Live...in the Heart Of The City is a 1980 live album by
WhitesnakeWhitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple but by the mid eighties Whitesnake had moved away from the early blues-rock influenced heavy metal to a more commercial hard rock style.They were recently...
. Originally released as a double-vinyl album, and double-play cassette, it utilises recordings made in 1978 and 1980.
Sides 1 & 2 of the vinyl are from recordings made with the
Rolling Stones Mobile StudioThe Rolling Stones Mobile Studio is a mobile recording studio owned by the musical group the Rolling Stones. Numerous bands and artists have recorded music using it, including Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Lou Reed, Bob Marley, Horslips, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo, Iron Maiden and the Rolling Stones...
at the Hammersmith Odeon, during the band's 1980 World Tour, whilst sides 3 & 4 are from a 1978 recording, previously issued in Japan only, as
Live at HammersmithLive at Hammersmith is a live album released by the hard rock band Whitesnake. It was released in Japan only, although these recordings would become sides 3 & 4 of the international double-vinyl release, Live...In the Heart of the City, which was released in 1980.-Track listing:# "Come on" - 4:06#...
.
The first CD version was an edit of the original vinyl release: so as to fit onto a single CD the 1978 recording of "Come On" was dropped.
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Live...in the Heart Of The City is a 1980 live album by
WhitesnakeWhitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1977 by David Coverdale . The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple but by the mid eighties Whitesnake had moved away from the early blues-rock influenced heavy metal to a more commercial hard rock style.They were recently...
. Originally released as a double-vinyl album, and double-play cassette, it utilises recordings made in 1978 and 1980.
Sides 1 & 2 of the vinyl are from recordings made with the
Rolling Stones Mobile StudioThe Rolling Stones Mobile Studio is a mobile recording studio owned by the musical group the Rolling Stones. Numerous bands and artists have recorded music using it, including Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Lou Reed, Bob Marley, Horslips, Fleetwood Mac, Status Quo, Iron Maiden and the Rolling Stones...
at the Hammersmith Odeon, during the band's 1980 World Tour, whilst sides 3 & 4 are from a 1978 recording, previously issued in Japan only, as
Live at HammersmithLive at Hammersmith is a live album released by the hard rock band Whitesnake. It was released in Japan only, although these recordings would become sides 3 & 4 of the international double-vinyl release, Live...In the Heart of the City, which was released in 1980.-Track listing:# "Come on" - 4:06#...
.
The first CD version was an edit of the original vinyl release: so as to fit onto a single CD the 1978 recording of "Come On" was dropped. However,
Live...In the Heart of the City has since been remastered and was released in March 2007 as a 2CD set, restoring fully the running-order of the original album.
The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins.
Track listing
Live in the Heart of the City (23/24 June 1980):
- "Come On" (David Coverdale
David Coverdale is an English rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake.-Pre-Whitesnake:...
, Bernie MarsdenBernard John "Bernie" Marsden is an English rock guitarist. Having played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1974, he then played with Babe Ruth, from 1975-76, before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and then joining the hard rock band, Whitesnake...
) – 3:38 (from SnakebiteSnakebite is an Extended Play and the first release by Whitesnake which was mid-1978. This EP unto itself would not be released in the U.S...
)
- "Sweet Talker" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:16 (from Ready an' Willing
Ready an' Willing was Whitesnake's 1980 album and it was the band's first to chart outside of the U.K. reaching #32 in Norway and #90 in the U.S. It featured two of the band's UK single-hits from that year: "Fool for Your Loving", which reached No. 13 in the charts in April 1980 and the...
)
- "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 5:00 (from Lovehunter
Lovehunter is the third album by the British band Whitesnake, released in 1979.-Cover art:Lovehunters cover art featuring a naked woman straddling a large snake was created by fantasy artist Chris Achilleos. Reportedly the controversial cover proved troublesome for Achilleos who subsequently...
)
- "Love Hunter" (Coverdale, Micky Moody
Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody is an English guitarist, and a former member of the hard rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. Together with his former Whitesnake colleagues Bernie Marsden and Neil Murray, he has founded several bands , with which they mainly perform old Whitesnake songs...
, Marsden) – 10:41 (from LovehunterLovehunter is the third album by the British band Whitesnake, released in 1979.-Cover art:Lovehunters cover art featuring a naked woman straddling a large snake was created by fantasy artist Chris Achilleos. Reportedly the controversial cover proved troublesome for Achilleos who subsequently...
)
- "Fool for Your Loving
"Fool for Your Loving" is a song recorded by British hard rock band Whitesnake. It was originally released on their fourth album Ready an' Willing where it reached #13 on the British charts and #53 in the U.S. in 1980. The song was later re-recorded on the band's ninth studio album Slip of the...
" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 4:58 (from Ready an' WillingReady an' Willing was Whitesnake's 1980 album and it was the band's first to chart outside of the U.K. reaching #32 in Norway and #90 in the U.S. It featured two of the band's UK single-hits from that year: "Fool for Your Loving", which reached No. 13 in the charts in April 1980 and the...
