Japanese 7" vinyl singles 1976 - 1983

Rainbow

Man on the Silver Mountain, Japanese single sleeve

MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN / SNAKE CHARMER

Polydor DP 1996 : Dec 75

Tarot Woman, Japanese flexi single

TAROT WOMAN

Polydor/Oyster FR 145 : Feb 1976
Red flexi free with Japanese magazine.

STARSTRUCK / RUN WITH THE WOLF

Polydor/Oyster DWQ 6010 : Sep 1976

Rainbow, Starstruck, Japanese single

LONG LIVE ROCK’N’ROLL / SENSITIVE TO LIGHT

Polydor DPQ 6086 : May 1978

Rainbow, Long Live Rock'n Roll, Japanese single
Rainbow,Since You Been Gone, Japanese single

SINCE YOU BEEN GONE / BAD GIRL

Polydor DPQ 6160 : 1979

Rainbow, All Night Long, Japanese single

ALL NIGHT LONG / WEISS HEIM

Polydor DPQ 6181 : 1980

I SURRENDER / MAYBE NEXT TIME

Polydor 7DM 0013 : 1981

Rainbow, I Surrender, Japanese single


CAN’T HAPPEN HERE / JEALOUS LOVER

Polydor 7DM 0020 : 1981

Rainbow, Can't Happen Here, Japanese single
Rainbow, Magic, Japanese single

MAGIC / FREEDOM FIGHTER

Polydor 7DM 0033 : 1981

Rainbow, Stone Cold, Japanese single

STONE COLD / ROCK FEVER
Polydor 7DM 0044 : 1982

Pressed in blue or black vinyl

DEATH ALLEY DRIVER / POWER

Polydor 7DM 0059 : 1982

Rainbow, Death Alley Driver, Japanese single

STREET OF DREAMS / ANYBODY THERE

Polydor 7DM 0090 : 1983

Rainbow, Street Of Dreams, Japanese single
Rainbow, I Surrender, Japanese single

I SURRENDER / LONG LIVE ROCK’N’ROLL

Polydor 5DM 0187 : 1987

Polydor issued two retrospective 7inch couplings in a 'best coupling' 
series. We would appreciate better  quality scans if anyone can help.

Images here courtesy Lylian Pothron.

Rainbow, All Night Long, Japanese single

ALL NIGHT LONG / SINCE YOU BEEN GONE

Polydor 5DM 0186 : 1987


Notes

If you have any Japanese Rainbow 7" singles not shown here please send us details. These scans have been supplied by easyontheeye books. A selection of these sleeves will appear in their book Art Of Japanese Picture Sleeve due for publication in 2010. Sample pages and details of the book can be found at www.easyontheeye.net

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