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Category: RAINBOW

RAINBOW / RONNIE DIO / UNRELEASED

DIO – Live Philadelphia ’84 [Japan release / Full Show / Remastered] (2019) *0dayrox EXCLUSIVE*

Japanese specialized label “Alive The Live” is doing a very nice job making available on CD for the first time recordings from major acts originally aired by the legendary King Biscuit Flower Hour FM Radioshow. “DIO – Live Philadelphia ’84” captures Ronnie at his peak and with it’s considered his best band; Vivian Campbell on guitars, Jimmy Bain on bass, drummer Vinny Appice and Claude Schnell on keyboards.
There’s some bootlegs but incomplete, this is the full show, 12 songs in its entirety.
As part of the “Last In Line Tour, “DIO – Live Philadelphia ’84” took place on August 25, 1984.
The set list is pure DIO gold, including ‘Stand Up And Shout’, ‘One Night In The City’, ‘Don’t Talk To Strangers’, ‘Mystery’, ‘We Rock’, ‘The Last In Line’, the awesome Rainbow in the Dark’, etc.
There’s also an excellent take on Sabbath’s ‘Heaven And Hell’ (an extended version featuring a killer Campbell solo) and of course a Rainbow medley of ‘The Man On The Silver Mountain / Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll’…

BLACK SABBATH / RAINBOW / REMASTER / RONNIE DIO / SHM-CD

DIO – The Ronnie James Dio Story; Mightier Than The Sword [Japan 2xSHM-CD Edition] *HQ*

The depth of loss felt within the Rock and Metal communities by the passing of Ronnie James Dio on the 16th May 2010 was immense, and is testament to the high esteem with which the man and his legacy is held. As a fitting reminder of this legacy, “The Ronnie James Dio Story : Mightier Than The Sword” is a fantastic a 2-disc collection celebrating over three decades of music from one of the greatest vocalists in the entire history of Hard Rock / Metal.
This Japanese edition on SHM-CD simply sounds awesome, perfect mastering bringing all the details of these amazing songs.
“The Ronnie James Dio Story : Mightier Than The Sword” is a comprehensive, beautifully remastered and packaged 2 SHM-CD set which provides the perfect gateway for listeners looking to get Ronnie Dio’s career wisely summarized.
A MUST HAVE

DEEP PURPLE / JOE LYNN TURNER / RAINBOW / REMASTER

DEEP PURPLE – Slaves And Masters +3 [Remastered LTD. Deluxe Edition]

UK label Cherry Red / Fear No Evil released this deluxe edition of DEEP PURPLE‘s “Slaves And Masters“, the only album from the band featuring former Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner. Now remastered and expanded, the CD features three rare bonus tracks: “Slow Down Sister” (B-side of “Love Conquers All” 12-inch and 45 rpm single) and the hard-to-find 45 rpm single edit of “Love Conquers All” and “King Of Dreams”, as well as an excellent 16 page booklet featuring a 3,500 word essay telling the story of the album, and never seen images and memorabilia, with initial pressings in a strictly limited edition digipak…

DEEP PURPLE / JOE LYNN TURNER / RAINBOW / RARE ALBUMS / SUNSTORM

JOE LYNN TURNER – The Japanese maxi-singles [out of print non album tracks]

After featuring here some JOE LYNN TURNER rare album editions, it was requested as well the rare CD-singles he released in Japan as solo artist. These are 1999’s ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You‘, 2001’s ‘Challenge Them All‘, and 2006’s ‘The One‘, all including exclusive songs.
For his ‘Under Cover 2’ – an album of covers of classic songs – Turner’s Japanese label released as single Joe’s version of Foreigner’s hit ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You’. The CDs includes two ‘B-sides’ never appeared into any other album at the moment, featuring talented Al Pitrelli and Tony Bruno (Danger Danger, Saraya) on guitars.
‘Challenge Them All’ was in fact a song recorded for a Japanese commercial, promoting…

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT / RAINBOW

BLACKMORE’s NIGHT – To The Moon & Back 20 Years & Beyond [2-CD Japanese Edition]

On occasion of its 20th anniversary, BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – the internationally heralded Renaissance rock band helmed by six-string extraordinaire Ritchie Blackmore and his wife, vocalist / multi-instrumentalist Candice Night – released “To The Moon And Back: 20 Years And Beyond…“, a two-disc collection of favorites, new material, and some Rainbow stuff.
‘Shadow Of The Moon’ was Blackmore’s Night debut album and since then, Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow) and his muse and meanwhile wife Candice Night have been creating a symbiosis of medieval melodies, mystical lyrics and modern musical arrangements with a rock vibe…

JOE LYNN TURNER / RAINBOW

RAINBOW – Taffs And Toffs [Live 1983 w/ Joe Lynn Turner] (2020) *EXCLUSIVE*

Live recordings of RAINBOW last ’80s era with Joe Lynn Turner are quite rare. There’s few bootlegs, but none with the very good sound quality of this titled “Taffs And Toffs”, a reall well done silver pressed CD. This is stunning radio broadcast was captured at St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wales, 14th September 1983, and Rainbow is on fire here....

