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Rainbow Anthology 1975-1984 (Universal 2009)
Another Rainbow anthology, you ask?
This one serves a purpose. Like many reissue projects of vintage bands, this serves as a taster and hopefully a teaser for the coming new editions of Rainbow's back catalogue.
Two new-to-CD live tracks from the UK tour of 1983. They formed the B-side of a maxi single back then, and are reasonably good, especially Stranded, though they may have been at least partially recorded in a soundcheck instead of the actual concert situation. The third 'new' track is a live cover of the old "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow' (an old Shrillers' hit, later covered by the vocalist here, Graham Bonnet in his pre-Rainbow days), and makes a nice addition to the compilation.
The rest of the tracks are, I suppose, newly remastered versions of Rainbow album and single tracks, all have been issued during the 1999 remaster campaign. I think the sound is very good throuhgout as it does not sound as compressed as on the 1999 remasters. I might be wrong, I didn't do straight comparisons. I'd still long for, for example, more bass and backing vocals for the immortal Rising tracks. (I do hope the Rising Deluxe Edition, planned release in Feb 2010, will contain both mixes of the album, as the more rare mix has the bass more audible and as a result, sounds better than the more common mix.) I hope they'll do the remastering properly this time, instead of compressing for volume, go for as clean a sound as possible. This is what was done with the new Beatles remasters.
The track listing is well thought out, all the obligatory well known songs are here and of course it is impossible to agree on every track choice. I would have included Self Portrait off the first album, for example, and maybe gone for the studio take of Catch the Rainbow to put more emphasis on the ambient feel of the debut album, but these are minor details. All the best instrumentals are here, as well as the last 'epic' Rainbow track of the 1980s, Eyes of Fire.
An original idea was to have Stargazer and A Light in the Black back-to-back, but in reverse order to the studio album.
The band's second coming in the 1990s is not featured here, as it was for a different label. Understandable, but at the same time a pity, as three or four of the Stranger In Us All tracks are as good as most of the material on this compilation. I wonder how many rock fans are still out there who don't know Rainbow did an album in 1994? If they buy this compilation, hopefully they'll read the booklet to learn about the album.
The booklet is excellently done, with nice photos and memorabilia (e.g. the exotic sleeves from around the world across the center spread), and the Rainbow story, with its ups and downs, unfolds effortlessly, written by the Rainbow/Blackmore/Purple expert Jerry Bloom.
'Tribute' project Over the Rainbow is also mentioned, though true to Rainbow tradition, keyboardist Tony Carey has left the band between the time of Bloom writing the text and Universal releasing the album!
I'm eagerly waiting for the promised deluxe editions of the studio albums, first of which should come out early next year. Meanwhile, I give this compilation an occasional blast. |
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