Rainbow / Osaka, Japan 1976 2Days LP Ver.

The legendary analog record “CATCH THE RAINBOW”, also known as “RAINBOW’s oldest bootleg”. This highest peak record is being reprinted. Anyway, there is no album that suits the word “legend” as much as this recording. Even now, RAINBOW’s first visit to Japan is engraved in the souls of British rock fans, but the oldest two-disc LP appeared about a month later. Not only was it the first in terms of data, but it boasted a tremendous high-quality sound, and for fans who knew it before “ON STAGE”, “RAINBOW’s live album” was even synonymous with this two-disc analog set. The original version was an extreme press of only 200 copies (some say 100 copies), but this work is an ultra-elegant work that was digitized with high-end equipment from a mint quality version that was miraculously owned by a domestic core maniac. Enclosed in this legendary record is the “December 5 + 9, 1976: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall” performance. This is a live album made from two Osaka performance audience recordings, tailoring it to one full show. It’s a bit complicated, so let’s start by taking one step at a time. Let’s check the show’s position from the tour schedule. December 2nd: Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium December 5th: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall [This work] December 7th: Nagoya City Public Hall December 8th: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall December 9th: Osaka Welfare Pension Hall [This work] December 10th: Kyoto Hall December 13th: Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium December 14th: Hiroshima City Public Hall December 16th: Nippon Budokan A total of nine performances. There were a total of three performances at the Osaka Welfare Pension Hall, and this work is made up of the first and third performances. The contents are as follows… ●Disc 1: Analog A-side (December 9th) “Over The Rainbow”, “Kill The King”, “Mistreated”, “Sixteenth Century Greensleeves” ●Disc 1: Analog B-side (December 5th) “Catch The Rainbow”, “Lazy”, “Man On The Silver Mountain”, “Blues”, “Man On The Silver Mountain (reprise)” ●Disc 2: Analog C-side (December 9th) “Keyboard Intro.”, “Stargazer”, “Still I’m Sad incl. Keyboard Solo” ●Disc 2: Analog D-side (December 9th + 5th) “Drum Solo”, “Still I’m Sad (reprise)” (December 9th), “Do You Close Your Eyes”, “Over The Rainbow” (December 5th) … and so on. Roughly speaking, “December 9th” and “December 5th” are alternated on each side of the analog, but side D is a little different. Following on from the C side is the take of “December 9th”, but on this day Richie was dissatisfied with the performance (what on earth was this!?) and there was no encore. Therefore, the encore part is “December 5th”. Well, now that you understand the data story, the most important thing is the quality! Anyway, it’s amazing. It’s too wonderful. Both “December 5th” and “December 9th” are superb sounds that go “like a sound board”. After that, excavation progressed on both days, and we have introduced “HAIL TO THE KING (December 5th)” and “MORE HEAVY STRUCK (December 9th)”, but the sound reigns at the top while being different from either of them. In particular, the December 9th edition easily surpasses even the famous and highly acclaimed “SHADOW OF THE WIZARD”. Moreover, this work is the highest peak in history. In fact, there was an analog-recorded CD more than 20 years ago, but unfortunately the condition of the analog was poor. This work has a glossy noiseless sound that can only be achieved with mint quality. Moreover, since LPs are much more resistant to deterioration over time than tapes, the freshness is exactly as it was at the time. 42 years have passed without the dream of “listening to the complete version of these two recordings” being fulfilled, but even if the original cassettes were excavated, it would not be possible to expect such freshness… In this work, with all the respect for the legendary analog, no work has been done other than adjusting the pitch (if you can feel the difference from the analog record, it is the power of high-end equipment and mint records). The show depicted with that sound… there is no need to put it into words anymore. Now that all the performances have been excavated, the excellent performances of both performances are particularly famous. In fact, Richie was dissatisfied with both performances, but he burst out with a passionate performance saying, “If you are dissatisfied with this, how can you be satisfied?” In particular, the encore of “December 5th” exploded with a crazy guitar crash in which irritation transformed into anger. You can enjoy the tremendous moment of thorough torture and destruction with superb sound. In fact, this work is the same as the imported version that appeared five years ago. For those who own the version at that time, this album is useless, but it is a loss of rock culture that such a super masterpiece is out of print. It should not happen. That is why we decided to reprint it regularly from the Rising Arrow label. Live at Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan 5th & 9th December 1976 TRULY PERFECT SOUND Disc 1 (51:41) Live at Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan 9th December 1976 1. Over The Rainbow 2. Kill The King 3. Mistreated 4. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Live at Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan 5th December 1976 5. Catch The Rainbow 6. Lazy 7. Man On The Silver Mountain 8. Blues 9. Man On The Silver Mountain (reprise) Disc 2 (51:22) Live at Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan 9th December 1976 1. Keyboard Intro. 2. Stargazer 3. Still I’m Sad incl. Keyboard Solo 4. Drum Solo 5. Still I’m Sad (reprise)　 Live at Koseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan 5th December 1976 6. Do You Close Your Eyes 7. Over The Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Ronnie James Dio – Vocals Cozy Powell – Drums Jimmy Bain – Bass Tony Carey – Keyboards