Rainbow CD Discography, August 1977-November 1978

Long Live Rock 'N' Roll Long Live Rock 'N' Roll Lady Of The Lake L.A. Connection Gates Of Babylon Kill The King The Shed (Subtle) Sensitive To Light Rainbow Eyes
Polydor 825 090-2, Canada, 1978 - CD release date unknown - Includes a sticker on the sleeve - Click here for front cover picture
Dionet-01769 Polydor 825 090-2, France - Most likely released in early 1990s - "Made in France by PMDC" printed on CD - No made in text on the shiny side - No catalog number printed on the inside of the back sleeve
Dionet-01678 Polydor 314 547 363-2, EU, 1999 or later - Remastered release - Narrow clear inner ring on the CD
Dionet-00121 Polydor 825 090-2, Germany, 1987-1988 - Reissue, most likely released in 1987-1988 - "Made in W.-Germany by PolyGram" printed on CD - "MADE IN W.GERMANY BY PDO" on the shiny side - Catalog number printed on the inside of the back sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for the inside of back sleeve picture.
Dionet-01290 Polydor 825 090-2 Germany, 1987-1988 - Reissue, most likely released in 1987-1988 (or later with Special Price sleeve but with a CD pressing + sleeves from that period) - "Made in W.-Germany by PolyGram" printed on CD - "MADE IN W.GERMANY BY PDO" on the shiny side - Catalog number printed on the inside of the back sleeve - Includes a Special Price sleeve stapled to the front sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for inside of the back sleeve picture. - Click here for front sleeve back side picture. - Click here for CD picture.
Dionet-00063 Polydor 825 090-2, Germany, 1989-1990 - Reissue, most likely released in 1989-1990 - "Made in W.-Germany by PolyGram" printed on CD - "MADE IN W.GERMANY BY PDO" on the shiny side - No catalog number printed on the inside of the back sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Polydor 825 090-2, Germany, 1978 - CD release date unknown. - "Made in W.-Germany by PolyGram" text on the CD.
Polydor 825 090-2, Germany, 1978 - "Made in W.-Germany" text on the CD.
Polydor 314 547 363-2, Germany, 27.04.1999 - Remastered release - Stickers on the front cover
Polydor P33P-25020, Japan, September 1st, 1986 - CD release date unknown, the original CD release - Includes a title strip - "ROCK CD FAIR" text and price on the title strip - Click here for the title strip picture. - Identical CD with the other P33P-25020 release - Ebay prices: - 07.12.2008 $52
Polydor P33P-25020, Japan, September 1st, 1986 - CD release date unknown, the original CD release - Includes a title strip - "ROCK CD FAIR" text and price missing from the title strip - Click here for title strip picture. - Ebay prices: - 20.02.2006 $107 - 01.05.2006 $80 - 14.01.2007 $41
Polydor P33P-25020, Japan, September 1st, 1986 - CD release date unknown, the original CD release - Includes a title strip - "ROCK CD FAIR" text missing from the title strip but includes the price - Click here for title strip picture. - Ebay prices: - 29.08.2008 $206
Polydor POCP-1804, Japan, May 1st, 1990 First reissue release. Title strip has text on the back side too (barcode side), as well as a golden bar instead of a white one. Apparently the first batch of this release was released this way. The text outlines a competition where one could win a Rainbow or Deep Purple T-shirt. Click here for title strip picture
Polydor POCP-1804, Japan, May 1st, 1990 First reissue release. Title strip has no text on the back side (barcode side), white bar instead of golden bar. Click here for title strip picture - Ebay prices: - 25.08.2006 $28 - 27.06.2007 $18
Polydor POCP-2292, Japan, December 1st, 1993 - 2nd CD reissue - Includes a title strip - Click here for title strip picture
Polydor POCP-9082, Japan, September 26th, 1997 - Reissue - Includes a title strip - Click here for title strip picture
Polydor/Polygram POCP-9158, Japan, December 16th, 1998 - Cardboard "miniature LP" gatefold sleeves - Includes a title strip and a booklet - Limited edition - Remastered release - Click here for title strip picture
Polydor/Polygram POCP-9158, Japan, December 16th, 1998 - Cardboard "miniature LP" gatefold sleeves - Includes a title strip and a booklet - Limited edition - Remastered release - Promo release, includes a sticker on the title strip. - Click here for title strip picture
Dionet-00170 Polydor/Universal POCY-3014, Japan, June 1st, 2000 - Includes a title strip and an insert - Remastered release - Click here for CD picture - Click here for title strip picture
Dionet-00171 Polydor/Universal POCY-3014, Japan, June 1st, 2000 - Includes a title strip and an insert - Remastered release - Promo release, promo sticker on the title strip - Click here for title strip picture.
