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Family tree

December 14, 2021

While the Purple album has been occupying our thoughts, there has been quite a lot going on in the Whitesnake family tree lately. Bernie Marsden has his second album of blues covers out, this time targeting the Chess label. His last one, Kings, was well received so if it’s as well played as that it’ll be worth checking it out. You can get it as a signed copy with guitar pick on his website. Bernie was doing an intro to a book of vintage blues photos Simon is putting together too.
Meantime, the best Whitesnake rhythm section has reunited (Bomber / Cozy fans look away), with Neil Murray AND Ian Paice teaming up to tour with the covers band Purpendicular on some dates in Europe recently. Paice has played with them quite a lot in the past but this is the first time the pair have done so I believe. Be something to see / hear / feel.
This would also be a good place to mention Whitesnake themselves, or himself, who have recruited Irish bassist Tanya O’Callaghan to replace the departing Michael Devin. Tanya will cover live and studio duties according to the press release. Will some of the dodgier lyrics have to go? We’ll see.
Is there a sheet of paper long enough to cope with the Whitesnake family tree any more we wonder?! Yes, see below! Courtesy of Mark Maddock who works for a paper producer in darkest Finland. Just scribble Pete Frame’s address on and ship it over (though given the current paper shortages in Europe make sure you disguise the contents or it’ll be nicked). Thanks also to Tom Dixon.

preparing paper to update the Whitesnake family tree…

Whitesnake expand

August 4, 2021

Well perhaps we have all eaten a bit more than we should during lockdown but no. In DCs case he’s added another singer to his group, which seems a bit of a left field move. His name is Dino Jelusick and he will join them for the delayed world tour next year (along with the usual suspects and co-headliners). It reaches the UK in May. Flyer is attached above courtesy of Tim Summers, who also adds that Bernie Marsden has a new album out called Kings, which is his tribute to blues greats BB, Albert and Freddie. Such a neat idea you wonder why nobody thought of it before. Nice sleeve too. He’s doing signed copies at his site and the CD includes a cover of a cover Whitesnake did on Lovehunter, Help Me Through The Day. It’s lovely. They are also planning a reissue of DCs Restless Heart album with all the trimmings. Thanks also to Tom Dixon.

DC and GH

April 22, 2020

Whitesnake have announced another set of reissues, we can do no better than to quote the publicity blurb: “(They) bring together some of their hardest-hitting songs of (their) multi-platinum career on The Rock Album, a new collection that features revisited, remixed and remastered versions of the group’s best rock songs. The album is the first release in the band’s “Red, White and Blues Trilogy,” a series of fresh, new collections organized by musical themes that will include: Love Songs (red), The Rock Album (white) and The Blues Album (blue). Pre-order ‘The Rock Album’ now on White Double Vinyl, CD and …” box set.
If Guinness Book of Records have a category for most recycled rock back catalogue then nominations are now closed. We are told that the “revisiting” includes new Hammond overdubs (on post-JL material) as well…

Glenn Hughes‘ first full track off the now delayed Dead Daisies album has been trailed on an animated YouTube vid – takes us back to those Old Great Whistle Test fillers! Great singing but not sure it has enough of a musical identity (or the visual theme is particularly appropriate at this time), although as with Purple you wouldn’t give away your best cut online! Talking of which, they’re promising another album teaser very shortly…

Thanks to Martin Ashberry and Tom Dixon

 

 

Over The Dene

February 20, 2020

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Those with long memories may recall the photographs in the original Whitesnake Biography of various sites in Saltburn-by-the-Sea where David Coverdale was born and grew up. Overdene Maternity Hospital in Saltburn is where David gave the world his first rock and roll screams.  It was closed as a hospital in 1980 (not without a certain amount of opposition locally) and finally sold off by the NHS three years later. The building was then split into two spacious private homes, with new flats built in parts of the grounds – but we didn’t realise that the place was renamed Coverdale House! According to the local paper the building’s other claim to fame is that it was designed by Alfred Waterhouse, the Victorian architect who designed London’s Natural History Museum. So two heritage plaques then?

David does like to saunter about whenever he is in the area with Whitesnake, and posted this rather nice shot of him taken outside the pub which his parents used to run, called The Red Lodge.

