Label: Ear Music
Released 2019
On Saturday, August 16, 1980, RAINBOW took to the stage to headline the first rock festival to be held at Castle Donington. It was the culmination of the band's tour in support of the hugely successful "Down To Earth" album, released in 1979, and would prove to be the last live show featuring this particular lineup of the band: Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Don Airey (keyboards), Graham Bonnet (vocals), Roger Glover (bass) and Cozy Powell (drums). The set featured tracks from the then-new album alongside classics from earlier in their career. There are virtuoso solo spots for Blackmore, Airey and Powell which serve to highlight the sheer musical prowess in the band.
"Monsters Of Rock - Live At Donington 1980" captures an incendiary performance from the truly legendary RAINBOW in every sense of the word. The show climaxes with Ritchie Blackmore destroying his guitar and thrusting it into an amp which promptly bursts into flames before fireworks burst overhead at the conclusion of an explosive show.
Track listing:
- Intro/Eyes Of The World
- Since You Been Gone
- Stargazer
- Catch The Rainbow
- Lost In Hollywood/Guitar Solo
- Difficult To Cure/ Keyboard Solo
- Drum Solo/Lost In Hollywood (Reprise)
- Lazy
- All Night Long
- Blues
- Will You Love Me Tomorrow
- Long Live Rock 'N' Roll