LP RAINBOW Memories In Rock II (3LP) BLACK VINYL MHMLP2018 SEALED (Deep Purple)

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3LP RAINBOW

Memories In Rock II

Limited Edition Of 2000 Copies In Black Vinyl

Live at Stone Free Festival, O2 Arena, London, June 17th 2017

Live at SSE Hydro, Glasgow, June 25th 2017

Live at Genting Arena, Birmingham, June 28th 2017 

Country of release: EEC, 2018

Label: Minstrell Hall Music

Catalogue number: MHMLP2018

Barcode: 0884860210515

Klappcover / Gatefold Sleeve: Ja/Yes

Condition Records: Mint

Condition Cover: Mint

  LP ist noch verschweißt / LP IS STILL SEALED !!!

(Photo von meiner eigenen LP / Photo taken from my own copy)

Tracks Side 1:

1. Over The Rainbow  (0:34)

  2. Spotlight Kid (5:03)

  3. I Surrender (4:52)

  4. Mistreated (10:44)

  6. Since You've Been Gone (2:55)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Man On The Silver Mountain / Woman From Tokyo (6:45)

  2. 16th Century Greensleeves (6:53)

  3. Soldier Of Fortune (3:51)

  4. Perfect Strangers (5:04)

Tracks Side 3:

1. Difficult To Cure (15:48)

  2. All Night Long (4:45)

Tracks Side 4:

  1. Child In Time (10:21)

  2. Stargazer (8:52)

Tracks Side 5:

1. Long Live Rock'n'Roll / Lazy (10:03)

  2. Catch The Rainbow (8:45)

Tracks Side 6:

1. Black Night (10:03)

  2. Smoke On The Water (5:20)

  2. Waiting For A Sign (4:59) (New Studio Recording)

Listen At YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEM0-WkjPfg&list=RD2zCujlAXdik&index=6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zCujlAXdik 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iix5fsG5DME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtwJyurJDw&list=RD2zCujlAXdik&index=2

In 2017 Ritchie Blackmore returned with his harder rock hat on to a series of arena shows in the UK. Evidently buoyed up by the successful summer sojourn a year before and no doubt to bolster the pension pot.
The 2016 CD/DVD/LP was somewhat lacklustre and perhaps with a question mark over Ronnie Romero.  Adequate enough – especially on the Dio material – if not totally convincing on the Joe Lynn Turner or Graham Bonnet period.
Now comes Part 2 and a handsome CD/DVD package, the DVD given over to a series of interviews with Ritchie and his band members.
As with the previous release, this souvenir set is just that, a memento of the second series of UK dates.  The overall impression is that this outing is just as pedestrian – and Ritchie just as restrained  – as the first, although there is no doubting the musicianship on display especially Jens Johansson who again excels on keyboards.
As GRTR!’s Andy Nathan said of the London gig (when they headlined Stone Free Festival) “the band were a rather plodding shadow of the great musicians that originally built these songs. With not one but two of the best catalogues in rock,  it could have been so much better had Ritchie picked a band to really stretch and challenge him.”
There are some typically effusive liner notes which stress that a criticism of the 2016 gigs was the preponderance of Purple tracks which was addressed in the 2017 setlists.  Given that 8 of the 19 tracks are Purple originals (and there were 8 in 2016) this still seems a bit disingenuous, whilst the remaining Rainbow songs had largely been featured first time round.
However, we do get re-arranged versions of the hits  ‘I Surrender’  and ‘All Night Long’ which were omitted from the early setlists. The  Jon Lord-tribute ‘Carry On Jon’ and ‘Temple Of the King’ are also added.  ‘Smoke On The Water’ still suffers from an extended Romero intro and is a shadow of prime-time Purple.
As you might expect there’s a fair amount of noodling – ‘Mistreated’ for example breaks down half way through with Blackmore’s reflective touches.  Ditto ‘Difficult To Cure’, a showcase for Johansson and ‘Black Night’ drummer David Keith’s spotlight.  As we have reported previously, perhaps best witnessed live when a natural break may have nevertheless proved essential.
The “bonus” new song – ‘Waiting For A Sign’ gives a tantalising suggestion that further new material might be in the offing.  However, it merely apes Bad Company’s ‘Burning Sky’ (and Free’s ‘Wishing Well’) and so falls at this first hurdle.
With more gigs lined up for 2018 perhaps Ritchie will dig deeper into the back catalogue but don’t hold your breath.  And, as he says in his interview, Blackmore’s Night remains his first love whilst  – Gillan feud and spaghetti fights notwithstanding – not ruling out a one-off reunion show with Deep Purple.  (David Randall/getreadytorock.me.uk)

Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
Ronnie Romero - Vocals
Jens Johansson - Keyboards
Bob Nouveau - Bass
David Keith - Drums
Candice Night - Backing Vocals
Lady Lynn - Backing Vocals

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