Saw Rainbow back in '82, then MKII in '85 during Perfect Strangers, then again during House of Blue Light tour in 87....MKII without question the best lineup...
I've seen the MkII lineup on the Perfect Strangers tour in New Haven Ct, then I saw MkVI after Perpendicular, and then MkVII after Rapture of the Deep, all great but seeing the MkII was magical, wish I had seen the Bolin/Coverdale/Hughes era.
Yes I too am glad I witnessed the Perfect Stangers tour once in Indianapolis and a bit later drove to Chicago. I was wanting to really watch Ritchie but somehow I was in kind of shock just trying to believe I was seeing this awesome line-up.
I saw video footage of the Montreal show from March 30th 1985 but I've never seen any video turn up from Maple Leaf Gardens. Is there any out there?
bmet47 1 month ago
@bmet47 Unfortunately there is no known video footage of the 1985 Toronto show to have ever surfaced.
spacetrucker1969 1 month ago
Saw Rainbow back in '82, then MKII in '85 during Perfect Strangers, then again during House of Blue Light tour in 87....MKII without question the best lineup...
TheGrabsplatter 7 months ago
I've seen the MkII lineup on the Perfect Strangers tour in New Haven Ct, then I saw MkVI after Perpendicular, and then MkVII after Rapture of the Deep, all great but seeing the MkII was magical, wish I had seen the Bolin/Coverdale/Hughes era.
905Alive 8 months ago
I was there too!
bmet47 8 months ago
Yes I too am glad I witnessed the Perfect Stangers tour once in Indianapolis and a bit later drove to Chicago. I was wanting to really watch Ritchie but somehow I was in kind of shock just trying to believe I was seeing this awesome line-up.
orange70383 8 months ago
impossible to dislike!
mattia712 8 months ago
Fairest band world Deep Purple! .......Thanks !
faldeczka 8 months ago
Cow Palace '85 was a great show too. Thanks for the upload.
olhole 8 months ago
You and I were both lucky to see the return of Mk2 live. I saw them in New Zealand on this tour.
BlackPurpleFish 8 months ago