established with Ronnie James Dio’s American rock band Elf, but after their first album, Blackmore fired the backing members and continued with Dio until 1979. Three British musicians joined in 1979—singer Graham Bonnet, keyboardist Don Airey and then-former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover—and this line-up gave the band their commercial breakthrough with the single “Since You Been Gone”.Other lead singers Joe Lynn Turner and Doogie White would follow.

Rising (also known as Rainbow Rising) is the second hard rock/heavy metal album by Rainbow, released in 1976. With Ritchie Blackmore retaining only Ronnie James Dio from the previous album, he recruited drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey to complete the new line-up.

Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (sometimes stylised Ritchie Blackmore’s R-A-I-N-B-O-W) is the debut studio album by American/British rock band Rainbow, released in 1975.

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