The Temple of the King: 1975-1976

To celebrate 50 years since the formation of Rainbow and the release of the debut album 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow', Demon Music are proud to present a comprehensive Deluxe CD Box Set covering the years 1975-1976. As well as including the seminal first two studio albums, the Box Set includes a trilogy of live albums from Rainbow's debut world tour and documenting the band's first shows in Europe with shows from Cologne, Dusseldorf and Nurnberg. The final disc of this 9 disc set features a multitude of rare mixes, edits and studio rehearsal performances all Newly Mastered by Andy Pearce and Matt Wortham. When Rainbow finally landed in Europe for their debut live shows there, it was on the back of both the albums 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow' and 'Rainbow Rising' having charted, so the band were playing sold out venues with the line up consisting of Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James, Cozy Powell, Jimmy Bain and Tony Carey. As one of the cornerstones of British Rock, Rainbow, led by the never-predictable but ever-astonishing guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, became synonymous with some of the most well regarded and popular charting Rock songs of the seventies and eighties.

Disc 1
1: Man On the Silver Mountain
2: Self Portrait
3: Black Sheep of the Family
4: Catch the Rainbow
5: Snake Charmer
6: Temple of the King
7: If You Don't Like Rock 'N' Roll
8: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
9: Still I'm Sad

Disc 2
1: Tarot Woman
2: Run With the Wolf
3: Starstruck
4: Do You Close Your Eyes
5: Stargazer
6: A Light in the Black

Disc 3
1: Kill the King (Live in Köln 1976)
2: Mistreated (Live in Köln 1976)
3: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (Live in Köln 1976)
4: Catch the Rainbow (Live in Köln 1976)
5: Man On the Silver Moon (Live in Köln 1976)

Disc 4
1: Stargazer (Live in Köln 1976)
2: Still I'm Sad (Live in Köln 1976)
3: Do You Close Your Eyes (Live in Köln 1976)

Disc 5
1: Kill the King (Live in Düsseldorf 1976)
2: Mistreated (Live in Düsseldorf 1976)
3: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (Live in Düsseldorf 1976)
4: Catch the Rainbow (Live in Düsseldorf 1976)

Disc 6
1: Man On the Silver Mountain (Live in Düsseldorf 1976)
2: Stargazer (Live in Düsseldorf 1976)
3: Still I'm Sad (Live in Düsseldorf 1976)

Disc 7
1: Kill the King (Live in Nurnberg 1976)
2: Mistreated (Live in Nurnberg 1976)
3: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (Live in Nurnberg 1976)
4: Catch the Rainbow (Live in Nurnberg 1976)
5: Man On the Silver Mountain (Live in Nurnberg 1976)

Disc 8
1: Stargazer (Live in Nurnberg 1976)
2: Still I'm Sad (Live in Nurnberg 1976)
3: Do You Close Your Eyes (Live in Nurnberg 1976)

Disc 9
1: Getaway (Kill the King) [studio Rehearsals for 1976 World Tour]
2: Mistreated (Studio Rehearsals for 1976 World Tour)
3: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (Studio Rehearsals for 1976 World Tour)
4: Catch the Rainbow (Studio Rehearsals for 1976 World Tour)
5: Temple of the King (Bolivian Mono Mix)
6: Man On the Silver Mountain (Mono Edit)
7: Man On the Silver Mountain (Stereo Edit)
8: Tarot Woman (Rough Mix)
9: Run With the Wolf (Rough Mix)
10: Starstruck (Rough Mix)
11: Do You Close Your Eyes (Rough Mix)
12: Stargazer (Rough Mix)
13: A Light in the Black (Rough Mix)
14: Stargazer (Pirate Sound Tour Rehearsal)
15: Starstruck (Mono Edit)
16: Starstruck (Stereo Edit)

Number of Discs: 9

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