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The Temple Of The King 1975 – 1976 is the most comprehensive collection of the opening phase of Rainbow’s career to date, and is the first in a series of anthology sets covering the career of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. The nine-CD set, newly mastered by Andy Pearce & Matt Wortham, is housed in Deluxe 7” packaging featuring a 24-page booklet featuring memorabilia, photos and sleeve notes. The set spans the band’s first two years and includes their debut album Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, their breakthrough record Rising and the extended German concerts that were compiled as part of the double live album On Stage. The final two discs comprise rare recordings, many of which are featured on CD for the first time, including band rehearsals, single edits, and rough mixes. Rainbow was initially formed as a Ritchie Blackmore solo project in the early months of 1975, after a Deep Purple tour of the previous year. On that tour, they were supported by the American band Elf. The singer of Elf, Ronnie James Dio, left an impression on Blackmore, who asked him to sing on a cover of the song “Black Sheep Of The Family.” The sessions went so well that a full album began to take shape, with Blackmore and Dio collaborating on original songs. Blackmore funded the work and thus began the mystical musical world of Rainbow. Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, their first record together, was a top 15 hit in the UK and top 30 in the US. After that, Blackmore left Deep Purple to commit himself fully to Rainbow. By 1976, the band’s name had been shortened to Rainbow, and a second album, Rising, with its sleeve of a fist holding a rainbow in a mystical scene, only features six tracks, including two epic compositions on side two, one of which, “Stargazer,” is widely regarded as a Rainbow classic and a landmark in hard rock. From tours in Germany and Japan, they release the live On Stage. Three of the German shows from Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Nürnberg are being released together for the first time outside of Japan on The Temple Of The King 1975 – 1976. By the end of 1976, Rainbow had established itself as one of the cornerstones of British rock. Check out the trailer for the set below.
Release Date: 03/06/26
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One of the most ambitious albums in rock history, Yes’ Tales From Topographic Oceans has been expanded to a Super Deluxe Edition boxed set. The massive collection spans 12 CDs, 2 LPs, and a Blu-ray and features a newly remastered version of the original double album on both CD and vinyl; rarities; previously unreleased studio and live recordings; and several new mixes by Steven Wilson, including a Dolby Atmos version. The origins behind Tales From Topographic Oceans trace back to a footnote in Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi, which inspired Jon Anderson to imagine a four-part musical journey through ancient Hindu scriptures. That concept took shape across four side-long compositions: “The Revealing Science Of God (Dance of the Dawn),” “The Remembering (High the Memory),” “The Ancient (Giants Under the Sun),” and “Ritual (Nous Sommes Du Soleil).” To capture the album’s structural and spiritual ambition, Anderson (vocals), Steve Howe (guitar), Chris Squire (bass), Rick Wakeman (keyboards), and Alan White (drums) worked with longtime producer Eddy Offord at London’s Morgan Studios, using Britain’s first 24-track console. Released December 7, 1973, Tales from Topographic Oceans topped the U.K. album chart and reached #6 in the U.S., where it earned a Gold certification. The new Super Deluxe Edition reveals deeper dimensions of the project with previously unreleased in-progress versions of all four album tracks, providing rare insight into the creation of Yes’ most audacious work. The set’s live material was recorded early in the tour for Tales and includes previously unreleased performances of all four album tracks, along with earlier favorites “And You And I” and “Close To The Edge.” The shows include Zürich (April 21, 1974), Manchester (November 28, 1973), and Cardiff (December 1, 1973). Check out the album’s new remix of “The Ancient (Giants Under The Sun)” below.
Release Date: 02/06/26
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Guitarist Robin Trower’s One Moment In Time: Live In The USA features a 14-song setlist that represents a whistlestop guide to Trower’s fabled career, the bluesman striking a keen balance of all-time classics, and new songs that reflect where he stands as an artist in modern times. You’ll find no fewer than four songs from 1974’s gold-selling masterpiece, Bridge Of Sighs, still universally hailed amongst the greatest albums from the golden era of 70s rock. “That album is still a very powerful piece of music,” Trower says. In the summer of 2025 and riding high on the acclaim for his latest solo album, Come And Find Me, the guitarist crossed the Atlantic for a 25-date run in the nation that has welcomed him since the start. Almost 60 years have passed since Trower first performed in the Land Of The Free, but as a British gunslinger raised under slate-grey South London skies, he still remembers the culture shock. “I first came here with Procol Harum in the late-Sixties. Back then, it was a different world,” he says. For One Moment In Time: Live In The USA, the material was pulled from shows performed at the Music Box At The Borgata, Atlantic City, New Jersey (14 June) and the Tupelo Music Hall in Derry, New Hampshire (24 June). Slinging his signature Fender Stratocaster, moving the air with 50-watt Marshall stacks and drawing on his full array of Fulltone pedals (try the wah masterclass on opener “The Razor’s Edge”), Trower is very much running the show. But as the veteran bandleader acknowledges, the flying sparks on One Moment In Time: Live In The USA are down to the chemistry between his trusty power-trio: a three-headed beast that moves as one through the set’s shifting dynamics and time signatures. “I prefer this format because I have more freedom,” he explains. “In a three-piece, everybody is trying to make up for the missing instrument. We’ve got Richard Watts on bass and vocals: a wonderful voice, great musician. Then there’s Chris Taggart on drums, another fantastic musician. I’m very fortunate to play with guys of this calibre. We’ve been working together now for a good ten years. They have to watch me a bit, because obviously I’m leading and they have to follow – but they do a brilliant job.” One Moment In Time: Live In The USA, then, is a document of Robin Trower in full flight, just as powerful when experienced through your home speakers as it was for the fans on the front row. “At the very least, you want the audience to be feeling entertained by the end of the show,” he considers. “But I’d really like them to walk out feeling elated. I want them to get something emotionally out of this as well…” Check out the version of “Day Of The Eagle” from the album below.
Release Date: 01/30/26
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