No description for this product could be found, but have a look over at Amazon for reviews and other information.
Buy Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll at Amazon
There are literally thousands of people making money with eBay. Want to be one of them? Learn about earning money on eBay right now.
{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }
Long Live Rock and Roll is an album every bit as good as its predecessors and in some ways better. While Rising contained two masterpieces in Stargazer and Light In The Black, some of the shorter songs had an “outtake” feel to them. The 1975 debut suffered from Elf playing workmanlike behind the two obvious stars, Blackmore and Dio. Long Live Rock and Roll, however, rocks from start to finish. The title track has been criticized by some, but never was there a better bluesy shuffle. Lady of The Lake crushes you with its powerful, Zeppelin-ish riff, mystical lyrics, and a slide guitar solo so smooth that one reviwer thought it was a synthesizer. On to LA Connection, another bluesy number telling the tale of why Tony Carey left the band. Then Gates of Babylon, with one of Blackmore’s finest solos, full of texture changes and exotic scale-use. Kill The King is one off-with-their-heads stomper, right to its “Ah! Kill! Ah!” ending. The Shed (Subtle) is heaviness personfied, Dio’s voice menacing yet enticing all at once. Sensitive To Light would have sounded great on Rising, its quick tempo causing one to bang one’s head until…yes…the grand finale, the soft and romantic Rainbow Eyes. One of Dio’s finest vocal performances, the tune is only enhanced by Blackmore’s Hendrix-like backing. By the end of 1978, the original Rainbow was history–and legendary. Dio went on to Sabbath, and Blackmore started getting more commercial. But the most enduring image of the guitarist will always be the ’70s one, pilgrim hat, dressed all in black save his white boots, sliding his pick hand down the neck of a Stratocaster sure to be smashed at show’s end. Yeah, I guess he da man!
This album marks the last of the “classic” Rainbow sound which included medieval, rock and metal styles meshing into a signature Blackmore/Dio led form. This album is also much heavier than the two previous Rainbow studio LP’s. Thanks to the re-mastering, the production sounds a little better on this version. Ritchie’s guitar playing is stellar on this album, especially the solo to “Gates of Babylon”. There are several highlights of the album. “Gates of Babylon” with it’s hard driving middle eastern influences mixed with strings for great effect. “The Shed (subtle)”, a bruising, stomp-in-your-face metal tune. “Lady of the Lake” is a traditional Dio metal tune and of course, the title track. Also, “Rainbow Eyes” is a beautiful medieval-sounding ballad that showcases Ritchie’s diverse songwriting skills as well as Ronnie James Dio’s voice. All in all, this is a great album and would be the last truly great Rainbow album due to Dio’s departure after the tour to support this album. Anyone who likes melodic hard rock/metal should buy this cd.