The Best of Rainbow

The Best of Rainbow is a compilation album from British hard rock group Rainbow, released in 1981.

It was the first official compilation and featured only previously-released studio cuts, taken from the five studio LPs released at that point. However, "Jealous Lover", the first song written by Blackmore and Turner, had been available only as a B-side in Europe (to "Can't Happen Here") and on the Jealous Lover EP in the USA.

The original vinyl-release was a 2LP set, in a gatefold-sleeve.

Track listing

CD1

1. "All Night Long" (Ritchie Blackmore/Roger Glover) - 3:53
2. "Man on the Silver Mountain" (Ronnie James Dio/Ritchie Blackmore) - 4:39
3. "Lost in Hollywood" (Ritchie Blackmore/Roger Glover/Cozy Powell) - 4:53
4. "Jealous Lover" (Joe Lynn Turner, Ritchie Blackmore) - 3:10
5. "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" (Ronnie James Dio/Ritchie Blackmore) - 4:23
6. "Stargazer" (Ronnie James Dio/Ritchie Blackmore) - 8:26
7. "Kill the King" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio/Cozy Powell) - 4:29
8. "A Light in the Black" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio)- 8:12

CD2

1. "Since You Been Gone" (Russ Ballard) - 3:20
2. "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" (Ronnie James Dio/Ritchie Blackmore) - 3:31
3. "Catch the Rainbow" (Ronnie James Dio/Ritchie Blackmore) - 6:36
4. "Eyes of the World" (Ritchie Blackmore/Roger Glover) - 6:42
5. "I Surrender" (Russ Ballard) - 4:03
6. "Gates of Babylon" (Ronnie James Dio/Ritchie Blackmore) - 6:49
7. "Can't Happen Here" (Ritchie Blackmore/Roger Glover) - 4:59
8. "Starstruck" (Ronnie James Dio/Ritchie Blackmore) - 4:06

Personnel

• Producer: Roger Glover - Tracks 1, 3, 4, 9, 12, 13, 15
• Producer: Blackmore/Birch/Dio - Tracks 2, 10, 11
• Producer: Martin Birch - Tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 16

• Ronnie James Dio – Vocals
• Graham Bonnet – Vocals
• Joe Lynn Turner - Vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar
• Micky Lee Soule – Keyboards
• Tony Carey – Keyboards
• David Stone – Keyboards
• Don Airey – Keyboards
• Craig Gruber – Bass
• Jimmy Bain – Bass
• Bob Daisley – Bass
• Roger Glover – Bass
• Gary Driscoll – Drums
• Cozy Powell – Drums
• Bobby Rondinelli - Drums

External links

• The Best Of Rainbow at Discogs