Polydor UICY-9193, Japan, December 27th, 2001 Reissue in miniature LP sleeves. Includes inserts and a title strip. Click here for title strip picture.
Dionet-01370 Polydor UICY-9193, Japan, December 27th, 2001 - Reissue in miniature LP sleeves. - Includes inserts and a title strip - Promo release, has a promo sticker on the title strip and promo stamp on the CD - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for titlestrip picture.
Polydor UICY-6371, Japan, August 30th, 2006 Reissue. Includes inserts and a title strip. Click here for title strip picture.
Polydor UICY-90775, Japan, January 23rd, 2008 Reissue. Includes inserts and a title strip, as well as a plastic slipcase with a sticker. Released in the SHM (Super High Material) series with high-quality CD material. Click here for title strip picture. Click here for front sleeve picture.
Dionet-00151 Polydor UICY-90775, Japan, January 23rd, 2008 - Promo release, includes a promo sticker on the title strip - Reissue, remastered - Includes inserts and a title strip, as well as a plastic slipcase with a sticker. - Released in the SHM (Super High Material) series with high-quality CD material. - Click here for title strip picture.
Polydor UICY-93621, Japan, September 24th, 2008 Reissue, remastered. Includes inserts and a title strip. Comes in miniature LP gatefold sleeves with sticker on sleeve. Released under SHM (Super High Material CD) series - Click here for title strip picture. - Click here for CD picture.
Dionet-00927 Polydor UICY-93621, Japan, September 24th, 2008 - Remastered reissue - Includes inserts and and a title strip - Comes in a miniature LP gatefold sleeves with a sticker on the sleeve - Promo release, includes a promo sticker on the title strip and promo text on the CD inner ring - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for title strip picture.
Dionet-00542 Polydor UICY-93621, Japan, September 24th, 2008 - Remastered reissue - Includes inserts and and a title strip - Comes in a miniature LP gatefold sleeves with a sticker on the sleeve - Promo release, includes a promo sticker on the title strip - Click here for title strip picture. - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Polydor UICY-91447, Japan, June 24th, 2009 Reissue, remastered. Includes insert and a title strip as well as a sticker on the front sleeve. Released under SHM (Super High Material CD) series - Click here for title strip picture. - Click here for CD picture.
Dionet-00602 Polydor UICY-91447, Japan, June 24th, 2009 - Remastered reissue - Includes a insert and a title strip, as well as a sticker on the front sleeve - Promo release, includes a promo sticker on the title strip - Click here for title strip picture.
Dionet-00228 Universal UIGY-9040, Japan, October 27th, 2010 - SA-CD only, playable only with SA-CD players - Reissue, remastered - Cardboard gatefold sleeves - Includes a title strip - Has a 1-second glitch during Gates Of Babylon - Click here for title strip picture. - Click here for CD picture.
Dionet-00348 Universal UIGY-9040, Japan, October 27th, 2010 - SA-CD only, playable only with SA-CD players - Promo release, has a promo sticker on the title strip and CD marked as promo - Reissue, remastered - Cardboard gatefold sleeves - Includes a title strip - Has a 1-second glitch during Gates Of Babylon - Click here for title strip picture.
Dionet-00273 Universal UIGY-9040, Japan, October 27th, 2010 - SA-CD only, playable only with SA-CD players - Reissue, remastered - Cardboard gatefold sleeves - Includes a title strip - Has a fixed version of Gates Of Babylon - Otherwise identical with the other UIGY-9040 release but has a blue dot sticker on the title strip
Dionet-00575 Polydor UICY-25167, Japan, January 18th, 2012 - Remastered reissue - Includes a insert and a title strip - Promo release, includes a promo sticker on the title strip - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for CD picture. - Click here for title strip picture.
Dionet-01679 Polydor 4605026714939, Russia, 2014 - Might be a counterfeit release? - Remastered release - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Dionet-02007 Polydor/Universal 547 363-9, Russia - Remastered release - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Dionet-01647 Polydor 825 090-2, UK/Germany, 1989-1990 - Reissue, most likely released in the early 1990s - "Made in U.K." printed on CD - No "Made In" texts printed on the shiny side - Identical backsleeve with the German Dionet-00063 release. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Dionet-01997 Polydor/Universal/Ukrainian Distribution 547 363-9, Ukraine - Remastered release - Has a hologram sticker on the back sleeve - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Dionet-00906 Polydor 825 090 Y-1, USA, 1988? - Possibly the first release of the CD - Came originally likely with a longbox or longbox insert - No "0704" code printed on the bottom right corner of the back sleeve unlike the other 1988 release - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for front sleeve back side picture.
Polydor 825 090-2, USA, January 1st, 1988 Click here for back sleeve picture.
