Rainbow Sampler LP Discography

These are Rainbow's sampler LPs with at least one track from Rainbow's days with Ronnie James Dio.

Disco Bus by Zoran Modli Side A: Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity: This Wheels On Fire Eric Burdon And The Animals: Sky Pilot Bryan Ferry: This Is Tomorrow The Hollies: Long Cool Woman Rainbow: Starstruck (*) The Rubettes: Sugar Baby Love Side B: Rick Dees & Zoran Modli: Disco Duck The Bee Gees: Massachusetts The Bee Gees: Boogie Child The Fatback Band: Bus Stop Heatwave: Boogie Nights The Hollies: The Air That I Breathe (*) Includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

Dionet-0 RTB/Polydor LP 5714 (2480401), Yugoslavia, 1977 - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for side B label picture.

Especial Discoteca A: Rainbow: Stargazer Rainbow: Run With The Wolf Rainbow: Tarot Woman Rainbow: Starstruck Rainbow: Do You Close Your Eyes Rainbow: A Light In The Black B: Milton Di Sao Paulo: Dolce Milton Di Sao Paulo: Adaggio Francesca Milton Di Sao Paulo: Santa Fefe Milton Di Sao Paulo: Figure Of Solitude Milton Di Sao Paulo: Dedicated To Anyone Milton Di Sao Paulo: Jocker Milton Di Sao Paulo: Paris In Your Eyes Milton Di Sao Paulo: Calamity Jodls Milton Di Sao Paulo: Tribute To A Friend - A side contains all Rising songs, all are edited to be shorter, for all the solos are cut away but the lyrics are intact.

Zafiro DLP-106, Spain, 1976 - Promo release sent to the radio stations in Spain - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for track listing picture.

Good for Nothing - The Sounds Album, Vol. 1 A: Eric Clapton: Hello Old Friend Crosby-Nash: Spotlight Pat Travers: You Don't Love Me The Jam: Art School Gene Clark: In The Pines Charlie: Don't Look Back Jack Bruce Band: How's Tricks Doctors Of Madness: Out B: Rainbow: Starstruck Steve Gibbons Band: Right Side Of Heaven/Rollin' On Easy Street: Feels Like Heaven Golden Earring: Bombay Paice Ashton Lord: Dance With Me Baby Atlanta Rhythm Section: Sky High Barclay James Harvest: Titles

Polydor SOUND 1, UK, May 1977 - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Freebie with the Sounds magazine May 1977 issue

Guitar Rock Side A: Rainbow: Kill The King (*) Ian Gillan Band: Woman From Tokyo Golden Earring: Radar Love Bachman Turner Overdrive: Takin' Ccare Of Business The Black Crowes: Twice As Hard Side B: J.J. Cale: Crazy Mama Lucifer's Friend: Spanish Galleon The Allman Brothers Band: Revival John Mayall: Double Trouble Albert Collins: Mr Collins, Mr Collins Side C: Yngwie Malmsteen: You Don't Remember Hawkwind: Kerb Crawler Manowar: Sign Of The Hammer Cult: She Sells Sanctuary Blind Guardian: Goodbye Mr Friend Side D: Iggy Pop: Livin' On The Edge Of The Night Lenny Kravitz: Always On The Run Saxon: Solid Ball Of Rock Colin James: Just Came Back Ugly Kid Joe: Cats In The Cradle (*) Includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

Dionet-00691 PolyGram Virgin 516211-1, Greece, 1993 - Click here for back sleeve picture.

