A Light in the Black 1975–1984

Tracklist

• CD 1: 1975–1976
• 1
  Black Sheep of the Family
  3:21
  3.4 ★
• 2
  Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
  3:30
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Snake Charmer
  4:32
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Temple of the King
  4:41
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Tarot Woman (rough mix)
  6:07
• 6
  Stargazer (rough mix)
  9:10
• 7
  Run With the Wolf (rough mix)
  3:51
• 8
  Mistreated (live in Osaka, Japan 1976)
  11:13
• 9
  Purple Haze / White Christmas / Lazy / Man on the Silver Mountain / Blues / Man on the Silver Mountain (reprise) (live in Osaka, Japan 1976)
  16:18
• CD 2: 1977–1978
• 1
  Sensitive to Light (rough mix)
  3:05
• 2
  The Shed (Subtle)
  4:47
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Rainbow Eyes
  7:06
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (rehearsal, Pirate Sound, LA, August 1977)
  1:42
• 5
  Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll (rehearsal, Pirate Sound, LA, August 1977)
  6:59
• 6
  Do You Close Your Eyes (rehearsal, Pirate Sound, LA, August 1977)
  6:21
• 7
  Still I’m Sad (with organ intro) (rehearsal, Pirate Sound, LA, August 1977)
  10:09
• 8
  Gates of Babylon
  6:47
  4.8 ★
• 9
  Catch the Rainbow (live Koseinenkin, Osaka, Japan, 17 January 1978)
  22:03
• 10
  Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll (Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, NY, May 1978)
  3:33
• 11
  L.A. Connection (Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert, NY, May 1978)
  5:13
• CD 3: 1979–1980
• 1
  Eyes of the World (instrumental outtake)
  6:53
• 2
  Ain’t a Lot of Love in the Heart of Me (alternative outtake)
  5:01
• 3
  Lost in Hollywood
  4:52
  4.5 ★
• 4
  Danger Zone
  4:29
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Since You Been Gone
  3:19
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Bad Girl
  4:51
  3.5 ★
• 7
  Over the Rainbow / Eyes of the World (live Calderone Hall, NY, 30 Nov’ 1979)
  9:23
• 8
  Love’s No Friend (live Calderone Hall, NY, 30 Nov’ 1979)
  8:12
• 9
  Beethoven: Ode to Joy (live Calderone Hall, NY, 30 Nov’ 1979)
  5:44
• 10
  All Night Long (single remix version)
  3:52
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Weiss Heim
  5:13
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Stargazer (live at Castle Donington, 1980)
  8:32
• CD 4: 1981–1982
• 1
  Midtown Tunnel Vision
  4:35
• 2
  I Surrender
  4:03
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Magic
  4:08
• 4
  Vielleicht das nächster Mal
  3:19
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Jealous Lover
  3:13
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Spotlight Kid (live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 27 July 1981)
  5:10
• 7
  Rule Britannia / Fire (live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, 27 July 1981)
  2:52
• 8
  Death Alley Driver
  4:43
• 9
  Bring on the Night (Dream Chaser)
  4:07
• 10
  Stone Cold
  5:19
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Power (live Convention Centre, San Antonio, Texas, 18 August 1982)
  4:40
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Miss Mistreated (live Convention Centre, San Antonio, Texas, 18 August 1982)
  4:27
• 13
  Tearin’ Out My Heart (live Convention Centre, San Antonio, Texas, 18 August 1982)
  8:20
• CD 5: 1983–1984
• 1
  Can’t Let You Go
  4:22
• 2
  Desperate Heart
  4:37
• 3
  Anybody There (outtake/Polar mix)
  2:53
• 4
  Drinking With the Devil (outtake with alternative Guitar Solo)
  3:44
• 5
  Make Your Move
  5:27
• 6
  Snowman
  4:33
  4.5 ★
• 7
  Street of Dreams
  4:28
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Stranded (live at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 1983)
  5:51
• 9
  Power (live at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 1983)
  4:30
• 10
  Fire Dance (live at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, 1983)
  4:29
• 11
  Fool for the Night (live Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 14 March 1984)
  3:59
• 12
  Difficult to Cure (live Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 14 March 1984)
  11:18
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Smoke on the Water (live Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 14 March 1984)
  4:42
• DVD 6: Live at Monsters of Rock, Castle Donington, UK, 16 August 1980
• 1
  All Night Long
  7:56
• 2
  Catch the Rainbow
  5:03
• 3
  Eyes of the World
  1:23
• 4
  Lost in Hollywood / Guitar Solo
  3:32
• 5
  Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
  3:16
• 6
  Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll, Part 1
  2:29
• 7
  Kill the King
  3:32
• 8
  Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll, Part 2
  2:18

