Thin Lizzy - That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart

Sunday, time for a classic.

"That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart" is a tune by the Irish rock band THIN LIZZY, and was released on the eighth studio album "Bad Reputation", released in 1977. As the front cover suggests, most of the tracks feature only three-quarters of the band, with guitarist Brian Robertson only credited on three tracks. He had missed most of their previous tour, following a hand injury sustained in a brawl, and this album turned out to be his last studio effort with THIN LIZZY. On 27 June 2011, a new remastered and expanded version of "Bad Reputation" was released.

With Robertson out of the band, band leader Phil Lynott had decided that Scott Gorham would be able to handle all the guitar duties himself, and that no replacement for Robertson would be recruited prior to recording the album. However, Gorham believed that a second guitarist was required, particularly for live work, performing songs that were written for two guitars. He later said, "I was always a big believer in the magic circle – once you broke the magic circle, the whole thing was broken, right?" He deliberately left two songs ("Opium Trail" and "Killer Without a Cause") without guitar solos recorded, and persuaded Lynott to allow Robertson to return to the band to record the solos for them. Lynott relented, and Robertson flew to Toronto and recorded his lead guitar parts. However, he initially refused to socialise with the other band members: "Christ, I wouldn't even have a drink with them," he said. He later added, "I tried not to go out to clubs for about a week, then succumbed..." Robertson and Gorham shared lead guitar parts on only one song, "That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart".

"It was such an important album to us because of all the adversities that we'd been going through," recalled Gorham. "We had to pull this together or we were going to go down in a ball of flames."

Robertson stayed on for the subsequent Bad Reputation tour, which provided some tracks for the Live and Dangerous album (released 1978), but he left the band when the tour concluded.

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Thin Lizzy - Rosalie

Thursday, time for cover.

"Rosalie" is a tune written by American rock singer-songwriter Bob Seger, taken from the sixth studio album "Back In '72", released in 1973. It was the first new album on Seger's manager Punch Andrews' label, Palladium Records, to be released under their distribution deal with the Reprise division of Warner Bros. Records and one of several early Seger albums that has never been reissued on CD.

Today's tune "Rosalie" is about Rosalie Trombley, the Canadian former music director of AM Top 40 radio station CKLW, also known as "The Big 8". She was known for her ability to select songs that would later become big hits. At the time, she was one of the few female music directors in AM top 40; Kal Rudman, editor of the Friday Morning Quarterback, a music trade publication, referred to her as "the number one music director in the United States." Her influence as a music director later led to an annual award being named after her.

Trombley was immortalized by Bob Seger in his 1973 song "Rosalie", ("She's got the tower, she's got the power / Rosalie"). (The song was later covered by Irish band THIN LIZZY, on their 1975 album "Fighting" and again on their 1978 LP "Live And Dangerous".) Seger wrote it in frustration at not being able to get his songs played on CKLW at that time. There are differing stories concerning Trombley’s reaction to the tune: some claim she hated “Rosalie” and refused to allow her DJs to play it; others insist the programmer was flattered, but worried about a potential conflict of interest. Either way, CKLW never played "Rosalie", although the song did receive spins on other Detroit stations, as well as top-40 outlets as far away as Idaho

Enjoy today's cover with THIN LIZZY. The non-album track "Half-Caste" was released on the B-Side of the original "Rosalie" single.



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Snowy White - Bird Of Paradise

Sunday, time for a classic.

"Bird Of Paradise" is the debut single by former THIN LIZZY guitarist Snowy White, from his debut album, "White Flames", released in 1983. The single became White's biggest hit, peaking at no. 6 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1984, remaining on the chart for 11 weeks. The song was the only single released from the album and is White's signature song.

The song has featured on various compilations of White's material, such as Goldtop: "Groups & Sessions '74–'94", "Pure Gold" and "The Best of Snowy White". White performed the song on the BBC Television show Top of the Pops in 1984, see the clip below.

British radio DJ Steve Wright described "Bird of Paradise" as "one of my favourite songs of all time", after playing the song on BBC Radio 1 during its run in the charts.

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Dare - Abandon

Sunday, time for a classic!

DARE are a rock band from Oldham, England, fronted by THIN LIZZY keyboard player Darren Wharton. They formed in 1985 and have released ten albums to date, nine studio and one live. An eleventh album will be released in 2019.

