RAINBOW – DIFFICULT TO CURE 12″ – Nr MINT 1981 RITCHIE BLACKMORE

Rainbow – Difficult To Cure
(Polydor Records  1981  2141373)

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)

Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ conditon
– front is great with only light ringwear, back cover has some tears along left edge

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 and 1993 to 1997, and again since 2015. They were originally established with Ronnie James Dio’s American rock band Elf, but after the 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, former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover, and this line-up gave the band their commercial breakthrough with the single “Since You Been Gone”. Over the years Rainbow went through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up. Other lead singers Joe Lynn Turner and Doogie White would follow, and the project consisted of numerous backing musicians. The band’s early work primarily featured mystical lyrics with a neoclassical metal style, but went in a more streamlined, commercial direction following Dio’s departure from the group.

Rainbow were ranked No. 90 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. The band has sold over 28 million albums worldwide.

“Difficult To Cure” is a single by the British Rock band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and taken from their album of the same name. The band line-up for this release was Ritchie Blackmore – guitar, Don Airey – keyboards, Roger Glover – bass, producer, Bob Rondinelli – drums and Joe Lynn Turner – lead & backing vocals.

Tracklist

Personnel

Rainbow

• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Don Airey – keyboards
• Roger Glover – bass, producer
• Bob Rondinelli – drums
• Joe Lynn Turner – lead & backing vocals

Production

• Flemming Rasmussen – engineer
• Thomas Brekling, Clay Hutchinson – assistant engineers
• Greg Calbi – mastering