Rainbow / difficult to cure Japan Tour 1981 Kyoto Kaikan Daiichi Hall (2CDR)

CD01:
01 Land Of Hope And Glory
02 Over The Rainbow
03 Spotlight Kid
04 Love's No Friend
05 I Surrender
06 Lazy
07 Man On The Silver Mountain
08 Catch The Rainbow
09 Can't Happen Here
10 Keyboard Solo
11 Lost In Hollywood
12 Guitar Solo
13 Difficult To Cure
14 Drum Solo

CD02:
15 Long Live Rock'n Roll
16 Encore Break
-(Encore)-
17 All Night Long
18 Last Cheer
19 Over The Rainbow

-(New York, May 2nd, 1981)-
20 Love's No Friend
21 Can't Happen Here
22 Catch The Rainbow
23 Don Airey Keyboard Solo > Lost In Hollywood
24 Difficult To Cure
25 Bob Rondinelli Drum Solo (fade out)

Lineup
Ritchie Blackmore: Guitar
Joe Lynn Turner: Vocals
Roger Glover: Bass
Don Airey: Keyboards
Bob Rondinelli: Drums

This release features a live performance by Rainbow at the Kyoto Kaikan Daiichi Hall in Kyoto, Japan, on August 24, 1981. Following the departures of Cozy Powell and Graham Bonnet in 1980, the band recruited young vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. This show took place during the world tour for the album *Difficult to Cure*—a period that marked a shift toward a more pop-oriented sound for Rainbow, coinciding with the peak of their popularity in Japan. This also served as the final Japanese tour for keyboardist Don Airey. As a bonus, the set includes seven tracks from a May 1981 performance in New York, sourced from a soundboard (SBD) recording. The main concert is an audience recording; while the vocals are slightly low in the mix, the overall balance is good, offering a high-quality, immersive listening experience.