The dance will be opened (after the intro of Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz") to the at that time still unknown "Kill the King" (published only on the subsequent album "Long Live Rock'n'Roll"). A strong opener. It follows "Man on the Silver Mountain" from the first album, which contains a wonderful blues part. "Catch the Rainbow" (also from the debut) goes here fifteen minutes and is not boring. Another highlight is "Mistreated", a song from Deep Purple hours. Whitesnake had him also in the program, and both versions are quite different, but both are wonderful. Ritchie, freed from the shackles of dominant fellow like Jon Lord and Ian Gillan, played on free and uninhibited, making this piece to his show. For good conclusion there are another two pieces from the first Rainbow album: "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" (wonderful opening solo by Ritchie) and Yardbirds' "Still I'm Sad", which was only presented on Rainbows instrumental debut and here eleven minutes musical delicatessen with Ronnie's incomparable vocals and provides almost speedmetallisch powert.
Where the sound should be dull here, I do not know. All instruments are clearly heard, the sound is excellent. There are in these pages a discussion of the most ingenious (O-Ton) live album of all time. Rainbows "On Stage" is a strong contender for this title. As I said, the only drawback is that not a whole concert is offered here. But there is quality over quantity, full marks!
