On Stage is a live album originally released by Rainbow

Rainbow (band)

Rainbow were an English rock band, controlled by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with American rock band Elf's members, though over the years Rainbow went through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up...

 in 1977 on Oyster - Polydor SPDLP6B (2657 016). The album features a cover of a song from Blackmore's previous band Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

: "Mistreated

Mistreated (song)

"Mistreated" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple taken from their 1974 album Burn. Unlike most of Deep Purple's material "Mistreated" is a blues rock song...

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The album was recorded live over several German and Japanese dates in late 1976 during the Rising world tour. Many of the tracks were spliced together from different dates by producer Martin Birch

Martin Birch

Martin Birch is a British rock and heavy metal music producer, who became renowned for engineering and producing albums by the British rock bands Deep Purple and Iron Maiden....

, and the running order was changed to more easily fit four sides of vinyl.

The recording features the customary introduction to a Rainbow show – the classic quote from The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...

, "Toto: I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore. We must be over the rainbow!" with the last word repeated as an echo, then the actual band plays a musical phrase from the song "Somewhere over the Rainbow" before breaking into "Kill the King".

A more representative example of a Rainbow concert of the time was the 1991 release Live in Germany, which featured unedited concert performances and includes both tour staple "Stargazer" and the usual encore " Do You Close Your Eyes".

The song "Kill the King" appeared on this album before it was recorded for a studio album. A studio version appears on the follow-up release, 1977's Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

-Personnel:*Ritchie Blackmore – guitars, bass*Ronnie James Dio – lead vocals*Cozy Powell – drums, percussion*David Stone – keyboards on "Gates of Babylon", "Kill the King", "The Shed". Piano outro on "L.A...

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The single "Kill The King/Man On the Silver Mountain/Mistreated" was also re-released in the UK in July 1981.

Side one

1. "Kill the King" (Ronnie James Dio
   Ronnie James Dio
   Ronald James Padavona , better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with, amongst others, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, which means God in Italian. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser...
   
   , Ritchie Blackmore
   Ritchie Blackmore
   Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was known as one of the first guitarists to fuse Classical music elements with rock. He fronted his own band Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple where he was unhappy because his favourite musical style wasn't adequately...
   
   , Cozy Powell
   Cozy Powell
   Colin Flooks , better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.-Early history:...
   
   ) – 5:32
2. "Medley: Man on the Silver Mountain/Blues/Starstruck" (Dio, Blackmore)/(Blackmore)/(Dio, Blackmore) – 11:12

Side four

1. "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" (Dio, Blackmore) – 7:36
2. "Still I'm Sad" (Paul Samwell-Smith
   Paul Samwell-Smith
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   , Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty
   Jim McCarty is an English musician, best known as the drummer for The Yardbirds and Renaissance.-Early life:...
   
   ) – 11:01

Personnel

• Ronnie James Dio
  Ronnie James Dio
  Ronald James Padavona , better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with, amongst others, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, which means God in Italian. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser...
  
   – Vocals
  Singing
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• Ritchie Blackmore
  Ritchie Blackmore
  Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was known as one of the first guitarists to fuse Classical music elements with rock. He fronted his own band Rainbow after leaving Deep Purple where he was unhappy because his favourite musical style wasn't adequately...
  
   – Guitar
  Guitar
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• Tony Carey
  Tony Carey
  Antony Laurence Carey is a keyboard player best known for his work with Rainbow.One of his earliest musical experiences was in a band called Blessings, in which he played until 1975 when Ritchie Blackmore discovered and hired him as keyboardist for Rainbow. He played with Rainbow on two world...
  
   – Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , Orchestron
  Orchestron
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• Jimmy Bain
  Jimmy Bain
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   – Bass Guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Cozy Powell
  Cozy Powell
  Colin Flooks , better known as Cozy Powell, was an English rock drummer who made his name with many major rock bands.-Early history:...
  
   – Drums
  Drum kit
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