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1	Man On The Silver Mountain Arranged By – Ritchie BlackmoreMixed By [Mixed Production] – Martin (The Wasp) Birch*Piano, Mellotron, Clavinet, Organ – Mickey Lee Soule	4:37
2	Catch The Rainbow Arranged By – Ritchie BlackmoreMixed By [Mixed Production] – Martin (The Wasp) Birch*Piano, Mellotron, Clavinet, Organ – Mickey Lee Soule	6:38
3	Starstruck Concertmaster [Koncert Meister] – Fritz Sonneleitner*Conductor – Rainer PietschOrchestra – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra*	4:06
4	Stargazer Concertmaster [Koncert Meister] – Fritz Sonneleitner*Conductor – Rainer PietschOrchestra – Munich Philharmonic Orchestra*	8:26
5	Kill The King Written-By – Cozy Powell	4:28
6	Long Live Rock 'N' Roll	4:23
7	Gates Of Babylon Concertmaster – Ferenc KissConductor, Score [Scored By] – Rainer PietschStrings – Bavarian String Ensemble	6:46
8	Since You Been Gone Written-By – Russ Ballard	3:17
9	All Night Long	3:50
10	I Surrender Written-By – Russ Ballard	4:01
11	Can't Happen Here	4:57
12	Jealous Lover	3:11
13	Stone Cold	5:17
14	Power	4:26
15	Can't Let You Go Written-By [Intro] – David Rosenthal*	4:20
16	Street Of Dreams	4:26

Companies, etc.

• Made By – Universal M & L, Germany – 50994736
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Distributed By – Polydor
• Distributed By – PolyGram
• Mastered At – PolyGram Studios
• Published By – Purple (USA) Music, Inc.
• Published By – Eule Music, Inc.
• Published By – Thames Talent Publishing, Ltd.
• Published By – EMI Virgin Music, Inc.

Credits

• Bass – Bob Daisley (tracks: 5 to 7), Craig Gruber (tracks: 1, 2), Jimmy Bain (tracks: 3, 4), Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 5 to 7), Roger Glover (tracks: 8 to 16)
• Compilation Producer – Bill Levenson
• Compiled By [Rainbow Family Tree] – Pete Frame
• Coordinator [Project Assistance] – Catherine Ladis
• Coordinator [Projection Coordination] – Terri Tierney
• Design – Smay Vision
• Drums – Bob Rondinelli* (tracks: 10 to 14), Chuck Burgi* (tracks: 15, 16), Cozy Powell (tracks: 3 to 9), Gary Driscoll (tracks: 1, 2)
• Engineer – Flemming Rasmussen (tracks: 10 to 12), Gary Edwards (tracks: 8, 9), Nick Blagona (tracks: 13, 14)
• Guitar – Ritchie Blackmore
• Keyboards – David Rosenthal* (tracks: 13 to 16), David Stone (tracks: 5 to 7), Don Airey (tracks: 8 to 12), Tony Carey (tracks: 3, 4)
• Liner Notes [Essay] – Mark Welch
• Mastered By – Steve Fallone
• Other [Essay] – Jerry Bloom
• Photography By [Additional] – Anthony Loew, Fin Costello
• Photography By [Cover Photo] – Fin Costello
• Producer – Martin Birch (tracks: 1 to 7), Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1, 2), Roger Glover (tracks: 8 to 16), Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1, 2)
• Vocals – Graham Bonnet (tracks: 8, 9), Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 10 to 16), Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1 to 7)
• Written-By – Joe Lynn Turner (tracks: 12 to 16), Ritchie Blackmore (tracks: 1 to 7, 9, 11 to 16), Roger Glover (tracks: 9, 11, 13, 14), Ronnie James Dio (tracks: 1 to 7)

Notes

Compilation comes with a fold-out poster-style booklet, including an essay and the band's family tree "Rainbow - Roots And Branches".

Tracks 1/2 recorded between the 20th of February and the 14th of March 1975 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany.
Tracks 3/4 recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany sometime in February 1976.
Tracks 5/6/7 recorded at Le Chateau, Paris, France, March/May/December 1977.
Tracks 8/9 recorded at Le Chateau, Paris, France, with the Maison Rouge Mobile Studio, January/February 1979.
Tracks 10/11 recorded and mixed at Sweet Silent Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 1980 and
Track 12 recorded in the US, April 1981.
Tracks 13/14 recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Canada, November 1981.
Tracks 15/16 recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark, May/June 1983.

Compilation mastered at PolyGram Studios.

Tracks 1 and 2 from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Tracks 3 and 4 from Rainbow Rising
Tracks 5 to 7 from Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
Tracks 8 and 9 from Down To Earth
Tracks 10 and 11 from Difficult To Cure
Track 12 from b-side of Can't Happen Here
Tracks 13 and 14 from Straight Between The Eyes
Tracks 15 and 16 from Bent Out Of Shape

Distribution: Polydor/PolyGram

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 7 31453-7687-2 7
• Label Code: LC 0309
• Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
• Matrix / Runout (Outer ring): 07314 537 687-2 02 / 50994736
• Matrix / Runout (Inner ring; Variants 1,2 & 4): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L
• Matrix / Runout (Inner ring; Variant 3): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L AD
• Matrix / Runout (Inner ring; Variant 5): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L L
• Other (Distribution code): PY 900
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L001
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0139
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0142
• Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0132
• Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 01U1
• Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 0114

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
537 687-2	Rainbow	The Very Best Of Rainbow ‎(CD, Comp)	Polydor, Chronicles	537 687-2	Europe	1997
31453 7687-2, D120118	Rainbow	The Very Best Of Rainbow ‎(CD, Comp)	Polydor, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., Chronicles	31453 7687-2, D120118	US	1997
537 687 - 2	Rainbow	The Very Best Of Rainbow ‎(CD, Comp)	Polydor	537 687 - 2	Ukraine	2007
UICY-25274	Rainbow	The Very Best Of Rainbow ‎(CD, Comp, RM, SHM)	Polydor	UICY-25274	Japan	2012
537 687-4	Rainbow	The Very Best Of Rainbow ‎(Cass, Comp)	Polydor	537 687-4	1997