Today's tune "Abandon" is taken from the bands debut album "Out of the Silence" It was released in 1988 on A&M Records. It was recorded in Los Angeles at singer, Joni Mitchell's private studio in Beverly Hills. The lineup for this album consisted of Darren Wharton (vocals/keyboards), Vinny Burns (guitars), Martin 'Shelley' Shelton (bass), James Ross (drums), and Brian Cox (keyboards). Enjoy!



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The Dead Daisies - Long Way To Go

THE DEAD DAISIES latest studio album "Make Some Noise” was released on August 5, 2016.

Today’s tune "Long Way To Go” was released as the first single from the album is a cool tune with nice hooks, great vocals and intense guitar riffs. Looking forward to listen to the new thingie in a few days. THE DEAD DAISIES consists of band members David Lowy (RED PHOENIX, MINK), John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRÜE, RATT), Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE, DIO), Marco Mendoza (WHITESNAKE, THIN LIZZY) and Brian Tichy (OZZY OSBOURNE, FOREIGNER), that equals that this kind of rock 'n' roll has never get out of fashion.

THE DEAD DAISIES were formed by guitarist and songwriter David Lowy, whose keen instinct and clear vision has guided the recruitment of an amazing revolving lineup of renowned musicians since the band's inception in 2012. Initially, Richard Fortus and Dizzy Reed of GUNS 'N' ROSES, plus THE ROLLING STONES band members Darryl Jones and Bernard Fowler, as well as John Tempesta and Charley Drayton of THE CULT, were involved. Lowy has once again enlisted incredibly talented international stars to record "Make Some Noise". "For me as a vocalist, this kind of high-caliber lineup is an absolute dream come true," enthuses Corabi, continuing: "When you work with THE DEAD DAISIES, everybody is amazingly motivated to deliver top performances."

"Make Some Noise", which was superbly recorded and produced by Marti Frederiksen (AEROSMITH, DEF LEPPARD, MÖTLEY CRÜE, BUCKCHERRY) in Nashville in February and March 2016, contains ten originals plus two inspired new incarnations of THE WHO's "Join Together" and CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL's "Fortunate Son".

Today’s tune ”Long Way To Go” is the first single from the new album "Make Some Noise”! it’s also included on the latest ”Live & Louder” album that was release may 19th 2017, enjoy!


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Black Star Riders - Heavy Fire

Monday, new week, time to introduce ”Record Of The Week"

"Heavy Fire" is the third studio album by hard rock band BLACK STAR RIDERS, released on February 3, 2017. BLACK STAR RIDERS evolved from the touring version of THIN LIZZY, assembled by guitarist Scott Gorham after the death of THIN LIZZYs leader Phil Lynott. The band's first two albums "All Hell Breaks Loose" and "The Killer Instinct" were released in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

The band formed in December 2012, when members of the most recent line-up of THIN LIZZY decided to record new material, but chose not to release it under the THIN LIZZY name. While THIN LIZZY will continue on an occasional basis, BLACK STAR RIDERS is a full-time band, described as "the next step in the evolution of the THIN LIZZY story".

The band is fronted by Ricky Warwick, and features guitarists Scott Gorham and Damon Johnson, bass guitarist Robbie Crane and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso.

The album was Recorded at Rock Falcon Studio in Nashville. Produced by Nick Raskulinecz, who's known for the densely layered, muscular sound he has brought to albums by ALICE IN CHAINS, DEFTNESS, EVANESCENCE and MASTODON.

"Heavy Fire” follows the same charted path as the previous albums, it’s a is a delightful release of great melody and duelling guitars of Gorham and Johnson. The album spins like a cat on the turntable, great swinging with classic raw power. It's heavy bluesy, excellent slinky riffage, marvellous singing and 10 catchy tunes. All from the bluesy title track to the vintage guitar tune "Dancing with the Wrong Girl" and "Testify or Say Goodbye", the heavy and raw "When the Night Comes In", "Who Rides the Tiger" to the half pace "Cold War Love" and "Fade", yes the tunes will evoke THIN LIZZY from time to time, but still this is something different, the band has really succeeded to manage the past without stepping in the wrong hole and this certainly is something you should get, ok!.

Summary: "Heavy Fire” is a fresh rock album with a good-old-grey legacy.

Here is a picture from last year, when the album got a spin here in Stockholm.