Polydor 825 090-2, USA - Reissue - Has IFPI code on the matrix, as well as clear inner ring - Released between 1994-1998
Dionet-00855 Columbia House/Polydor P2-25090, USA, 1988-1993 - Columbia House Record Club release - No IFPI codes, released most likely between 1988-1993 - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Polydor 314 547 363-2, USA, 27.04.1999 - Remastered release - Stickers on the front sleeve
Dionet-00147 Columbia House Record Club/Universal P2-47363, USA, 1999? - Columbia House Record Club release - Remastered release - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture.
Polydor 825 090-2 - Unknown where this CD was made, possibly USA or Germany?

Long Live Rock 'N' Roll Deluxe Edition CD 1: Long Live Rock 'N' Roll Lady Of The Lake L.A. Connection Gates Of Babylon Kill The King The Shed (Subtle) Sensitive To Light Rainbow Eyes CD 2: Lady Of The Lake (*) Sensitive To Light (*) L.A. Connection (*) Kill The King (*) The Shed (Subtle) (*) Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (*) Rainbow Eyes (*) Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (take 1) (**) Kill The King (**) Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (***) L.A. Connection (***) Gates Of Babylon (***) L.A. Connection (****) Gates Of Babylon (****) (*) = Rough Mixes from 1977 (**) = Shepperton Film Studios rehearsals 1977 (***) = Don Kirshner's Rock Concert 1978 (****) = Outtake version
Dionet-00605 Universal 5340480, Germany, November 13th, 2012 - Remastered release - Includes a "Deluxe edition" sticker strip attached across the sleeves - Comes in a double digipak sleeve - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for CD 2 picture.
Dionet-00813 Universal Music UICY-75463/4, Japan, 2013-01-30 - Remastered release - Comes in a gatefold mini-LP cardboard sleeve - Includes inserts, SHM sticker and a title stription - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for CD 1 picture. - Click here for CD 2 picture. - Click here for title strippicture.
Dionet-00936 Universal Music UICY-75463/4, Japan, 2013-01-30 - Remastered release - Comes in a gatefold mini-LP cardboard sleeve - Includes inserts, SHM sticker and a title stription - Promo release, has a promo sticker on the title strip and a promo text on the CD inner ring - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for titlestrip picture. - Click here for CD 2 picture.
Dionet-00879 Universal, UK, November 2012 - Remastered release - CD-R promo release, comes in a slipcase - Individually watermarked and named disks (number and name censored in the images here) - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for CD 2 picture.

Live In Munich 1977 CD 1: Kill The King Mistreated Sixteenth Century Greensleeves Catch The Rainbow Long Live Rock 'N' Roll CD 2: Man On The Silver Mountain Still I'm Sad Do You Close Your Eyes - Recorded live at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany on October 20th, 1977.
Dionet-00862 ST 2 Records/Eagle Records/Thompson Music ST2EA137, Argentina, 2006 - Comes in a slim case - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for CD 2 picture.
Eagle Records ER 20086-2, Canada, June 13th, 2006 - Comes in a slim case - Same disc and sleeves with the US release, but includes a Canadian sticker on the back sleeve
Eagle Rock Entertainment EDGCD315, Germany, June 13th, 2006 - Comes in a slim case
Dionet-00902 Eagle Rock Entertainment EDGCD503, Germany, 2013-04-29 - Comes in a slim case - Reissue - Click here for front sleeve picture. - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for CD 2 picture.
Dionet-00875 Eagle Rock Entertainment EDGCD503, Germany, 2013-04-29 - Comes in a slim case - Reissue - Promo release, includes a promo sticker on the back sleeve (otherwise identical with Dionet-00902 release)
Victor Entertainment/Eagle Rock Entertainment VICP-63478/9, Japan, June 28th, 2006 - Comes in a slim case - Includes a title strip and an insert - Click here for title strip picture
Victor Entertainment/Eagle Rock Entertainment VICP-63478/9, Japan, 2006 - Promo release, comes in a slim case - Includes only front sleeve, no back sleeve, inserts or titlestrip included - Click here for CD picture
Victor Entertainment/Eagle Rock Entertainment VICP-63478/9, Japan, 2006 - Promo release - Includes a title strip and an insert - Has a promo sticker on the title strip - Click here for titlestrip picture
Dionet-00829 Ward Records/Eagle Rock Entertainment VQCD-10325/6, Japan, 2012-12-19 - Comes in a slim case - Reissue - Includes a title strip and an insert - Click here for back sleeve picture. - Click here for CD 1 picture. - Click here for CD 2 picture. - Click here for title strip picture
Eagle Records ER 20086-2, USA, June 13th, 2006 - Comes in a slim case