US 103.1 Classic Rock Radio » Rainbow http://us103.com Sun, 19 May 2013 16:05:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Rainbow to Release 'Live in Munich 1977′ http://us103.com/rainbow-live-in-munich-1977-release-date/ http://us103.com/rainbow-live-in-munich-1977-release-date/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:56:04 +0000 Nick DeRiso http://ultimateclassicrock.com/?p=120120 The forthcoming 'Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977' offers fans a remastered -- and comprehensive -- glimpse of Ritchie Blackmore's band with Ronnie James Dio and Cozy Powell. In fact, the April 30 release is the only complete performance ever filmed from that era.

]]> http://us103.com/rainbow-live-in-munich-1977-release-date/feed/ 0 Michael Putland / Hulton Archive, Getty Images Stone Cold, Warm Day and The Vinyl Vault http://us103.com/stone-cold-warm-day-and-the-vinyl-vault/ http://us103.com/stone-cold-warm-day-and-the-vinyl-vault/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:03:17 +0000 Jeff Holbrook http://us103.com/?p=104673 Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner and Rainbow on today with Stone Cold, a big hit in 1982 that's hardly ever on the air anymore.  Perfect for the Vinyl Vault!  As a matter of fact, this track was the band's only

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Even though Ritchie Blackmore alienated most of his original Dio fans, he sure had a successful sales run during the 1980's with Joe Lynn Turner up front.  The MTV crowd loved the commercial stuff.  Were you one of them?  If so, you may enjoy a spin of "Stone Cold" on today's Vinyl Vault ... by request!

Blackmore shown today in his Renaiss

]]> http://us103.com/rainbow-on-the-vault-for-joe-lynn-turner-fans/feed/ 0 Photo - Deerstop Classic Live Rainbow – With Dio, Due Tomorrow http://us103.com/classic-live-rainbow-with-dio-due-tomorrow/ http://us103.com/classic-live-rainbow-with-dio-due-tomorrow/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:12:02 +0000 Jeff Holbrook http://us103.com/?p=5019 If you're a Ronnie James Dio era Rainbow fan like me, you'll want to make room in your budget for the new 2-disc "Live At Dusseldorf's Phillipshalle" finding the boys at the top of their game in 1976.  Said by many insiders to be the best sounding live set ever released by this classic line-up, with clean remastered sound and an 8-page booklet

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