RAINBOW - Deluxe Versions Of Rainbow Rising, Down To Earth In The Works?
October 29, 2009, 15 years ago
According to the DEEP PURPLE Appreciation Society, on the back of the the two-CD RAINBOW Anthology 1975-1983 box set recently released by Universal Music in the UK, Universal are preparing Deluxe Editions of Rainbow Rising (1976 - featuring Ronnie James Dio on vocals) and Down To Earth (1979 - featuring Graham Bonnet on vocals). All Universal's previous Deluxe Editions have been two-disc sets, though they're keeping quiet about what will be on the bonus discs for the moment. Steve Hammett says his money is on the Donington 1980 set as a fair bet for the bonus disc of Down to Earth but spies tell the DPAS that CD2 is studio out-takes and stuff, not the live set. Certainly boxes of tape were being sorted through in the studio earlier this year.
