RAINBOW – DIFFICULT TO CURE LP – Nr MINT UK 1984 RITCHIE BLACKMORE DEEP PURPLE

Rainbow – Difficult To Cure
(Polydor Records  1984  SPELP76)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some rubbing near the top and some marks top right

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

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.

Difficult to Cure is the fifth studio album by the British rock band, Rainbow, and was released in 1981.

Track listing

• All Songs Published By Panache Music, Ltd., except where noted.

1. “I Surrender” (Russ Ballard) – 4:10 (Island Music Ltd.)
2. “Spotlight Kid” (Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover) – 5:04
3. “No Release” (Blackmore, Glover, Don Airey) – 5:42
4. “Magic” (Brian Moran) – 4:15 (Becket Music)
5. “Vielleicht Das Nächste Mal (Maybe Next Time)” (Blackmore, Airey) – 3:23
6. “Can’t Happen Here” (Blackmore, Glover) – 5:09
7. “Freedom Fighter” (Joe Lynn Turner, Blackmore, Glover) – 4:28
8. “Midtown Tunnel Vision” (Turner, Blackmore, Glover) – 4:44
9. “Difficult To Cure (Beethoven’s Ninth)” (Beethoven, arr. by Blackmore, Glover, Airey) – 5:58

Personnel

• Joe Lynn Turner – vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Don Airey – keyboard
• Roger Glover – bass, percussion
• Bobby Rondinelli – drums

Production

• Produced By Roger Glover
• Recorded & Engineered By Flemming Rasmussen
• Assistant Engineers: Thomas Brekling, Clay Hutchinson
• Mastered By Greg Calbi