Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (sometimes stylized Ritchie Blackmore's R-A-I-N-B-O-W) is the first album by English rock guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's solo band Rainbow, released in July 1975. Two of the songs on the album were cover versions. "Black Sheep of the Family" was a cover of a song recorded by Quatermass, and "Still I'm Sad" was an instrumental cover of a Yardbirds track. During studio session in Tampa Bay, Florida on 12th December 1974, Blackmore originally planned for his solo single "Black Sheep of the Family" with the B-side "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves". Other musicians being involved in the early session included singer/lyricist Ronnie James Dio and drummer Gary Driscoll of the blues-rock band Elf, in addition to...