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The Best of Rainbow

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Released
  
November 1981

Length
  
82:11

Release date
  
November 1981

Genres
  
Hard rock, Heavy metal

Recorded
  
1975–1981

Artist
  
Rainbow

Label
  
Polydor Records

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The Best of Rainbow (1981)
  
The Very Best of Rainbow (1997)

Producers
  
Martin Birch, Roger Glover

Similar
  
Rainbow albums, Hard rock albums

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The Best of Rainbow is the first compilation album from British hard rock group Rainbow, released in 1981.

Contents

It featured only previously released studio cuts, taken from the five studio LPs released at that point. However, "Jealous Lover", the first song written by Blackmore and Turner, had been available only as a B-side in Europe (to "Can't Happen Here") and on the Jealous Lover EP in the USA.

The original vinyl-release was a 2-LP set, in a gatefold-sleeve which contained photos of the band during its various incarnations, and reached No. 14 in the UK Albums Chart in 1981.

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Personnel

  • Ritchie Blackmore – guitar, bass on track 5
  • Ronnie James Dio – vocals: tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16
  • Graham Bonnet – vocals: tracks 1, 3, 9, 12
  • Joe Lynn Turner - vocals: tracks 4, 13, 15
  • Micky Lee Soule – keyboards: tracks 2, 10, 11
  • Tony Carey – keyboards: tracks 6, 8, 16
  • David Stone – keyboards: tracks 7, 14
  • Don Airey – keyboards: tracks 1, 3, 4, 9, 12, 13, 15
  • Craig Gruber – bass: tracks 2, 10, 11
  • Jimmy Bain – bass: tracks 6, 8, 16
  • Bob Daisley – bass: tracks 7, 14
  • Roger Glover – bass: tracks 1, 3, 4, 9, 12, 13, 15
  • Gary Driscoll – drums: tracks 2, 10, 11
  • Cozy Powell – drums: tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 16
  • Bobby Rondinelli - drums: tracks 4, 13, 15
  • Roger Glover - producer: tracks 1, 3, 4, 9, 12, 13, 15
  • Blackmore/Birch/Dio - producers: tracks 2, 10, 11
  • Martin Birch - producer: tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16

    • Songs

    1Man On The Silver Mountain4:38
    2Catch The Rainbow6:38
    3Starstruck4:07

    References

    The Best of Rainbow Wikipedia
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