Rainbow/Sweden 1.17.1980

Graham Bonnet’s time with RAINBOW, which was sandwiched between the Ronnie era and the Joe Lynn Turner era, which lasted more than three years, is considered to be a transitional period in RAINBOW’s career from the “medieval fantasy line” to the “catchy popular line.” I tend to. However, the charm of the live performance, in which the five outstanding members demonstrated their respective abilities, was so great that enthusiast fans enjoyed their wonderful performance, calling it “the strongest RAINBOW.” Another characteristic of this era is that there are many items with excellent sound quality. The works featured here are must-listen items for fans, as they embody the characteristics of the Graham era. RAINBOW, which welcomed Graham, steered towards a more major and popular route with their new album “DOWN TO EARTH”, and on their American tour from September to December 1979, they achieved a record that they had not been able to obtain during the Ronnie era. They were successful in cultivating a new fan base in America. They celebrated 1980 by further solidifying their band ensemble in preparation for their European tour starting at the beginning of the year. This work “LOST IN EUROPE” is a complete recording of the first day of the European tour, “Scandinavium” in Gothenburg, Sweden, on January 17, 1980, with a superb audience recording that approaches the line recording. . The 1980 European tour, which took place from January to February, contained many excellent audience recordings, especially “DEFINITIVE GRAHAM”, which recorded the Stockholm performance on January 18th, and the Bremen, Germany performance on January 30th. “LOST IN BREMEN” is a high-class piece that is packaged with excellent sound quality and great performances that live up to the name of the title. This work has a superlative sound that is as good as those masterpieces, and you can listen to the precious first day of the tour vividly. The moment the opening of the live performance begins, the superb clarity that makes the listener feel the master quality is amazing. The number of musical tones produced with excellent stability and balance in an outstanding outlook is nothing short of overwhelming. The band’s epic performance on the spacey “Eyes Of The World” will knock out any listener! Although it seems to be a full-set live performance that premiered at the beginning of the year, the performance performed by the “strongest” lineup of unique players on a stage with more songs and performance time than last year is definitely worth listening to. From the beginning, you will be able to fully enjoy the live performance, which already exudes something like dignity. Following the heavy “Love’s No Friend,” the fans at the venue listened to the band’s songs, including “Since You Been Gone,” which featured the Brandenburg Concerto for the first time, and “All Night Long,” which featured Graham’s energetic singing. You can see that he is completely immersed in his performance. The highlight of the day was “Catch The Rainbow,” which was not featured last year. The song, which was set in from this Gothenburg performance, still has some rough edges in Graham’s performance, but the urban personality that his voice gives off has already opened up a new charm to the song (after the performance, This is the character of the singer Graham who asks the audience, “How was it?” The hardness of the performance is not limited to Graham and Don Airey, but as can be seen in the “Lost In Hollywood” medley solo, there is a slightly sweet part in Richie’s play on this day. Still, the free solo he plays freely is typical of Richie. Cozy’s drum solo that excites the second half of “Lost In Hollywood” has excellent sound quality, and you can enjoy the powerful performance with a direct feeling. On this European tour, the encore is “Man On The Silver Mountain” from “Lazy”, the same composition as in ’79. Although he doesn’t have the same world view as Ronnie, Graham’s performance with crisp vocals is also quite good. At the end, the biggest highlight is the guitar solo part using the progression of Graham’s solo song “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”, “Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll” and “Kill The King”. We will dramatically increase the climax of the show and close the live! RAINBOW had a completely different personality from Ronnie and Joe, and built an era, albeit for a short time, during Graham Bonnet’s tenure. This item, which records their famous performance with the best audience sound, is a must-listen for all RAINBOW fans. Live at Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden 17th January 1980 TRULY AMAZING SOUND Disc 1 1. Land Of Hope And Glory 2. Soundcheck/Over The Rainbow 3. Eyes Of The World 4. Love’s No Friend 5. Since You Been Gone 6. All Night Long 7. Catch The Rainbow Disc 2 1. Keyboard Intro. 2. Lost In Hollywood 3. A Light In The Black/Guitar Solo/Beethoven 9th 4. Keyboard Solo 5. Drum Solo feat. 1812 Overture 6. Lost In Hollywood(reprise ) 7. Guitar Solo/Lazy 8. Man On The Silver Mountain 9. Blues 10. Will You Still Love Me Tommorow 11. Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll 12. Kill The King incl. Guitar Crash 13. Long Live Rock ‘n ‘ Roll(reprise) 14. Over The Rainbow Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Graham Bonnet – Vocal Roger Glover – Bass Don Airey – Keyboard Cozy Powell – Drums