The guitar solo for Stargazer might very well be the most eloquent captivating solo in hard rock history.

@mikaelbiilmann6826

4 ай бұрын

Agree, and the chords Blackmore wrote... or rather the chord progression is so good. You can hear it in their next album in the song "Long Live Rock'n'Rol": "Gates of Babylon" Pure Blackmore magic!

God, I love Stargazer, the song is just so...pure

Absolutely incredible. Stargazer and light in the black. DVD release please.

@elpablosky6300

2 жыл бұрын

Yes , Ritchie make a DVD from this concert with the Dio era 1975-1978 , please .

Non li ho mai visti dal vivo! Avevo solo 15 anni in quel tour... Peccato davvero...!!! Nonostante tutto,40 anni dopo...vedere ancora queste immagini,mi danno ancora i brividi...!!! Long live...Rainbow!!!

That drum solo was one of the most insane things I've ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@larsnilsson8949

Жыл бұрын

He did the the same thing with Michael Schenker and later in Whitesnake on the Slide it in tour,, back in ´84. Cozy Powell, you are so missed,, along with Ian Paice the really great hard rock drummers of all time.

@steveevans9369

6 ай бұрын

Do you remember the end of his drum solo all the fire flashes going g off

Rainbow Rising' THE album, this was THE tour of 1976!

I LOVE Ronnie's speaking voice AND his singing voice... just gorgeous all the way around... oh, how I miss him so...

Too young (!) to have seen this classic line up, glad I got to see a Cozy Powell drum solo live though (Whitesnake, Aberdeen Capitol, 1984)... aand a Jon Lord solo the same night, gods, one and all. This footage is amazing, oh to see the whole show...

This must be one of the few shows that both "Stargazer" and "A Light In The Black" were played. Rainbow was the first hardrock/metalband I ever heard ("Rising", leant from a friend), and I was impressed. That album made me really love music, and I still like to play it, after all those years. The only thing about Rainbow what I was really angry about was the fact that Ritchie always smashed a guitar. That hurted me everytime again, and I always wanted to scream: "Give that guitar to me!!!"

@RockNRoller66

2 жыл бұрын

I saw them a couple of times im Memphis, once warming up for Pat Travers, if you can imagine that.I loved seeing him smash his guitar because I hate Fenders!

@seabud6408

7 ай бұрын

He bought defective guitars to smash up apparently. Not his custom modified guitars.

@AnthonyStJames

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I saw this show when Rainbow rolled thru NYC. They played Light In the Black/drumsolo, but no Stargazer. Best I ever saw Ritchie play live with his hard rock bands.

I was at this show.

@abrahamnarcontrera5097

2 жыл бұрын

I can not believe that. I mean... whoever can say i wasat that show but we need evidence.

Прошло 42 года слушал ету композицию 1000 раз и не могу наслушаться Блекмор Дио уникальны

definitely, the best rainbow line up and album!

Many moons ago I was a student in Leicester when Rainbow came to town. I was lucky to be chosen to help and be one of their roadies for the day.( I was part of the "GOFA" stage crew) To see Cozy up close, the power! When it came to Richie smashing up his guitar ( they used standard cheaper models for this) he was unhappy how it had gone, so he went and smashed his own up as well. A difficult to source replacement needed for the next gig. What an experience.

@rockerjim8045

6 ай бұрын

Leicester Granby Halls? if so I was front row and invaded the stage shaking hands with Bob Ronnie and Ritchie

without question - the greatest line up EVER

@dallexandro

7 жыл бұрын

I prefer Daisley and Stone

@laurenzgraffilpenstein8117

3 жыл бұрын

Suceeders of Purple

@WhoisVinnie

2 жыл бұрын

@Captain Bruh My name's Vinnie

Cozy Powell, Cozy Powell, Cozy Powell fantastic drummer, love the 1812 overture on drums

Priceless footage.....Rock On Maxxblade

Dio's voice...awesome! He still had it in the 2000's when I saw Dio open for Deep Purple. He was special... The whole vintage vibe on this footage is most excellent.

I was at this show in Houston...Still have the ticket...Concerts every week is just what we did.

I NEED this full show, damn that drum solo... Fuck, please remaster this!!!!!!!!!

