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Rainbow 01/12/78
Ken-Taiikukan, Hiroshima, Japan
Set I
Over The Rainbow-> Kill The King, Mistreated, Ritchie's Solo-> Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, Ritchie's Solo-> Catch The Rainbow, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll, Lazy Intro-> Man On The Silver Mountain-> Ritchie's Blues-> Starstruck-> Night People-> Man On The Silver Mountain, Keyboard Solo-> Still I'm Sad-> Beethoven's Ninth-> Keyboard Solo-> 1812 Overture-> Still I'm Sad-> Ritchie's Solo-> Still I'm Sad, Do You Close Your Eyes-> Over The Rainbow
Set II

Set III

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Mark II: Ritchie Blackmore, Bob Daisley, David Stone, Ronnie James Dio, Cozy Powell, Bootlegs: The Ship From Hiroshima, Paranoia, Sadistic Rainbow
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Kevin (5/5) FLAC / 0 View   Aud
Notes: "The Ship From Hiroshima"
Slick2007 (5/5) FLAC / 2 B View  
Tim Devine (4/5) cdr / 2 A- View  
Notes: Well balanced all instruments have great clarity with Dio’s vocals nicely up front, aside from members of the audience who shout at times wildly for their hero, one Ritchie Blackmore. The audience does not detract from the recording or become overbearing but more like part of the enjoyment as they are clearly enjoying themselves. After the initial onslaught of Kill The King and Mistreated, the band settle the intro the 16th Century Greensleeves a group of people cheer loudly for Ritchie and chat during the quiet section and then are deafened as he slams into the main riff of the song. “She Has Done…Done…Done….” sings Ronnie as you are pummeled into submission, great version of the song. The quiet guitar solo intro has the crowd clapping as the band starts the first epic, Catch The Rainbow. I never get tired of the Dio era versions of this song, he puts so much into the song and it usually the source of inspired and beautiful playing by Blackmore and this version is no different. Mr. Peach must have been very close to stage, you can clearly hear the echo effect to Ronnie’s vocals as well as some subtle keyboard fills I have not noticed on other versions. “This song we would like to do for the Captain and Tenille, or Mom and Dad as they are more affectionately known, is a song about a man who climbs to the top of Mount Fujiama” is the spirited intro and a almost hoedown intro proceeds a quick flash of Lazy played at lightning speed until the they start Man On The Silver Mountain. Wildly received it is indeed a great version that sounds very powerful in this recording as the crowd claps in time. David Stone breaks into a great keyboard solo during the blues jam and for a minute it was almost like listening to Stormy Monday from the Allman Brothers at Fillmore East show until Ronnie says “What’s this ? A little small for me” talking about a bra thrown onstage. The proceedings are stopped as they try to find the owner and from the sounds Bob Daisley gets the souvenir, a hilarious moment indeed. As with the other Japanese dates the Improvisation is the familiar Night People, this time with some a Donnie Osmond reference, the crowd is enjoying this bit of improvisation and clap along. Cozy Powell shows “lovely” into the mike as the band continues to joke around and interact with their adoring audience, As Ronnie introduces the new band members Ritchie plays a little riff that almost sounds like the jam Elvis’ band used to play as he introduced his band, it is obvious that the band are enjoying themselves. The second epic Still I’m Sad, the Rainbow answer to Space Truckin’ is up, again a vehicle for improvisation and soloing, it seems to calm the crowd down and down right respectful as Ritchie plays his Beethoven Sinfonie nr. 9 d-moll op. 125 that leads into the keyboard and drum solos. The crowd gives Cozy’s solo a nice round of applause and the band launches into the ending coda and wring every last note out. The crowd praises the group with applause and chants if “Ritchie Ritchie” and is obvious they will not leave until they hear more and Blackmore answers with a flurry of notes with a keyboard drone accompany that leads into a seldom played (for 1978) Do You Close Your Eyes, clocking in at ten minutes the song disintegrates into Blackmore’s guitar hysteria filled with howling feedback that boarders on psychedelia and disorientation all in one. The concert ends as Swan Lake is played over the PA system, a fantastic end to a fantastic concert.
Rich (3/5) cdr / 2 View  
Notes: Aud. Swan Lake--Tarantura
limbomaniacs (3/5) CDR / 2 B+ View   AUD
koopee (2/4.8) DVD / 1 View  
Notes: on same disc 12/14/76
Do NOT Use (1/5) CD / 2 View   Aud
Notes: The Ship From Hiroshima
Do NOT Use (1/5) FLAC / 0 View   Aud
Notes: "The Ship From Hiroshima"
Boedi-taper (1/4.8) CDR / 2 A B+ View   Audience Recording
Death Glider (1/0) CD-R / 2 View   "Swan Lake" [Tarantura TCDNIJIFUNE78-02-1,2]. Audience recording.
Notes: Total time = 125:00. FLAC/sg2000b