Rainbow, formed by Deep Purple’s guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, released their first album in August 1975 after recording in Germany. Rising, their second album, was released the following year, with a further five studio albums and the live album On Stage released before the band split in 1984. Following on from the release of The Polydor Years – a vinyl LP boxed set containing all eight albums – in 2014, we are now releasing the albums individually.