History Of Rock Vol. 1 Side A: Rainbow: Temple Of The King (*) Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe Golden Earring: Radar Love Paice Ashton Lord: Ghost Story The Who: The Seeker Allman Brothers: Revival Side B: Atlanta Rhythm Section: Imaginary Lover Barclay James Harvest: Love On The Line Pat Travers Band: Heat In The Street Maggie Bell: Wishing Well Velvet Underground: I'm Waiting For The Man Taste: What's Going On (*) Includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

Dionet-00458 Polydor 2480 568, Greece, 1980 - Click here for a picture of a part of the front sleeve - Click here for a picture of 2nd part of the front sleeve - Click here for a picture of 3rd part of the front sleeve - Click here for a picture of 1st part of the back sleeve - Click here for a picture of 2nd part of the back sleeve - Click here for a picture of a part of the inner sleeve

Il Rock A: Motorhead: Keep Us On The Road Motorhead: Iron Horse / Born To Lose Motorhead: On Parole Motorhead: White Line Fever Dio: Fallen Angels B: Dio: We Rock Dio: Gypsy Rainbow: Stone Cold Rainbow: All Night Long Rainbow: Kill The King (*) - Italian sampler, given out with Il Rock #90 magazine in Italy. (*) includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals besides Dio the band songs.
De Agostini IGDA 1181/182, Italy, 1990 - Click here for back sleeve picture

Investigacion De Mercado - Num. 1 Side A: Barclay James Harvest: Hymn Mike Pinera: Alone With You Rainbow: Long Live Rock 'N' Roll Randy Bachman: Survivor Atlanta Rhythm Section: Imaginary Lover Side B: Walter Egan: Magnet And Steel Marshall Tucker Band: I'l Be Loving You Charlie: I Like To Rock And Roll Alvin Lee: Rocket Fuel U.K.: In The Dead Of Night
Dionet-01473 Polydor 28 12 033, Spain, 1978 - Promo release - Includes a letter, survey card and envelope as inserts - Click here for letter insert picture. - Click here for survey card insert picture. - Click here for envelope picture 1. - Click here for envelope picture 2. - Click here for back sleeve picture 1. - Click here for back sleeve picture 2.

New Pop Releases July/August/September 1975 A: Yin & Yan: Walkie-Talkie Sunrise Druid: Toward The Sun Quartermass: Black Sheep Of The Family Rainbow: Still I'm Sad Ann Byers: This Man Is Rated X Theo Scherman: Champagne In The Starlight Rinky Dink & The Crystal Set: Shotgun-Boogie (Schlitz Blitz) B: Gonzales: Hole In My Soul Cilla Black: I'll Take A Tango Kai Olsson: Is It Love Eugene Wallace: Reach Out And Touch Me Angie Miller: Goodbye My Beautiful Dreamer Chas And Dave: I Am A Rocker Yin & Yan: Walkie-Talkie Sunset

Dionet-01352 EMI PSLP 166, UK, 1975 - Promo release - Click here for 2nd part of front sleeve picture - Click here for 1st part of back sleeve picture - Click here for 2nd part of back sleeve picture - Click here for innersleeve picture

Ritchie Blackmore - Rock Profile Volume Two A: Ritchie Blackmore Orchestra: Getaway Ritchie Blackmore Orchestra: Little Brown Jug Screaming Lord Sutch: Honey Hush Screaming Lord Sutch: The Train Kept A Rollin' Jon Lord: Gemini Suite : Guitar Movement Ritchie Blackmore: Interview B: Green Bullfrog: Bullfrog Screaming Lord Sutch: Good Golly Miss Molly Screaming Lord Sutch: Great Balls Of Fire Randy Pie & Family: Hurry To The City C: Rainbow: Still I'm Sad (*) Rainbow: Man On The Silver Mountain (live 1) (*) Rainbow: Lady Of The Lake (*) D: Rainbow: Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (live 2) (*) Jack Green: I Call, No Answer Deep Purple: Son Of Alerik Burr Bailey: Like A Bird Without Feathers - (*) includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals - (live 1) recorded live at Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany on September 25th, 1976 - (live 2) recorded live at Circus Krone, Munich, Germany on September 29th, 1976

Connoisseur Collection RP VSOP LP 157, UK, April 1991

Rock Ballads Side A: Scorpions: Wind Of Change Magnum: Need A Lot Of Love Jon Bon Jovi: Miracle Steve Thomson: Dream On Robin Beck: First Time Nazareth: Love Hurts Yngwie Malmsteen: Save Our Love Bon Jovi: I'll Be There For You Side B: Extreme: More Than Words Rainbow: Catch The Rainbow (*) Cinderella: Heartbreak Station China: So Long L.A. Guns: The Ballad Of Jane Deep Purple: Wasted Sunsets Doro: A Whiter Shade Of Pale Kingdom Come: You'll Never Know (*) Includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

Vertigo/Polystar 845 737-1, Holland, 1991 Click here for back sleeve picture. Click here for side 2 label picture.

