![]() ![]() The track has since been released on the bonus disc from the Deluxe Edition re-issue of "Sacred Heart" A better rarity and better bait would have been the studio cut "Hide In The Rainbow", which was only released on "The Dio EP" during the "Sacred Heart" tour. Afterall, this collection is not a "rarities" collection so baiting the hook with one or two is a bit obnoxious.ĭisc 1 closes with another rarity, a ripping version of "Sacred Heart" from the VHS-only (so-far) "Sacred Heart-The Video" release (rather than the mediocre 'Intermission" EP- a stopgap 6-cut release foisted on the public between Dio's proper albums in 1986). Nice as that may be they could have included another "Dehumanizer" track (such as "I") or one of the missing Rainbow songs instead. In addition there's a rare live version (not from the the infamous "Live Evil" but from the 1982 "Mob Rules" tour) of "H&H's" "Voodoo" included. Three from "Heaven & Hell" (title cut, "Neon Knights", "Children Of The Sea"), three from "The Mob Rules" (title cut, "Sign Of The Southern Cross", "Turn Up The Night") and one from "Dehumanizer" ("Computer God"). ![]() The Black Sabbath pics are nearly perfect. Again, though, there's only so much space and Metal tracks are usually long so.it is what it is. Or they could have cut one of the Black Sabbath tracks. Rhino did pick one from each LP- three essential cuts, 'The Man On The Silver Mountain", "Starstruck" & "Long Live Rock & Roll", but "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" & "Stargazer" should have been included, perhaps in place of the Elf tracks. Not including live albums, Rainbow made three albums- one of which, "Rainbow Rising", is considered a Metal masterpiece. Here is where Rhino makes it's first mistake. The three Elf songs are cute but nothing special. Personally, I would have rather Elf been excluded altogether and the collection begin with Rainbow, but that's just my take on it. Nothing from the final Elf LP, "Trying To Burn The Sun" is included). Of the 29 cuts here 3 come from the band Elf, three from Rainbow, eight from Black Sabbath and fifteen from the Dio band(s).Įven though the music of Elf, a bluesy, rock'n boogie band, isn't what Dio became famous for the Rhino team, for the sake of being thorough, picked three songs from two of the three Elf albums ("Hoochie Koochie Lady" & "I'm Coming Back To You" from "ELF" and "Carolina Country Ball" from the album of the same name, re-titled "L.A. It's obvious some knowledgeable people were involved with the selection. So how did they do? Rhino usually nails it on their choices and they did pretty darn good on "Stand Up And Shout: The Anthology". They decided to attempt this within the space of two compact discs (160 minutes max and Rhino admirably filled approximately 153 minutes worth). 2", which they certainly could considering many many Dio tracks didn't fit on the first collection, they opted to compile Ronnie James Dio's career from his band Elf, through Rainbow, through Black Sabbath, through the Dio band. Instead of doing "The Very Beast Of, Vol. ![]() It was culled strictly from the band "Dio" and was the first North American "best of" (the import "Diamonds: The Best Of" had been available since 1994). It's no surprise Rhino wanted another Dio compilation since 2000's mighty fine 16-track "The Very Beast Of Dio" collection sold over 500,000 copies in the U.S. ![]() contract in 1994 (the LP "Strange Highways). This is Elf until the end of Ronnie's Warner Bros. It was released in 2003 so nothing from Dio's last LP ("Master Of The Moon") or the Black Sabbath reunion aka "Heaven & hell" could even be considered. First off let it be known that this compilation only takes you as far as 1994 of Ronnie James Dio's storied career. ![]()
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