Intense Records

Live In Dusseldorf 1976 (3LP)

Pre-order - Friday 26th June 2026

£40.83 (£48.99 incl. VAT)

First time ever vinyl release for this incredible live concert from Rainbows debut world tour and documenting one of the bands first ever shows in Europe, at Dsseldorf Philipshalle on 27th September 1976.
Newly Mastered by Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham and released on 26th June 2026.

When Rainbow finally landed in Europe for their debut live shows there, it was on the back of both the albums Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow and Rainbow Rising having charted, so the band were playing sold out venues, and what a band with the line up consisting of Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James, Cozy Powell, Jimmy Bain and Tony Carey

As one of the cornerstones of British Rock, Rainbow, led by the never-predictable but ever-astonishing guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore, became synonymous with some of the most well regarded and popular charting Rock songs of the seventies and eighties.

This show recorded on the bands Rainbow Rising tour in 1976 in Dsseldorf Germany, features Rainbow and pure rock classics such as Stargazer and Man on the Silver Mountain. This live album has only been available on CD pressings originally made 20 years ago, both as a single concert / as part of the Japan only 6-CD Box Set Deutschland Tournee 1976. Now nearly 50 years on from the original concert, the recording makes its debut appearance on a vinyl format with the audio Newly mastered by Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham