Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    My fave has to be "Long Live Rock And Roll", classic Dio sound.
    It has a mystical flavor to it like Dio's later stuff.  This is
    a good candlelight/headphone ablum to me, especially "Gates Of
    Babylon".
    
    				Mr Scary II
    	(The devil is me and I'm holding the key to the gates of sweet
    hell Babylon)

    My favorite Rainbow album is the one not listed in the base note,
    'Finyl Vinyl'. This is a 2-LP live set, which is comprised of live
    cuts from vrious times in the bands history. Although it centers
    on the era with Joe Lynn Turner, there is also some stuff with
    Ronnie James and with Graham Bonnet singing.
    
    Also very good is the video 'The Final Cut', which is a collection
    of conceptual and live videos. Especially good on this is "Spotlight
    Kid", "Power" (which has Richie going nuts on the poor Strat!),
    and "Difficult to Cure" (which has an 80-piece orchestra rising
    up behind the band to jam with Ritchie - great!). The conceptual
    videos are only OK, but the live clips are some classic Rainbow.
    (Unfortunately, nothing on the video with Ronnie James.)
    
    cat

    Favorite Rainbow vinyl: Long Live Rock and Roll
    
    Favorite cuts: Long Live Rock and Roll
                   Man on the Silver Mountain
                   Lady of the Lake
                   Gates of Babylon
                   Since You've Been Gone
                   Lost in Hollywood
                   Power
    
    and too many more to list!!!!!!
    
    
                                    Deathalley Driver

    
    
    Sorry I've forgotten "Finyl Vinyl", and I even have it on CD.
    
    You seemed to like RAINBOW a lot, and I do also. 
    
    What did you think when DEEP PURPLE rejoined for Perfect 
    Stranger... coz I was kind of sad.
    
    
              	Didier   "Always the good die Young"

    Well, although I saw Rainbow live, I didn't really start getting
    into them until recently, so I was happy Deep Purple got back 
    together (especially when I saw them on the 'Perfect Strangers'
    tour - they were hot!). But now I wish I could see Rainbow again,
    especially since the last Purple album wasn't that great ('House
    of Blue Light' -Zzzzzz).
    
    cat
    who_can_never_get_his_timing_right

       Two good tunes I've always liked is:
      
                   1.  Stone Cold
    
                   2.  Street of Dreams
    
    COBRA
    

    
    My favourite rainbow album is "rising" dio's performance on this
    is superb.I bought the first album and was dismayed with the mediocre
    performance on it,the songs are good but the performance was very
    plain.So I was reluctant to buy "rising" when it came out,but I
    think it is one of the top albums I have bought.I would recommend
    it to anyone.
    
    steve.
    

    I was just the opposite.  I got the first one and loved it, then
    when "Rising" came out, I thought the songs there were rather droll.
    That was before I played (or attempted to play) an instrument, so
    I would have been listening to the songs, not analyzing the
    performance. 

    gh

    
    Rainbow Rising blow me away every time I hear it.  Its great stuff.
    
    And the best _EVER_ ballad is a Rainbow track on the Dificult to cure
    album.  (I can't remember the title offhand) - its German).
    
    -Tony

        Since this note hasn't seen some action in a while I decided to 
    write in it.  Rainbow Rules!  My favorite album is definetly Rising
    and ny favorite song is Difficult to Cure Live at the Budokan in 
    Tokyo.  (It's on final Vinyl)  Can anyone tell me how many albums Dio 
    recorded with them?
    
    Long live Rock-n-Roll
    
    Jammin Jim
    

    Straight through the eyes is a decent LP. I like the tunes Death Alley
    Driver and Stone Cold. I saw them in concert about 8 years ago.
    Ritchie blackmore was with 'em. He s*cked %#*@. The rest of the band
    was cool.
    
    Jr

	The one I know RJD is in are:

	Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow	
	Long Live Rock'n'Roll
	Rising
	On Stage
	
	The first ones in fact (not sure about "Down to earth"). Of course 
	you'll find RJD in the "Best of Rainbow" and in "Finyl Vinyl".

	Didier "Long Live Rock'n'Roll"	

        Didier
    
        Thanks for the info on RJD.  I have all the albums you mentioned
    with the exception of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.  I will definetely
    pick it up.
    
    Thanks Again
    
    Jammin Jim
    

                My personal  best  from  Rainbow would HAVE to be
                off `Bent Out  of  Shape'  -  `Can't Let You Go'.
                Just something about the song I guess. . .
                
                METALord"�

    
    My favorite is "Kill the King" from "Long live Rock and Roll"
    Of all the albums, "On Stage" perhaps, with Richie Blackmore blues.
    
