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Ritchie Blackmore's career was far from over when Deep Purple
disbanded. When he put out the first Rainbow CD, that fact was very
well established. However, as with Deep Purple, Rainbow faced many
personnel changes. It starts to make one wonder if a certain guitar
player by the name of Ritchie Blackmore has difficulty in getting
along with others. But regardless, he put out some great stuff in his
time. I prefer the earlier stuff with Ronnie James Dio on vocals. I
mean no offense to the other singers but the later stuff was too
commercial. There is a good mix from all of the years of Rainbow and
it is a fine selection, overall. This CD contains: "Man on the Silver
Mountain", "Long Live Rock and Roll", "Gates of Babylon", "Since You
Been Gone", "Street of Dreams", "Stone Cold", "Catch the Rainbow" and
more. Ritchie Blackmore is one of classic rock's great guitarists and
this CD demonstrates why. |
