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Nürnberg 1976 on vinyl
Rainbow Live in Nürnberg 1976, recorded at the Nürnberg Messezentrum Halle on September 28, 1976, will be released on vinyl on August 28, 2026. This is the first time this show will be available in analog format, and it completes the vinyl trifecta of Rainbow 1976 live releases: Köln/Cologne was released for the Record Store Day earlier this year, and Düsseldorf is due out on June 26.
First time ever vinyl release for this incredible live concert from Rainbow’s debut world tour and documenting one of the band’s first ever shows in Europe, at Nurnberg Messezentrum Halle on 28th September 1976. Newly Mastered by Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham and released on 28th August 2026.
Track list, spread over 3LPs:
- Kill the King
- Mistreated
- Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
- Catch the Rainbow
- Man On the Silver Mountain
- Stargazer
- Still I’m Sad
- Do You Close Your Eyes
Thanks to Richard Paul Jones for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Still missing is Munich 1976 (not 1977!). Only three official tracks surface so far.
June 22nd, 2026 at 18:07@ 1
Four!
“Sixteenth Century Greensleeves” from the Munich 1976 show is on Ritchie Blackmore’s “Rock Profile Volume II” CD from 1991.
Cheers, J.-
June 22nd, 2026 at 22:14But with three sets out on vinyl it surely must be time to get out those old flared jeans with the moon & stars embroidery? And scatter some sand in the living room to get the atmosphere right? You early Rainbow nuts go for the full immersive experience, right? 😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJD93UQ2F9E
June 23rd, 2026 at 00:00@3
I bid 1K for those very jeans, but in the end they went for 19 K !!!
(Sand is cheaper)
[Julien’s Auctions => “RONNIE JAMES DIO RAINBOW STAGE WORN JEANS WITH PHOTOGRAPH AND TOUR PROGRAM”]
Regards, J.-
June 23rd, 2026 at 13:16Recycling of a long-announced concert. But there are fans among us who want to have it on vinyl. Nothing new.
June 23rd, 2026 at 14:25I already have it on CD. No use buying it again.
June 24th, 2026 at 11:48Uwe
Never saw that before.
Isnt there a full version of it?
I never d think the singers role d become this.
When I played this song to people, often they were impressed, espescially the ON STAGE version, but more and more I felt the lyrics could be seen as dubious.
Owwww, you poor hurt man, man up!
June 24th, 2026 at 15:36RV, George Lucas was/is a DP fan, he snuck that song into his animated labor of love movie “Strange Magic” which flopped commercially, but is actually well worth watching, and not just for the Mistreated performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSrJiaZnPuU
Rock and pop classics are incorporated in the soundtrack throughout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFVbNid_D4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4ypxsdiUNM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-6oKoC3NZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYMi6Z8pRkI
It’s a very uplifting movie, you should watch it!
Mistreated is a song about hurt male vanity and machismo – and only the kid from Saltburn-by-the-Sea could actually project it live like it needs to be projected. Dio singing it was as apt as if he had sung this here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS2nX4fuzqc
You can hit all the notes and more and still not have a clue what the song really means. Actually, you can sing bum notes, yet still capture the song well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw5HdK8_p6w
June 24th, 2026 at 20:26Ronnie James Dio isn’t involved with the song Mistreated in any way, as we all know. Just the same as any other singer isn’t. So how in the name of Lucifer’s portion is Ronnie or anyone else going to get ‘into’ it. It is Coverdale’s song, he wrote it, felt it and delivered it. It is the same as RJD with his songs and so on and so on with any other decent singer who writes and sings ‘their’ songs. Anyone else singing or attempting to sing other singers quality original songs can and do make them sound just like a ‘karaoke’ version in so many ways. Remember that saying. “‘Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.’
June 25th, 2026 at 08:16Cheers.
But Mr. MacGregor…don’t you think Rod Evans did a nice job with Help? Cocker with With a little Help…? Rod Stewart with Drift Away? DC with Ain’t no Love? Bob Seeger with Ain’t got no Money…? To name just a few.
June 25th, 2026 at 11:05Hello.
What is this…that stands…before me… : )
I don´t get it. Uwe@8. Ronnie did great job indeed performing and interpreting Mistreated. Rainbow didn´t have so many songs of its´ own published yet, so they needed some additional stuff to their setlist…and of course, at that particular point of Rainbow´s career Ritchie absolutely wanted to play that piece, too.
If only poor Ronnie had just got the chance to live…he would have blown so many his colleagues off the stage easily. Like he did when he lived. What a Great Man (on The Silver Mountain). What A Voice.
So Max @10. I guess you have just mistaken a bit with MacGregor´s message (@9), I´m quite sure about that.
…drinking another pot of coffee…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFKnO9apt5I&list=RDEFKnO9apt5I&start_radio=1
Kippis.
