Whitesnake – Greatest Hits

Whitesnake – Greatest Hits
Release: 1994 | Label: EMI Records | Number: 7243 8 30029 2 4
Genre: Hard Rock, Rock | Mono/Stereo: 2 Channel
EAC Rip | Included: EAC Log + CUE + Flac + Covers
Size: 541 MB | RAR files | RS.com

History
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple). Some of the more notable musicians who have been members of the band include: Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden, Mel Galley, Cozy Powell, Aynsley Dunbar, Rudy Sarzo, John Sykes, Adrian Vandenberg, Vivian Campbell, Tommy Aldridge and Steve Vai.
The band’s early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, not only because three past members of the band were once in Deep Purple, but also because of their sound and influences. Later, the band took on a sound more in line with the melodic hard rock popular in the mid to late eighties.
David Coverdale officially founded Whitesnake in 1978. However, the core line-up had been working as his backing band (he called them “The White Snake Band” on the White Snake album tour, and they retained the title) on tour prior to Whitesnake’s official founding. They toured with him in support for both of the solo albums he released between exiting Deep Purple and founding Whitesnake—White Snake (1977) and Northwinds (1978).
During the band’s early years, their music was primarily blues rock (although Coverdale described Whitesnake’s early style as “progressive R&B”). At this time, the band was made up of David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Neil Murray and drummer David “Duck” Dowle with keyboardist Brian Johnstone. Johnston would soon be replaced by ex-Procol Harum member Pete Solley, who in turn was replaced by ex-Deep Purple legend (and Coverdale bandmate) Jon Lord during sessions for the first LP.
Their first 7″ EP, Snakebite (1978), includes the well known track, “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City”, a re-arrangement of Bobby “Blue” Bland’s song, which was the first hit from the band. The album had varied success throughout the UK. Subsequent reissues of this EP included four bonus tracks from Coverdale’s second solo album Northwinds produced by Roger Glover. All four tracks from the original EP have been included in a 2006 reissue of Trouble.
The full-length debut, Trouble, came out later that fall and made it to #50 in the UK. It was a blues rock/R&B–styled album with some Led Zeppelin and Free influences. Coverdale steered away from any Deep Purple connotations during this time period. Whitesnake toured Europe to promote the album and their first live album, the Japanese-only Live at Hammersmith (1979), was recorded on this tour.
Whitesnake released Lovehunter in 1979, which courted controversy due to its risque album cover, by artist Chris Achilleos, which featured an illustration of a naked woman straddling a coiled snake. The album made the UK Top 30 and contained the minor hit “Long Way From Home” (#55). Shortly after that Ian Paice replaced David Dowle in the band giving Whitesnake three ex-Deep Purple members. The new line-up recorded the 1980 release Ready an’ Willing which became a breakthrough hit for the band reaching the UK Top 10 and even breaking the U.S. Top 100. The single “Fool For Your Loving”, which the band originally wrote for B.B. King, but kept for themselves, made #13 in the UK and #53 in the States. The title track also hit #43 in the UK. Following the tour in support of Ready and Willing, which included a headline appearance at the Sunday night of the 1980 Reading Festival (highlights of which were subsequently broadcast by BBC Radio One), the band released Live…In The Heart Of The City. This album utilised recordings from 1978 and 1980 and landed at #5 in the UK.
In 1981 the band recorded Come an’ Get It which climbed to #2 in the UK and produced the Top 20 smash “Don’t Break My Heart Again” and the Top 40 hit “Would I Lie To You”. The album flopped in the U.S. however, where they failed to tour often and seemed out of touch musically.
During 1982 Coverdale took time off to look after his sick daughter. He decided to temporarily break up the band.
When David Coverdale returned to music he reformed Whitesnake. The first major change in the band’s line-up occurred right after the recording of 1982’s Saints & Sinners album, when half of the band (lead guitarist Bernie Marsden, drummer Ian Paice, and bass player Neil Murray) were fired. Marsden was replaced by Mel Galley (of Trapeze fame), Murray was replaced with Colin Hodgkinson, and Cozy Powell became the new drummer. Powell was famous for his solo hits, as well as time with Rainbow and The Jeff Beck Group. “Saints An’ Sinners” was another Top 10 UK album and contained the hit “Here I Go Again”. The new lineup toured in 1982–83 to support the album and headlined the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donnington in August of 1983. The new single “Guilty Of Love” reached #31 in the UK, tied into the appearance.