    I prefer the Dio / Bonnet albums, but Difficult to Cure is quite
    good - esp the title track...When DP played at Knebworth in '85
    they played this with Laser show of a handjiving Beethoven an' all!

    ps. does anyone think the early Yngwie Malmsteen albums sound like
        Rainbow rip-offs?

    /Speedking

	I really do found that Yngwie's "Odyssey" sound a lot like Rainbow with
Graham Bonnet. I think this is due to the voice. I think it's Yngwie's best 
album, specially in terms of voice. It's the first time I really like his singer
His album is no longer a_lot_of_my_fantastic_guitar_playing_with_a_poor_voice
but a real album with guitar+voice+bass+drums(+keyboards)


Didier

>    ps. does anyone think the early Yngwie Malmsteen albums sound like
>        Rainbow rip-offs?

Yngwie is a wicked Blackmore fan/clone! When he was in Alcatrazz, with Graham
Bonnet singing, they covered "Since You've Been Gone" and "Long Live Rock and 
Roll". And I remember on the back of his first solo album, he noted Richie as 
a big influence (along with Mozart and Bach, of course...).

I'll take Richie anyday.....

cat

    
    I nearly died when I got Yngwie's Rising Force - Oddysey 
    Joe Lynn Turner on vocals.......
    
    Still, since Rainbow are no more.....
    
    /Speedking
    

    
    
         I'm not quite sure of the reactions to Yngvie(s.p.?).  Would you
    recommend any of his albums to Rainbow fans?  My favorite Rainbow
    is with Dio.  How close does Malmstein come to this sound?
    
    Jim
    

    I liked Joe's vocal's on TNT's Intuition lp a lot!!  He mixed really
    well with Tony I thought.

    
    Turner added something extra to Malmsteen.  He could sing a lot
    better than the other guy Yngwie had.  His songwriting helped Yngwie
    on his last album.  I would highly recommend "Odyssey".

	My favorite is "Stargather" , "A light in the black" from "Rising",
	"Kill the King" , "Gates of Babelon" from "Long live Rock'n Roll",
	"Eyes of the world" from "Down to Earth" , "Spotlight kid" from
	"Difficult to cure" .

	This is my best Rainbow ,

	Ronnie J. Dio  -- Vocal
	Cozy Powell    -- Drum
	Bob Daisely    -- Base
	Don Airey      -- Keyboards

	and of course Ritche Blackmore .

	I want Rainbow rejoin above member .

    
    
    My favorite Rainbow, is 
    
    Rainbow, Rainbow Rising...........The whole album!! 
    
    jeff

    Has anybody out there seen the video for "Death Alley Driver"? 
    I have seen it only ONCE and that was on Night Flight way back when
    the album first came out.  I don't even think MTV has it!  I would pay to 
    get a decent copy of it.  It's got a road chase between a motorcycle
    and a hearse.  Ritchie's sitting in the back of the hearse with
    his black top hat and his guitar standing verticaly in front of him.
    He's got this evil grin on his face as he fingers the fretboard
    while the hearse is speeding down the road!  Then there's some scenes
    with the band jamming in a graveyard!  Amps and all if I remember
    right.  This is all intermixed with scenes of some kid playing the
    arcade game Turbo.
    
    BTW I met Ritchie in a hotel bar after Deep Purple's tour with
    Joan Jett a few years back.  We followed Ian Gillian's limo to see
    where it would go.  And what do you know... who was sitting in the
    bar but Ritchie himself!  He was the most softspoken person I've
    ever met!  Barely spoke above a whisper.  Got his autograph and
    picture too!  That was a night to remember.
    
    � Ken �
    

>    Has anybody out there seen the video for "Death Alley Driver"? 

I'm pretty sure that its available video they put out as a companion piece to 
the 'Finyl Vinyl' album a few years ago. It has some of the concept videos, 
plus some live shots (including a great live version of "Difficult To Cure", 
with a huge orchestra rising up in back of the band to jam on the song!)

Alan S.

    Maybe somebody can help me.
    
    I'm looking for the Compact Disk of "Straight between the eyes".
    I'm told, that it's an import from the US. I heard about a four
    week long delivery to England, but I'm not sure, if it's the same
    here in Germany.
    So here is my question: could somebody please look if it's available
    and how much it will cost.
    
    thomas
    
    Please mail me 
    
    FROIS1::THERTH

    Hi all Rainbow fans!
    
    I am reading this notes file for the first time. I am surprised that no
    one has mentioned about 'Temple of the King' - my all-time favourite.
    How come?
    
    I thought it is one of the best Rainbow numbers.
    
    Anil