Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll [Japan Ed.] (1978)

Year: 14 April 1978 (CD December 27, 2001)
Label: Polydor Records (Japan), UICY-90515
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London and Los Angeles
Time: 39:50
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 255 Mb

Charts: UK #7, AUS #43, CAN #94, FIN #14, GER #26, JPN #9, NOR #12, NLD #11, SWE #18, US #89. UK: Silver.
Recording of the album commenced in April 1977 at a studio in Chateau d'Herouville, France, featuring Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio and Cozy Powell. Keyboards were initially played on a session basis by former Rainbow member Tony Carey, while bass parts were started by Mark Clarke. Clarke was soon dismissed, however, and the bass parts were recorded by Blackmore himself. By July 1977 seven tracks that ended on the album were in demo form. Recording was suspended while the band recruited Bob Daisley and David Stone and thereafter commenced extensive touring of Europe in the summer and autumn of 1977. A return to the Chateau d'Herouville studio in December saw the band finish the album and also yielded a final track, "Gates of Babylon".
Although Daisley and Stone are listed on the album credits for their contributions, they joined the band partway through the recording sessions and only appear on three and four songs, respectively. Stone wrote parts of "Gates of Babylon", the middle 8 section during the guitar solo. He was paid for the work, but not credited on the album.
The original vinyl release was in a gatefold-sleeve cover illustrated by Debbie Hall, with a lyric-sheet insert. The crowd picture is actually from a Rush concert, with the wording on the banner the fans were holding replaced by the Rainbow album title and the visible Rush T-shirts airbrushed to black.
Original copies of the single "L.A. Connection" were issued on red vinyl and featured the previous studio album's cover picture on the B-side's label.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Live_Rock_%27n%27_Roll)

01. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (04:24)
02. Lady Of The Lake (03:38)
03. L.A. Connection (05:02)
04. Gates Of Babylon (06:51)
05. Kill The King (04:30)
06. The Shed (Subtle) (04:47)
07. Sensitive To Light (03:07)
08. Rainbow Eyes (07:26)

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