@folladordeprostis

Жыл бұрын

Only audio

"I'm sure Ritchie doesn't want it to be 'Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow' forever" - Ronnie James Dio. Yeah Dio, about that...

@antoniochagas701

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@nettlecarrier8259

3 жыл бұрын

Haha XD I'm a huge fan of Dio, but this roast was spot on

@lionelalias4561

Жыл бұрын

Raindabowt

I saw Rainbow for the Long Live Rock and Roll tour. They warmed up for REO Shitwagon. Really. The arena emptied out when Blackmore finished.

@jim2973

7 жыл бұрын

scott gorham I agree. Gary was a great guitar player. I saw REO Speedwagon at the Arco Arena in Sacramento early 1980's. The house was packed and nobody fucking left. They Kicked Ass!!!

@zosothezephead837

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting. They headlined on their UK tour.

Hopefully we'll see all this live footage released entirely some day soon!!

RIP Dio. we still miss u man...

Blackmore's Rainbow has a soul as boundless space ...... Thank you so much for sharing from deep of my heart.

Oh, my god, Cozy is absolutely incredible ! RIP Cozy.....and Jimmy....and God Ronnie

" A Light in the Black " seems to be a prototype song and an essence for the reign of Iron Maiden

@giorgospap1451

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, you are right.

@ben1ben

3 жыл бұрын

what

Thank you so much for uploading this. I love Rainbow and Dio and this album so much.

Spectacular and heavy. I worship you Dio and Blackmoore!

Blackmore's mercurial nature ensured the first and best lineup of Rainbow never achieved their full potentials. He constantly changed the lineups.

@ferrreira

3 жыл бұрын

you mean the lineup that recorded the first album, or the first touring lineup?

@lucyfallfromthesky

3 жыл бұрын

@@ferrreira he means dio & ritchie & cozy

I wonder where the Rising stage backdrop banner is now...it is probably folded up in some road case in a wherehouse never to see light of day again

@mtchll306

5 жыл бұрын

tweevers2 I need that banner in my room ASAP.

@MichaelHemotoxin

5 жыл бұрын

@@mtchll306 Dude that banner would cover your entire house most likely

@glennjames7107

3 жыл бұрын

Probably folded up in storage at Ritchie's place if I had to guess. Not to see the light of day until after he's gone. He puts me in mind of someone who let's nothing go or gets rid of anything.

@lucalone

3 жыл бұрын

you mean that big rainbow around the stage? that thing was so damn expensive that Ritchie dumped it himself in the trash of the truck after the tour, as legend says^

@mikey73

3 жыл бұрын

​@@lucalone I read somehwere that the huge rainbow light was thrown in to the Sea of Japan at the end of the tour in 1976

My very first concert... I was 13 years old... July 30, 1979 in Shreveport, La., Hirsh Memorial Coliseum. REO Speedwagon opened for them. I didn't know what hit me!

That strat was giving Ritchie a fit, I just about didn't think he was going to get the neck to break !

RIP JIMMY LOST ANOTHER GREAT BASS PLAYER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw this tour when they played, somewhat appropriately, The Rainbow in London. Cracking gig.

"You've either got it or you don't " RJD and boy did Rainbow have it ✌🏽❤

Damn hell at the drum solo they dropped a atomic bomb

@zosothezephead837

5 жыл бұрын

I saw the Daisley/Stone line-up in Leicester in 1977 - the flash bomb at the end of Cozy's solo must have blinded me for at least a minute!

great versions of Stargazer and Light in the Black! Good work!

Absolutely amazing! Thank you.

The guitar Ritchie launched into the crowed made one lucky fan very happy.

@therealjustincase

6 ай бұрын

…and a not so lucky guy next to him pretty unhappy, having been carried away on a stretcher with broken skull in a coma 🎸🤕🩼

rip jimmy bain---i was at this show

This could be as big as Led Zeppelin, if they wanted to

@antoniochagas701

5 жыл бұрын

But Blackmore wanted to perform commercial songs, to gain more money of course

@KarmaAndroid_

3 жыл бұрын

No.

