Vinyl: RAINBOW 'RISING' UK 1st PRESS '76 STARGAZER W/ RARE STICKER ARCHIVE MINT COPY!

>Archive Copy<

Rainbow

'Rising'

Polydor, UK, 1976

2490 137

SOPHOMORE ALBUM from this wonderfully effective hard rock supergroup featuring Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, drummer Cozy Powell and vocalist Ronnie James Dio. The material is steller, ranging from volatile epic hard rock tracks such as 'Tarot Women' and 'Starstruck' to more evocative songs like 'Do You Close Your Eyes' and the weirdly constructed but hugely compelling 'Run With The Wolf'. Of course its sifde two that holds all the aces containing just two tracks, the mindblowing 'Stargazer' and the even more stunning, speed metal rush of 'A Light In The Black'.

Blackmore is on fire at every turn whilst Ronnie James Dio makes full use of that distinctive roar positioning himself as one of the definitive hard rock vocalists. I bought this album when it first came out, as a devout Blackmore worshipper I couldn't have wished for a better record, it was that good and that compelling.

Comes complete with the 1st run sticker - 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow'

Lovely as new copy - truly impossible to upgrade any further.

Pressing: Polydor, UK, 1976

Vinyl: Superb clean and shiny condition. No spindle marks and no other signs of any use. Grades as a shop fresh archive MINT!

Cover: Again, no signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated gatefold cover. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Spine is perfectly straight, stiff and totally uncrushed. Beautiful and impossible to find like this 47 years after release. Grades as shop fresh archive MINT!

Inserts: None

Matrix:

1st Pressing

stamped:

Side One: 2490137 A/1

Side Two: 2490137 B/3

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