tracks

Man On The Silver Mountain
Catch The Rainbow
Starstruck
Stargazer
Kill The King
Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
Gates Of Babylon
Since You Been Gone
All Night Long
I Surrender
Can't Happen Here
Jealous Lover
Stone Cold
Power
Can't Let You Go
Street Of Dreams

notes

Compilation comes with a fold-out poster-style booklet, including an essay and the band's family tree "Rainbow - Roots And Branches".

Tracks 1/2 recorded between the 20th of February and the 14th of March 1975 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany.
Tracks 3/4 recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany sometime in February 1976.
Tracks 5/6/7 recorded at Le Chateau, Paris, France, March/May/December 1977.
Tracks 8/9 recorded at Le Chateau, Paris, France, with the Maison Rouge Mobile Studio, January/February 1979.
Tracks 10/11 recorded and mixed at Sweet Silent Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1980 and
Track 12 recorded in the US, April 1981.
Tracks 13/14 recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Canada, November 1981.
Tracks 15/16 recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, May/June 1983.

Tracks 1 and 2 from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
Tracks 3 and 4 from Rainbow Rising (1976)
Tracks 5 to 7 from Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (1978)
Tracks 8 and 9 from Down To Earth (1979)
Tracks 10 and 11 from Difficult To Cure (1981)
Track 12 from b-side of Can't Happen Here (1981)
Tracks 13 and 14 from Straight Between The Eyes (1982)
Tracks 15 and 16 from Bent Out Of Shape (1983)

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credits

Bass – Bob Daisley (tracks: 5 to 7), Craig Gruber (tracks: 1, 2), Jimmy Bain (tracks: 3, 4), Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 5 to 7), Roger Glover (tracks: 8 to 16)
Compilation Producer – Bill Levenson
Compilation Producer [Project Assistance] – Catherine Ladis
Coordinator [Projection Coordination] – Terri Tierney
Design – Smay Vision
Drums – Bob Rondinelli, (tracks: 10 to 14), Chuck Burgi, (tracks: 15, 16), Cozy Powell (tracks: 3 to 9), Gary Driscoll (tracks: 1, 2)
Engineer – Flemming Rasmussen (tracks: 10 to 12), Gary Edwards (tracks: 8, 9), Nick Blagona (tracks: 13, 14)
Guitar – Ritchie Blackmore
Keyboards – David Rosenthal, (tracks: 13 to 16), David Stone (3) (tracks: 5 to 7), Don Airey (tracks: 8 to 12), Tony Carey (tracks: 3, 4)
Liner Notes – Jerry Bloom, Mark Welch (2)
Mastered By – Steve Fallone
Other [Rainbow Family Tree] – Pete Frame
Photography By [Additional] – Anthony Loew, Fin Costello
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Fin Costello
Producer – Martin Birch (tracks: 1 to 7), Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1, 2), Roger Glover (tracks: 8 to 16), Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1, 2)
Vocals – Graham Bonnet (tracks: 8, 9), Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 10 to 16), Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1 to 7)
Written-By – Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 12 to 16), Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 11 to 16), Roger Glover (tracks: 9, 11, 13, 14), Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1 to 7)

companies

Made By – Cinram Optical Discs
Phonographic Copyright (p) – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – PolyGram Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Polydor
Distributed By – PolyGram
Recorded At – Musicland Studios
Recorded At – Studio Hérouville
Recorded At – La Maison Rouge
Recorded At – Sweet Silence Studios
Recorded At – Le Studio
Mastered At – PolyGram Studios

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