RainbowDifficult To Cure

Label:

Polydor – 28MM 0018

Series:

Heavy Metal Vibration

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Hard Rock

Tracklist

A1 I Surrender
Composed ByBallard*
4:01
A2 Spotlight Kid
Composed ByGlover*
4:55
A3 No Release
Composed ByGlover*
5:35
A4 Magic
Composed ByMoran*
4:08
A5 Vielleicht Das Nachster Zeit = Maybe Next Time
Composed ByBlackmore*
3:19
B1 Can't Happen Here
Composed ByGlover*
4:57
B2 Freedom Fighter
Composed ByGlover*
4:22
B3 Midtown Tunnel Vision
Composed ByGlover*
4:33
B4 Difficult To Cure (Beethoven's Ninth)
Arranged By [Trad. Arr]Glover*
5:58

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ByPolydor K.K.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗PolyGram Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©PolyGram Records, Inc.
  • Published ByThames Talent Publishing, Ltd.
  • Published ByApril Music Inc.
  • Published ByRussell Ballard Ltd.
  • Published ByBecket Music Publishing, Ltd.
  • Recorded AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mixed AtSweet Silence Studios
  • Mastered AtSterling Sound

Credits

  • Bass, ProducerRoger Glover
  • Cover [Cover Design], Photography ByHipgnosis (2)
  • DrumsBob Rondinelli*
  • EngineerFlemming Rasmussen
  • Engineer [Assistant]Thomas Brekling
  • GuitarRitchie Blackmore
  • KeyboardsDon Airey
  • Lead Vocals, Backing VocalsJoe Lynn Turner
  • Liner NotesMASA*
  • ManagementBruce Payne
  • Mastered ByGreg Colby*
  • Other [Assistant Road Manager]Ian Broad, Tim Kelly
  • Other [Equipment Road Manager]Raymond D'Addario
  • Other [Personal Road Manager]Colin Hart

Notes

This is the March 1981 initial 1st release that comes with an obi that features the "Polydor Heavy Metal Campaign" enquête(questionnaire/survey) form on the backside that you could cut out and mail in before the end of April for a chance to be one of the 5000 lucky winners of a Rainbow "Metal" Sticker. Also comes with a 4 page insert with liner notes by Masa Itoh. The outer pages are parallel to the inner sleeve bags of foreign releases(medical equipment photos and lyrics).

℗1981 Polygram Records Inc.
Made by Polydor K.K., Japan
Recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen
Asst. Engineer: Clay Hutchinson, Kingdom Sound Studio and Thomas Brekling
Mastered at Sterling Sound.
Track B4 is "from a traditional work by Beethoven".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Other (Price): ¥2,800
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Variant 1): 28MM - 0018B A-1-11
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Variant 1): 28MM - 0018A A-1-5 CB1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Variant 2): 28MM-0018A A-1-14 C1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Variant 2): 28MM-0018B B-1-15
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - Variant 3): 28MM - 0018A A-1-4 CB1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - Variant 3): 28MM - 0018B B-1-2

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Difficult To Cure (LP, Album) Polydor 2391 506 Netherlands 1981
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Difficult To Cure (LP, Album) Polydor POLD 5036 UK 1981
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Difficult To Cure (LP, Album) Polydor 2391 506 Scandinavia 1981
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Difficult To Cure (LP, Album, 53) Polydor PD-1-6316, 2391 506 US 1981
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Difficult To Cure (LP, Album, Stereo) Polydor 2391 506 1981

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