@sandipbiswas766

3 жыл бұрын

Deep purple, Black Sabbath and Rainbow could have been as big as Zeppelin if they wrote songs about love, peace because that's what sold. Even now! Sex sells.

@folladordeprostis

Жыл бұрын

They were bigger in Europe and Japan than in Usa

I wonder if they will ever release that as a full concert DVD...the same for Sabbath's Live Evil footage...

@user-bm6sh5oo6f

9 жыл бұрын

Ох-уютительно реа s -ддец.

Wow ! Absolutely Amazing Fantastic Hard Rock Dreams The Best Hard Rock Band Ever Ritchie Blackmore

Wow I never saw that episode before that is very very impressive reminds me of Pete Townsend of The Who & Jimi Hendrix also!! Richard Blackmore very awesome guitar player with very unique techniques on his guitar is just very impressive he is badass

Fantastic Tour.Love Rainbow!

This is one of the best concerts ever went to 1977a open up for REO

Bravo!!!

The pulsating lights of that rainbow, when playing ‘a light in the black’ make me feel sea sick

Beautiful rainbow🌈

That rainbow should be the gateway entrance above the stairway to heaven that leads to the light in the black.

The best song of all time

Out of this world men just stellar

AWESO\m/E! Thanks for posting! \m/

Real. True. Rock. N roll

To this day Ritchie is both the best and worst guitar player I've ever seen play live. On a bad night you wonder what all the fuss is about. On a good night you know damn well what the fuss is about . . . . .

@AdamasMst

9 жыл бұрын

.......is that maybe the definition of a Genius?

@ankihansen2489

9 жыл бұрын

AdamasMst Yes, he's a real genius.

@GreenerHill

8 жыл бұрын

+Steve Wilcox Blackmore himself said the same thing (almost to the word) about Jeff Beck, and I remember thinking it applied to him equally! :)

WoW!

Dio. R I. P

THE MOST PROLIFIC RAINBOW WHAT ALBUMS WHAT A BAND..........

RAINBOW SONG like a fire in my heart

Lmao Ritchie doing high knees with his guitar at the end

@williamjr.2151

3 жыл бұрын

2 years late but hell yeah!

Oh man,the best ever!!!!

Corey being Corey.... Awesome.

unbelivable musicians

this vid is awsom

The best bar none,epic.

Awesome

is there a full video of this? this is the only video footage I know of parts of stargazer from the dio years that I know! Wish the whole solo was on this ...

@folladordeprostis

Жыл бұрын

Full audio But not much video footage 🤷🏻‍♂️

..you and about 10,000 other people. The guy in front of me caught Ritchie's broken guitar at a DP concert in Chicago in 1973. You don't want to know what happened to him...

The best song !

We have now Munich 1977, but Richie didn't play as inspired then.

Mamma mia .....che dire. un'icona

I was to young and to stupid.............Why in Hell did I miss this?!?! Where are they when you need an older brother? Shit.......I'm the eldest!

Dio incrível demais !!!!!

@renanmenezes1198

11 ай бұрын

Maior vocalista da história do rock

hhhooo man... what a voice!!!!

I had the pleasure of seeing Ficjke Blackmore's Rainbow at the Liverpool Empire on Bonfire night 1978. Me and a friend queued from 10pm the night before the tickets went on sale till 10am when the box office opened. The queue was just two people when we arrived and by 11pm the queue was around the building. Just before 10am that morning, the heavens opened and I kid you not, a rainbow appeared in the sky to the front of the venue when without any printing, the whole crowd broke into somewhere over the rainbow. That was magical and then the show itself - you'd have had to be there to have witnessed one of the greatest rock shows on earth. Another night in 1980, I travelled over to North Wales to them. It was a very sad episode due to that idiot Graham Bonnet being drunk, coming on and off the stage and screaming like a banshee. I still stayed for the encore purely to see Richie doing his thing and ended up missing the coach home. I got to work the next morning to asked by an older lady, 'I see John Lennon has been shot and killed'. Between that news and Graham stupid Bonnet, my whole week was a terrible one.

Cozy Rules !!!!!

@G2648875

7 жыл бұрын

Light in the Black was the last number in the set. Powell said that by the time the set was finished he'd typically lost about 2kg in weight. You can see why.