Rock In Concert A: Rainbow: Kill The King Golden Earring: She Flies On Strange Winds The Steve Gibbons Band: Tulane B: Taste: Sugar Mama Randy Pie: Highway Driver The Hollies: Long Cool Woman C: Roxy Music: Do The Strand Derek And The Dominos: Presence Of The Lord Eric Clapton: After Midnight D: Cream: Spoonful All tracks live recordings.
Polydor 2664 406 (2488 720/1 on labels), Germany Gatefold sleeves, release year not known. Click here to see back sleeve picture. Click here to see LP2 picture.

Rock Ultimatum Side A: Rockets: Oh Well U.K.: Nothing To Lose Cream: Badge The Who: The Seeker Rainbow: Man On The Silver Mountain (*) Atlanta Rhythm Section: Spooky Roy buchanan: Hey Joe Side B: Rainbow: Temple Of The King (*) U.K.: Rendezvous 6.02 Rockets: Desire Cream: Sunshine Of Your Love The Who: Summertime Blues Jimi Hendrix: Crosstown Traffic Barclay James Harvest: Hymn (*) Includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

Dionet-00460 Polydor 2489 164, Hong Kong - Promo release, comes in blank sleeve with handwritten & photocopied insert - Click here for side B label picture.

Soft Side Of Hard Rock A: Bon Jovi: Silent Night Cinderella: Nobody's Fool Warlock: Make Time For Love Dio: All The Fools Sailed Away Deep Purple: Wasted Sunsets Rainbow: Catch The Rainbow B: Black Sabbath: No Stranger To Love TNT: Without Your Love Treat: Take My Hand Gringos Locos: Susie No Exqse: It's Love Paganini: For Your Love
Mercury 816 684-1, Europe, 1988 Click here for back sleeve picture. Click here for B side label picture.

The Spirit Of Rock Side A: John Muller: Give Us A Yell Queen: We Are The Champions Deep Purple: Smoke On The Water Rainbow: The Temple Of The King (*) Nazareth: Love Hurts Allman Brothers: One Way Out Ten Years After: I'm Going Home Side B: J.J. Cale: Cocaine Joe Cocker: Unchain My Heart The Neville Brothers: For Ever...For Tonight Joe Jackson: Oh Well Simple Minds: Don't You Forget About Me Cockney Rebel: Sebastian Side C: Derek And The Dominoes: Layla Gary Moore: Oh Pretty Woman Cream: White Room Eric Burdon: Woman Of The Rings Canned Heat: Going Up The Country Genesis: I Know What I Like Side D: King Crimson: Epitaph Scorpions: Wind Of Change Jethro Tull: Locomotive Breath Roxy Music: Virginia Plain Iggy Pop: The Passenger Keith Richards: Make No Mistake (*) Includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

Dionet-00712 PolyGram/EMI/Virgin REB 1/2, Greece, 1991 - Gatefold sleeves - Click here for back sleeve picture.

Star Gala - Long Live Rock Side A: Rainbow: Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (*) Cream: White Room Arthur Brown: Fire James Brown: Sex Machine Bachman-Turner-Overdrive: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet Nazareth: Dream On Side B: Status Quo: Roll Over Lay Down Jerry Lee Lewis: Sweet Little Sixteen Eric Burdon: San Franciscan Nights Slade: Coz I Luv You Jimi Hendrix: Foxy Lady Eric Clapton: After midnight (*) Includes Ronnie James Dio on vocals.

Karussell 819 214-1, Germany Release year unknown, but in the 1980s after 1982 Click here for back sleeve picture.