The Rainbow Music Hall was a 1,485-capacity

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. The venue opened in 1979 by concert promoter Barry Fey and closed in 1989. Many famous artists performed at the Rainbow Music Hall, including: On May 9, 1979, Journey recorded a live performance. The concert followed the release of their 5th studio LP ''

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''; released March 20, 1979. Many of the early performances were recorded by local audio/video company ListenUp, which was instrumental in the 1980s in introducing

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to the US market for the first time. At one memorable concert at Rainbow Music Hall, ListenUp CEO, Walton Stinson tricked an audience of 1,000 into believing they were listening to a live performance of the band Grub Stake, but had segued the performance into a digital recording mid-performance to demonstrate the superior quality of digital audio over analog technology.

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. March 11, 2008 * Kim Allen, Denver Photo Archives (Westword) http://www.denverphotoarchives.com/blog/2009/august.html * Concert Promoter Barry Fey http://barryfey.com/ *Miles Davis - January 29, 1983 Rainbow Music Hall, Denver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNkTEoQthsA Music venues in Colorado Music of Denver {{music-venue-stub