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For Down to Earth, bandleader and axe-man extraordinaire Ritchie Blackmore tapped Graham Bonnet to take the mic. With Bonnet's stentorian vox, Blackmore's fiery fretwork, monster drummer Cozy Powell, veteran keyboardist Don Airey and Ritchie's old Deep Purple mate Roger Glover on bass (and co-producer), the group created some of the best tracks in Rainbow's long and winding history, including the singles "All Night Long" and the Russ Ballard-penned "Since You've Been Gone."

Now Universal Music has announced a deluxe expanded version of Down to Earth, with non-album B-sides "Bad Girl" and the atmospheric instrumental "Weiss Heim," as well as a second disc of studio outtakes and alternate versions, which lend much-appreciated context to the finished album. - more on this story

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