Biography
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow or Blackmore’s Rainbow) are a British rock band led by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, active from 1975 to 1984, from 1993 to 1997, and from 2015 to the present. They were originally established with Ronnie James Dio’s American rock band Elf, but after their first album, Blackmore fired the backing members and continued with Dio until 1979. Three British musicians joined in 1979—singer Graham Bonnet, keyboardist Don Airey and then-former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover—and this line-up gave the band their commercial breakthrough with the single “Since You Been Gone”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_(rock_band)
Album & Cover
Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1982. The original vinyl issue had the lyrics printed on the inner sleeve. The title of the album allegedly came from a phrase from Jeff Beck, describing Jimi Hendrix to Blackmore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Between_the_Eyes
Cover Location: Hipgnosis Studio, London, UK.
Who Did What: Illustration – Jeff Cummins. Cover Design – Hipgnosis
Label: Polydor PDS-1-6384(US), Polydor POLD 5056(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Death Alley Driver Stone Cold Bring On The Night (Dream Chaser) Tite Squeeze Tearin’ Out My Heart |
Side Two Power MISS Mistreated Rock Fever Eyes Of Fire |
Credits
Bass [Hondo Longhorn 4 & 8 String] – Roger Glover
Drums [Yamaha, sonor, & Paiste] – Bobby Rondinelli
Engineer – Nick Blagona
Engineer [Assistant] – Robbie Whelan
Guitar [Fender Strat, marshall] – Ritchie Blackmore
Keyboards [Oberheim, noog, roland Hammond & Hohner] – Dave Rosenthal
Mastered By [Digital] – Nick, Roger
Mixed By [Digital] – Greg Calbi
Producer – Roger Glover
Vocals – Joe Lynn Turner
Written-By – Bobby Rondinelli (tracks: B4), Rosenthal (tracks: B2), Turner, Blackmore, Glover (tracks: A2 to B1)
