(Review from progarchives.com)

This concert was recorded in Munich on October 20, 1977, at Rainbow’s 1977 European tour, a few months prior to the release of their third studio album, “Long Live Rock n’ Roll”. It was originally filmed to air on the German TV “Rockpalast” show.

This video captures the mindblowing spirit of Rainbow in those days: the powerful voice and enthousiastic performance by Ronnie James Dio (the ultimate hardrock singer), the great and varied guitarwork by the former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, the powerhouse rhythm-section and the exciting extra dimension to Rainbow their sound by David Stone on his wide range of vintage keyboards, the sensational huge illuminated rainbow on stage and the filming of the band and the members, very tasteful and captivating. We can watch a lot of exciting shots on Ritchie Blackmore playing on his Fender Stratocaster, often near his huge Marshall amplifier, sometimes with soft blue light, at other moments in a sea of coloured lights. The highlights on the video include: great vocals and a long and compelling solo with subtle use of the tremolo-arm in the bluesy “Mistreated”, fragile Bach-inspired guitarplay during the intro of “Sixteenth Century Greenslaves”, a bluesy guitar solo in the final part of “Man On The Silver Mountain” (close to the early Deep Purple sound), a sensational drumsolo by Cozy Powell, in the closing section accompanied by bombastic classical orchestrations in “Still I’m Sad” and a biting guitarsolo in the final concert track “Do You Close Your Eyes”. But one gets really carried away by keyboard player David Stone’s performance during Still I’m Sad: the intro delivers stunning work on Hammond (church organ sound) and Mellotron (majestic choir-section), halfway this composition he got a solo spot in which he plays sensational pitchbend-driven flights on two Minimoogs, it sounds like ‘Seventies’ Rick Wakeman meets ‘Pulstar’ Vangelis, goose bumps!

This video is close to the heavy magic of 70s Deep Purple and Uriah Heep, what a power and skills, a 70s rock document!

Video : Xvid, 704×480, 29.97 fps
Audio : AC3, Stereo, 48000 Hz, 256.0 kbit/s
Total Runtime : 113 min

Line-up:
* Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar
* Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
* Cozy Powell – Drums
* Bob Daisley – Bass
* David Stone – Keyboards

Track List:
01. Intro – 1:44
02. Kill the King – 4:42
03. Mistreated – 11:49
04. Sixteenth Century Greensleeves – 8:52
05. Catch the Rainbow – 18:44
06. Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll – 8:01
07. Man on the Silver Mountain – 16:25
08. Still I’m Sad – 27:33
09. Do You Close Your Eyes? – 15:40

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