Rainbow / Straight Between Finland / 1 DVDR

Rainbow / Straight Between Finland / 1 DVDR /Non Label

Live At Jaahall Ice Hall, Helsinki, Finland 3rd November 1982.

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“STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES TOUR 1982” made me listen to “Death Alley Driver” opening precisely because very early was “DEATH ALLEY ROCK FEVER”. In the bonus, we will gift the audience video taste live at the time in the audience eyes.
“STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES TOUR 1982” is to start in May 1982, then, and North America (October-December) (August to) → Japan (October) → Europe, around the world over a period of about half a year You. “DEATH ALLEY ROCK FEVER”, which is why it was the very beginning, this work is the image of the late European tour in reverse. This is from the tour is why there is also the official video “LIVE BETWEEN THE EYES”, this work can enjoy the live with “the audience eyes” because of audience shots, hit further Bob Rondineri “I Surrender,” “Since You Been Gone” You can watch also the consistency of flow. Although say, the majority of the song to have suffered a “LIVE BETWEEN THE EYES”, said that “I Surrender,” “Since You Been Gone” also Chuck Vaghi version, can be seen in “JAPAN TOUR ’84”. This work, and …… is the video feel the spectacle to the “existence” and say either, where “What, the extent or” If you think, your relationship to a little longer this poor piece of writing!
If you say that in 1982, it can not be said that still is generally the video camera is spread, the photographer is supposed to have brought to hide the fairly large camera. Moreover, though nor can live shooting in a small blister tape itself is still expensive, and we have taken in the stability of the preeminent, pat it will concentrate Ritchie Blackmore called “the history of the most action was intense” Te it is holding. Speaking more, in an era in which even had been off the master in dubbing a television station, and had to leave without erasing this work. This work, we appeal this fact out of silence. Although it is easy to forget in the modern up the Jirokuri moving even children of the neighborhood to the SNS, “the world loves RAINBOW” to themselves as, and even it was interested vigorous Japan to the latest technology, 1982 of the video not left. We would like you to remember this fact. Here in what, are you full of “RAINBOW Love”, “Richie Love”.
Speaking further, this is also points that the Nordic shooting. At the time, the image of “America for the pop route” is intense, in fact, “STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES” has marked the US # 30 since the 1st album. However, if pointing your eyes to Nordic, and has also recorded a seventh place in Sweden, it had stretched out Gungun support to more than Ronnie James Dio era from on behalf of Joe Lynn Turner. Of course, as the words of Ritchie called “ABBA likes”, but Will was also regional prefer pop music, the center of this work is to shoot is Richie rather than Joe. We Japanese, then you love ridiculously RAINBOW, Joe era also has earned a decent evaluation. There is no doubt there. However, there referred to as “forgive even for the United States”, some sort of “treat” or would not have? Really Will Richie was aiming to pop music to look at only the United States?

Main “DEATH ALLEY ROCK FEVER” is a historical live album where you can enjoy directing and rhea songs. On the other hand, this work is a historical picture in the sense that cast the “American RAINBOW” on one stone we’ve believed by their confident assertion, until now. Quality, you will not have even order extends to the official image of the beautiful multi-camera in, but in the “beyond to look for Richie of noise” level, such as (never!) Cry, image quality that can be enjoyed through without a photographer himself, Richie improvisation of One, is a sound that you can enjoy plenty of up to Joe to respond to it breathing.
If you love deeply the RAINBOW, for those who would thinking of to “why” to the other side of Ritchie of music what is the historical image that you want seeing. Somewhat, precisely because it is a maniac does not deny, is, every time you watch, one to go deeper each time it wins the feelings. It is not necessarily good to have gone forgotten the fact that it was carved here in the darkness of history. By all means, we would appreciate you doing our taste on this occasion.

“STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES TOUR 1982”極初期だからこその「Death Alley Driver」オープニングを聴かせてくれた「DEATH ALLEY ROCK FEVER」。そのボーナスには、当時のライヴを客席目線で味わえるオーディエンス映像を贈ります。
“STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES TOUR 1982”は、1982年５月にスタートし、その後、北米（８月まで）→日本（10月）→ヨーロッパ（10月から12月）と、約半年かけて世界を回ります。「DEATH ALLEY ROCK FEVER」は、その極初期だったわけですが、本作は逆に終盤ヨーロッパツアーの映像です。このツアーからはオフィシャル映像「LIVE BETWEEN THE EYES」もあるわけですが、本作はオーディエンス・ショットゆえに“客席目線”でライヴを楽しめ、さらにボブ・ロンディネリが叩く「I Surrender」「Since You Been Gone」も一貫の流れで観ることができます。とは言うものの、大半の曲は「LIVE BETWEEN THE EYES」と被っていますし、「I Surrender」「Since You Been Gone」もチャック・バーギ版とは言え、「JAPAN TOUR ‘84」で観られる。本作は、どちらかと言うと“存在そのもの”にスペクタクルを感じる映像です……と、ここで「なんだ、その程度か」と思われた方、もう少々この駄文にお付き合いを！
1982年というと、まだまだ一般にビデオカメラが普及しているとは言えず、撮影者はかなり大型のカメラを隠して持ち込んでいるはず。しかも、テープ自体もまだ高価で小まめにライヴ撮影できるわけでもないのに、バツグンの安定度で撮影しており、“史上最もアクションが激しかった”と言われるリッチー・ブラックモアをばっちり集中して押さえています。もっと言えば、テレビ局ですらマスターをダビングで消していた時代に、本作を消さずに残していた。本作は、この事実を無言のうちに訴えかけています。その辺の子どもですら自録り動画をSNSにアップする現代では忘れがちですが、“世界一RAINBOWを愛している”と自認し、かつ最新テクノロジーにも興味旺盛だった日本でさえ、1982年の映像は残されていない。この事実を思い起こしていただきたい。ここにこそ、“RAINBOW愛”・“リッチー愛”があふれているのです。
さらに言えば、これが北欧撮影というのもポイントです。当時は“アメリカ向けポップ路線”のイメージが強烈で、実際「STRAIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES」は1stアルバム以来の全米30位をマークしました。しかし、目を北欧に向ければ、スウェーデンでも７位を記録しており、ジョー・リン・ターナーに代わってからロニー・ジェイムズ・ディオ時代以上にグングン支持を伸ばしていた。もちろん、「ABBAが好きだ」というリッチーの言葉の通り、ポップな音楽性を好む地域性もあったのでしょうが、本作がシュートする中心はジョーではなくリッチーです。私たち日本人は、とんでもなくRAINBOWを愛していますし、ジョー時代もそれなりの評価を得ています。そこに疑いの余地はない。しかし、そこに「アメリカ向けでも許す」という、ある種の“おごり”はなかったでしょうか？　本当にリッチーはアメリカだけを見てポップな音楽を目指したのでしょうか？

本編「DEATH ALLEY ROCK FEVER」は、激レアな曲と演出が楽しめるヒストリカルなライヴアルバムです。その一方、本作は今まで私たちが頭ごなしに信じてきた“アメリカンRAINBOW”に一石を投じる意味でもヒストリカルな映像です。クオリティ的には美麗マルチカメラのオフィシャル映像に及ぶべくもありませんが、“ノイズの向こうにリッチーを探す”といったレベルでは（決して！）なく、撮影者自身でなくても通して楽しめる画質、リッチーのアドリブひとつ、それに応えるジョーの息づかいまでたっぷり味わえるサウンドです。
RAINBOWを深く愛している方、リッチーの音楽の向こうに“なぜ”まで思いを馳せてしまう方にこそ、ご覧いただきたい歴史的映像です。幾分、マニアックであることは否定しませんが、であるからこそ、観る度に、想いを馳せる度に深まっていく１本。ここに刻まれた事実を歴史の闇に忘れ去ってしまっていいわけがない。ぜひ、この機会に味わい尽くして頂ければ幸いです。

1. Over The Rainbow 2. Spotlight Kid 3. Miss Mistreated 4. I Surrender 5. Can’t Happen Here
6. Tearin’ Out My Heart 7. Blues 8. All Night Long 9. Keyboard Solo 10. Stone Cold 11. Power
12. Difficult To Cure 13. Drum Solo 14. Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll incl. Hey Joe
15. Maybe Next Time 16. Since You Been Gone 17. Smoke On The Water

Ritchie Blackmore – Guitar Joe Lynn Turner – Vocals Roger Glover – Bass
David Rosenthal – Keyboards Bob Rondinelli – Drums

COLOUR NTSC Approx.82min.