RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S 'RAINBOW'' UK 1st PRESS '76 W/ TEMPLE OF THE KING NICE Ex
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>Nice Copy<
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
'S/T'
Oyster, UK, 1975
OYA 2001
DEBUT ALBUM from this wonderfully effective hard rock super-group featuring Ritchie Blackmore on guitar and vocalist Ronnie James Dio. This record started life as a Blackmore solo album, enlisting the help of Dio's then band Elf, but it quickly grew into a full-blown group project and led to a split in the Purple ranks with Blackmore opting to go it alone.
The material is stellar, ranging from volatile epic hard rock tracks such as 'Man On The Silver Mountain' and 'Catch The Rainbow' to more evocative songs like 'Sixteenth Century Greensleeve' and the weirdly constructed but hugely compelling 'Snake Charmer'. Of course its side two that holds most of the aces in the mind blowing 'Temple Of The King' and the more reflective and bluesy 'Still I'm Sad'.
Blackmore is on fire at every turn whilst Ronnie James Dio makes full use of that distinctive roar positioning himself as one of the definitive hard rock vocalists.
Nice copy.
Pressing: Oyster, UK, 1975
Vinyl: Nice condition. Some visible spindle marks on labels and light signs of use. Numerous surface scuffs visible but NOT scratches. Grades as Ex
Cover: Again, no signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated fully laminated gate-fold cover. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Spine is perfectly straight, stiff and totally uncrushed. Incredible 'creak' appeal on opening. Beautiful and impossible to find like this 45 years after release. Grades as shop fresh MINT!
Inserts: None
Matrix:
1st Pressing
Side One: OYA 2001 A - 1U
Side Two: OYA 2001 B - 1U
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