Surprisingly good and great value for your money, too
Like most of you out there who are fellow Blackmore aficionados, I looked upon this release with some trepidation, thinking this was going to be yet another half-baked "tribute" compiled with people of dubious authority waxing on about The Man in Black who had little or no real connection to the musician himself. I am glad to report I was wrong in my initial assessment. In fact, this was a most enjoyable FOUR DVD set---with a large 114-page book included---that features interviews with Joe Lynn Turner, Bob Daisley, Doogie White, Don Airey, Bobby Rondinelli, Neil Murray, and Graham Bonnet, not to mention several rock journalists (including Jerry Bloom) and producers. The entire history of the band Rainbow (with allusions to Deep Purple and Blackmore's Night) is included, along with some nice still photos and rare audio interviews of Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Jon Lord, and David Coverdale. The accompanying book has several quality photos as well as a few interviews that are...
GREAT STORY
EXCELLENT PRODUCT...DVDS A NICE TOUCH...IM A HUGE DIO FAN AND THEY CONCENTRATED ON THAT ERA VERY WELL...FAST DELIVERY ALSO....GREAT PRODUCT
Rainbow fans should enjoy this package
There's not much detail in the description of this book/DVD set, so it was a bit of a gamble to get it. But being a HUGE Rainbow and Blackmore fan, I pulled the trigger - and I'm extremely glad I did! This is a 'coffee-table' hardcover book - 11"x11" - that is sturdy, well-designed and quite handsome. It has four DVDs included in an ingenious individual sleeve system just inside the front cover. The book is 116 pages long, and is divided into two sections: the first section (the first 70-some pages) is a fairly good history of Ritchie and the band; the second section consists of six lengthy, previously-published (but today rare) interviews - three with Ritchie, one with Ronnie, one with Ritchie and Ronnie together, and one with Roger Glover - chronologically covering the period from '75 to '04. I found the interviews particularly fascinating and informative, but the history was very good, too, even if not fully in-depth (I did find a few factual errors, but nothing really bad)...
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