SEALED metal LP RAINBOW “Difficult to Cure” POLYDOR orig ‘81 WOW
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Description
Artist: RAINBOW
Title: “Difficult to Cure”
Label: POLYDOR ~ PD-1-6316. Original stereo press.
Year: 1981.
NOTE: This album came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s. The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment. We are in the process of selling many investment grade colored vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare memorabilia from this collection. If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.
Condition:
Album is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap. Shrink wrap is clean and bright, fully intact except approx 3” at bottom of opening edge and at corners. Small cut-out clip at the upper right corner.
Rare to find this one in unplayed, factory sealed condition after all these years. A gorgeous item - this is one for the archives, or be the first to place a stylus on it – the choice is yours!
Track Listing:
Side One:
- I Surrender
- Spotlight Kid
- No Release
- Magic
- Vielleicht Das Nachster Zeit (Maybe Next Time)
Side Two:
- Can’t Happen Here
- Freedom Fighter
- Midtown Tunnel Vision
- Difficult to Cure (Beethoven’s Ninth)
Review:
“Rainbow ditched vocalist Graham Bonnet after Down to Earth, hiring former Fandango singer Joe Lynn Turner as their frontman. As it turns out, Turner is less hyperbolic than his predecessor, which fits the focused polish of Difficult to Cure. Where Down to Earth was a streamlined version of early Rainbow, Difficult to Cure is a shot at crossover. Problem is, the band never comes up with the right crossover songs. Russ Ballard's "I Surrender" comes close, but much of the record is fairly undistinguished, riding on strident melodies and big riffs that are never quite memorable. It's all given a contemporary sheen, with plenty of studio gloss that now instantly evokes the early '80s. On that level, it's somewhat of an entertaining artifact -- anyone pining for an example of what album-oriented radio sounded like in the pre-MTV years should check this out -- but it's never more than that, since the bids at chart success are only occasionally memorable ("I Surrender," "Magic"). Perhaps Ritchie Blackmore felt stifled by the exacting nature of Difficult to Cure's attempt at crossover -- witness how "Spotlight Kid" veers from a dexterous Blackmore solo to a ridiculous keyboard run, then just verges on collapse -- and that's the reason why each side ends with a pretentious pseudo-classical instrumental that functions as nothing more than a guitar showcase. Certainly, his playing is impeccable, but both numbers are really awkward (particularly the title track, based on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and with a weirdly synthesized pulse as a rhythmic underpinning) and just highlight the fact that Difficult to Cure would have been better if Blackmore had channeled that energy into the rest of the album.”
(courtesy of Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com)
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