Difficult to Cure
Studio album by Rainbow
Released	January 1981
Length	42:53
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	Roger Glover
Rainbow chronology
Down to Earth (1979)	Difficult to Cure (1981)	Straight Between the Eyes (1982)

Difficult to Cure is the fifth LP released by Rainbow, in 1981. The album material was started with Graham Bonnet still in the band, getting as far as recording " I Surrender". Turner was recruited and sang over backings already completed. Remastered CD reissue was released in May 1999. Image File history File links Difficult_to_cure. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Roger Glover in concert at Big Flats, New York in 2002. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Down To Earth is the fourth LP released by Rainbow, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). ... Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth LP released by Rainbow, released in 1982. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Rock vocalist Graham Bonnet was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire England on 23 December 1947, and went on to sing for many different rock bands including Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Impellitteri and Alcatrazz. ...

Track listing

1. "I Surrender" (Ballard) – 4:10
2. "Spotlight Kid" (Blackmore/Glover) – 5:04
3. "No Release" (Blackmore/Glover/Airey) – 5:42
4. "Magic" (B.Moran) – 4:15
5. "Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)" (Blackmore/Airey) – 3:23
6. "Can't Happen Here" (Blackmore/Glover) – 5:09
7. "Freedom Fighter" (Blackmore/Glover/Turner) – 4:28
8. "Midtown Tunnel Vision" (Blackmore/Glover/Turner) – 4:44
9. "Difficult To Cure (Beethoven's Ninth)" (Trad. arr. by Blackmore/Glover/Airey) – 5:58

This track listing is as it appears on the 1999 CD release. The original 1981 LP and cassette releases had the title of the fifth track as "Vielleicht Das Nachster Zeit (Maybe Next Time)". This was a mis-translation from the German, which was corrected on later releases. Additionally the final track, Difficult To Cure, was originally credited as arranged by Blackmore/Glover/Airey. Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 – March 26, 1827) was a German composer of Classical music, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. ...

Personnel

• Joe Lynn Turner - vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
• Don Airey - keyboard
• Roger Glover - bass
• Bobby Rondinelli - drums

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Singles

• 1981 - "I Surrender/Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)"
• 1981 - "Can't Happen Here/Jealous Lover"
• 1981 - "Magic/Freedom Fighter" (Japan)