Rainbow LP Bootleg Discography, February 1975-November 1978

All of these are illegal, unauthorized vinyl bootleg releases. Most of them have been printed in very small quantities, usually no more than thousand copies of each.

1975 A/B: Intro/Do You Close Your Eyes Self Portrait Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Catch The Rainbow Man On The Silver Mountain Stargazer A Light In The Black Still I'm Sad Drum Solo - Recorded live in Detroit supposedly on November 20th, 1975
Unknown - Existence not confirmed, might actually be the CD release - Click here for back sleeve picture

Atlanta 8/6/78 A: Kill The King Mistreated Long Live Rock 'N' Roll B: Man On The Silver Mountain Guitar Solo Blues Starstruck Captain Cornflakes Man On The Silver Mountain Beethoven's Ninth Keyboard Solo Drum Solo Recorded live at the Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA on June 24th, 1978, although the sleeve claims otherwise
Audiodisc, Germany, late 1970s or early 1980s - 2-sided acetate - Includes a photocopied, hand-drawn insert sleeve - Click here for Side A label picture - Click here for Side B label picture - One source suggests that this was manufactured in Germany in 1981 - 4 copies were manufactured, all released originally with blank white sleeves - Click here for 2nd sleeve version

Blackmore The Raider A: Intro: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Mistreated Catch The Rainbow B: Man On The Silver Mountain Starstruck Man On The Silver Mountain Stargazer Still I'm Sad Recorded live at Sports Centre, Tokyo, Japan on December 2nd, 1976.
Marc Records/Idle Mind Productions IMP 1202, Japan or USA, 1977 or 1978 - Red picture sleeves made of rather thin and brittle paper, roughly A3 size folded around the LP sleeve. On the back side the sleeve covers only a small portion of the LP sleeve. - Possibly around 300-500 copies made - "IMP 1202 A II" and "IMP 1202 B II" hand-etched on the run-off area - Click here for front sleeve picture - Click here for side A label picture - Click here for side B label picture - Ebay prices: - 01.09.2005 $200 - 22.04.2006 $202
Marc Records IMP 1202, Japan - Orange picture sleeves made of rather thin and brittle paper, roughly A3 size folded around the LP sleeve. On the back side the sleeve covers only a small portion of the LP sleeve. - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.

Catch The Rainbow A: Intro: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Mistreated B: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Catch The Rainbow C: Long Live Rock 'N' Roll Man On The Silver Mountain Blues Starstruck D: For A Dime (Improvisations) Still I'm Sad Beethoven's Ninth Keyboard Solo Drum Solo Recorded live at Chataeu Neuf, Oslo, Norway on September 27th, 1977.
Mini Music Records BF94052, Holland - Ebay prices: - 30.04.2006 $45 - 14.05.2006 $28 - 03.07.2007 $41
Mini Music Records BF94052 - Box set - Might've been self-made by a previous owner, i.e. has not been released like this?
Mini Music Records BF94052 - Color vinyl - Might be a rumored release only

Catch The Rainbow '77 A:/B: Kill The King Mistreated Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Catch The Rainbow Long Live Rock'n'Roll Man On The Silver Mountain Blues Starstruck Night People Still I'm Sad Do You Close Your Eyes Recorded live at Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany on October 20th, 1977.
? - Might be a rumored release only

Catch The Rainbow Side A: Intro Kill The King (listed as "New Song" Mistreated 16th Century Greensleeves Side B: Catch The Rainbow Man On The Silver Mountain Side C: Stargazer Still I'm Sad Side D: Still I'm Sad Do You Close Your Eyes Recorded live in Japan in December 1976, most likely at Koseinenkin-Kaikan, Osaka, Japan on December 8th, 1976.
BR1214, Japan, probably 1977 - Limited edition of 100 or 200 copies, sold only to private people - Manufactured by a company in Hakaido, Northern Japan - Gatefold sleeves - Click here for back sleeve picture - Click here for gatefold sleeve + discs picture - Ebay prices: - 01.09.2005 $239

Deep Purple And Split Groups A: Deep Purple: Hush Deep Purple: Strange Kind Of Woman Deep Purple: You Fool No One Ian Gillan: She Called Me Softly B: Ian Gillan & Ritchie Blackmore: Rock 'N' Roll Medley Rainbow: Mistreated (*) Whitesnake: Lady Luck Rainbow: Captain Cornflakes (live jamming) (*) (*) Features Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio. Mistreated was recorded on June 24th, 1978 in Atlanta, GA. Captain Cornflakes live jamming is recorded live on January 20th, 1978 in Osaka, Japan.