RAINBOW / ROXY BLUE / SOLEIL MOON / STAN BUSH / STEEL PANTHER / THE DEFIANTS / UNRULY CHILD / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases August-Sept. 2019 – Vol.2

There’s a very interesting batch of new releases this 2019 Summer, so let’s go with our classic 0dayrox Advanced Releases singles. World-class AOR hero STAN BUSH is back with a new single, and guess what, it’s titled “The 80’s”. Yeah, this is a fun, feel-good power AOR track where Stan has nailed the ultimate 80’s anthem with this look back...

GATHERING OF KINGS / RAGDOLL / RAINBOW / ROXY BLUE / SHOGUN / UNRELEASED / UNRULY CHILD / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / ZINATRA

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases August-Sept. 2019 – Vol.1

There’s a very interesting batch of new releases this 2019 Summer, so let’s go with our classic 0dayrox Advanced Releases singles. Frontiers Music has set August 9 as the release date for UNRULY CHILD’s seventh studio album, Big Blue World. “Living in Someone Else’s Dream” is the first single from the band fronted by Marcie Free, a very smooth AOR...

ALCATRAZZ / GRAHAM BONNET BAND / RAINBOW / REMASTER

ALCATRAZZ – Dangerous Games [Deluxe Edition remastered +8]

Continuing with the extensive reissue campaign drawn across Graham Bonnet’s career, Cherry Red / Hear No Evil released as well ALCATRAZZ‘s “Dangerous Games Deluxe Edition“, the band’s third and final studio album (both previous presented here) fully digitally remastered and including a very rare and previously unreleased live recording from Long Island, captured in November 1986 on the Dangerous Games...

ALCATRAZZ / GRAHAM BONNET BAND / RAINBOW / REMASTER / YNGWIE MALMSTEEN

ALCATRAZZ – No Parole From Rock ‘N’ Roll [Expanded Edition Remastered] (2015)

Kicking off an extensive reissue campaign drawn across Graham Bonnet’s fruitful career, Cherry Red Records has reissued a remastered, expanded version of “No Parole From Rock ‘N’ Roll”, the debut album from ALCATRAZZ, the hard rockin’ band he fronted from 1983 – 1987, here accompanied by a young, awesome Yngwie Malmsteen on guitar. Alcatrazz were formed in 1983, basically as...

DEEP PURPLE / JOE LYNN TURNER / RAINBOW / SUNSTORM

JOE LYNN TURNER – Second Hand Life [Deluxe Edition +3] Out Of Print

After the recent Sunstorm album, one of you asked for a couple of JOE LYNN TURNER solo albums, one of them this rare, hard to find, out of print US release by Friday Music, of “Second Hand Life / Deluxe Edition +3”, Turner’s last solo album of original material. “Second Hand Life” is another strong album from JLT, featuring co-writing...

DEEP PURPLE / JOE LYNN TURNER / RAINBOW / SUNSTORM

JOE LYNN TURNER – The Usual Suspects [Japan Edition +2 bonus] Out Of Print

After the recent Sunstorm album, one of you asked for JOE LYNN TURNER‘s album “The Usual Suspects“, for me, alongside his solo ’85 debut, his finest album. This is the Japanese edition (now out of print) including an exclusive bonus track, and to make it more juicy, we have added the exclusive European bonus track as well. Turner, apart from...

DEEP PURPLE / DON AIREY / RAINBOW

DON AIREY – One Of A Kind (2018)

Deep Purple keyboardist DON AIREY will release his new solo album, “One Of A Kind“, on May 25 via earMUSIC as 2CD (including a bonus live CD) as well as on vinyl and digitally.It is hard to find a name among all those that over the last 30 years have left their mark in the history of rock that has...

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT / RAINBOW

RITCHIE BLACKMORE’S RAINBOW – Memories In Rock II (2018)

In 2017 Ritchie Blackmore returned with RAINBOW and his harder rock hat on to a series of arena shows in the UK. An album titled ‘Memories In Rock’ was released, now comes part 2 “Memories In Rock II” in a handsome CD/DVD package. As fans are no doubt aware, “Memories in Rock II” follows 2016’s Memories in Rock, which collected...

BONFIRE / CRYSTAL BALL / JADED HEART / RAINBOW / STRYPER / THE DEAD DAISIES / THUNDER / V.A. - Advanced Releases sampler / V.A.. / VEGA / WILD ROSE

V.A. – 0dayrox Advanced Releases April-May 2018 – Vol.1

New month (and season) coming, and new singles from upcoming released appear.The first new RAINBOW single since 1996, “Waiting For A Sign”, was penned by Ritchie Blackmore and features his band current vocalist Ronnie Romero. The studio track will be included on the band’s upcoming album Memories In Rock II, which will launch on April 6.The latest incarnation of RAINBOW...