Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll [1978][320 KBPS][SHM-CD Japanese UICY-93621]

Track Listings:

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01. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll

02. Lady Of The Lake

03. L.A. Connection

04. Gates Of Babylon

05. Kill The King

06. The Shed (Subtle)

07. Sensitive To Light

08. Rainbow Eyes

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Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) were a British rock band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1993 to 1997. They were originally established with American rock band Elf's members, but Blackmore fired all the members except Ronnie James Dio who would leave in 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 started out combining mystical lyric themes with neoclassical metal, but went in a more streamlined commercial style 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 and 4 million albums in the United States.

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Long Live Rock 'n' Roll is the third studio album released by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1978, and the last to feature American singer Ronnie James Dio.

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Rainbow:Ronnie James Dio: lead vocals



Ritchie Blackmore: guitars, bass (also bass on rough mix tracks 1–6, 2012 Deluxe Edition)



Cozy Powell: drums, percussion



Bob Daisley: bass on "Gates of Babylon", "Kill the King", and "Sensitive to Light"



David Stone: keyboards on "Gates of Babylon", "Kill the King", "The Shed". Piano outro on "L.A. Connection"



Tony Carey: keyboards on "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll", "Lady of the Lake", and "Rainbow Eyes" (2012 Deluxe Edition rough mix only)

Additional Musicians:Bavarian String Ensemble conducted by Rainer Pietsch on "Gates of Babylon"

Ferenc Kiss, Nico Nicolic – violins on "Rainbow Eyes"



Ottmar Machan: viola on "Rainbow Eyes"



Karl Heinz Feit: cello on "Rainbow Eyes"



Rudi Risavy: flute on "Rainbow Eyes"