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Episode #129 – Rainbow – On Stage

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Lead up to the Album:

  • It’s a double live album recorded in late 1976 in Germany and Japan during the world tour for “Rising.”
  • The tracks are spliced together from multiple shows.
  • The order of the songs is not the normal order of the setlist because they had to try to fit the longer performances onto the four sides of vinyl.
  • Set list from Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan for December 16, 1976:
    • Jingle Bells (James Lord Pierpont song)
    • Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen song)
    • Kill the King
    • Mistreated (Deep Purple cover)
    • Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (Preceded by “Greensleeves” intro)
    • Catch the Rainbow (Preceded by “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” intro)
    • Man on the Silver Mountain (with “Lazy” and “White Christmas” intro, “Blues”, and vocal improvisation)
    • Starstruck (Followed by “Man on the Silver Mountain” reprise)
    • Stargazer (Preceded by keyboard solo)
    • Still I’m Sad (The Yardbirds cover) (With drum solo+”1812 Overture”)
    • Do You Close Your Eyes (Preceded by guitar solo)
  • A note from Norman Weischlebaum:
    • Hi Nate,
    • maybe this might be interesting to listeners:
    •  In Rainbow/Dio-Days you always see a Tape Recorder next to RB´s Marshalls.
    • Background:
    • RB was not satisfied with Echo-effectboards that were available at that time.
    • So he brought on his home-based AIWA TP-1011 tape recorder, that had one specific feature:
    • This machine had a socalled „Sound-on-Sound“ button, providing echo effect by pushing just one button that adjusted the tape speed.
    • 19 cm/sec or 9.5 cm/sec = 1/3 sec delay or 2/3 sec delay.
    •  That´s who these guys fixed problems back in those days…
    • Best
    • Norman

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Album Art & Booklet Review

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    • The everpresent Deep Purple and rock photographer.
  • Design – Ken Anderson (4)
    • Did album covers for Bill Withers, Sly & The Family STone, and Bing Crosby.
  • Photography By – Dieter Zill*
    • The legendary German photographer.
  • Photography By – Fin Costello
  • Photography By – Watal Asanuma
    • Photography credits for Queen, Elton John, Eric Clapton, The Police
  • Photography By – Watanabe
    • Only credit on Discogs

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Album Tracks:

Side One:

  1. Intro: Over the Rainbow
    • Nuremberg 28 September 1976 (first 1:03)
    • Munich 29 September 1976 (remainder of the song)
  2. Kill The King
    • Nuremberg 28 September 1976 (first 1:03)
    • Munich 29 September 1976 (remainder of the song)
    • This was the first release of the song “Kill the King.”  It was later released in 1978 on “Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
  3. Man on the Silver Mountain
    • Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Afternoon Show)
  4. Blues
    • Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Evening Show)
  5. Starstruck
    • Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Evening Show)
    • Man on the Silver Mountain reprise?
    • Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Afternoon Show)

Side Two:

  1. Catch The Rainbow
    • Osaka 9 December 1976

Side Three:

  1. Mistreated
    • Cologne 25 September 1976

Side Four:

  1. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
    • Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Evening Show)
  2. Still I’m Sad
    • Nuernberg 28 September 1976

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