The Polydor Years 1975–1986

Tracklist

• CD 1: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
• 1
  Man on the Silver Mountain
  4.1 ★
• 2
  Self Portrait
  3.5 ★
• 3
  Black Sheep of the Family
  3.2 ★
• 4
  Catch the Rainbow
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Snake Charmer
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Temple of the King
  4.8 ★
• 7
  If You Don’t Like Rock ’n’ Roll
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
  3.4 ★
• 9
  Still I’m Sad
  3.0 ★
• CD 2: Rainbow Rising
• 1
  Tarot Woman
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Run With the Wolf
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Starstruck
  4.2 ★
• 4
  Do You Close Your Eyes
• 5
  Stargazer
  4.2 ★
• 6
  A Light in the Black
  4.6 ★
• CD 3: On Stage
• 1
  Kill the King
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Medley: Man on the Silver Mountain / Blues / Starstruck
  3.2 ★
• 3
  Catch the Rainbow
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Mistreated
  3.6 ★
• 5
  Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
  2.0 ★
• 6
  Still I’m Sad
  2.0 ★
• CD 4: Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll
• 1
  Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Lady of the Lake
  3.8 ★
• 3
  L.A. Connection
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Gates of Babylon
  4.8 ★
• 5
  Kill the King
  4.4 ★
• 6
  The Shed (Subtle)
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Sensitive to Light
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Rainbow Eyes
  4.2 ★
• CD 5: Down to Earth
• 1
  All Night Long
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Eyes of the World
  4.2 ★
• 3
  No Time to Lose
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Makin’ Love
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Since You Been Gone
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Love’s No Friend
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Danger Zone
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Lost in Hollywood
  4.4 ★
• CD 6: Difficult to Cure
• 1
  I Surrender
  3.7 ★
• 2
  Spotlight Kid
• 3
  No Release
• 4
  Magic
• 5
  Vielleicht das nächste Mal (Maybe Next Time)
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Can’t Happen Here
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Freedom Fighter
• 8
  Midtown Tunnel Vision
• 9
  Difficult to Cure (Beethoven’s Ninth)
• CD 7: Straight Between the Eyes
• 1
  Death Alley Driver
• 2
  Stone Cold
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Bring on the Night (Dream Chaser)
• 4
  Tite Squeeze
• 5
  Tearin’ Out My Heart
• 6
  Power
• 7
  Miss Mistreated
• 8
  Rock Fever
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Eyes of Fire
  3.0 ★
• CD 8: Bent Out of Shape
• 1
  Stranded
• 2
  Can’t Let You Go
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Fool for the Night
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Fire Dance
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Anybody There
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Desperate Heart
• 7
  Street of Dreams
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Drinking With the Devil
• 9
  Snowman
  4.4 ★
• 10
  Make Your Move
• CD 9: Finyl Vinyl
• 1
  Spotlight Kid
  5.0 ★
• 2
  I Surrender
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Miss Mistreated
  4.8 ★
• 4
  Street of Dreams
  5.0 ★
• 5
  Jealous Lover
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Can’t Happen Here
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Tearin’ Out My Heart
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Since You Been Gone
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Bad Girl
  3.4 ★
• CD 10
• 1
  Difficult to Cure
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Stone Cold
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Power
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Man on the Silver Mountain
  3.5 ★
• 5
  Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Weiss Heim
  4.4 ★

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Release credits

• Bavarian String Ensemble
  additional [4]
• Bob Daisley
  bass guitar [4.4-5, 4.7, 10.4-5]
• Bob Rondinelli
  drums (drum set) [10.2-3, 10.6, 6.1-9, 7.1-9, 9.5-7]
• Chuck Burgi
  drums (drum set) [9.1-4, 8.1-10, 10.1]
• Clay Hutchinson
  assistant [1-9]
• Cozy Powell
  drums (drum set) [10.4-5, 9.8-9, 2.1-5, 4.1-8, 5.1-8, 3.1-6]
• Craig Gruber
  bass [1-9]
• David Rosenthal
  keyboard [8.1-10, 10.1-3, 9.1-7, 7.1-9]
• David Stone
  keyboard [10.4-5, 4.4-6], piano [3]
• Don Airey
  keyboard [6.1-9, 10.6, 5.1-8, 9.8-9]
• Dr. Michael Palmer
  recording [1-8]
• Flemming Rasmussen
  engineer [6.1-9, 8.1-10]
• Fritz Sonnleitner
  concertmaster [5]
• Gary Driscoll
  drums (drum set) [1-9]
• Gary Edwards
  engineer [1-8]
• Graham Bonnet
  lead vocals [9.8-9, 5.1-8]
• Jimmy Bain
  bass [1-6], bass guitar [1-6]
• Joe Lynn Turner
  lead vocals [7.1-9, 10.2-3, 6.1-4, 6.6-8, 8.1-4, 8.6-10, 9.1-7]
• Karl Heinz Feit
  cello [8]
• Kiss Ferenc
  additional [4], violin [8]
• Leigh Mantle
  recording [1-8]
• Martin Birch
  engineer [1-8], mix [1.1-9, 2.1-3, 2.5-6], producer [4.1-8, 2.1-5, 1.1-9]
• Max Hecker
  recorder [8]
• Mickey Lee Soule
  clavinet [1-9], electronic organ [1-9], mellotron [1-9], piano [1-9]
• Münchner Philharmoniker
  performing orchestra [5]
• Nick Blagona
  engineer [1-9], mix [8.1-10, 7.1-9]
• Nico Nicolic
  violin [8]
• Ottmar Machan
  viola [8]
• Rainer Pietsch
  conductor [5]
• Ritchie Blackmore
  arranger [1-6], bass guitar [1-3, 6, 8], guitar [2.1-5, 7.1-9, 8.1-10, 6.1-9, 10.1-6, 5.1-8, 3.1-6, 1.1-9, 4.1-8, 9.1-9], producer [1-9]
• Roger Glover
  bass guitar [6.1-9, 7.1-9, 8.1-10, 9.1-9, 10.1-3, 10.6, 5.1-8], mix [1-9], percussion [1-10], producer [5.1-8, 7.1-9, 8.1-10, 6.1-9]
• Ronnie James Dio
  arranger [1-6], lead vocals [3.1-6, 2.1-6, 10.4-5, 1.1-9, 4.1-8], producer [1-9]
• Rudi Risavy
  flute [8]
• Thomas Brekling
  assistant [1-9]
• Tony Carey
  keyboard [3.1-6, 4.1-2, 4.8, 2.1-5]
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Issues

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  The Polydor Years 1975–1986

  10x CD
  23 May 2007