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markb77 -> RE: Best Rock Song Ever? What's Yours? (7/4/2008 2:33:55 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Rufas2000
First, thanks for the response.
It appears from the info on All Music Guide that it was remastered and rereleased along with the rest of Rainbow's catalog in 1999. However, it is only available as a Japanese import on Amazon and according to Amazon its not the remastered version. A friend of mine had it but I'm almost sure he no longer does. I had it on tape eons ago.
I have to disagree on the excellent anthology part. It was a collection of live performances spanning Rainbow's career (and the first appearance of "Jealous Lover" on a full length best I can tell). It was dominated by material when Joe Lynn Turner was the lead singer. Only two Dio era tracks and only two Graham Bonnett tracks.
Some of its good points were that it filled a hole in Rainbow's catalog at the time (a live album with Joe Lynn Turner era material) and the songs from the Turner era have more energy live than their radio friendly studio counterparts.
The reason I say it isn't a good anthology is that good anthologies cover the artist's entire career and does so with the signature performances (as opposed to live takes, none of which weere heard before the release except maybe in bootlegs). Rainbow does have two anthologies remastered and readily available that do a good job of this. "The Very Best of Rainbow" is a one disc set (that comes with a foldout that chronicles all 17 Rainbow alumni and all the different Rainbow lineups, where they came from and where they went). "Catch the Rainbow" is a two disc one, more expensive but has more tunes.
Thats not to say Finyl Vinyl is not good for what it is. Since I used to own it on tape I thought I should explain what it is. And I thought you might have misremembered the name since you said the first three albums were your favorites and they had very little representation here. But if you love it great, I hope you find it but right now it'll cost you around 30 bucks. Also, "Live in Germany '76" looks like an excellent Dio era live release and is available.
Sorry for the thread jack, I'm done.
Rufus - you're right. I should have said it was an excellent live album instead of an anthology. I only have it on tape (which is why I'm looking for a remastered CD copy), and haven't listened to it in quite a while. That tape was the only Rainbow I owned for a long time - have since found several albums on vinyl and have a few CDs, but not that one. "Final" will always be one of my favorite albums to listen to while mowing the lawn, though!
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