On Stage (Rainbow album)
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| Live album by Rainbow | ||||
| Released | 7 July 1977 | |||
| Recorded | September and December 1976 in Germany and Japan | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 64:11 | |||
| Label | Oyster/Polydor | |||
| Producer | Martin Birch | |||
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| Rolling Stone | (unfavorable) |
On Stage is a double live album originally released by the British hard rock band Rainbow in 1977. It was recorded live over several German and Japanese dates in late 1976 during the Rising world tour.
The recording features the customary introduction to a Rainbow show – the classic quote from The Wizard of Oz, "Toto: I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow!" with the last word repeated as an echo, then the actual band plays a musical phrase from the song "Over the Rainbow" before breaking into "Kill the King".
Many of the tracks were spliced together from different dates by producer Martin Birch, and the running order was changed to more easily fit four sides of vinyl.
Recording Sources:
Introduction/Kill The King
Nuremberg 9/28/76 (first 1:03)
Munich 9/29/76 (remainder of the song)
Man On The Silver Mountain
Tokyo 12/16/76 (Afternoon Show)
Blues
Tokyo 12/16/76 (Evening Show)
Starstruck
Tokyo 12/16/76 (Evening Show)
Man On The Silver Mountain (Reprise)
Tokyo 12/16/76 (Afternoon Show)
Catch The Rainbow
Osaka 12/9/76
Mistreated
Cologne 9/25/76
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Tokyo 12/16/76 (Evening Show)
Still I'm Sad
Music: Nuremberg 9/28/76
Vocals: Unknown
Geoff Ginsberg of AllMusic writes: "On Stage is full of great songs and playing, but somehow it lacks some of the excitement that existed at those early Ritchie Blackmore concerts. The production is just kind of flat. That doesn't change the fact that there is some great stuff to be found here and nowhere else, such as the side-long version of "Mistreated," from Deep Purple's Burn."
The song "Kill the King" appeared on this album before it was recorded for a studio album. A studio version appears on the follow-up release, 1978's Long Live Rock 'n' Roll.
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