The album has been marketed via PledgeMusic, and its release will be followed in March 2017 by a full UK tour supported by GUN with THE AMORETTS and BACKYARD BABIES sharing the opening support slot.

The first single from the album, "When the Night Comes In", was premiered on Planet Rock radio on November 15, 2016. The follow-up single and today’s tune "Testify or Say Goodbye” was first played on BBC Radio 2 by Ken Bruce on January 5, 2017.

"Dancing With the Wrong Girl" and "Cold War Love" are the first BLACK STAR RIDERS songs to feature bassist Robbie Crane credited as a composer. Heavy Fire is Crane's second album with the group.

"Letting Go of Me" is the first BLACK STAR RIDERS song not to be co-written by Damon Johnson.

The album is the group's first to feature keyboards. Damon Johnson contributes mellotron on unspecified tracks while producer Nick Raskulinecz plays on "Letting Go of Me". "Testify or Say Goodbye" features organ from session musician Fred Mandel.



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Svvamp - Burning Down

SVVAMP was created by three friends — Adam Johansson, Henrik Bjorklund and Erik Stahlgren — drawn together for the sake of jamming and a love of rock, folk and blues. Their resulting heavy psych sound is immediately gripping in its homespun feel and hints of CREAM, Eric Bell-era THIN LIZZY, CCR and CRAZY HORSE.

Every once in a while you find a band without self-conscious pretense that just lay out their cards and it's a full house! Really looking forward to grab my hands on the upcoming 11-song debut set to be release on August 19th.

Today's tune "Burning Down" echoes the stomping freeform feel of the NEW YARDBIRDS "How Many More Times".



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Thin Lizzy - Life

Life (subtitled Live, and labelled Life:Live on the original vinyl LP editions) is a double live album by Irish band THIN LIZZY, released in 1983. This double album was recorded during their farewell tour in 1983, principally at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, UK. Phil Lynott had felt reluctantly that it was time to disband the group after the 1983 tour and to mark the occasion, former THIN LIZZY guitarists Eric Bell (1969–73), Brian Robertson (1974–78) and Gary Moore (1974, 1977 and 1978–79) joined the band on stage at the end of these gigs to do some numbers. This was called "The All-Star Jam".

THIN LIZZYs 2nd Live album "Life" is a real killer, what a live album it is! If you compare it to "Live and Dangerous", witch was a freaking good live recording, then I felt that "Life" is just a little better, the production is better, so the sound is both smoother and crispier. The setlist in my mind is a bit stronger on "Life", but that's my taste. The versions of "Renegade", "Hollywood" and "Killer on the Loose" featuring Snowy White had been performed two years earlier when he was still with the band. White's participation was only credited to "Renegade". Lynott describes the slower tempo version of "Don't Believe a Word" as being the original arrangement. A version of the song with the slower arrangement appears on Moore's Back on the Streets album from 1978, with Lynott on bass guitar and lead vocals and Brian Downey on drums. During the performance of "The Rocker", all of the guitarists (except for White) played at the same time (Moore, John Sykes, Scott Gorham, Robertson and Bell), making a total of eight members on stage performing at once (including keyboard player Darren Wharton).

Today's tune "Angel of Death" is a song taken from their "Renegade" album, released as a single in the United States. It has been covered by death metal group VADER and power metal group GAMMA RAY. The tune was also included in today's live album "Life". The video of "Angel Of Death" is live in Dublin, Ireland, 1983 (3/11) with the line up consisting of: Phil Lynott: Vocals & Bass, Brian Downey: Drums, Scott Gorham: Guitars, John Sykes: Guitars, Darren Wharton: Keyboards.



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The Dead Daisies - Angel In Your Eyes

THE DEAD DAISIES are an Australian-American rock band, a musical collective created by a rotating line-up that features some real rockers.

THE DEAD DAISIES formed in 2012 in Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, California. Musicians Richard Fortus (GUNS N’ ROSES), Jon Stevens (INXS, NOISEWORKS) and David Lowy (MINK) have been involved at various times along with a rotation of top rock musicians that have included Darryl Jones (THE ROLLING STONES), Dizzy Reed (GUNS N’ ROSES), Marco Mendoza (THIN LIZZY), Charley Drayton (THE CULT, DIVINYLS, COLD CHISEL), John Tempesta (THE CULT), Brian Tichy (WHITESNAKE), Frank Ferrer (GUNS N’ ROSES), Alex Carapetis (NINE INCH NAILS), Clayton Doley, Jackie Barnes (JIMMY BARNES), Alan Mansfield and Doug Aldrich (WHITESNAKE).