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Whitesnake’s big package (tour)

November 7, 2019

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David Coverdale and whoever is in Whitesnake right now (I’m a bit out of touch) are coming over on a stadium visit to Britain May / June 2020.  They will be in the company of fellow rock and roll titans (© Manchester Evenings News!) Foreigner and (openers) Europe to form a triple bill likely to strike a spot with fans of 1980s hits and MTV.  There are six dates in all. They then fly over to Australia for a tour there with The Scorpions, including a show in New Zealand, then a date in Singapore on the way across to Japan for half a dozen headlining shows.

Tickets are fully on sale this Friday but there are pre-sale offers on meet and greet packages if you look online (they START at £129.00!). Details : London’s O2 Arena (May 31), Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena (June 1), Arena Birmingham (June 3), Glasgow SSE Hydro (June 4) and Newcastle Utilita Arena (June 6), Manchester Arena on June 8.

The question we ask ourselves (apart from where I would hide for the other two acts!) is will they be a patch on the shows in 1979 and 1980 and the answer sadly is not, so I’ll put the money towards a trip to London to see the Bridget Riley exhibition instead.

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Six-pack Whitesnake

August 27, 2019

The previous immersive Whitesnake sets must have worked out as DC has authorised another six pack special, this time for 1989’s Slip Of The Tongue album.  I must confess it’s not an album I remember playing much, it didn’t really live up to the 1987 one in terms of sheer wallop for me, but the singles mostly went US top thirty and it reached number ten in the US album charts, no mean feat at the time (it went platinum the following year).

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Anyway as before, the album is remastered again, plus extras which include demos, monitor mixes, a Phil Easton promo interview disc, extended 12″ versions, b-sides, a whole CD of bits and bobs taken off the multi-tracks, a live set from Castle Donington 1990 (that’s the touring line-up below) and a DVD round up of the promo videos. So if this is your cup of tea then full marks indeed.  The Americans are even offering a special version with a signed lithograph.

Right that’s the news in brief, here’s the full monty American press details from Rhino, courtesy Tom Dixon, who is buying it he says!  I won’t insult anyone by showing their press pack photo as it’s so obviously faked up the North Koreans will be offering them a job.  Deep breath…..

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SLIP OF THE TONGUE: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION will be available on October 4 for $74.98. The 6CD/DVD collection includes a newly remastered version of the album, plus unreleased studio recordings, audio and video of the band’s performance at the 1990 Monsters of Rock festival, and a new interview with Whitesnake founder and lead singer, David Coverdale. It comes in a 60-page hardbound book filled with rare memorabilia from the era.  For a limited time Rhino will offer the Super Deluxe edition paired with a lithograph signed by David Coverdale for $84.98.

Other versions of Slip of the Tongue will also be available the same day, including double-CD Deluxe Edition, which includes the newly remastered album expanded with a selection of rare and unreleased bonus tracks ($24.98) and a double-LP Deluxe Edition, which features the newly remastered album along with a selection of unique bonus tracks ($31.98).  A single-disc version ($9.98) includes the newly remastered album, along with single B-Sides plus alternate recordings. The music will be available digitally as well.

Following the 8x platinum success of their eponymous album in 1987, Whitesnake returned two years later with Slip of the Tongue. At the time, the band included Coverdale, bassist Rudy Sarzo, drummer Tommy Aldridge, and guitarists Adrian Vandenberg and Steve Vai. Vandenberg and Coverdale co-wrote all but one song on the album, but Vandenberg couldn’t record them in the studio at the time due to a hand injury. To fill the void, Vai joined the band for the album and tour.

SLIP OF THE TONGUE: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION features unreleased versions of every album track, as well as monitor mixes for the album recorded in 1989. In addition, the collection includes nearly two dozen previously unreleased tracks taken from the session tapes that highlight working versions of album tracks and more. The set also includes the CD debut of Slip of the Tongue: The Wagging Tongue Edition. Released exclusively on vinyl in 1989, it features Coverdale being interviewed about each track followed by the song.

