The Ronnie James Dio Bio/Discography

This is an unauthorized Ronnie James Dio bio/discography, written by me. I started this project in late 1993 and the first versions of this became available in mid 1994. Various people have helped me with this - without their help, you wouldn't be reading this now. See the credits for a list of the people who have helped me with this.

The discographies are based on three Dio collectors' collections as well as to some advertisements etc. I'd especially like to give a HUGE thank-you to Thomas Krause, Peter Weber and Matt Baker for their help! Thank you for being patient with me and my questions concerning catalog numbers, label differences, matrix numbers, pictures and so forth. Jorund Rong from Norway has been a great help with the Rainbow 7" discographies!

The discographies are as complete as possible at the moment, but new additions will certainly turn up. Also, I'm going to re-design the sampler discographies as soon as I figure out a sensible way to do that. I'll try to add pictures to the discographies as soon as possible.

If you happen to have any Ronnie James Dio recordings not mentioned in these discographies, please contact me. I'd like to make this discography complete and to accomplish that, I need your help.

Band Names	Biographies	Main Discographies	Other Discographies, Etc.
The Vegas Kings Ronnie & The Rumblers Ronnie And The Red Caps	1957-1958	7" singles	History Of Syracuse Music series LP samplers CD samplers
	1958-1961	7" singles
Ronnie Dio And The Prophets	1961-1967	7" singles LPs	7" counterfeit singles LP samplers CD samplers History Of Syracuse Music series CD counterfeits
The Electric Elves	1967-1969	7" singles
The Elves	1969-1970	7" singles CDs	History Of Syracuse Music series
Elf	1970-1973	7" singles LPs C tapes CDs	CD compilations LP samplers CD samplers C tape samplers 7" single bootlegs LP bootlegs CD bootlegs CD counterfeits LP radioshows History Of Syracuse Music series Tourbooks
	1973-1974	7" singles LPs C tapes CDs
	1974-1975	LPs C tapes CDs
Rainbow	February 1975-July 1975	7" singles 8 tracks LPs CDs C tapes	Compilations: 7" singles 12" singles LPs C tapes CDs Samplers: 7" singles LPs C Tapes CDs History Of Syracuse Music series Bootlegs: 7" singles LPs CDs Counterfeits: 7" singles C tapes 8 tracks LPs CDs Others: Regular Videos Promo Videos Counterfeit Videos LP Radioshows CD Radioshows Tour Books
	July 1975-August 1975
	August 1975-October 1975
	October-1975-January 1977	7" singles 8 tracks LPs C tapes CDs
	January 1977-July 1977
	August 1977-November 1978	7" singles 8 tracks LPs C tapes CDs
Black Sabbath	May 1979-August 1980	7" singles 8 tracks LPs C tapes CDs	Compilations: LPs C tapes CDs CD singles Samplers: 7" singles LPs CDs C Tapes History Of Syracuse Music series Soundtracks: Heavy Metal LPs Heavy Metal CDs Heavy Metal C tapes Heavy Metal 8-track tapes Wayne's World LPs Wayne's World CDs Wayne's World C tapes Fubar II CDs Bootlegs: 7" Singles 12" Singles LPs CDs Counterfeits: 7" Singles LPs CDs C tapes Videos: Promo videos Regular videos Sampler videos Movie videos Radioshows: LPs CDs Reel-to-reel tapes Others: Tour Books
	August 1980-October 1982	7" singles 12" singles 8 tracks LPs C tapes CDs
	Early 1991-October or November 1991
	October or November 1991-November 13th, 1992	7" singles 12" singles CD singles LPs C tapes CDs
Dio	October 1982-May 1983	7" singles 12" singles LPs C tapes CDs	Compilations: LPs CDs C tapes Samplers: 7" singles 12" singles LPs CDs A-K CDs L-Z C tapes Radioshows: BBC LPs King Biscuit LPs Metalshop LPs Westwood One LPs Other LPs The House Of Hair CDs Tour Bus CDs Other CDs Reel-to-reel tapes C tapes Soundtracks: Vision Quest 7" singles Vision Quest 12" singles Vision Quest LPs Vision Quest CDs Vision Quest C tapes Vision Quest 8-track tapes Iron Eagle LPs Iron Eagle CDs Iron Eagle C tapes Frezno Smooth CDs Interviews: 12" singles LPs Bootlegs: 7" singles LPs CDs Videos Counterfeits: 7" singles LPs CDs C tapes Videos Videos: Promo videos Regular videos Sampler videos Others: Tour Books Tour Itineraries
	May 1983-March 1986	7" singles 12" singles LPs C tapes CDs
	March 1986-1988	7" singles 10" and 12" singles LPs C tapes CDs
	1988-June 18th, 1989
	August 1989-December 1989
	January 1990-Early 1991	7" singles 12" singles C tape singles CD singles LPs C tapes CDs
	November 1992-March 1993
	March 1993-Summer 1993
	Summer 1993-November 1993	CD singles C tape singles LPs CDs C tapes
	November 1993-Late 1994	CDs LPs
	August 1995-May 1996
	May 1996-November 1996	12" singles C Tapes LPs CDs
	November 1996-February 5th, 1997, February 7th, 1997
	February 2nd 1997, February 10th-February 16th, 1997
	February 20th, 1997-November, 1997	CDs C tapes
	November 15th-November 22nd, 1997
	May 19th-May 22nd, 1998
	May 23rd-October 22nd, 1998
	October 23rd-November 11th, 1998
	March 4th-5th, 1999
	June 1999
	September 1999-January 2002	12" singles LPs CDs C Tapes
	January 2002-April 2003	12" singles LPs CDs C Tapes
	April 2003-April 2004
	April 2004	LPs CDs
	July 2004-October 3rd, 2005
	October 6th, 2005-December 10th, 2005	LPs CDs
	May 27th, 2006-September 2009	CD singles 12" singles
	November 21st, 2009-December 22nd 2009
Heaven And Hell	August 2006-November 2006		CD compilations CD single compilations CD samplers LP bootlegs CD bootlegs CD counterfeits Videos Sampler videos Bootleg videos
	November 2006-	7" singles LPs CDs CD singles

