Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore): Guitar Vanguard, unofficial live vinyl album

	£		41
	$		54

Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore):  Guitar Vanguard, unofficial live vinyl album.

This is believed to be the 1983 re-issue with the darker insert print.

Cat No No: MBP 992

These original 1970/80’s albums are becoming increasingly collectable.

When originally bought (pre loved) in the early 80’, was played once then filed away on a shelf…only to now surface.

Outer sleeve in very good condition, heavy card, majority of original shrink wrap cover remains. Crease 1cm in, along the top and bottom of the front sleeve, part of the original manufacturing process. 

Visual inspection reveals disc in apparent very good condition, minimal number of hairlines, together with original pressing pin head ‘bobbles’. No significant spindle wear.

Please see the photos.

Following from Discogs:

Richie Blackmore's Rainbow* ?– Guitar Vanguard

Label:

Ruthless Rhymes, Ltd. ?– MBP-992

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Unofficial Release

Country:

Germany

Released:

1977

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Hard Rock

Tracklist

A.1

Kill The King

A,2

Man On The Silver Mountain

A.3

Still I'm Sad

B.1

Catch The Rainbow

B.2

Eulogy For Tommy Bolin

B.3

Mistreated

B.4

Do You Close Your Eyes?

2.3M

Derek Hough Embarks on Ambitious New Tour

Notes

The sleeve incorrectly lists Track A1 as "A Light In The Black" but it's actually "Kill The King".

Artist is listed as Richie Blackmore's Rainbow.

Recorded live apparently in Nagoya, Japan on December 7th 1976, although the sleeve says November.

There are multiple different variations of this bootleg out there, with different colored insert sleeves and with different labels. It is possible that some variations are literally unique, while there certainly are multiple copies of some other variations.

There are apparently three major different editions - or printings if you prefer - of this bootleg. The first one has rather detailed A4 sized insert sleeve. The second one has a clearly less detailed, photocopied A4 insert sleeve. And the third one has also an insert sleeve, but roughly an LP sleeve sized one as can be seen below.

It is very likely that all these different editions originally came from the same bootleg manufacturer, possibly based on somewhere in California. The bootlegger used many different labels around 1976-1978 timeframe - Ruthless Rhymes, Duck Records, Dragonfly Records and GLC were among the labels used by this same bootlegger.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

·     Matrix / Runout: MBP 992-A

·     Matrix / Runout: MBP 992-B

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!

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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 ?).

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