June 25th, 2026 at 14:13Does the Rod Evans Appreciation Scociety still go on?
Would ve loved to hear/see a full show of the so called bogus lineup.
June 25th, 2026 at 14:26Even Glenn Hughes cannot emote Mistreated properly, nor did Dio, he simply didn’t feel that song, just like Graham Bonnet didn’t feel Stargazer though he sang it quite well. It’s not about Dio giving a bad performance (something he basically never did), it’s about whether he believed and felt what he sang. And he just didn’t – in that respect Mistreated is a difficult song to capture (and I don’t even really like the number, but I could see what DC wanted to bring across with it).
So, yes, Dio sang the number technically well, but it was still the wrong song for him. Just like MOTSM would have been the wrong song for IG or DC.
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RV, I would have watched the Bogus Purple in a heartbeat even fully knowing they were bogus and how horrible their performances were – just out of sheer scientific curiosity!
June 25th, 2026 at 17:34I know what Max means in regard to very good covers of other singers songs and vocals. I prefer other vocalists singing certain Bob Dylan songs. The original folky songs from the 1960’s I am referring to. Even if Dylan was putting his words to some original ‘traditional’ songs or melodies, we hear his song first in most instances. But can other singers get ‘inside’ the original song. We have been used to hearing many of our favourite artists songs over time, The Who are a prime example. Roger Daltrey singing Townshend’s songs, melodies etc. We hear Daltrey first for many years, then later on we hear Pete’s original demos and it is a surprise in so many ways. The melody and phrasing are vey similar if not the same. Of course the extra nuances and the power in delivery is what we are familiar with with Daltrey’s singing. Pete himself has stated that Roger got inside many of his songs better than he originally did. David Byron singing Ken Henley’s songs in Uriah Heep is another good example. Very similar vocalists in some ways, but Byron being more operatic delivered many of Hensley’s songs with more vigour, power and emotion etc. In those sort of instances it can be a fine line indeed. There are plenty of other singers that sing other peoples songs really well. Art Garfunkel with Paul Simons songs. Whether we hear the ‘original’ song first or not can be the difference in how we relate and either enjoy or not enjoy the different vocals. David Coverdale with Mistreated is a prime example, with other vocalists attempting his song later on. Other vocalists singing 70’s Sabbath songs and we could keep going on and on about the different versions of so many songs from so many artists. It always comes back to our personal experience with what we hear and what we think of it. Cheers.
June 25th, 2026 at 18:54I agree MacGregor…. and funny enough I often like Dylan’s songs better when they’re sung by other singers. Same with the Beatles for me in many cases dare I say. And even with the Rolling Stones – as their songs ard great imho but Sir Mick sometimes gets on my nerves a bit. I especially like when Blues or Soul artists do covers of those songs.
June 25th, 2026 at 23:14Just quickly, I have heard of composers being not happy with an original vocal performance of one of their songs. Then one day they hear a different version of the song by a different artist and they are absolutely stoked at the singing, labelling it as a performance that conveys exactly what they wanted in the first place. So it does go the other way at times. Cheers.
June 26th, 2026 at 06:16A case in point is this song here:
https://youtu.be/1wMwor2RBCQ
Unbeknownst to many people, Badfinger wrote it, but Harry Nilsson’s cover established the song as a classic:
https://youtu.be/zdhcIEGj9S8
Nilsson heard it when Badfinger were recording it – he was recording in the same studio. Badfinger were struggling with the song and not really happy with what they had put down, Nilsson felt he could do more with the composition and asked them whether they would mind him covering it. They didn’t – and the rest is pop history. When Badfinger finally heard his version, especially how he had given the “Can’t live …”-chorus his own twist, their immediate reaction was: This is how we should have done it, just perfect.
I think the Badfinger original had its undeniable charm, but really, that song is a one of the great ballad classics irrespective of who performs it. I even loved Mariah’s tour de force version of it (though she was under the impression of it being a Harry Nilsson song), melismas, vi-vi-vibrrrrato-to-to and all:
https://youtu.be/Hat1Hc9SNwE
June 26th, 2026 at 13:03bonjour en France ce n’est pas distribué!
June 27th, 2026 at 19:19Hi Uwe. I see you mentioned Badfinger. They are one of my top 10 favorite bands!! How about you? People often complain about Purple’s managers from 1968 to 1976, but compared to Badfinger’s manager, they were OK.
June 27th, 2026 at 23:03DEMON USA Records issuing on triple Orange vinyl! Not cheap but 1st issue (of this concert) I’ve found on coloured vinyl? Ps – shame it’s orange vinyl like HMV’s exclusive Dusseldorf?? Cheers – PJ
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/ritchie-blackmores-rainbow-live-in-dusseldorf-1976-dusseldorf-vinyl/1163965-01/
June 29th, 2026 at 07:31Leslie, I love good pop, that should comprehensively answer your question! It’s like asking whether I believe in the Pope as a Catholic.
