On Stage (Rainbow album)

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.

On Stage
Live album by
Rainbow
Released7 July 1977
RecordedSeptember and December 1976 in Germany and Japan
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length64:11
LabelOyster/Polydor
ProducerMartin Birch
Rainbow live albums chronology
On Stage
(1977)		 Finyl Vinyl
(1986)
Singles from On Stage
  1. "Kill the King/Man on the Silver Mountain/Mistreated"
    Released: 17 September 1977

Recording

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 28 September 1976 (first 1:03) [1]
Munich 29 September 1976 (remainder of the song) [2]

Man On The Silver Mountain
Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Afternoon Show) [3]

Blues
Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Evening Show) [4]

Starstruck
Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Evening Show) [4]

Man On The Silver Mountain (Reprise)
Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Afternoon Show) [3]

Catch The Rainbow
Osaka 9 December 1976 [5]

Mistreated
Cologne 25 September 1976 [6]

Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
Tokyo 16 December 1976 (Evening Show) [7]

Still I'm Sad
Nuremberg 28 September 1976 [8]

Release and reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[9]
Rolling Stone(unfavorable)[10]

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."[9]

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.

The single "Kill the King/Man on the Silver Mountain/Mistreated" was released in the UK in September 1977. This was Rainbow's debut in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 44.[11] After the commercial success of "Since You Been Gone", "All Night Long" and "I Surrender", "Kill the King" was re-released in 1981 this time climbing to No. 41.[11] Songwriter and lead singer Ronnie James Dio claimed that the violent imagery in the song is actually about a chess game.[12]

A more representative example of a Rainbow concert of the time was the 1991 release Live in Germany 1976, which featured unedited concert performances and includes both tour staple "Stargazer" and the usual encore "Do You Close Your Eyes".

The deluxe edition was released on November 13, 2012 in Europe. The second disc was originally planned to contain tracks from the concert hall at the "Orix Theater" (formerly Osaka Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan) in Osaka, Japan (December 9, 1976). Instead the second disc contains tracks from the final Rainbow gig in Tokyo, Japan at the "Nippon Budokan Hall" on December 16, 1976.[13]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Kill the King"Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Cozy Powell5:32
2."Medley: Man on the Silver Mountain/Blues/Starstruck"Blackmore, Dio/Blackmore/Blackmore, Dio11:12
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
3."Catch the Rainbow"Blackmore, Dio15:35
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Mistreated" (Deep Purple cover)Blackmore, David Coverdale13:03
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Sixteenth Century Greensleeves"Blackmore, Dio7:36
6."Still I'm Sad" (The Yardbirds cover)Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty11:01

Personnel
Rainbow

Charts

Certifications
Country Organization Year Sales
UK BPI 1977 Silver (+ 60,000)[23]

References
  1. "Rainbow - Over the Rainbow / Kill the King Live in Nuremberg 9/28/76". YouTube. 14 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. Tom Kane (22 November 2010). "Rainbow-'Kill the King' (Live)-1976". YouTube. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain live in Tokyo 12/16/1976 Afternoon Show". YouTube. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. "Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain Live in Tokyo 12/16/1976 (Evening show)". YouTube. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. "Rainbow - Catch The Rainbow Live In Osaka 09.12.1976". YouTube. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. "Rainbow - Mistreated Live in Cologne 9/25/76". YouTube. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. "Rainbow - Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Live in Tokyo 12/16/1976 (Evening show)". YouTube. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  8. "Rainbow - Still I'm Sad Live in Nuremberg 9/28/76". YouTube. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  9. Ginsberg, Geoff. "Rainbow On Stage review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  10. Young, Charles M. (25 August 1977). "Album Reviews: Rainbow - On Stage". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2 October 2007. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
  11. "Rainbow Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
  12. "Kill The King by Rainbow". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  13. "The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy". Rainbowfanclan.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  14. Saulnier, Jason (1 June 2010). "Tony Carey Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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  16. "Rainbow – On Stage (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  17. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 245. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  18. "Rainbow – On Stage (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
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  21. "On Stage Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
  22. レインボー レインボーのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 2013-12-03.
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