Label: Polydor Records (Japan), P33P-25018
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 36:52
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 251 Mb
Charts: UK #6, AUS #27, FIN #26, GER #19, JPN #15, SWE #17, US #66. UK: Gold.
The
writing of Down to Earth began at Ritchie Blackmore's house in
Connecticut in January 1979. By that time, he had dismissed both bassist
Bob Daisley and keyboardist David Stone before singer Ronnie James Dio
quit the band. Blackmore had already recruited his old Deep Purple
bandmate Roger Glover as producer and started auditioning musicians for
the vacant slots in the band, while songwriting progressed with
Blackmore, Cozy Powell and session bassist Clive Chaman. The songs were
largely written by Blackmore and Glover. "It was a great opportunity for
me, and why should I bear a grudge? (about being dismissed from Purple
in 1973) " recalled Glover. "I'm a huge Ritchie fan. Some of my biggest
influences have come from him."
By early 1979, Blackmore had
recruited keyboardist Don Airey - a suggestion from Powell - and
considered Peter Goalby of Trapeze, as well as another old Deep Purple
bandmate Ian Gillan, to replace Dio. In April 1979, Jack Green of The
Pretty Things was hired as new bass player for the recording sessions at
Chateau Pelly de Cornfeld, in the countryside of Southern France, but
he did not stay for long. Producer Glover ended up playing bass on the
album and provided lyrics for all songs. While auditions for the new
singer proceeded, Glover tracked down ex-Marbles singer Graham Bonnet,
who auditioned in France and was immediately hired.
During song
composition, Bonnet composed his vocal melodies although his
contributions remained uncredited. His vocals were not recorded with the
other tracks in France, but later at Kingdom Sound Studios in Long
Island, when all other recording sessions were completed. Down to Earth
is the only Rainbow album to feature Bonnet, though he was still part of
the band when writing for Difficult to Cure began.
Also recorded for
the proposed next single, but unreleased due to Bonnet's departure, was
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow". Bonnet had previously recorded this song
for his first, eponymously titled, solo album in 1977. Rainbow's version
was recorded in the studio in May 1980, during rehearsals for the
Japanese leg of the Down to Earth tour. It was subsequently played live
throughout that tour.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_to_Earth_(Rainbow_album))
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog.
D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The
second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the
format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. All Night Long (03:54)
02. Eyes Of The World (06:46)
03. No Time To Lose (03:46)
04. Makin' Love (04:40)
05. Since You Been Gone (03:21)
06. Love's No Friend (04:55)
07. Danger Zone (04:33)
08. Lost In Hollywood (04:53)
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