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Rainbow

08.December 2002 · 3 comments

Down To Earth

(September 1979)

[lp] Polydor Records 2391 410
[cd] Polydor Records

 downtoearth

Difficult To Cure

(April 1981)

[lp] Polydor Records 2391 506
[cd] Polydor Records 800 018-2

 difficulttocure

Straight Between The Eyes

(April 1982)

[lp] Polydor Records 2391 542
[cd] Polydor Records 521 709-2

 straightbetweentheeyes

Bent Out Of Shape

(September 1983)

[lp] Polydor Records 815 305-4
[cd] Polydor Records 815 305-2

 bentoutofshape

Finyl Vinyl

(March 1986)

[lp] Polydor Records 827 987-1
[cd] Polydor Records 827 987-2 (leaves out one track)

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3 thoughts on “Rainbow”

  1. Nigel Young wrote on 2017-12-24:

    The album was originally released on vinyl and cassette, the CD followed in October. An album advert in Kerrang! (issue no. 50, dated September 8-21) reads:
    RAINBOW
    BENT OUT OF SHAPE
    NEW ALBUM
    & CHROME CASSETTE
    Includes ‘Street Of Dreams’
    SOON TO BE AVAILABLE ON COMPACT DISC
    AVAILABLE NOW
    Billboard’s ‘New LP/Tape Releases’ listing (10 September) included, with no mention of a CD:
    LP 815 305-1
    CA 815 305-4
    There were only a few CD releases that week: Police’s Synchronicity, Cat Stevens’ Greatest Hits, etc.
    An article in Billboard (in October) on the still mainly classical and MOR UK CD market mentioned “imminent releases” from Presley, Police, Joe Jackson, The Carpenters, Manilow, The Kinks, Moody Blues, Rainbow, Abba and Men At Work and the forthcoming simultaneous LP/cassette/CD release of new product by Status Quo (Back To Back) and ABC (Beauty Stab) – both were released in November.

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    • Andrey wrote on 2017-12-28:

      Thank you Nigel for your informative reply!

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  2. Andrey wrote on 2017-12-22:

    Hi Roger! Could you please help me with some historical question about “Bent Out Of Shape” album you produced? Do you remember the time it was released (September of 1983)? I am tormenting long time with though question: Had it been released simultaneously in Vinyl LP, CD and cassette MC versions? Many people claims that CD version came out few years later and 1983 was too early for a CD. Sounds logical, but i have this original very early CD version in my hands with heavy smooth sided jewel case and all other attributes what pretty well fits to earliest Polydor CDs from that era.
    Also i have on my hands two paper CD catalogues where’s written:
    1. September 1983
    2. September 1984
    as release date for CD version.
    I also checked covers of original UK Vinyl version from September of 1983 (grey cover, not green as CD) and on back cover of it also printed catalogue numbers for casette and compact dics format.
    So where’s the truth?

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