SLIP OF THE TONGUE: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION finishes big with Whitesnake’s 1990 headlining performance at the Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington on CD and DVD. The DVD also includes three music videos, all of which have been carefully restored and remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound for the first time ever. A new promo video for the track “Sweet Lady Luck”, made exclusively for this set, a behind the scenes look at the making of the album, plus a newly recorded interview with Coverdale and Vandenberg rounds out the DVD.

SLIP OF THE TONGUE: 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Track Listing:

Disc One: Original 1989 Album (2019 Remaster)

“Slip Of The Tongue”

“Kittens Got Claws”

“Cheap An’ Nasty”

“Now You’re Gone”

“The Deeper The Love”

“Judgment Day”

“Sailing Ships”

“Wings Of The Storm”

“Slow Poke Music”

“Fool For Your Loving”

Bonus Tracks: B-Sides and Alternate Mixes

“Sweet Lady Luck” (Single B-Side)

“Now You’re Gone” (Chris Lord-Alge Single Remix)

“Fool For Your Loving” (Vai Voltage Mix)

“Slip Of The Tongue” (Alternate Intro & Breakdown)

“Cheap An’ Nasty” (Alternate Solo & End)

“Judgment Day” (Alternate & Extended Solos)

“Fool For Your Loving” (Alternate AOR mix with CHR intro)

Disc Two: The Wagging Tongue Edition (CD Debut)

Interviewer: Phil Eastman

Spoken Word: “Slip Of The Tongue” Interview

“Slip Of The Tongue”

Spoken Word: “Cheap An’ Nasty” Interview

“Cheap An’ Nasty”

Spoken Word: “Fool For Your Loving” Interview

“Fool For Your Loving”

Spoken Word: “Now You’re Gone” Interview

“Now You’re Gone”

Spoken Word: “Kittens Got Claws” Interview

“Kittens Got Claws”

Spoken Word: “Wings Of The Storm” Interview

“Wings Of The Storm”

Spoken Word: The Deeper The Love Interview

“The Deeper The Love”

Spoken Word: “Judgment Day” Interview

“Judgment Day”

Spoken Word: “Slow Poke Music” Interview

“Slow Poke Music”

Spoken Word: “Sailing Ships” Interview

“Sailing Ships”

Spoken Word: Closing Interview

Disc Three: Evolutions: Demos/Remixes/Re-records

“Slip Of The Tongue” *

“Cheap An’ Nasty” *

“Now You’re Gone” *

“Judgment Day” *

“Sailing Ships” *

“Kittens Got Claws” *

“The Deeper The Love” *

“Wings Of The Storm” *

“Slow Poke Music” *

“Fool For Your Loving” *

“Kill For The Cut” *

“Parking Ticket” *

“Sweet Lady Luck” (Instrumental) *

Disc Four: Monitor Mixes, April 1989

“Kittens Got Claws” *

“Cheap An’ Nasty” *

“The Deeper The Love” *

“Judgment Day” *

“Slow Poke Music” *

“Now You’re Gone” *

“Slip Of The Tongue” *

“Fool For Your Loving” *

“Wings Of The Storm” *

“Sailing Ships” *

“Sweet Lady Luck” *

“Parking Ticket” *

“Kill For The Cut (In Desperate Search Of A Melody)” *

“Burning Heart” *

“Ain’t Gonna Cry No More” (Instrumental) *

“We Wish You Well” *

Disc Five: A Trip To Granny’s House:

Session Tapes, Wheezy Interludes & Jams

“Slow Poke Music” *

“Slip of The Tongue” *

“Judgment Day” *

“Now You’re Gone” *

“Wings Of The Storm” *

“Sailing Ships” *

“Liquor And Poker” *

“Parking Ticket” *

“Kill For The Cut” *

“Ain’t Gonna Cry No More” *

“We Wish You Well” *

“We Wish You Well” (Instrumental) *

“Wheezy & Sometimes Very Naughty Interludes (Be Warned!)” *

“Now You’re Gone” (Revisited) *

“Death Disco” *

“Whitesnake Boogie” *

“Mike Clink’s Shoes Blues” *

“Snake Shuffle” (Instrumental) *

“Doodles” *

“Dementia Polka” *

“Kill For The Cut Blues” *

“Cuban Heel Blues” *

“Adje’s Blues” *

Disc Six: Live at Donington 1990

“Slip Of The Tongue”

