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Rainbow – Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow = 銀嶺の覇者 (VG+/E) – LP, JP 1975, With OBI
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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow = 銀嶺の覇者 is an LP by Rainbow from 1975 released on the Polydor label.
About this album
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow announced Rainbow as a serious new force in hard rock, pairing Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore with Ronnie James Dio’s commanding vocals. Recorded in 1975 and released that year, the album blended thunderous riffs, medieval and fantasy imagery, and the kind of melodic heft that would help shape heavy metal’s emerging vocabulary. Songs such as Man on the Silver Mountain, Catch the Rainbow and Temple of the King became enduring touchstones, showing Blackmore’s move away from Deep Purple into a more dramatic, mythic sound world. It remains a landmark debut and one of the key transitional records between hard rock and heavy metal.
Genre: Metal
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:A1 Man On The Silver Mountain
A2 Self Portrait
A3 Black Sheep Of The Family
A4 Catch The Rainbow
B1 Snake Charmer
B2 The Temple Of The King
B3 If You Don'T Like Rock N' Roll
B4 Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
B5 Still I'M Sad