Rainbow-Rising (Special First Press *) *Reissue series to commemorate Rainbow's visit to Japan and sales of over 2 million copies The album was released on May 17,1976 via Polydor Records and Oyster Records(USA). "It is considered a hard rock classic and“one of the most important hard rock records" The album was recorded in February 1976 at Musicland Studios in Munich with producer Martin Birch. Ritchie Blackmore only kept singer Ronnie James Dio from the line-up of the previous album.Drummer Cozy Powell,bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboardist,Tony Carey were added. The band was still known as Blackmore’s Rainbow in the USA at that time. In the first issue of Kerrang! Rising was voted the number one album of all time. Tracklist: A1 Tarot Woman A2 Run With The Wolf A3 Starstruck A4 Do You Close Your Eyes B1 Stargazer B2 A Light In The Black Japan special pressing Condition: LP / Mint (wonderful) Cover / NM (wonderful, light white spots on backside) Insert/ NM ( wonderful) the pictures and the description of the condition, is the scope (what is not !! at the pictures or description of the condition is not included) and the state of the LP or Single…! ★★★ A Hard-Rock Legendary Collectors "Must-Have" ★★★ ★★★ For every rare single & LP I add a new inner sleeve with acid-free plastic so that you can enjoy the singles & LPs for a long time ★★★ You will receive all of your valuable auctions in a special LP box so that nothing can happen to your LP during transport (see pictures) ★★★ Each LP/Single is washed again with a special record washing machine (see picture) before it is sent (this machine is of course not included in the scope of delivery) An offer exclusive from the seller : BlackGold-Memorabilia Thank´s for your interest. Check out my other rare items in current and future Auctions at Catawiki ★★★ Delivery to Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria and Norway only by Express Post ★★★ No delivery to Gran Canaria