ZZYZX Records ZZYZX 011, Germany, 1983 - Click here for back sleeve picture - Click here for label picture - Released most likely in late spring or early summer 1983. - The sleeve opens from the left hand side - Ebay prices: - 17.04.2006 $27

Guitar Vanguard A: Kill The King Man On The Silver Mountain Still I'm Sad B: Catch The Rainbow Eulogy for Tommy Bolin Mistreated Do You Close Your Eyes Recorded live apparently in Nagoya, Japan on December 7th 1976, although the sleeve says November. Note: 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. Many discographies (including this one until April 2006) list the first editions being German bootlegs while the 2nd and 3rd either Japanese or German. That is rather unlikely. It also might be so that the 2nd and 3rd editions were actually released in different order; the 2nd edition is worse quality one than the 3rd edition. All the 2nd edition copies seem to have identical bubbles, dents and other defects in the vinyl, i.e. they have been pressed with the same set of masters. Because the 3rd edition is again the same quality as the 1st edition, there must either be at least 2 sets of masters (unlikely with bootlegs) or the 3rd edition actually precedes the 2nd edition.
Ruthless Rhymes Ltd MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Blue picture insert sleeve with black printing, guitar in the picture - Black/grey labels - Click here for label picture
Ruthless Rhymes Ltd MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Bluish (or greenish?) picture insert sleeve with blue printing, guitar in the picture - Black/yellow labels - Black-on-white track listings in the sleeve picture were added by the previous owner and are not on the original insert sleeve - Click here for label picture
Ruthless Rhymes Ltd MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Light green picture insert sleeve with black printing, guitar in the picture - Black/grey labels - Ebay prices: - 09.04.2006 $36
Ruthless Rhymes Ltd MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Yellow picture insert sleeve, guitar in the picture - Identical black/grey labels to the blue insert sleeve version - Click here for label picture
Dragonfly Records MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Yellow picture insert sleeve, guitar in the picture - Slightly different shade of yellow than on the other yellow insert sleeve 1st edition - Black/green labels - Click here for side A label picture - Click here for side B label picture
Dragonfly Records MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Pink picture insert sleeve with black printing, guitar in the picture - Black/green labels - Ebay prices: - 09.04.2006 $38 - 27.02.2007 $76
MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Pink picture insert sleeve with red printing, guitar in the picture - Blank orange labels - Click here for label picture
MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Green picture insert sleeves, guitar in the picture - Blank black labels - Click here for label picture
Duck Records MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Green picture insert sleeves, guitar in the picture - Black/white labels have texts "Duck Records", "Limited Edition Collectors Record" and "DUCK HITS" - Track listing on the labels list side A as Duck`s off, Smoke on the Duck, Year of the Duck, Duck your Mother Down, I wanna hold your Duck and side B as Disco Duck, Stairway to Duckberg, Misty Mountain Duck, No Where Duck, Voodoo Duck, Diamond Ducks - Click here for side A picture - Click here for side B picture
Duck Records MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The first edition of the bootleg - Light yellow picture insert sleeves, guitar in the picture - Click here for a detail picture of the sleeve - Black/white labels have texts "Duck Records", "Limited Edition Collectors Record" and "DUCK HITS" - Track listing on the labels list side A as Duck`s off, Smoke on the Duck, Year of the Duck, Duck your Mother Down, I wanna hold your Duck and side B as Disco Duck, Stairway to Duckberg, Misty Mountain Duck, No Where Duck, Voodoo Duck, Diamond Ducks
MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The second edition of the bootleg - Yellow picture insert sleeves, guitar in the picture - Picture quality considerably lower than in the 1st edition versions - Blank white labels - Ebay prices: - 06.03.2007 $13
MBP 992, USA, 1977-1978? - The third edition of the bootleg - Picture insert sleeve with Ritchie Blackmore in the picture - Click here for label picture

Kerr-aaannnngg!!! A: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Mistreated Sixteenth Century Greensleeves B: Long Live Rock'n'Roll Lazy Man On The Silver Mountain Still I'm Sad Recorded live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan on February 3rd, 1978. Also called as "Blackmore's Fucking Old Turd" as the edge of the sleeve gives that as the name.
Obnoxious Production RB 1528, Japan, 1978 - Blank black labels - Original release - Has "RB 1528 A/B" written in mirror backwards on the run-off area of the vinyl - Click here for back sleeve picture
Obnoxious Production RB 1528, UK, 1978 - Possibly UK reissue, some sources also claim this is Japanese - Blank white labels - Has "RBR 1 A/B" in the run-off area of the vinyl - Has text "RB 1528 BLACKMORE'S FUCKIN OLD TURD (P)1978 ALL OBNOXIOUS PRODUCTION" printed on the edge of the sleeve - Matte'ish sleeve with slightly more details than in the other UK printing - Click here for back sleeve picture - Ebay prices: - 09.05.2006 $28 - 14.04.2007 $37
Obnoxious Production RB 1528, UK, 1978 - Possibly UK reissue, some sources also claim this is Japanese - Blank white labels - Has "RBR 1 A/B" in the run-off area of the vinyl - Shinier/glossier sleeve with slightly less details than in the other UK printing, otherwise identical to the other UK printing - Possibly a reprint of the first UK reissue

Kill The King A: Kill The King Mistreated B: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Catch The Rainbow C: Long Live Rock 'N' Roll Man On The Silver Mountain D: Still I'm Sad Keyboard Solo Drum Solo Still I'm Sad Recorded live in The Hague, Holland on October 4th, 1977.
Phonedod Deluxe PHOD-4010, UK, 1984 - Click here for back sleeve picture - Click here for side A picture - Click here for side B picture - Click here for side C picture - Click here for side D picture - PHOD-4010-A-B-C-D etched on the records - Ebay prices: - 12.02.2006 $379 - 06.04.2008 $612

