if you’re missing any of these suckers, now’s the time to enter the majestic realms of Ritchie Blackmore and the catalogue’s three legendary vocalists.
The overlooked hits, live and rarities album, Finyl Vinyl, also adds two tracks not on the original CD reissue, but other than that, it’s the straight goods.
There are a few weak links (the debut and Difficult To Cure, both underproduced and confused), no self-respecting metalhead should be without this catalogue.
Fave here is Bent Out Of Shape simply for its cohesion, the record courting relationship depression with the AOR mastery and smash single “Street Of Dreams.”