The most recent members to join the collective in 2015 are John Corabi (MÖTLEY CRUE/UNION) and Bernard Fowler (THE ROLLING STONES).

In January of 2016 it was announced that Doug Aldrich was joining the band as the most recent member added to an ever evolving lineup.

Current lineup:

David Lowy – rhythm guitar (2012–present)
Marco Mendoza – bass (2013, 2014–present)
John Corabi – lead vocals (2015–present)
Brian Tichy – drums (2015–present)
Doug Aldrich - lead guitar (2016–present)

Today's tune "Angel In Your Eyes" is a single released 2015



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Thin Lizzy - Me And The Boys

Sunday, time for a classic.

Todays tune "Me and the Boys" which is actually a b-side on the single "Rosalie", never before released. But can be found on some live recordings like "Still Dangerous" The tune is written by Downey, Robertson, Lynott, Gorham

Thin Lizzy performing Me And The Boys. Recorded live at Rainbow Theatre in Finsbury Park, North London UK on March 29th, 1978. The musicians are Phil Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson.



Still Dangerous is a live album by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. It was compiled out of two live concerts by the band at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia at 20 & 21 October 1977 during the tour in support of their Bad Reputation album. No overdubs were made to any tracks so the album is completely live.

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Black Star Riders - Hey Judas

A few days ago we got a nice celebrate visit of the real rock stars, namely Scott Gorham and his band Black Star Riders that played at Debaser Medis here in Stockholm.

They did a very good show and it was really nice to see Scott Gorham again live on stage and he still can play guitar. The show was tight and well played and it was very nice to hear the classic tunes live again, even if never got the chance to see Thin Lizzy live on stage, this was probably as close to the real thing as it is possible at the moment. Support for the evening was the Swedish rock band "The Gloria Story" which had the heavy task of starting up the evening with only a fraction of tonight's visitors that had arrived to the venue, tough thing, but they delivered a good rock show anyway, well done guys. The second support was the Russian rock band "Red Scool" that had a really classic touch with a really good singer.

The band also contains some really renowned musicians such as Ricky Warwick (The Almighty) - Vocals, Damon Johnson (Brother Cane and Alice Cooper)- Lead Guitar, Marco Mendoza (Ted Nugent/Whitesnake/Blue Murder) - Bass Guitar and Jimmy DeGrasso (Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, White Lion and Alice Cooper) - Drums. Gorham is the only member of Black Star Riders to have been a member of Thin Lizzy while Phil Lynott led the band and thus the only one to have appeared on a Thin Lizzy studio album.

Black Star Riders was formed in December 2012, when members of the most recent line-up of Thin Lizzy decided to record new material, but chose not to release it under the Thin Lizzy name. While Thin Lizzy will continue on an occasional basis, Black Star Riders will be a full-time band, described as "the next step in the evolution of the Thin Lizzy story". The band's first album, All Hell Breaks Loose, was released on 21 May 2013. The album was produced & mixed by the legendary Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Rush), their first studio album All Hell Breaks Loose features cover artwork by Gil Elvgren - the most renowned pin-up artist in the history of American Illustration.

Todays tune "Hey Judas" is taken from "All Hell Breaks Loose"


Setlist @Debaser:

All Hell Breaks Loose
Are You Ready (Thin Lizzy cover)
Bloodshot
Bad Reputation (Thin Lizzy cover)
Before the War
Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy cover)
Hoodoo Voodoo
Massacre (Thin Lizzy cover)
Kingdom of the Lost
Hey Judas
Southbound (Thin Lizzy cover)
Kissin' the Ground
Valley of the Stones
Emerald (Thin Lizzy cover)
Bound for Glory
Cowboy Song (Thin Lizzy cover)
The Boys Are Back in Town (Thin Lizzy cover)

Encore:
Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy cover)
Rosalie (Bob Seger cover)

Upcoming Tourdates:

