The Ronnie James Dio Story
Mightier Than The Sword


Tracks:

Disc 1:

1. Carolina County Ball - Elf
2. Love Is All - Ronnie James Dio
3. The Temple Of The King - Rainbow
4. Catch The Rainbow - Rainbow
5. Stargazer - Rainbow
6. Run With The Wolf - Rainbow
7. Over The Rainbow / Kill The King - Rainbow
8. Long Live Rock N Roll - Rainbow
9. Lady Of The Lake - Rainbow
10. Gates Of Babylon - Rainbow
11. Die Young - Black Sabbath
12. Heaven And Hell - Black Sabbath
13. Children Of The Sea - Black Sabbath

Disc 2:

1. The Mob Rules - Black Sabbath
2. Voodoo - Black Sabbath
3. Country Girl - Black Sabbath
4. Holy Diver - Dio
5. Rainbow In The Dark - Dio
6. We Rock - Dio
7. Rock 'N' Roll Children - Dio
8. All The Fools Sailed Away - Dio
9. I - Black Sabbath
10. Push - Dio
11. One More For The Road - Dio
12. Shadow Of The Wind - Black Sabbath
13. Neon Knights - Heaven & Hell
14. Bible Black - Heaven & Hell

Line up:

Vocals

- Ronnie James Dio (All tracks)

Guitars

- Steve Edwards (Track 1 on disc 1)
- Ray Fenwick (Track 2 on disc 1)
- Ritchie Blackmore (Tracks 3-10 on disc 1)
- Tony Iommi (Tracks 11-13 on disc 1 and tracks 1-3, 9, 12-14 on disc 2
- Vivian Campbell (Tracks 4-7 on disc 2)
- Craig Goldy (Track 8, 11 on disc 2)
- Doug Aldrich (Track 10 on disc 2)

Bass

- Craig Gruber (Tracks 1, 3-4 on disc 1)
- Roger Glover (Track 2 on disc 1)
- Jimmy Bain (Tracks 5-7 on disc 1 and tracks 4-8, 10 on disc 2)
- Ritchie Blackmore (Tracks 8-9 on disc 1)
- Bob Daisley (Track 10 on disc 1)
- Geezer Butler (Tracks 11-13 on disc 1 and tracks 1-3, 9, 12-14 on disc 2)
- Jeff Pilson (Track 11 on disc 2)

Drums

- Gary Driscoll (Tracks 1, 3-4 on disc 1)
- Michael Giles (Track 2 on disc 1)
- Cozy Powell (Tracks 5-10 on disc 1)
- Bill Ward (Tracks 11-13 on disc 1)
- Vinny Appice (Tracks 1-9, 12-14 on disc 2)
- Simon Wright (Tracks 10-11 on disc 2)

Additional credits

- Mickey Lee Soule (Keyboards on track 1 on disc 1)
- David Stone (Keyboards on track 10 on disc 1)
- Geoff Nicholls (Keyboards on tracks 11-13 on disc 1 and 1-3, 9 on disc 2)
- Claude Schnell (Keyboards on tracks 6-8 on disc 2)
- Scott Warren (Keyboards on track 11 on disc 2)

Record Label:

Niji Entertainment Group

Year of Release:

2011

Notes:

Mightier Than the Sword: The Ronnie James Dio Story is a posthumous two CD compilation album spanning the career of Ronnie James Dio. It features songs from Dio's time in Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, his solo band, Dio, and Heaven & Hell. It was released 8 August 2011 in Europe.