Live In Australia A: Mistreated Sixteenth Century Greensleeves B: Catch The Rainbow Man On The Silver Mountain C: Starstruck Man On The Silver Mountain Still I'm Sad Keyboard Solo Drum Solo D: Still I'm Sad Do You Close Your Eyes Recorded live at Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia on November 22nd, 1976.
The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label TAKRL 24904, USA - C and D side labels have "Monique D'Ozo" picture on them, side B label similar to the side A label style - Click here for side C label picture - Ebay prices: - 12.02.2007 $67
The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label TAKRL 24904, USA - Similar side C and D labels as with the first version - Click here for side B label - Ebay prices: - 17.12.2005 $71 - 16.10.2007 $51

Mark II A: Kill The King Mistreated Sixteenth Century Greensleeves B: Catch The Rainbow Long Live Rock'n'Roll C: Man On The Silver Mountain Blues Starstruck Man On The Silver Mountain Keyboard Solo D: Beethoven's Ninth Keyboard Solo Drum Solo 1812 Overture Still I'm Sad Recorded live at Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK on November 4th, 1977.
R-77, Japan - Green/white sleeves
R-77, Japan - Blue/white sleeves - Blank white labels - Click here for back sleeve picture - Ebay prices: - 01.09.2005 $92 - 02.12.2006 $68 - 05.08.2007 $92

Nippon Eyes A: Intro: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Mistreated Man On The Silver Mountain B: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Catch The Rainbow C: Keyboard Solo Stargazer D: Still I'm Sad Drum Solo Still I'm Sad Recorded live at Koseinenkin-Kaikan, Osaka, Japan on December 8th, 1976.
LP-RB-1/2, Germany, 1983 or 1984 - Picture sleeves with Ritchie Blackmore in the picture
LP-RB-1/2, Germany, 1983 or 1984 - Picture sleeves - Sticker "Rainbow In Concert" in the upper left corner
LP-RB-1/2, Germany, 1983 or 1984 - Blank sleeves with front and back picture on separate sheets of paper - Identical labels and etchings to the stickered sleeve version - Click here for back sleeve picture

Satisfaction A: Intro: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Long Live Rock'n'Roll Man On The Silver Mountain Starstruck B: Still I'm Sad Recorded live at Koseinenkin-Kaikan, Osaka, Japan on January 16th, 1978.
BL-409 A/B, Japan - Ebay prices: - 22.04.2006 $164

Seven Bridge A: Still I'm Sad Man On The Silver Mountain Starstruck B: Stargazer Do You Close Your Eyes Recorded live at Koseinenkin-Kaikan, Osaka, Japan on December 8th, 1976.
BR 726 A/B, Japan - Includes pink insert sleeve - "BR726A 1K" and "BR726B 1K" printed in the run-off area - EBay prices: - 22.04.2006 $236 - 30.04.2007 $52 - 29.09.2007 $52

Snow White & The Seven Dwarves A: Keyboard Solo Stargazer B: Still I'm Sad Drum Solo Still I'm Sad Recorded live at Koseinenkin-Kaikan, Osaka, Japan on December 8th, 1976. Basically the second LP of the Nippon Eyes bootleg.
LP RB 2 AB - Rainbow on sleeve in red colour, otherwise similar sleeves with other later Rainbow bootleg of the same name

Somewhere Over The Rainbow A: Kill The King Mistreated Long Live Rock'n'Roll B: Man On The Silver Mountain Still I'm Sad Beethoven's Ninth Recorded live at The Omni, Atlanta, GA, USA on June 23rd, 1978.
Taurus Records 002 9103, Italy, 1991 - Color picture sleeves - Ebay prices: - 08.03.2006 $28 - 31.05.2006 $17 - 10.09.2006 $32 - 30.08.2007 $31

Sort Of Fucking Boring Old Fart A: Intro: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Long Live Rock'n'Roll Still I'm Sad Beethoven's Ninth Dance With The Devil (*) B: Do You Close Your Eyes Stargazer (**) The Man In Black (*) Recorded live at Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany on October 20th, 1977, except (*) recorded by Cozy Powell solo and (**) recorded live at Budokan, Tokyo, Japan on December 6th, 1976. Although Gates Of Babylon is listed on the sleeve, it is not on the vinyl.
HE 9314 A/B, Japan - green/white cover - blank white labels - Click here for back sleeve picture
HE 9314 A/B, Japan - red/white cover - blank white labels - Ebay prices: - 12.03.2007 $50 - 29.09.2007 $15

War Of Nerves In 1976 A: Intro: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Mistreated Man On The Silver Mountain B: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Catch The Rainbow C: Keyboard Solo Stargazer D: Still I'm Sad Drum Solo Still I'm Sad Recorded live at Koseinenkin-Kaikan, Osaka, Japan on December 8th, 1976.
H-400/H-500, Germany, 1983 or 1984 - Click here for label picture - Ebay prices: - 15.03.2006 $26 - 11.02.2007 $59