After another major personnel shift (including the firing of Moody and hiring of John Sykes and firing of Hodgkinson and re-hiring of Neil Murray) and a major recording deal with the Geffen Records label, Whitesnake released a partially re-recorded and fully remixed version of Slide It In (guitar parts redone by Sykes and bass parts by Murray) for the U.S. market in 1984 (released April 1984). Coverdale initially hated the new Geffen re-recording of Slide It In, as he had found nothing wrong with the original, famously declaring that it had “lost its British bollocks”. Despite his misgivings, however, the album did manage to give Whitesnake some much-needed U.S. exposure, and David soon altered his opinion. Slide It In later went double platinum in the U.S. on the back of 1987. The Slide It In album spawned the American album-oriented rock hits, “Slow an’ Easy”, “Love Ain’t No Stranger” as well as the album’s title track—although in Europe the band had a run with other songs, “Guilty of Love” and “Give Me More Time”. While touring the first few months in support of the album, Mel Galley was forced to leave in the spring of 1984 due to an accident involving a broken arm, leaving John Sykes solely handling the guitars for the rest of the dates. A few weeks after Galley’s departure, the next to leave was Jon Lord, who left to reform Deep Purple MKII. Keyboard duty was then handled by an off-stage keyboardist, Richard Bailey.
At the end of the tour (their last gig being the monumental Rock in Rio festival, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for a crowd of over 100,000 people), Cozy Powell left to join Emerson, Lake & Powell. Veteran drummer Aynsley Dunbar (of Journey and Jefferson Starship fame) was brought in for the rehearsals and recordings of the 1987 Whitesnake album as was ex-Ozzy and Rainbow keyboardist Don Airey.
Their next album, Whitesnake (entitled 1987 in Europe and Serpens Albus in Japan) marked the band’s first mainstream success in the U.S. Thanks to the guidance of A&R guru John Kalodner, the album sold over eight million copies in the U.S. and also pushed sales of Slide It In from its RIAA certified gold status to over two million copies. The album continued to sell throughout 1987 and 1988 and hit #2 in the U.S. The group were slammed as being Led Zeppelin clones at this time, with former Zep frontman Robert Plant referring to Coverdale as “David Coverversion” in interviews. Regardless, the band had never sounded heavier.
The album’s biggest hits were the power ballad, “Is This Love” and the #1 hit single, “Here I Go Again” (a re-recording of a song on Saints & Sinners in 1982). Other hit singles from the album were “Still of the Night” (#79) and “Give Me All Your Love” (#48 in 1988).
The album’s exposure was boosted by heavy airplay of its videos on MTV, which featured actress Tawny Kitaen, whom Coverdale later married. None of the band members who played on the album appeared in these videos, as Coverdale had fired all of the band members (John Sykes, Neil Murray and Aynsley Dunbar) prior to the album’s release, except Adrian Vandenberg, who had been hired to complete the album after the others were dismissed. Vandenberg’s only work on the album was the solo on “Here I Go Again” though he became a full time member of the band shortly afterwards.
The resulting music videos from Whitesnake featured new band members Rudy Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge, and Vivian Campbell. Sarzo and Aldridge had played together in Ozzy’s band and Campbell had been with Dio for many years.
The band’s line-up changed yet again for the 1989 album Slip of the Tongue, when Vivian Campbell left in late 1988 (he later joined Def Leppard). While preparing for the recording of the album, Adrian Vandenberg suffered a debilitating hand injury related to isometric exercises and was unable to participate in the sessions. With all of the foundation tracks completed, guitarist Steve Vai was called in to record all the guitar parts. The resulting album sold three million copies and hit #10 in U.S. and UK. Hit singles included a re-working of “Fool For Your Loving” (#37 U.S., #43 UK) the melodic “The Deeper The Love” (#28 U.S., #35 UK in 1990) and “Now You’re Gone”(#96 U.S., #31 UK in 1990).

