Rainbow: Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

Dave · 2025-10-27T09:16:55+00:00

Title: Long Live Rock 'n' Roll Artist: Rainbow Genre: Hard Rock Released: 1978 Tracks: 1 - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll - 2 - Lady of the Lake - 3 - L.A. Connection - 4 - Gates of Babylon - 5 - Kill the King - 6 - The Shed (Subtle) - 7 - Sensitive to Light - 8 - Rainbow Eyes - Overview: Long Live Rock 'n' Roll is the third studio album released by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1978, and the last to feature original lead vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Recording of the album commenced in April 1977 at a studio in Château d'Hérouville, France, featuring Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio and Cozy Powell. Keyboards were initially played on a session basis by former Rainbow member Tony Carey, while bass parts were started by Mark Clarke. Clarke was soon dismissed, however, and the bass parts were recorded by Blackmore himself. By July 1977 seven tracks that ended on the album were in demo form. Recording was suspended while the band recruited Bob Daisley and David Stone and thereafter commenced extensive touring of Europe in the summer and fall of 1977. A return to the Château d'Hérouville studio in December saw the band finish the album and also yielded a final track, "Gates of Babylon." Although Daisley and Stone are listed on the album credits for their contributions, they joined the band partway through the recording sessions and only appear on three and four songs, respectively. Stone wrote parts of "Gates of Babylon" but was never credited. Blackmore played most of the bass parts on the album. "Kill the King" was already a staple part of the tour setlists, opening Rainbow concerts since mid-1976. It first appeared on the live album On Stage in 1977. In the 1977–78 concerts the title track and "Kill the King" were the only songs performed, although "L.A. Connection" did get a few airings on the US tour before being dropped from the set. From 2004 to his death in 2010, Dio's solo shows featured a live version of "Kill the King", "Gates of Babylon", and the title track. The original vinyl release was in a gatefold-sleeve, with a lyric-sheet insert. The crowd picture is actually from a Rush concert, with the wording on the banner the fans were actually holding replaced by the Rainbow album title and the visible Rush T-shirts airbrushed to black. Geoff Ginsberg of AllMusic wrote that Long Live Rock 'n' Roll "would turn out to be the last great album Rainbow would ever make, although they did enjoy a great deal of chart success in the post-Dio era."

Topic starter Dave
Start date Oct 27, 2025

Oct 27, 2025

Title: Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Released: 1978

1 - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll - 4:21 -

2 - Lady of the Lake - 3:39 -

3 - L.A. Connection - 5:02 -

4 - Gates of Babylon - 6:49 -

5 - Kill the King - 4:29 -

6 - The Shed (Subtle) - 4:47 -

7 - Sensitive to Light - 3:07 -

8 - Rainbow Eyes - 7:11 -

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