Finyl Vinyl

Finyl Vinyl
Compilation album of live recordings and B-sides by Rainbow
Released	March 1986
Recorded	1978–1984
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	79:52; 84:46 (cassette)
Label	Polydor Mercury (North America)
Producer	Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore
Rainbow live albums chronology
On Stage (1977) Finyl Vinyl (1986) Live in Germany (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Kerrang!	[2]
Martin Popoff	[3]

Finyl Vinyl is a collection of live recordings and B-sides by the British hard rock band Rainbow and was released in 1986, after the band had already disbanded in 1984. All the studio tracks had previously been released.

Notes

• The cover photograph of Ritchie Blackmore was taken by Ross Halfin after a concert at the Deutschlandhalle in Berlin in November 1982.
• The LP notes mistakenly credit drums on "Weiss Heim" to Bobby Rondinelli, when in fact they were performed by Cozy Powell.
• The instrumental "Difficult to Cure" is taken from the final Japanese Rainbow date in 1984 and features a full orchestral accompaniment. The guitar solo was re-recorded and differs from the video release.
• The song "Man on the Silver Mountain" features guitar overdubs.
• The original double vinyl release omitted "Street of Dreams", although it was included on the cassette version before "Jealous Lover". The first CD issue, a single disc, omitted both "Street of Dreams" and "Tearin' Out My Heart". These were restored on the 2CD remastered edition of 1999, which features different lengths for several tracks along with the original artwork.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded	Length
1.	"Spotlight Kid"	Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover	live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1984	5:00
2.	"I Surrender"	Russ Ballard	live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1984	5:45
3.	"Miss Mistreated"	Blackmore, David Rosenthal, Joe Lynn Turner	live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1984	4:21

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded	Length
4.	"Jealous Lover"	Blackmore, Turner	in studio, B-side of "Can't Happen Here" single, 1981	3:10
5.	"Can’t Happen Here"	Blackmore, Glover	live at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, 1981	4:15
6.	"Tearin' Out My Heart"	Blackmore, Glover, Turner	live at The Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1982	8:04
7.	"Since You Been Gone"	Ballard	live at Monsters of Rock Festival, Castle Donington, England, 1980	3:40
8.	"Bad Girl"	Blackmore, Glover	in studio, B-side of "Since You Been Gone" single, 1979	4:48

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded	Length
9.	"Difficult to Cure" (instrumental)	Ludwig van Beethoven, arrangement by Blackmore, Glover, Don Airey, orchestral arrangement by David Rosenthal	live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1984	11:15
10.	"Stone Cold"	Blackmore, Glover, Turner	live at The Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1982	4:30
11.	"Power"	Blackmore, Glover, Turner	live at The Convention Center, San Antonio, Texas, 1982	4:22

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded	Length
12.	"Man on the Silver Mountain"	Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio	live at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978	8:20
13.	"Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll"	Blackmore, Dio	live at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978	7:12
14.	"Weiss Heim" (instrumental)	Blackmore	in studio, B-side of "All Night Long" single, 1980	5:10

Extra track in the cassette edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded	Length
15.	"Street of Dreams"	Blackmore, Turner	live at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1984	4:54

Personnel

• Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore
• Vocals: Joe Lynn Turner (tracks 1-6, 10-11, 15), Graham Bonnet (tracks 7-8), Ronnie James Dio (tracks 12-13)
• Bass: Roger Glover (all except tracks 12-13), Bob Daisley (tracks 12-13)
• Drums: Chuck Burgi (tracks 1-3, 9, 15), Bobby Rondinelli (tracks 4-6, 10-11), Cozy Powell (tracks 7-8, 12-14)
• Keyboards: David Rosenthal (tracks 1-3, 6, 9-11, 15), Don Airey (tracks 4-5, 7-8, 14), David Stone (tracks 12-13)
• Backing vocals: Lin Robinson (tracks 1-5, 8-9, 15) and Dee Beale (tracks 4-5, 10-11)

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1986	Swedish Albums Chart[4]	25
	UK Albums Chart[5]	31
	Billboard 200 (USA)[6]	87

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Rainbow Finyl Vinyl review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-03.
2. Putterford, Mark (6 Mar 1986). "'Bow Wow!". Kerrang!. 115. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 18.
3. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
4. "Rainbow – Vinyl Vinyl (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
5. "Rainbow Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2013-11-26.
6. "Finyl Vinyl Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-12-15.