15 Nov 2013 ROCK AT SEA Cruise Stockholm, Sweden
16 Nov 2013 Virgin Oil Helsinki, Finland
17 Nov 2013 Amager Bio Copenhagen, Denmark
18 Nov 2013 Godset Kolding, Denmark
19 Nov 2013 Live Music Hall Cologne, Germany
20 Nov 2013 Biebob Vosselaar, Belgium
22 Nov 2013 O2 Academy Bournemouth, England
23 Nov 2013 Shepherds Bush Empire London, England
24 Nov 2013 O2 Academy Bristol, UK
26 Nov 2013 Junction Cambridge, UK
27 Nov 2013 UEA Norwich, UK
29 Nov 2013 HARD ROCK HELL Pwllheli, Gwynedd, North Wales
30 Nov 2013 Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton, UK
01 Dec 2013 University / Solus Cardiff, UK
02 Dec 2013 O2 Academy Oxford, UK
03 Dec 2013 O2 Academy Liverpool, UK
05 Dec 2013 Ironworks Inverness, Scotland
06 Dec 2013 Picturehouse Edinburgh, Scotland
07 Dec 2013 O2 Academy Newcastle, UK
08 Dec 2013 O2 Academy Leeds, UK
10 Dec 2013 The Assembly Rooms Leamington Spa
12 Dec 2013 Rock City Nottingham, England
13 Dec 2013 Ritz Manchester, Uk
14 Dec 2013 Academy Dublin, IRE
15 Dec 2013 Belfast Limelight Belfast, N. Ireland

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Black Star Riders - Bound For Glory

Tuesday, little worn out after two days at the Globe, nice to take it easy today, fixed some small things, painted a painting, has also managed to lain on the couch and listened to music, some lovely things such as Thin Lizzy Steve Wilson and Chris Robinson Brotherhood. Speaking of Thin Lizzy ....

Black Star Riders is a rock band formed in December 2012, when members of the most recent line-up of Thin Lizzy decided to record new material, but chose not to release it under the Thin Lizzy name. While Thin Lizzy will continue on an occasional basis, Black Star Riders will be a full-time band, described as "the next step in the evolution of the Thin Lizzy story". The band's first album, All Hell Breaks Loose, is to be released on 21 May 2013.

In May 2010, Thin Lizzy lead guitarist Scott Gorham announced the latest incarnation of the group, which had toured sporadically with various line-ups since 1996, after the death of band leader Phil Lynott in 1986. This marked the return of the original drummer Brian Downey and longtime keyboard player Darren Wharton, joining Gorham, bass guitarist Marco Mendoza, and vocalist and occasional guitarist Ricky Warwick. The other lead guitarist role was initially filled by Vivian Campbell, then by Richard Fortus, before Damon Johnson joined the band in August 2011. As the band toured throughout 2011 and 2012, they composed new material for possible release as a Thin Lizzy studio album and demos were recorded in June 2012.

In October 2012, it was announced that the new material would not be recorded under the Thin Lizzy name, and that a new band name would be used for the new songs. According to Gorham, this was "out of respect to Phil Lynott and the legacy he created", though he confirmed that the new material would feature the classic Thin Lizzy sound. He later confirmed that the decision was taken by himself and Downey, with the support of the other members of the band, and that the Thin Lizzy estate (controlled by Lynott's widow Caroline) had also been uncomfortable about new Thin Lizzy studio recordings. Warwick has acknowledged that a portion of Thin Lizzy fans were also against the idea of Thin Lizzy studio recordings without Lynott.

As the new material was being written, it became clear that Downey and Wharton would not be involved when the final recordings were made. Downey required a break from the heavy touring schedule, and Wharton wanted to return to his own band Dare, and to work on a film project. Warwick confirmed, "Brian and Darren just don't want to be on the road 150 days a year, and that's completely understandable. But we do."

Gorham has stated that Thin Lizzy will still perform as a band in the future: "Thin Lizzy isn't gonna die," he said. With reference to the much-publicised Lizzy "farewell" tour in late 2012, Warwick confirmed, "All that 'farewell' meant is that we're not going to do 150 Lizzy shows a year... those were just the last shows for a while." Thin Lizzy are due to complete a short tour of Australia in March 2013, with Downey and Wharton as part of the line-up. Black Star Riders

Damon Johnson has revealed that Gorham was against any name for the new band that was related to Thin Lizzy, "because this band has to stand on its own". Warwick named the band after a gang of outlaws in the 1993 western film Tombstone.

