OFF: French Revolution ? (Was Re: OFF: Geezer...Black Science)

[Stuart Hamilton]

Here's the story as I heard it in 1978.
The photographer (Fin Costello?) wanted to
use a Rainbow shot, but he 'partook' of some
pre-show beverages and was so out of it he
didn't manage to take any useable shots.
Rather than lose the gig, he substituted a Rush
shot, subtly(!) making it look like a Rainbow
crowd.  By the time anyone realised the covers
were in the shops.
I don't think he worked for Rainbow again.

Zeit

Kenneth Magnusson wrote:

> Has anyone noticed that Ritchie Blackmore copied the intro on Rush's
> Bastille Day and put it on a song called Kill The King (on the live
> version) ? Bastille Day and Kill The King ? I haven't read the lyrics to
> Kill the King but it sounds like a copy too. By the way, the picture on the
> studio album that sports Kill The King has a picture on an audience from a
> Rush concert, strange, didn't Rainbow have their own audience ?