@tracylynnedgar5788

Жыл бұрын

🙌🏻

Dio / Blackmore Masters

@kostasioannidis438

8 жыл бұрын

cozy also!

I saw this band at winterland in San Francisco we booed the first band off I know that was rude but everybody there were Blackmore fanatics. Like a comment I saw below they were playing in front of REO Speedwagon but Ritchie Blackmore was on his A-game like I have never seen and totally wore the crowd out Blackmore put on a show like I've never seen him put on and I saw deep purple and rainbow many times but that show was phenomenal. The bottom line is when he was done the crowd left I felt so sorry for REO Speedwagon.

Bellissimo

There's a 1995 vid on u tube, of him playing Temple of the king live, with the Scottish fella doing a decent job on vocals. It's my favourite solo. Caught him on a good night. So much passion skill and imagination. Generally I prefer his practised studio stuff. Shame Dio hadn't been on vocals.

@barnstone67

4 жыл бұрын

ricko3k Dougie White

fucking awesome

Once again, Ritchie Blackmore is not in the rock and roll HOF, but Cat Stevens is. #absolutebullshite

@guitarlad89

10 жыл бұрын

Don't diss Cat Stevens. He makes great music and so does Ritchie. While Cat is more "pop", he still contributed ALOT to pop rock. Ritchie will probably never get inducted because most people "don't get it". As far as I'm concerned, most of my heroes will never be inducted because they're deep and not tailored towards the general public. Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull etc...

@mattc4970

10 жыл бұрын

guitarlad89 I can dig that.

@somethingorother3742

9 жыл бұрын

Matt C to hell with cat stevens, why waste any time at all shitting on him when fucking madonna is in the rock and roll hall of fame. disgusting

@CarlosPerez-xu1nd

6 жыл бұрын

And Ronnie neither!!!

@mistressanya36ff

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody gives a shit about the HOF. It has zero integrity. Mr Ritchie Blackmore has never cared about pleasing the critics or winning popularity contests. He is all about the quality of the music.

fanatstic...that was rising

Watching Cozy's drum solo at the end, it makes me realise if ( and I know if is a big word) but if Led Zeppelin had wanted to continue after John Bonhams death then Cozy Powell would have been the obvious choice:-)))))))))

@WinstonTexas829

4 жыл бұрын

Cozy was incredible but not funky enough to replace Bonham. Not better or worse, just different.

@thetruthhurts6652

4 жыл бұрын

capt picard they considered Powell and Collins after Bonham’s death.

Why do they cut it at 5:50 ? ... where is the end... where is the rest of the song ?

@zeitesixx

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIqM25OImMSrgrw.html there you go

WUNDERBARES VIDEO

The name Rainbow 🌈 is an odd name for a heavy metal band. Good thing wholesome children shows laid claim to it before they did.

san antonio tx municipal auditorium summer 1976 Rainbow Blue Oyster Cult and Starz cant top that

70s metal ruled.

Ronnie his on fire here

the golden time of eart!

@richieblackmore.5831

5 жыл бұрын

I've taken your name...

The ultimate supergroup

Typo! I meant 1976!

How did Blackmore do his solo in Stargazer? The guitar sounds were multi-layered.

@thibaultfontaine3880

6 жыл бұрын

RT0neZer0 he had a tape recorder that he uses as a delay. It is call " aiwa tp10-11"

@steveevans9369

6 ай бұрын

I believe it was a rare experimental fretless neck

Blackmore may never get into the HOF. But then "the best" never do. They do however leave their best music forever!

Obviously someone was filming/video this tour....where is the rest? Probably into the waste bin😢

The great!

It's certainly not that he couldn't play it as on the album but Ritchie almost never played the same solo twice. It bored him. He improvised to make it more interesting for him to play the songs live.

@G2648875

7 жыл бұрын

RippingFleshFromBone I still think breaking the Strat made him look a bit of a cock.

@zosothezephead837

5 жыл бұрын

@@G2648875 You absolutely had to be there. Their pre-80 shows were some of the best I've seen of any band.

ALRIGHT RAINBOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Where was this?

@martinez__1888

3 жыл бұрын

@Deborah Meow it was in Texas, hahaha