The Deep Purple Podcast

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Episode #81

Rainbow - Down to Earth (Part 1)

November 2, 2020

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Lead up to the Album:

Personel

Bass – Roger Glover

Drums – Cozy Powell

Guitar – Ritchie Blackmore

Keyboards – Don Airey

Vocals – Graham Bonnet

Album Art & Booklet Review

Art Direction – Bill Levy

Illustration – Ron Walotsky

Technical:

Engineer – Gary Edwards

Mastered By – Greg Colby*

Producer – Roger Glover

Lacquer Cut By – RL*

Recorded By – Dr. Michael Palmer, Leigh Mantle

Credits:

Album Tracks:

Side One:

All Night Long (Blackmore/Glover)

Eyes of the World (Blackmore/Glover)

No Time to Lose (Blackmore/Glover)

Makin’ Love (Blackmore/Glover)

Side Two:

Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard)

Love’s No Friend (Blackmore/Glover)

Danger Zone (Blackmore/Glover)

Lost in Hollywood (Blackmore, Glover, Powell)

Reception and Review

Ritchie and Roger both claim that Bonnet wasn’t “up to” being in Rainbow.  Glover says he couldn’t go 

the distance and Ritchie says that he wasn’t highly motivated.  Ritchie said Graham needed a lot of 

coaching and didn’t really come up with ideas on his own.

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For Further Information:

Deep Purple and Rainbow 1968-79: Every album, every song (On Track) by Steve Pilkington

Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore by Jerry Bloom 

Sensitive to Light: The Rainbow Story by Martin Popoff

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