The Dio E.P.

Infobox Album
Name = The Dio E.P.
Type = EP
Artist = Dio


Released = May 1986
Recorded =
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 20:37
Label = Vertigo Records
Producer = Ronnie James Dio
Reviews =
Last album = "Sacred Heart" (1985)
This album = "The Dio E.P."
(1986)
Next album = "Intermission" (1986)

"The Dio E.P." is an EP released by heavy metal band Dio in May, 1986, on the label Vertigo Records. It was a UK only release that featured the previously unreleased studio track "Hide in the Rainbow".

It was also available as a shaped picture-disc.

"Hide in the Rainbow" was written for, and used in the movie "Iron Eagle".

Track listing

ide A

#"Hide in the Rainbow" (Ronnie James Dio, Jimmy Bain) - 4:06
#"Hungry for Heaven" (Dio, Bain) – 4:10

ide B

#"Shame on the Night" (Dio, Vivian Campbell, Bain, Vinny Appice) – 5:20
#"Egypt (The Chains Are On)" (Dio, Campbell, Bain, Appice) – 7:01