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One day in the year of the fox
Another box set is in the works — Rainbow The Temple of The King 1975 – 1976. It comprises the first two albums, remastered, the three German 1976 live shows: Köln, Düsseldorf, and Nurnberg (all three previously available both separately and as the Deutschland Tournee 1976 6CD box), and a disc of “rarities”.
- Expanded 9 -CD Deluxe Box Edition version of Rainbow’s early era classic albums during the era 1975 – 1976
- Featuring Newly mastered albums plus B-sides, live performances, demos and alternate versions.
- Newly Mastered by Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham
- Expanded packaging to include, 24-page booklet featuring extensive liner notes, rare artist photos and memorabilia.
- 3 Shows from the band’s 1976 European tour
- New sleeve notes by Rich Davenport reflecting on the impact of the band after Ritchie Blackmore’s split from Deep Purple
- Artwork features rare picture sleeves, photos and memorabilia
- The first Rainbow box from this era and the start of a major reissue campaign for the band with the support of Ritchie Blackmore
Both studio albums track lists are straight as the originals, without any bonuses. The ninth CD tagged as “rarities” contains:
- Getaway (Kill the King) [studio Rehearsals for 1976 World Tour]
- Mistreated (Studio Rehearsals for 1976 World Tour)
- Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (Studio Rehearsals for 1976 World Tour)
- Catch the Rainbow (Studio Rehearsals for 1976 World Tour)
- Temple of the King (Bolivian Mono Mix)
- Man On the Silver Mountain (Mono Edit)
- Man On the Silver Mountain (Stereo Edit)
- Tarot Woman (Rough Mix)
- Run With the Wolf (Rough Mix)
- Starstruck (Rough Mix)
- Do You Close Your Eyes (Rough Mix)
- Stargazer (Rough Mix)
- A Light in the Black (Rough Mix)
- Stargazer (Pirate Sound Tour Rehearsal)
- Starstruck (Mono Edit)
- Starstruck (Stereo Edit)
Release date is set for March 6, 2026.
Thanks to Purpledaniel and Uwe for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Something in the air … (crash, bang, wallop!)
Tells me to beware … 🤣
First things first, all credit must go to the one and only Purpledaniel who found this first and in ghastly fashion tried to sabotage the IGB topic with it by mentioning it there! 😂 The lengths these juvenile music taste Rainbownettes go to … 🙄
Speaking of: I am of course happy for you all and how you will now leave little Rainbow stains in your collective undies in genuine anticipation/passion!
I look forward to a remaster (Andy Pearce also did the Deluxe versions of Rising, On Stage, LLRnR + DTE more than a decade back) of the always dull-sounding debut especially though I would – as with Rising, for different reasons as that one doesn’t sound dull – have preferred a real remix. Alas, the original masters must have been lost when the wizard toppled off the tower of stone bloodying the sand, that stupid, non-airworthy klutz! Now where do we go indeed. Duh, you go find master tapes in a Babylonian desert!
If this is a first of a series of releases, then I am not quite sure why they did not compile the Dio-era into one set, hell, they didn’t even reflect the Bain/Carey line-up in full because then On Stage should have been included which albeit released only after Jimmy’s firing featured him and Carey playing on that initial tour. And if there will be a second set with On Stage and LLRnR, then where will DTE eventually go, stand -alone or added to DTC while SBTE and BOOS constitute the last batch? A weird separation of eras anyway you look at it.
But let’s not quibble and hope for knackige remasters for now.
PS: And deeply nuanced, elegant drumming of course. 😈
December 17th, 2025 at 08:24Fair price ? Half of the raities CD might be interesting (other half is rough mixes from delux Rainbow Rising DB CD). Guess getting the 3 German concerts remastered might be fun? Ps – 2nd concert omits the oncore (do you close your eyes) which was an extended work out? Not too sure how many copies of Ritchie B’s Rainbow I have on vinyl/ cd but LP in my all time top ten! Will be purchasing of course…Long Live Rock?
December 17th, 2025 at 08:30Ps – clever marketing ploy on the box set as they list the Cologne concert in german (Köln) and got me thinking it must be a different show….ha ha Cheers PJ
The mention of a major reissue campaign is really interesting. Although this particular set doesn’t mention whether the Rising CD will have the New York or LA mix. Good thing that they’re including the rough mix with the keyboard intro on Stargazer.
Hopefully we’ll hear soon about the rest of the planned releases.
As we speak, Amazon.de has the box at 132€, while the UK one has it at (roughly) 85€.
December 17th, 2025 at 08:47Uwe Hornung providing a heads up for Rainbow, I don’t believe it. Unless it is to put the boot in, again…………..Or is it because he genuinely feels ‘elated’ of sorts because finally, Ritchie could be behind some sort of re-imagining of the Dio era Rainbow. Getting a little more serious now, we wonder why LLR&R isn’t part of this set, being the third album with Ronnie and all. Don’t put that out with DTE, please. All these re releases are going to send us broke, again. Surely we should have a little stake in their castles or something by now. A slab of stone or a single link in the draw bridge chain or even a latch on the privy door. We have contributed so much to the DP members coffers over the decades and now this, along with the IGB set to send us all financially to the wall. Oh well, such is life in peasant land. Cheers.
December 17th, 2025 at 09:31Wonder if they’ll track down the soundboard of Light In The Black live
December 17th, 2025 at 11:58Note. Does not include every song on each album.
December 17th, 2025 at 13:04Excellent news for 2026!
December 17th, 2025 at 16:11So… nothing new except some or 4 unreleased tracks on the rarities disc? I hope for a vinyl release of the live shows in the near future. I already own the CDs for years.
December 17th, 2025 at 19:05So pleased that Ritchie has finally got on board with Rainbow reissues, although I’d rather have had Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll as part of this set, and anything from the first lineup live, even rehearsals (there must be something). I wonder at the wisdom of mono edits as it merely feels like padding. Personally I’d love a remaster and remix (Steven Wilson?) of all the studio albums, including any attendant live material, either recorded on tours but never released, and desk recordings. In addition, PLEASE remix Onstage as on Kill The King Ritchie’s solo is down in the mix.
I hope the reissues are done with love and respect rather than a cash grab.
December 17th, 2025 at 20:06