Rising

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Rising
Studio album by Rainbow
Released	May 17, 1976
Recorded	February 1976
Genre	Heavy metal Hard rock
Length	33:28
Label	Polydor Oyster
Producer	Martin Birch
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Rainbow chronology
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) Rising (1976) On Stage (1977)

Rising (also known as Rainbow Rising) is a hard rock/heavy metal album by Rainbow, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). With founder Ritchie Blackmore retaining only Ronnie James Dio from the previous album, he recruited keyboard player Tony Carey, bassist Jimmy Bain and drummer Cozy Powell to complete the new line-up. Recorded in Munich in less than a month, the album was overseen by Deep Purple engineer and rock producer Martin Birch.

The album marks Dio's first work with bassist Jimmy Bain: Bain would later play bass in Dio's solo band.

The album showpiece is the 8 minute and 26 second piece "Stargazer", which features the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.

Few of the album tracks made it into the band's live set: "Stargazer" and "Do You Close Your Eyes" featured in all the 1976 shows, while "A Light in the Black" was dropped early in the tour. It was played at least 13 times in 1975-1976. Starstruck was played at least 16 times on stage - usually as part of Man On The Silver Mountain.

Rising peaked at #48 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. In the UK it would peak at #6.

The original vinyl release was a gatefold sleeve, with a generic Polydor inner-bag.

The first CD issue had a slightly different mix to that of the original LP, including, for example, a longer delay before the band entered after Carey's opening solo in 'Tarot Woman', a longer play-out on 'Run With The Wolf' and the track "Stargazer' had the vocals mixed without the delay, the extra synthesizer deleted and some of the phased sounds deleted. When remastered in 1999 the original vinyl mix was restored.

The song "Stargazer" has been covered by Dream Theater on the album Black Clouds & Silver Linings, by Mundanus Imperium on the album The Spectral Spheres Coronation, and in Spanish by Argentine singer Adrian Barilari.

Track listing

All songs written by Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore

Side one

1. "Tarot Woman" – 5:58
2. "Run with the Wolf" – 3:48
3. "Starstruck" – 4:06
4. "Do You Close Your Eyes" – 2:58

Side two

1. "Stargazer" – 8:26
2. "A Light in the Black" – 8:12

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio – vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Tony Carey – keyboards
• Jimmy Bain – bass
• Cozy Powell – drums

with

• Munich Philharmonic Orchestra – Strings, Horn
• Fritz Sonnleitner – Concert Master
• Rainer Pietsch – Conductor