“Slide It In”

“Judgment Day”

“Slow An’ Easy”

“Kittens Got Claws”

“Is This Love”

“Cheap An’ Nasty”

“Crying In The Rain”

“Fool For Your Loving”

“Here I Go Again”

“Bad Boys”

“Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City”

“Still Of The Night”

Disc Seven: DVD-Video

Live at Donington 1990

“Slip Of The Tongue”

“Slide It In”

“Judgment Day”

“Slow An’ Easy”

“Kittens Got Claws”

“Adagio For Strato”

“Flying Dutchman Boogie”

“Is This Love”

“Cheap An’ Nasty”

“Crying In The Rain” (featuring Tommy Aldridge Drum solo)

“Fool For Your Loving”

“For The Love Of God”

“The Audience Is Listening”

“Here I Go Again”

“Bad Boys”

“Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City”

“Still Of The Night”

End Credits: “We Wish You Well”

Promo Videos

“Fool For Your Loving” – Music Video

“Now You’re Gone” – Music Video

“The Deeper The Love” – Music Video

Bonus Features

“Sweet Lady Luck” – Purplesnake Video

Behind the Scenes: The Making of Slip Of The Tongue

A Look Back: Whitesnake Chronicles with DC & Adrian Vandenberg

* previously unreleased

SSTC

April 19, 2019

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The ultimate Whitesnake collectable?  One of the classic rock sites has reported David Coverdale’s Incline Village home up for sale for a few dollars short of $10,000,000.  Sale is being handled by Chase International (motto “If you need to ask the price you cannot afford it”), but when I went to check their website out today the property had already disappeared, so someone may have already have snapped it up.  However the photos are still up at

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/whitesnake-david-coverdale-home-sale/

so it’s well worth a look as what I would suggests is the swizziest property ever owned by any of the Purple guys!  Certainly the view over Lake Tahoe is astonishing; how he ever managed to drag himself away from that to go on tour I don’t know.  Or where he found time to go out and shoot all those Zebras! The room lined with award discs and posters which is a fan fest is shown here.  Thanks to our realtor correspondent Mark Maddock.

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Right To The Top

February 1, 2019

David Coverdale is celebrating the 35th anniversary of Slide It In with a slew of editions to suit everyone. Rhino are issuing a 6CD version which bulks out the original 1984 UK and US mixes with “unreleased live and studio recordings, music videos, concert footage, and a new interview with founder and lead singer, David Coverdale…” and a book. So you get remixes and alternate versions of every track.
This is entitled The Ultimate Special Edition. If that’s a stretch, then Rhino will also put out a 2LP / 2CD with both mixes, and a single CD of the US mix.
I’ve already bought the record about eight times (including that lovely original Japanese vinyl edition – see below) so might hang fire as the last CD edition from 2009 was more than enough for these ears. I generally only bother with the U.S. mixes anyway. But the hard core can start saving as it comes

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And it pips anything Deep Purple did to mark their 50th!
Thanks to John Tucker for the heads up.

Snake Box Heroes

February 9, 2018

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David Coverdale is taking Whitesnake out on an American tour in June / July 2018, supporting Foreigner/ It is billed as the Juke Box Heroes Tour, and opens with Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening (a massive jukebox favourite!). Thanks to Lutz Reinert for the news. It’s an extensive tour, the full list of dates is on our 2018 diary page at the bottom:

https://darkerthanblue.wordpress.com/deep-purple-now/deep-purple-co-2018-dates/

The Purple Tour

November 1, 2017

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No not that one, this one! David Coverdale is putting a new live release out to mark The Purple Album tour of a while ago (the studio LP came out in 2015.) Titled simply The Purple Tour, there is the usual array of formats, CD, CD and DVD/Blu Ray, and double vinyl. Looking at the track list it is actually two thirds Whitesnake songs, but what the heck. RS Publishing are also doing a big format limited edition photo book charting the tour to tie in. All due late November. Thanks to Matt Kean and others for the info. In the meantime some folk have been enjoying reading about DC’s relatives and their early career as false teeth makers in York on our Facebook page!