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Tag Archives: Ritchie Blackmore
Album review: BLACKMORE’S NIGHT – Dancer And The Moon
Frontiers www.frontiers.it This is Blackmore’s Night eighth studio album and the band has been going for longer than Ritchie Blackmore’s time combined in Deep Purple and Rainbow now. Some Blackmore fans will still pine for these rock years, yet that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blackmore's Night, Candice Night, Deep Purple, folk, guitar, guitarist, medieval, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, rock
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DVD review: RAINBOW – Live In Munich 1977
Eagle Vision (also 2CD) Originally issued in 2006, this DVD shows Rainbow live with their latest line up just prior to the release of the Long Live Rock’n’Roll album. It was filmed for the Rockplast broadcasts and hence was heavily … Continue reading
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Tagged Cozy Powell, DVD, Live In Munich 1977, Rainbow, review, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio
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RAINBOW – Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll (Re-issue)
Polydor/Universal Another double CD re-issue of the band’s classic 1978 album, with the bonus CD adding rough mixes of songs on the original album, some live versions and a couple of rehearsal takes.Interesting sleeve notes that include interviews (archive ones … Continue reading
RAINBOW – Reissues
On Stage (2CD) Long Live Rock’n’Roll (2CD) Universal Universal continue their excellent, if long overdue appraisal of the Rainbow catalogue, with the former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore producing some of the best and most classic hard rock to come … Continue reading
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Tagged Long Live Rock 'N' Roll, On Stage, Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie Dio
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RAINBOW re-issues due in November
Rainbow are set to release Deluxe Reissues of On Stage and Long Live Rock N’ Roll this November. Rainbow, lead by the guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, became synonymous with some of the most well regarded and popular charting Rock songs of … Continue reading
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Tagged classic rock, Long Live Rock 'N' Roll, On Stage, Rainbow, re-issues, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio
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GUITAR WORLD presents DEAR GUITAR HERO
Backbeat Books 2012 www.backbeatbooks.com This book is based on the ‘Dear Guitar hero..’ section of ‘Guitar World’ magazine where fans ask their guitar heroes questions, from technical set-up ones through to more ‘Smash Hits’ type questions about favourite foods. There … Continue reading
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Tagged Backbeat Books, books, guitar hero, Guitar World, Jeff Beck, music books, Ritchie Blackmore, Slash, Yngwie Malmsteen
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