The band consists of Gorham and Johnson on lead guitar, Mendoza on bass guitar, with Warwick acting as vocalist and occasional guitarist. The band's drummer will be Jimmy DeGrasso, but no keyboard player has been recruited, with Gorham stating, "I don't think we are actually going to have keyboards in Black Star Riders. You never know what's going to happen down the road but that is the set-up right now with that."

All members are American with the exception of Warwick who is from Northern Ireland. Each member has previously achieved success with other acts – Gorham with all incarnations of Thin Lizzy since 1974 and with 21 Guns; Warwick with The Almighty; Johnson with his own band Brother Cane, and with Alice Cooper; Mendoza with Blue Murder, fronted by another ex-Thin Lizzy member, John Sykes; and DeGrasso with several acts including Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, White Lion and Alice Cooper. Gorham is the only member of Black Star Riders to have been a member of Thin Lizzy while Phil Lynott led the band and thus the only one to have appeared on a Thin Lizzy studio album.

Todays tune "Bound For Glory" is taken from the upcoming album "All Hell Breaks Loose", out May 24th (Europe), May 27th (United Kingdom) and May 28, 2013 (North America).



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Rainbow - A Light In The Black

New week, which means a new album that may be titled "Record Of The Week". Yesterday when I was looking for the sunday classic and played some Thin Lizzy and after all search for the right classic, so for some reason will always Rainbow's "Rising" comes up, it shows up like a jack in the box. Wondering if it's the cover that makes you always pull it out, or it may be a magnetic field that surrounds the record, what do I know, there it came anyway, and there it lay completely untouched until Thin Lizzy was fully completed and it was time to put on a new album, which got to be "Rising", heck and holy moses what a record this is, the memories you get, hell of swing the band creates, do not know how many times I clicked the volume button during the play, but it was quite high at the end, all i can say it was a wonderful time all the 33 minutes or so.

Rising (also known as Rainbow Rising is the second hard rock/heavy metal album by Rainbow, released in 1976. This is the only album of the band that has reached Platinum status in the USA.

With Ritchie Blackmore retaining only Ronnie James Dio from the previous album, he recruited drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey to complete the new line-up. Recorded in Munich in less than a month, the album was overseen by rock producer and engineer Martin Birch. The record was originally billed as Blackmore's Rainbow in the US.

Few of the album tracks made it into the band's live set: "Stargazer" and "Do You Close Your Eyes", written prior to the inaugural US tour in late 1975, featured in all the 1975 and 1976 shows, while "A Light in the Black" was dropped early in the 1976 tour, although it was reintroduced into the set during the Japanese dates. "Starstruck" was played in shortened form usually as part of "Man on the Silver Mountain".

According to the All Music Guide, Rising captured Blackmore and Dio at the peak of their creative powers...(it) chronicled both the guitarist's neo-classical metal compositions at their most ambitious, and the singer's growing fixation with fantasy lyrical themes — a blueprint he would adopt for his entire career thereafter.

The album showpiece, the 8 minute and 26 second piece "Stargazer", which features the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, originally had a keyboard intro found on the 2011 Deluxe Edition's "Rough Mix" version.

The first CD issue had a slightly different mix to that of the original LP, including, for example, a longer delay before the band entered after Carey's opening solo in "Tarot Woman", a longer play-out on "Run with the Wolf" and the track "Stargazer" had the vocals mixed without the delay, the extra synthesizer deleted and some of the phased sounds deleted. When remastered in 1999 the original vinyl mix was restored.

After several reschedulings, the album was finally released in Japan on April 5, 2011 as a 2 SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) Deluxe Remastered Edition. This limited edition reissue will only be released in a cardboard gatefold sleeve (mini LP-style paper jacket) featuring the "high-fidelity" SHM-CD manufacturing process (compatible with standard CD players) and is part of a two-album Rainbow cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring Rainbow Rising and Down to Earth. Both feature the unique-to-Japan obi strip and an additional insert.

Todays tune "A Light In The Black" is as you guessed taken from the album "Rising"



Here is a full show from 20/10 1977 in Munich, when Rainbow is performing. The electric rainbow that spanned the stage used so much power, it frequently interfered with the guitars and amplifiers.


In issue 1 of Kerrang! magazine, Rising was voted as the number 1 album of all time. 

German thrash metal band Paradox (German band) covered the song "A Light in the Black" on the "Tales of the Weird" album (as bonus track).

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