I generally dig Power Pop, I also like The Raspberries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfgnc6Ey0q0
and always dug the pop content in later BÖC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s3sFidHwgU
I know that makes me an outcast here, but I do like chords in a song to change once in a while, strangely so! Badfinger’s Without You has more chord changes in one song than all Rainbow tracks on Rising combined. (Uwe walks away, idly humming the Stargazer riff, that ideograph of sophisticated songwriting on par with the greatest works of Lennon/McCartney …)
PS: Another eternal favorite of mine …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2NHZukTYg
June 29th, 2026 at 14:10PS Leslie: I think Edwards/Coletta did mostly a good job with DP, taking care to establish DP not only just in one single market, they didn’t put their eggs all in one basket like Peter Grant/Led Zep did with their obsessive US focus. (Which led to them being consecutively outsold in Germany by an also-ran-outfit like Uriah Heep.)
Edwards/Coletta laid the groundwork for DP becoming a truly international act with many different substantial markets. The band feeds from that to this day.
I also believe that they did not rip the band any worse off than most managers do.
June 29th, 2026 at 18:05#21 Uwe:
Digressing on about good pop (rock) music, I’ll start with what I consider Richard Marx’s best album, “My Own Best Enemy” from 2004, the album of his absolute maturity, adult, melodic, intimate, a singer in perfect tune, a great interpreter, pure AoR….if it had come out 20 years earlier, it would have sold millions of copies!
https://youtu.be/JXtDBhXxelU?si=LYoORsxDAj0TG8BT
June 29th, 2026 at 23:10@ 21- “I know that makes me an outcast here, but I do like chords in a song to change once in a while, strangely so! Badfinger’s Without You has more chord changes in one song than all Rainbow tracks on Rising combined.” And I recall you saying that Jethro Tull’s music was ‘over composed’ a little while ago? And we could also mention many artists you plug here as being ‘simplistic’ or ‘basic’ too. I guess you are trying to tread the middle path Uwe? When it suits you that is. Or are you simply confused at times? Cheers.
June 29th, 2026 at 23:43re: 20 Actually GREEN Viny list on a German on – line record shop (I use)
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/rainbow-hardrock-england-live-in-nurnberg-1976-nurnberg-messezentrum-halle-28-9-1976/hnum/12767325
So full set of triple LPs 1) RSD red, blue & yellow 2) HMV orange 3) DEMON USA green. Rock ‘n’ Roll Cheers – PJ
June 30th, 2026 at 06:10Jethro Tull might use many chords, but I find their music angular, English-folky and largely un-Beatlish, I don’t consider it Pop, much less Powerpop at all, sorry Herr McGregor!
Not that I don’t collect their stuff – they were obviously a relevant band once -, but comparing them to Badfinger or the Raspberries is a stretch.
June 30th, 2026 at 10:15Going back to rambling on about good music, I remembered an album I bought a long time ago and which is truly an unplugged gem of folk-AoR melody:
Tom Cochrane born in 1953, very good singer-songwriter who didn’t have the success he deserved.
1997 – Songs of a Circling Spirit wonderful acoustic album:
https://youtu.be/au8hjkYu6Gk?si=L3I_AT0ICDEf-9eI
Tom with Red Rider:
https://youtu.be/0dGC5gdArNA?si=0R5AOFGQLYKAEzaK
https://youtu.be/4LRirCvzlo8?si=BJb_tPjqGxxyVdhF
There are things that remind me of Roger Glover’s rock in his solo works from The Mask onwards, and this satisfies my ears very much.
July 1st, 2026 at 21:22Flavio, that was one hell of a recommendation, grazie mille, I had heard the name, but never any music, just ordered a CD.
July 3rd, 2026 at 18:20#28 Uwe:
wow, I’m glad you like it!
It’s a pleasure to share good music here!
another great album is “Long time…no sing” by Native American John West
AoR with a little metal guitar here and there
https://youtu.be/jOgVaMXKlGQ?si=I70pnco4DBNruPn6
https://youtu.be/AS0phpVU94Q?si=9xC6nwR9ZYGOWTP9
and then Geoff Tate’s first solo album, great electro-pop with a superb and theatrical interpretation as only he can do
https://youtu.be/hnz5CgoXQWI?si=CMCfukrTpEiiPrD-
https://youtu.be/oXHLCA-QYcY?si=EeSlJ6MIJz77zb9j
July 4th, 2026 at 10:50RE: 25 HMV now listing Live in Nürnberg 1976: Nürnberg Messezentrum Halle 28.9.1976 – Opaque Green 3LP (not HMV Exclusive) .Alot cheaper than buying from on- line German site who claimed ‘thier’ release was exclusive..cancelled that, ordered HMV and £16 odd better off…Cheers – PJ
July 17th, 2026 at 06:51