Rainbow
On Stage - Deluxe Edition


Tracks:

Disc 1:

1. Intro: Over The Rainbow / Kill The King
(Munich Sept 29th/Tokyo Dec 16th, 1976)
2. Medley: Man On The Silver Mountain / Blues / Starstruck
(Tokyo Dec 16th, 1976)
3. Catch The Rainbow
(Osaka Dec 9th/Tokyo Dec 16th, 1976)
4. Mistreated
(Cologne Sept 25th)
5. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
(Tokyo Dec 16th, 1976)
6. Still I'm Sad
(Nuremberg Sept 28th, 1976)

Disc: 2 (Tokyo - December 16th, 1976 evening show)

1. Kill The King
2. Mistreated
3. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
4. Catch The Rainbow
5. Medley: Man On The Silver Mountain / Blues / Starstruck
6. Do You Close Your Eyes

Line up:

Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar
Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
Tony Carey – Keyboards
Jimmy Bain – Bass
Cozy Powell – Drums

Record Label / Year of Release:

Universal 2012

Notes:

On Stage is a live album originally released by Rainbow in 1977 on Oyster - Polydor SPDLP6B (2657 016) . The album features a cover of a song from Blackmore's previous band Deep Purple: "Mistreated."

The album was recorded live over several German and Japanese dates in late 1976 during the Rising world tour. Many of the tracks were spliced together from different dates by producer Martin Birch, and the running order was changed to more easily fit four sides of vinyl.

The recording features the customary introduction to a Rainbow show – the classic quote from The Wizard of Oz, "Toto: I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow!" with the last word repeated as an echo, then the actual band plays a musical phrase from the song "Somewhere over the Rainbow" before breaking into "Kill the King".

A more representative example of a Rainbow concert of the time was the 1991 release Live in Germany.

The original gatefold-sleeve vinyl release had picture-bag liners and the 1999 remaster duplicated the full artwork.

Some CD versions do not feature the tracks "Blues" and "Starstruck."

The song "Kill the King" appeared on this album before it ever appeared on a studio album. The studio version can be found on the follow-up release, 1978's Long Live Rock 'n' Roll.

This album was finally released in as a 2-CD Deluxe Remastered Edition in 2012. Disc 2 is listed in the booklet as Osaka - December 9th, 1976, in fact it is the Tokyo December 16th evening show...