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Release credits

• Bavarian String Ensemble
  additional [8]
• Bob Daisley
  bass guitar [4-8, 10-11]
• Bob Rondinelli
  drums (drum set) [4.1-5, 4.8-13, 3.11]
• Chuck Burgi
  drums (drum set) [1-13]
• Clay Hutchinson
  assistant [1-4]
• Cozy Powell
  drums (drum set) [3.1-10, 1.5-7, 6.1-8, 2.1-11]
• Craig Gruber
  bass [1-4]
• David Rosenthal
  keyboard [4.5, 4.8-13, 5.1-13]
• David Stone
  keyboard [2, 4-8, 10-11]
• Don Airey
  keyboard [3.1-11, 4.1-4, 6.1-8]
• Dr. Michael Palmer
  recording [3-5, 10]
• Flemming Rasmussen
  engineer [5.1-2, 5.4-7, 4.1-4]
• Fritz Sonnleitner
  concertmaster [6]
• Gary Driscoll
  drums (drum set) [1-4]
• Gary Edwards
  engineer [3-5, 10]
• Graham Bonnet
  lead vocals [3.2-8, 3.10, 6.1-8]
• Jimmy Bain
  bass guitar [5-7], electric bass guitar [9]
• Joe Lynn Turner
  lead vocals [5.1-2, 5.4-11, 5.13, 4.1-3, 4.5, 4.8-13]
• Karl Heinz Feit
  cello [3]
• Kiss Ferenc
  additional [8], violin [3]
• Leigh Mantle
  recording [3-5, 10]
• Martin Birch
  engineer [2-3, 8], mix [1-4], producer [1.1-7, 2.2-3, 2.8]
• Max Hecker
  recorder [3]
• Mickey Lee Soule
  clavinet [1-4], electronic organ [1-4], mellotron [1-4], piano [1-4]
• Münchner Philharmoniker
  performing orchestra [6]
• Nick Blagona
  engineer [8-10], mix [5.1-2, 5.4-7, 4.8-10]
• Nico Nicolic
  violin [3]
• Ottmar Machan
  viola [3]
• Rainer Pietsch
  conductor [6]
• Ritchie Blackmore
  arranger [5-7], bass guitar [1-3], electric guitar [2.9, 4.12-13], guitar [1.1-7, 2.1-8, 2.10-11, 4.1-5, 4.8-11, 5.1-13, 6.1-8, 3.1-11], producer [1-4]
• Roger Glover
  bass guitar [3.1-11, 6.1-8, 4.1-5, 4.8-13, 5.1-13], mix [8-10], percussion [1-2, 4-7], producer [3.3-5, 3.10, 4.1-4, 4.8-10, 5.1-2, 5.4-7]
• Ronnie James Dio
  arranger [5-7], lead vocals [2.1-11, 1.1-7], producer [1-4]
• Rudi Risavy
  flute [3]
• Thomas Brekling
  assistant [1-4]
• Tony Carey
  keyboard [2.1, 2.3, 2.9, 1.5-7]
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Issues

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  A Light in the Black 1975–1984

  5x CD, DVD
  26 January 2015