Rainbow : Rainbow A Paris 1981, Live triple vinyl album. rare Japanese import

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	$		80

Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore) : Rainbow A Paris 1981, Live triple vinyl album. Very rare Japanese import.

This unofficial triple live album was released I seem to recall in 1983?

Information from the DPAS discography suggests that the sources listed on the sleeve are incorrect and that the actual gig is from:

London Hammersmith Odeon July 26th 1981, with Side F possible from Japan??

These were pressed and imported in very limited numbers and are now becoming increasingly hard to find.

When originally bought (new) was played at most 2 or 3 times, then filed away in their polythene sleeves on a shelf…only to now surface.

Visual inspection reveals disc in apparent excellent as new condition, deep glossy lustre. with no obvious visual flaws.

Please see the photos. My memory from when these were last played decades ago is that the overall audible quality is fairly good audience recording. I’m sure further searching of the internet will provide more details.

The original card sleeve is in good condition, minor creasing in each of the corners, as well as very minor slight indentation from ring wear, but no loss of print finish. A small split on the bottom of the sleeve.

Following courtesy of Discogs

Rainbow ?– Rainböw Á Paris 1981

Label:

Spotlight ?– XL 1508/10

Format:

3 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Unofficial Release

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Hard Rock

Tracklist

A1

Over The Rainbow

A2

Spotlight Kid

A3

Lov's No Friend

A4

I Surrender

B1

Man On The Silver Mountain

B2

Catch The Rainbow

C1

Can't Happen Here

C2

Don Airey

C3

Lost In Hollywood

C4

R. Blackmore

D1

Difficult To Cure

D2

Bob Rondinelli

D3

Long Live Rock 'N' Roll

E1

Maybe Next Time

E2

All Night Long

E3

Woman From Tokyo (excerpt)

E4

Since You've Been Gone

E5

Let Me Stay (Unreleased)

F1

All Night Long

F2

Smoke On The Water

F3

Maybe Next Time

F4

Since You've Been Gone (Short Version)

F5

Ever Since You've Been Away (Unreleased)

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Notes

Side 1 - 5 Paris Palais d'Hiver June 11th 1981
Side 6 Lille Palais Sant Saveur June 12th 1981

Barcode and Other Identifiers

·     Matrix / Runout (Side A): G V (d) (B) XL-1508A 111 + U

·     Matrix / Runout (Side B): G XL-1508B 111 +

·     Matrix / Runout (Side C): G V (d) (B) XL-1509A 111 + U

·     Matrix / Runout (Side D): G XL-1509B 111 +

·     Matrix / Runout (Side E): G V (d) (B) XL-1510A 111 + U

·     Matrix / Runout (Side F): G XL-1510B 111 +

Selling on behalf of my Dad (who supplied all the info) from his personal collection, from the olden days when he collected vinyl.

I aim to use recycled packaging when possible, but rest assure that your vinyl will be well packed and protected against the trials of postal travel!

Important perspective info, please read….thanks ?.

A few words about the vinyl grading.

I try to be as honest as possible, but all grades are based upon an experienced but ultimately subjective visual inspection, trying to identify and highlight obvious issues.

Back in the day whilst my Dad purchased much of the vinyl new, as he expanded his collection , (eventually running into a few thousand discs) hence many only played once, inevitably he was drawn to second hand (pre-loved) copies of certain discs, including the rarer original 1970’s issue boots.

As you will appreciate, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this or looking at the listing, the nature of many of these live/unofficial recordings meant that original production standards were not necessarily a top priority, with occasional mastering/pressing faults occurring.

Similarly with any second hand vinyl which in some cases is almost 50 years old they will potentially exhibit aural signs of having been played, sometimes a fair bit..these are not mint, new unplayed discs (unless stated).

The attraction for my Dad was either obtaining the different variations of an issue or otherwise unavailable rare recordings…its called collecting!

When playing vinyl my Dad had a Technics SL1800 turntable with Ortfon cartridge, so no thrashing and grinding on an old  fidelity UA4! (early 70’s starter bedroom lo-fi, crank it up ?).

Any questions or if you need more photos please ask.

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