Many of you have been asking for rare songs from the great RONNIE JAMES DIO. So here’s ”Rares In The Dark”, a 2-CD of rarities from his solo career, previous bands and collaborations.
While all these tracks have been officially released in one way or another, not all are easy to find, or in such high sound quality. We have a young Ronnie appearance on 1974’s Roger Glover Butterfly Ball, three songs in remastered form. Then the two songs from Ronnie collaboration with Kerry Livgren, the first DIO studio song recorded with Craig Goldy, original albums Japanese bonus tracks, etc.
Also included are Ronnie’s cover of Alice Cooper classic ‘Welcome To My Nightmare’, his guest vocals on albums / songs from Twisted Sister’s Eddie Ojeda, Munitaka Higuchi & Dream Castle, Queensryche, Girlschool, David ”Rock” Feinstein, The Rods, and more.
Of course, we find as well the single “Electra”, the last DIO song recorded before Ronnie’s death on May 16, 2010.
As Ronnie once said: “This is your here, this is your now, let it be magical!”
CD 1:
01. Sitting In A Dream (From Roger Glover – Butterfly Ball 1974)
02. Love Is All (From Roger Glover – Butterfly Ball 1974)
03. Homeward (From Roger Glover – Butterfly Ball 1974)
04. To Live For The King (From Kerry Livgren – Seeds Of Change 1980)
05. Mask Of The Great Deceiver (From Kerry Livgren – Seeds Of Change 1980)
06. Time To Burn (From Dio – Intermission 1986)
07. Hide In The Rainbow (From OST – Top Gun 1986)
08. Stars (From Hear ‘N’ Aid 1986)
09. God Hates Heavy Metal (From Dio – Angry Machines Japanese Bonus 1996)
10. The Prisoner Of Paradise (Master Of the Moon bonus track 2004)
11. Electra (Last Single 2010)
CD 2:
01. Welcome To My Nightmare (Alice Cooper cover 1999)
02. Tonite (From Eddie Ojeda – Axes 2 Axes 2006)
03. What Cost War (From Munitaka Higuchi & Dream Castle – Free World 1997)
04. The Chase (From Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime II 2006)
05. Dream On (Feat. Yngwie Malmsteen – Tribute To Aerosmith 1999)
06. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (feat. T. Iommi, R. Sarzo, Simon Wright) (We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year 2010)
07. I Spy (From Girlschool – Legacy 2008)
08. The Devil Cried (From Black Sabbath – The Dio Years 2007)
09. Shadow Of The Wind (From Black Sabbath – The Dio Years 2007)
10. Ear In The Wall (From Black Sabbath – The Dio Years 2007)
11. The Code (From The Rods – Vengeance 2011)
12. Metal Will Never Die (From David ”Rock” Feinstein – Bitten By The Beast)