TrackListing:
01 – Still Of The Night
02 – Here I Go Again (Previously Unavailable On LP – Radio Mix)
03 – Is This Love
04 – Love Ain’t No Stranger
05 – Looking For Love (Previously Unavailable On LP)
06 – Now You’re Gone
07 – Slide It In
08 – Slow An’ Easy
09 – Judgement Day
10 – You’re Gonna Break My Heart Again (Previously Unavailable On LP)
11 – The Deeper The Love
12 – Crying In The Rain
13 – Fool For Your Loving
14 – Sweet Lady Luck (Previously Unavailable On LP)
Total Time:00:08:01
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Whitesnake – Best Ballads

Whitesnake – Best Ballads
Release Date: 2000 | Size: 467 MB
Genre: Hard Rock, Rock | Lossless 771 Kbps
included: CUE + Ape + Covers + Biography (cartoon)

History
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple). Some of the more notable musicians who have been members of the band include: Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden, Mel Galley, Cozy Powell, Aynsley Dunbar, Rudy Sarzo, John Sykes, Adrian Vandenberg, Vivian Campbell, Tommy Aldridge and Steve Vai.
The band’s early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, not only because three past members of the band were once in Deep Purple, but also because of their sound and influences. Later, the band took on a sound more in line with the melodic hard rock popular in the mid to late eighties.
David Coverdale officially founded Whitesnake in 1978. However, the core line-up had been working as his backing band (he called them “The White Snake Band” on the White Snake album tour, and they retained the title) on tour prior to Whitesnake’s official founding. They toured with him in support for both of the solo albums he released between exiting Deep Purple and founding Whitesnake—White Snake (1977) and Northwinds (1978).
During the band’s early years, their music was primarily blues rock (although Coverdale described Whitesnake’s early style as “progressive R&B”). At this time, the band was made up of David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden, Micky Moody, Neil Murray and drummer David “Duck” Dowle with keyboardist Brian Johnstone. Johnston would soon be replaced by ex-Procol Harum member Pete Solley, who in turn was replaced by ex-Deep Purple legend (and Coverdale bandmate) Jon Lord during sessions for the first LP.
Their first 7″ EP, Snakebite (1978), includes the well known track, “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City”, a re-arrangement of Bobby “Blue” Bland’s song, which was the first hit from the band. The album had varied success throughout the UK. Subsequent reissues of this EP included four bonus tracks from Coverdale’s second solo album Northwinds produced by Roger Glover. All four tracks from the original EP have been included in a 2006 reissue of Trouble.
The full-length debut, Trouble, came out later that fall and made it to #50 in the UK. It was a blues rock/R&B–styled album with some Led Zeppelin and Free influences. Coverdale steered away from any Deep Purple connotations during this time period. Whitesnake toured Europe to promote the album and their first live album, the Japanese-only Live at Hammersmith (1979), was recorded on this tour.
Whitesnake released Lovehunter in 1979, which courted controversy due to its risque album cover, by artist Chris Achilleos, which featured an illustration of a naked woman straddling a coiled snake. The album made the UK Top 30 and contained the minor hit “Long Way From Home” (#55). Shortly after that Ian Paice replaced David Dowle in the band giving Whitesnake three ex-Deep Purple members. The new line-up recorded the 1980 release Ready an’ Willing which became a breakthrough hit for the band reaching the UK Top 10 and even breaking the U.S. Top 100. The single “Fool For Your Loving”, which the band originally wrote for B.B. King, but kept for themselves, made #13 in the UK and #53 in the States. The title track also hit #43 in the UK. Following the tour in support of Ready and Willing, which included a headline appearance at the Sunday night of the 1980 Reading Festival (highlights of which were subsequently broadcast by BBC Radio One), the band released Live…In The Heart Of The City. This album utilised recordings from 1978 and 1980 and landed at #5 in the UK.
In 1981 the band recorded Come an’ Get It which climbed to #2 in the UK and produced the Top 20 smash “Don’t Break My Heart Again” and the Top 40 hit “Would I Lie To You”. The album flopped in the U.S. however, where they failed to tour often and seemed out of touch musically.
During 1982 Coverdale took time off to look after his sick daughter. He decided to temporarily break up the band.
When David Coverdale returned to music he reformed Whitesnake. The first major change in the band’s line-up occurred right after the recording of 1982’s Saints & Sinners album, when half of the band (lead guitarist Bernie Marsden, drummer Ian Paice, and bass player Neil Murray) were fired. Marsden was replaced by Mel Galley (of Trapeze fame), Murray was replaced with Colin Hodgkinson, and Cozy Powell became the new drummer. Powell was famous for his solo hits, as well as time with Rainbow and The Jeff Beck Group. “Saints An’ Sinners” was another Top 10 UK album and contained the hit “Here I Go Again”. The new lineup toured in 1982–83 to support the album and headlined the Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donnington in August of 1983. The new single “Guilty Of Love” reached #31 in the UK, tied into the appearance.
