Rainbow ) Long Live Rock 'n' Roll ) 1978 (Polydor Japan)

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Long Live Rock 'n' Roll is the 3rd studio album by the British-American hard rock band Rainbow, released on 14 April 1978 and the last to feature original lead vocalist Ronnie James Dio.
Recording of the album commenced in April 1977, at a studio in Château d'Hérouville, France, featuring Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio and Cozy Powell. Keyboards were initially played on a session basis by former Rainbow keyboardist Tony Carey, while bass guitar was initially played by Mark Clarke. Clarke was soon dismissed, however, and the bass guitar was recorded by Blackmore himself. By July 1977 seven tracks that ended on the album were in demo form. Recording was suspended, while the band recruited bassist Bob Daisley and keyboardist David Stone and thereafter commenced extensive touring of Europe in the summer and autumn of 1977. A return to the Château d'Hérouville studio in December saw the band finish the album and also yielded a final track, "Gates of Babylon".
The original vinyl release was in a gatefold-sleeve cover illustrated by Debbie Hall, with a lyric-sheet insert. The crowd picture is actually from a Rush concert, with the wording on the banner the fans were holding replaced by the Rainbow album title and the visible Rush T-shirts airbrushed to black.

Rainbow:
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar, bass
Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Cozy Powell – drums
Bob Daisley – bass
David Stone – keyboards

🔘 Side 1:
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
Lady of the Lake
L.A. Connection
Gates of Babylon

🔘 Side 2:
Kill the King
The Shed (Subtle)
Sensitive to Light
Rainbow Eyes