Rainbow – Live From Koln 1976

Description

First time ever vinyl release for this incredible live concert from Rainbows debut world tour and documenting one of the bands first ever shows in Europe, at Colognes Klner Sporthalle on 25th September 1976. Released on 3LP with each disc pressed in a different colour of the rainbow (translucent red, yellow and blue) and newly mastered by Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham.

50th anniversarythis show recorded on the bands rainbow rising tour in 1976 in cologne germany, features stone cold classics such as stargazer and man on the silver mountain. this live album has only been available on cd pressings made 20 years ago, both as a single concert / as part of the japan only 6-cd box set deutschland tournee 1976. now nearly 50 years on from the original concert, the recording makes its debut appearance on a vinyl format with the audio newly mastered by andy pearce & matt wortham

when rainbow finally landed in europe for their debut live shows there, it was on the back of both the albums ritchie blackmores rainbow and rainbow rising having charted so the band were playing sold out venues, and what a band with the line up consisting of ritchie blackmore, ronnie james, cozy powell, jimmy bain and tony carey.
Tracklist:

1. Kill The King
2. Mistreated
3. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
4. Catch The Rainbow
5. Man On the Silver Mountain
6. Stargazer
7. Still I’m Sad
8. Do You Close Your Eyes

UPC: 5014797913462
Label: Demon/edsel
Release Date: 4.18.26
Format: Vinyl