Side Projects

Ronnie James Dio and his bandmates have taken part in various different side projects over the years. Here you'll find information about those side projects.

Project names	Biographies	Main Discographies	Other Discographies, Etc.
Bobby Comstock And The Counts	1960-1963	7" singles	CD compilations CD samplers
The Angels	1963	7" singles	Sampler 7" singles Sampler 78 rpm singles Sampler LPs
Austin Gravelding	1970	LPs
Roger Glover And Guests: The Butterfly Ball	1974-1976	7" singles CD singles Cassette singles 8 Tracks LPs C tapes CDs	LP compilations LP samplers CD samplers C tape samplers Radioshows LP counterfeits CD counterfeits
Eddie Hardin: Wizard's Convention 3	1975	7" singles CDs	CD samplers
David Coverdale: Northwinds	1977-1978	LPs CDs C tapes	LP compilations C tape compilations CD compilations CD counterfeits
Kerry Livgren: Seeds Of Change	1980	7" singles 12" singles 8 Tracks LPs C tapes CDs	CD compilations C tape compilations LP samplers CD samplers LP radioshows LP counterfeits
Rough Cutt	1983		LP samplers
Heaven: Where Angels Fear To Tread	1983	C tapes LPs CDs	LP samplers C tape counterfeits
Rock Relief For Africa	1985
Hear 'N Aid	1985-1986	7" singles 12" singles LP C tapes CDs	CD compilations LP radioshows Videos Counterfeit C tapes
Rock Against Drugs	1987-1988
Children Of The Night	1987-
Dog Eat Dog: Play Games		LPs CDs C tapes	Videos CD counterfeits
Pat Boone: In A Metal Mood - No More Mr. Nice Guy		CDs C tapes
Munetaka Higuchi With Dream Castle: Free World		CDs
Deep Purple Concerto		CDs LPs C Tapes CD singles	Sampler CDs Tourbooks Videos Bootleg CDs Counterfeit Videos
Eddie Ojeda: Axes 2 Axes		LPs CDs	CD Counterfeits
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime II		LPs CDs	Radioshow CDs
Ian Gillan: Gillan's Inn & other Ian Gillan related releases		LPs CDs	Videos
Girlschool: Legacy		CDs
We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year		CDs Postcards
David Rock Feinstein: Bitten By The Beast		CDs CD singles
The Rods: Vengeance		CDs LPs CD singles
Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny soundtrack		CDs	Compilation CDs
Tributes		LPs CDs C Tapes CD Singles	Sampler CDs Counterfeit CDs
Non-Dio related releases		All formats