Rainbow C tape Discography, October 1975-January 1977

Rising A: Tarot Woman Run With The Wolf Starstruck Do You Close Your Eyes B: Stargazer A Light In The Black
Polydor/Oyster 3177 224, Australia, 1976 - Click here for side A picture.
Dionet-00672 Polydor/Oyster 3177 224, Australia, 1976 - Click here for side A picture.
Polydor/Oyster MIP4 1 9339, Canada, 1976 - Click here for side A picture.
Polydor CT-1-1601, Canada, 1976 - Some claim that this would also be an US issue, but the CRC marking is typically only on Canadian pressings - Click here for side A picture
Polydor, Canada, 1986 - Reissue
Polydor 3177 224, France, 1976 - Click here for side A picture.
Polydor 3199 294, Germany, 1986
Polydor 20CM 9214, Japan, 1976 - Includes an insert - Click here for side A picture - Click here for insert picture - Click here for another insert picture
Polydor/Oyster 3177 224, New Zealand, 1976 - Click here for side B picture.
Polydor/Sung Eum Limited CG 294, South Korea
Dionet-00732 Oyster/Polydor 3177 224, Spain, 1976 - Has circled "80" in the spine of the sleeve - Click here for side A picture.
Dionet-00733 Oyster/Polydor 3177 224, Spain, 1976 - Has circled "89" in the spine of the sleeve - Click here for side A picture.
Polydor 823655-4, Thailand, 1976 - Click here for side A picture.
Polydor 3177 224, UK, 1976 - Click here for side A picture.
Dionet-00670 Polydor 3177 224, UK, 1976 - Identical sleeves with the other UK printing, different tape design - Click here for side A picture.
Polydor POLDC 2, UK, 1976 - Reissue, release year not known
Dionet-01786 Polydor/Oyster ACBC 00262, UK - Britannica Music Club printing - Click here for front sleeve and side B picture.
Polydor SPEMC 35, UK - Reissue, release year not known - Click here for side A picture.
Dionet-01954 Polydor SPEMC 35, UK - Reissue, release year not known
Dionet-01998 Polydor/Universal/Ukrainian Records 547 361-4, Ukraine, 2002 - Includes a hologram sticker on the front sleeve - Click here for side A picture.
Polydor CT-1-1601, USA, 1976 - Click here for side A picture
Dionet-00728 Polydor CT-1-1601, USA, 1976 - Click here for side A picture
Polydor 823 655-4 Y-1, USA, 1976 - Reissue, release year not known - Click here for side A picture.
Dionet-01742 Polydor 3177 224 (CT-1-1601), USA, 1976 - Reissue, release year not known - Identical sleeves with the Polydor 823 655-4 Y-1 reissue.
Dionet-01564 RTB LK 57214, Yugoslavia, 1976 - Click here for side B and inside sleeve picture.

Double Back - Rising / Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Side A: Tarot Woman Run With The Wolf Starstruck Do You Close Your Eyes Stargazer A Light In The Black Side B: Man On The Silver Mountain Still I'm Sad Black Sheep Of The Family Catch The Rainbow Snake Charmer The Temple Of The King If You Don't Like Rock 'N' Roll Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Self Portrait
Dionet-01351 Polydor 3574 095, UK, September 1978 - Released in the Double Back series - Click here for inner sleeve picture. - Click here for side A picture. - Click here for side B picture. - Click here for tape case picture.
Polydor 3574 095, UK, 1983 - Released in the "2 For The Price Of 1" series

On Stage A: Intro: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Medley: Man On The Silver Mountain Blues Starstruck Blues Man On The Silver Mountain Catch The Rainbow B: Mistreated Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Still I'm Sad - Live recordings from Japan, December 1976 and Germany, September 1976. According to Roy Davies' book "Rainbow Rising - The Story of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, the songs are divided this way to different shows: The first minute or so of 'Kill The King' is from Tokyo (the evening show performed on 16th December 1976) and the rest from Munich (29th September 1976). 'Man On The Silver Mountain' combines the early and late Tokyo shows of the 16th December, while 'Catch The Rainbow' is a largely unedited version from Hiroshima on the 14th. The edited 'Mistreated' came from the Cologne concert (25th September). '16th Century Greensleeves' appears unedited and featured the version aired at the evening Tokyo show, while most of 'Still I'm Sad' would appear to come from Munich.
Polydor 3577 324, France, 1977 - Click here for side A picture
Polydor 3577 324, Germany, 1977 - Click here for side A picture
Polydor 3577 324, Germany, 1977 - Click here for side A picture - Black/White On Stage texts printed on the sleeve (not stickers)
Polydor 3577 324, Spain, 1979 - Click here for back sleeve picture - Click here for side A picture - Click here for side B picture
Dionet-00731 Polydor 3577 324, Spain - Click here for side A picture
Polydor 3577 324, UK, 1977 - Click here for side A picture
Polydor 3574 121, UK - Released in the "Doubleback" series - Click here for side A picture.
Polydor 3577 324, UK, 1983 - Released in the "2 For The Price Of 1" series - Click here for side A picture
Polydor 3577 324, UK, 1983 - Released in the "2 For The Price Of 1" series - Identical sleeves with the 1st "2-for-1" release, but different tape sticker design
Polydor 823 656-4 Y-2 (CT 2 1801), USA, 1977 - Click here for side A picture

On Stage A: Intro: Over The Rainbow Kill The King Medley: Man On The Silver Mountain Blues Starstruck Blues B: Man On The Silver Mountain Catch The Rainbow C: Mistreated D: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Still I'm Sad - Live recordings from Japan, December 1976 and Germany, September 1976. According to Roy Davies' book "Rainbow Rising - The Story of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, the songs are divided this way to different shows: The first minute or so of 'Kill The King' is from Tokyo (the evening show performed on 16th December 1976) and the rest from Munich (29th September 1976). 'Man On The Silver Mountain' combines the early and late Tokyo shows of the 16th December, while 'Catch The Rainbow' is a largely unedited version from Hiroshima on the 14th. The edited 'Mistreated' came from the Cologne concert (25th September). '16th Century Greensleeves' appears unedited and featured the version aired at the evening Tokyo show, while most of 'Still I'm Sad' would appear to come from Munich.

Dionet-00775 Polydor 3271 041 (3177 296/7), Italy, 1977 - Comes in a tall cardboard sleeve, containing two tape cases inside - Click here for a picture of the individual sleeves. - Click here for a picture of the tapes.

Live In Germany A: Kill The King (*) Mistreated (*) Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (**) Catch The Rainbow (***) B: Man On The Silver Mountain (****) Stargazer (**) Still I'm Sad (**) Do You Close Your Eyes (*) - (*) recorded live at Circus Krone, Munich, Germany on September 29th, 1976 - (**) recorded live at Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany on September 25th, 1976 - (***) recorded live at Philipshalle, Dusseldorf, Germany on September 27th, 1976 - (****) recorded live at Multihalle, Mannheim, Germany on September 28th, 1976

Connoisseur Collection VSOP MC 155, UK, 1990 - Click here for side A picture.