After another major personnel shift (including the firing of Moody and hiring of John Sykes and firing of Hodgkinson and re-hiring of Neil Murray) and a major recording deal with the Geffen Records label, Whitesnake released a partially re-recorded and fully remixed version of Slide It In (guitar parts redone by Sykes and bass parts by Murray) for the U.S. market in 1984 (released April 1984). Coverdale initially hated the new Geffen re-recording of Slide It In, as he had found nothing wrong with the original, famously declaring that it had “lost its British bollocks”. Despite his misgivings, however, the album did manage to give Whitesnake some much-needed U.S. exposure, and David soon altered his opinion. Slide It In later went double platinum in the U.S. on the back of 1987. The Slide It In album spawned the American album-oriented rock hits, “Slow an’ Easy”, “Love Ain’t No Stranger” as well as the album’s title track—although in Europe the band had a run with other songs, “Guilty of Love” and “Give Me More Time”. While touring the first few months in support of the album, Mel Galley was forced to leave in the spring of 1984 due to an accident involving a broken arm, leaving John Sykes solely handling the guitars for the rest of the dates. A few weeks after Galley’s departure, the next to leave was Jon Lord, who left to reform Deep Purple MKII. Keyboard duty was then handled by an off-stage keyboardist, Richard Bailey.
At the end of the tour (their last gig being the monumental Rock in Rio festival, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for a crowd of over 100,000 people), Cozy Powell left to join Emerson, Lake & Powell. Veteran drummer Aynsley Dunbar (of Journey and Jefferson Starship fame) was brought in for the rehearsals and recordings of the 1987 Whitesnake album as was ex-Ozzy and Rainbow keyboardist Don Airey.
Their next album, Whitesnake (entitled 1987 in Europe and Serpens Albus in Japan) marked the band’s first mainstream success in the U.S. Thanks to the guidance of A&R guru John Kalodner, the album sold over eight million copies in the U.S. and also pushed sales of Slide It In from its RIAA certified gold status to over two million copies. The album continued to sell throughout 1987 and 1988 and hit #2 in the U.S. The group were slammed as being Led Zeppelin clones at this time, with former Zep frontman Robert Plant referring to Coverdale as “David Coverversion” in interviews. Regardless, the band had never sounded heavier.
The album’s biggest hits were the power ballad, “Is This Love” and the #1 hit single, “Here I Go Again” (a re-recording of a song on Saints & Sinners in 1982). Other hit singles from the album were “Still of the Night” (#79) and “Give Me All Your Love” (#48 in 1988).
The album’s exposure was boosted by heavy airplay of its videos on MTV, which featured actress Tawny Kitaen, whom Coverdale later married. None of the band members who played on the album appeared in these videos, as Coverdale had fired all of the band members (John Sykes, Neil Murray and Aynsley Dunbar) prior to the album’s release, except Adrian Vandenberg, who had been hired to complete the album after the others were dismissed. Vandenberg’s only work on the album was the solo on “Here I Go Again” though he became a full time member of the band shortly afterwards.
The resulting music videos from Whitesnake featured new band members Rudy Sarzo, Tommy Aldridge, and Vivian Campbell. Sarzo and Aldridge had played together in Ozzy’s band and Campbell had been with Dio for many years.
The band’s line-up changed yet again for the 1989 album Slip of the Tongue, when Vivian Campbell left in late 1988 (he later joined Def Leppard). While preparing for the recording of the album, Adrian Vandenberg suffered a debilitating hand injury related to isometric exercises and was unable to participate in the sessions. With all of the foundation tracks completed, guitarist Steve Vai was called in to record all the guitar parts. The resulting album sold three million copies and hit #10 in U.S. and UK. Hit singles included a re-working of “Fool For Your Loving” (#37 U.S., #43 UK) the melodic “The Deeper The Love” (#28 U.S., #35 UK in 1990) and “Now You’re Gone”(#96 U.S., #31 UK in 1990).

TrackListing:
01 – Don’t Fade Away
02 – September Tears
03 – Say You Love Me
04 – Is This Love
05 – Help Me Through The Day
06 – Blindman
07 – Love Ain’ No Stranger
08 – Here I Go Again
09 – Lonely Days Lonely Nights
10 – Sailing Ships
11 – Trouble
12 – The Last Note Of Freedom
13 – Only My Soul
14 – Hole In The Sky
15 – Looking For Love
16 – Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
17 – We Wish You Well
Total Time:00:79:42
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