)
- "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" (Coverdale, Moody) – 6:21 (from Ready an' Willing
Ready an' Willing was Whitesnake's 1980 album and it was the band's first to chart outside of the U.K. reaching #32 in Norway and #90 in the U.S. It featured two of the band's UK single-hits from that year: "Fool for Your Loving", which reached No. 13 in the charts in April 1980 and the...
)
- "Ready an' Willing" (Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray
Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.-Early days:...
, Jon LordJon Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms. He has most famously been a member of Deep Purple, as well as of Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord,...
, Ian PaiceIan Anderson Paice is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the seminal rock band, Deep Purple. As of Jon Lord's departure in 2002, he is the only founding member of the band still performing with the group.-The Early Years:...
) – 4:46 (from Ready an' WillingReady an' Willing was Whitesnake's 1980 album and it was the band's first to chart outside of the U.K. reaching #32 in Norway and #90 in the U.S. It featured two of the band's UK single-hits from that year: "Fool for Your Loving", which reached No. 13 in the charts in April 1980 and the...
)
- "Take Me with You" (Coverdale, Moody) – 6:28 (from Trouble
Trouble is the second album from British rock band Whitesnake, led by former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale. It reached #50 on the U.K. Chart when it was released in October 1978.-Recording:...
)
Live at Hammersmith (23 November 1978):
- "Come On" (David Coverdale
David Coverdale is an English rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake.-Pre-Whitesnake:...
, Bernie MarsdenBernard John "Bernie" Marsden is an English rock guitarist. Having played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1974, he then played with Babe Ruth, from 1975-76, before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and then joining the hard rock band, Whitesnake...
) - vinyl only (from SnakebiteSnakebite is an Extended Play and the first release by Whitesnake which was mid-1978. This EP unto itself would not be released in the U.S...
)
- "Might Just Take Your Life" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist, who was a founding member of hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. He left Deep Purple in 1993 due to a growing rift between Blackmore and other members in spite of renewed commercial success...
, Lord, Paice) – 5:35 (Deep PurpleDeep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
cover)
- "Lie Down" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:41 (from Trouble
Trouble is the second album from British rock band Whitesnake, led by former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale. It reached #50 on the U.K. Chart when it was released in October 1978.-Recording:...
)
- "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" is a 1974 R&B song written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh and first recorded by Bobby "Blue" Bland for the ABC Dunhill album Dreamer. While Bland scored a minor hit with the song, landing in the top ten of the R&B charts, it is perhaps best known through...
" (Michael PriceMichael F. Price is a value investor and fund manager in Far Hills, New Jersey.-Career:He began his career in 1975 when he joined Max Heine at Mutual Series. In 1982, he became a full partner and when Heine died in 1988, became the president and chairman. In 1996, Mutual Series was merged into...
, Dan WalshDan Walsh is a painter based in New York.He studied at the Philadelphia College of Art in Pennsylvania and Hunter College in New York....
) – 6:03 (from SnakebiteSnakebite is an Extended Play and the first release by Whitesnake which was mid-1978. This EP unto itself would not be released in the U.S...
, Bobby BlandRobert Calvin Bland better known as Bobby “Blue” Bland, is an American singer of blues and soul. He is an original member of The Beale Streeters. and is sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues"...
cover)
- "Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:51 (from Trouble
Trouble is the second album from British rock band Whitesnake, led by former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale. It reached #50 on the U.K. Chart when it was released in October 1978.-Recording:...
)
- "Mistreated" (Coverdale, Blackmore) – 10:49 (Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford, Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members have tried not to categorise themselves as any one genre. The band...
cover)
The original CD was a trimmed down version of the original double (vinyl) LP release, due to timing restrictions.
Personnel
- David Coverdale
David Coverdale is an English rock vocalist most famous for his work with the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and his later band Whitesnake.-Pre-Whitesnake:...
– vocalsSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist...
- Micky Moody
Michael Joseph "Micky" Moody is an English guitarist, and a former member of the hard rock bands Juicy Lucy and Whitesnake. Together with his former Whitesnake colleagues Bernie Marsden and Neil Murray, he has founded several bands , with which they mainly perform old Whitesnake songs...
– guitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
- Bernie Marsden
Bernard John "Bernie" Marsden is an English rock guitarist. Having played with Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey in 1974, he then played with Babe Ruth, from 1975-76, before becoming an original member of Paice, Ashton & Lord in 1977 and then joining the hard rock band, Whitesnake...
– guitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
- Jon Lord
Jon Lord is an English composer, Hammond organ and piano player.Lord is recognised for his Hammond organ blues-rock sound and for his pioneering work in fusing rock and classical or baroque forms. He has most famously been a member of Deep Purple, as well as of Whitesnake, Paice, Ashton & Lord,...
- keyboardsA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Neil Murray
Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.-Early days:...
– bass guitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
- Ian Paice
Ian Anderson Paice is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the seminal rock band, Deep Purple. As of Jon Lord's departure in 2002, he is the only founding member of the band still performing with the group.-The Early Years:...
– drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
- Dave Dowle
David 'Dave' Dowle is a British drummer who has played with the bands Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Streetwalkers, Whitesnake, Runner, Midnight Flyer, Bernie Marsden.-Biography:...
– drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
on 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (not credited)
Album
Billboard (North America)
| Year |
Chart |
Position |
| 1981 |
Pop Albums |
146 |