Rainbow, Apollo, Glasgow (GB) - 9 nov. 1977

I was desperate to see this, not only because 'Rising' was one of my favourite albums, but also because it would be my first sighting of Cozy Powell! Cozy was his usual brilliant self - his solo, played along to the 1812 Overture, whilst the drums rose up over the audience, was splendid and Blackmore played a blinder, until he refused to do an encore. Now, refusing a Glaswegian crowd an encore demands a certain decorum and Blackmore didn't have it. I thought the Apollo was going to be dismantled.