The Very Best Of Rainbow
1997 | Polydor
This is the second greatest hits package released on behalf of Rainbow (in other words, ‘cashing in’ by the record company). The tracks are a chronological retrospective of the band from 1975 to 1983. The front cover image is a coloured version of the one that featured on the inside gatefold of the very first album (which is actually a shot of Blackmore in his latter Deep Purple days). This compilation would only be of any service to a brand new Rainbow fan as there is nothing on here that has not been previously released:
Track listing:
- Man on the Silver Mountain (from Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, 1975)
- Catch the Rainbow (from Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, 1975)
- Starstruck (from Rainbow Rising, 1976)
- Stargazer (from Rainbow Rising, 1976)
- Kill the King (from Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll, 1978)
- Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll (from Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll, 1978)
- Gates of Babylon (from Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll, 1978)
- Since You Been Gone (from Down to Earth, 1979)
- All Night Long (from Down to Earth, 1979)
- I Surrender (from Difficult to Cure, 1981)
- Can’t Happen Here (from Difficult to Cure, 1981)
- Jealous Lover (from Can’t Happen Here/Jealous Lover, 1981)
- Stone Cold (from Straight Between the Eyes, 1982)
- Power (from Straight Between the Eyes, 1982)
- Can’t Let You Go (from Bent Out of Shape, 1983)
- Street of Dreams (from Bent Out of Shape, 1983)