RAINBOW – Transmission Impossible [3CD Box Set] (2023)

“Transmission Impossible” series compiles on three CD’s very good radio broadcast from giant bands from the 70s / 80s. This new triple disc box set collection brings together previously unreleased live recordings made during Ritchie Blackmore’s RAINBOW glory days, all of which come from FM Radio broadcasts transmitted between 1980 and 1983.
First up, DISC ONE houses the band’s superb show in Tokyo, Japan on 9th May, 1980, recorded at the famous Buddokan venue. Featuring Graham Bonnet at the mic and Cozy Powell hitting the drums, Rainbow performs many songs. Sound quality is fine.

On DISC TWO we come forward a year, and feature their dynamic show recorded at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston on May 7th 1981. Joe Lynn Turner is already the vocalist in the band, sound quality is excellent for a FM broadcast.
The set concludes on DISC THREE with Rainbow’s explosive show recorded at the Convention Centre in San Antonio, Texas, on August 18th 1982, shortly after the group released the penultimate album prior to their original split, April ‘82’s Straight Between The Eyes. Sound quality is excellent.
Highly Recommended

Disc 1
01 – Eyes Of The World
02 – Love’s No Friend
03 – Since You Been Gone
04 – Man On The Silver Mountain
05 – Don Airey Solo #1
06 – Lost In Hollywood
07 – Band Jam/A Light In The Black/Ritchie Blackmore Solo #1
08 – Difficult To Cure
09 – Don Airey Solo #2
10 – Cozy Powell Drum Solo
11 – Lost In Hollywood Reprise/Ritchie Blackmore Solo #2
12 – Lazy
13 – All Night Long
14 – Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll
15 – Kill The King/Guitar Clash
16 – Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll Reprise
17 – Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Exit Music)

Disc 2
01 – Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Spotlight Kid
02 – Love’s No Friend
03 – I Surrender
04 – Man On The Silver Mountain
05 – Catch The Rainbow
06 – Can’t Happen Here
07 – Lost In Hollywood/Ode To Joy
08 – Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll
09 – Smoke On The Water

Disc 3
01 – Opening
02 – Spotlight Kid
03 – Miss Mistreated
04 – Can’t Happen Here
05 – Tearin’ Out My Heart
06 – All Night Long
07 – Stone Cold
08 – Power
09 – Ritchie’s Blues
10 – Ode To Joy
11 – Drum Solo
12 – Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll
13 – Smoke On The Water

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