Rainbow / The Singles Box 1975-1986 / 19CD set
In February 2014 Universal Music will release Rainbow: The Singles Box Set 1975-1986.
This set will feature 19 CDs in replica single sleeves, housed in a rigid box with lift-off lid. All the original single mixes have been remastered for the box which also comes with a 32-page booklet featuring detailed annotations on each release as well as sleeve notes by Andy Francis, an authority on the band. Full track listing can be found below.
This limited edition Singles Box is issued on 3 February 2014.
- • UK Pre-order: The Singles Box Set 1975-1986
- • USA Pre-order: Rainbow Singles Box 1975-1986
- • GERMANY Pre-order: The Singles Box Set 1975-1986
- • FRANCE Pre-order: Rainbow Singles Box 1975-1976
Track listing
CD ONE
- Man On The Silver Mountain (7” Edit)
- Snake Charmer
CD TWO
- Still I’m Sad
- Temple Of The King
CD THREE
- Man On The Silver Mountain
- Snake Charmer
- If You Don’t Like Rock ‘N’ Roll
- Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
CD FOUR
- Starstruck
- Run With The Wolf
CD FIVE
- Kill The King (Live / Edit – On Stage)
- Man On The Silver Mountain (Live – On Stage)
- Mistreated (Live / 7” Edit – On Stage)
CD SIX
- Long Live Rock ‘N’ Roll
- Sensitive to Light
CD SEVEN
- LA Connection (7” Edit)
- Lady of the Lake
CD EIGHT
- Since You Been Gone
- Bad Girl
CD NINE
- Since You Been Gone
- No Time To Lose
CD TEN
- All Night Long
- Weiss Heim
CD ELEVEN
- I Surrender
- Vielleicht Das Nächster Zeit (Maybe Next Time)
CD TWELVE
- Difficult To Cure
- Can’t Happen Here (7” Edit)
- Jealous Lover
CD THIRTEEN
- Magic
- Freedom Fighter
CD FOURTEEN
- Can’t Happen Here (7” Edit)
- Jealous Lover
CD FIFTEEN
- Stone Cold
- Rock Fever
CD SIXTEEN
- Death Alley Driver
- Tite Squeeze
CD SEVENTEEN
- Street Of Dreams
- Anybody There
- Power (Live at the Convention Center, San Antonio)
CD EIGHTEEN
- Can’t Let You Go (7” Edit)
- All Night Long (Live at David’s Hall, Cardiff)
- Stranded (Live at David’s Hall, Cardiff)
CD NINETEEN
- Bad Girl
- Spotlight Kid (Live at Budokan, Tokyo)
- Man On The Silver Mountain (Live)
I assume this is going to be the same totally horrendous mastering that has been around for ages? The old “Thanks, but no thanks” is the only thing that comes to mind. I could throw a fit every single time one of these money-grab sets is thrown onto the market (… and for whom, I wonder? The uninitiated only?).