Rainbow Monsters Of Rock: Live At Donington 1980 CD

Japanese 2 CD + DVD pressing. Includes bonus audio content. On Saturday, August 16th, 1980 Rainbow took to the stage to headline the first rock festival to be staged at Castle Donington. It was the culmination of the band s tour in support of the hugely successful Down To Earth album, released in 1979, and would prove to be the last live show featuring this particular line-up of the band: Ritchie Blackmore (guitars), Don Airey (keyboards), Graham Bonnet (vocals), Roger Glover (bass) and Cozy Powell (drums). The set featured tracks from the then-new album alongside classics from earlier in their career. There are virtuoso solo spots for Blackmore, Airey and Powell which serve to highlight the sheer musical prowess in the band. The show climaxes with Ritchie Blackmore destroying his guitar and thrusting it into an amp which promptly bursts into flames before fireworks burst overhead at the conclusion of an explosive show..

1. Pomp and Circumstance (Opening) 2. Intro / Eyes of the World 3. Since You Been Gone 4. Stargazer 5. Catch the Rainbow 6. Lost in Hollywood / Guitar Solo 7. Difficult to Cure / Keyboard Solo 8. Drum Solo / Lost in Hollywood (Reprise) 9. Lazy 10. All Night Long 11. Blues 12. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 13. Long Live Rock N Roll 14. Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Crash (Kill the King) 15. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (Reprise) 16. Lazy 17. All Night Long 18. Catch the Rainbow 19. Eyes of the World 20. Guitar Solo 21. Difficult to Cure 22. Will You Love Me Tomorrow 23. Long Live Rock N Roll 24. Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Crash (Kill the King) 25. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (Reprise)