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Tracks 12-15 taken from Live: In the Shadow of the Blues
Live: In the Shadow of the Blues
Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues is a live album by the band Whitesnake Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues is a live album by the band Whitesnake Live: In The Shadow Of The Blues is a live album by the band Whitesnake (the second live album under the Whitesnake band name and includes 4 bonus new...


20th Anniversary Edition DVD

Singles

  • "Here I Go Again
    Here I Go Again
    "Here I Go Again" is a #1 hit song recorded by Whitesnake. Originally released on their 1982 album, Saints & Sinners, the song was re-recorded for their eponymous 1987 album Whitesnake. The song was re-recorded yet another time that year in a new "radio-mix" version...

    " (Radio Mix)
  • "Is This Love
    Is This Love (Whitesnake song)
    "Is This Love" is a song by the English hard rock band Whitesnake. The song is taken from their self-titled album, which released in 1987.The song was written by vocalist David Coverdale and guitarist John Sykes during the albums early writing process , but it was long rumored that the song had...

    "
  • "Still of the Night
    Still of the Night (song)
    "Still of the Night" is a single released by Whitesnake, from their hugely successful self titled 1987 album. It reached #16 in the U.K., #18 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks and #79 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released on March 9, 1987...

    "
  • "Crying in the Rain
    Crying in the Rain (Whitesnake song)
    "Crying in the Rain" is a song by the English hard rock band Whitesnake. The song was originally released on the group's 1982 album Saints & Sinners, but was re-recorded on the group's 1987 album Whitesnake...

    " (Promo single('88 Mix))
  • "Give Me All Your Love
    Give Me All Your Love
    "Give Me All Your Love" is a song by the English hard rock band Whitesnake. The song is taken from the bands 1987 multi-platinum self-titled album...

    "

Personnel

  • David Coverdale
    David Coverdale
    David 'Jack' Coverdale is an English rock singer, most famous for his work with the his own hard rock band Whitesnake which achieved massive commercial success.-Early life:...

     – lead vocals
  • John Sykes
    John Sykes
    John James Sykes , is an English rock guitarist, who has played with Streetfighter, Tygers of Pan Tang, John Sloman's Badlands, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, and Blue Murder, in addition to having a notable solo career....

     – guitars, backing vocals
  • Neil Murray
    Neil Murray (British musician)
    Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.-Early days:Originally a drummer, Murray formed his first band with school friends in 1967 and his musical tastes were heavily influenced by the mid-1960s 'blues boom' bands and musicians,...

     – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Aynsley Dunbar
    Aynsley Dunbar
    Aynsley Thomas Dunbar is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and Journey...

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , percussion
    Percussion instrument
    A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...


Special guests

  • Don Airey
    Don Airey
    Donald Airey has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, succeeding Jon Lord...

     – keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

  • Bill Cuomo – keyboards
  • Adrian Vandenberg
    Adrian Vandenberg
    Adrian van den Berg is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period.-Early years:...

     – guitar solo
    Guitar solo
    In popular music, a guitar solo is a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. Guitar solos, which often contain varying degrees of improvisation, are used in many styles of popular music such as blues, jazz, rock and metal styles such...

     on "Here I Go Again '87
    Here I Go Again
    "Here I Go Again" is a #1 hit song recorded by Whitesnake. Originally released on their 1982 album, Saints & Sinners, the song was re-recorded for their eponymous 1987 album Whitesnake. The song was re-recorded yet another time that year in a new "radio-mix" version...

    "
  • Dann Huff
    Dann Huff
    Dann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...

     - guitar on "Here I Go Again '87 (Radio Mix)"
  • Denny Carmassi
    Denny Carmassi
    Denny Carmassi is an American drummer.Carmassi was a member of the first four line-ups of the band Montrose. After Montrose, he played with his former Montrose bandmate Sammy Hagar as a solo artist, and with his former Montrose bandmates Ronnie Montrose and Jim Alcivar in the band Gamma.He also...

     - drums on "Here I Go Again '87 (Radio Mix)"
  • Vivian Campbell
    Vivian Campbell
    Vivian Patrick Campbell is a Northern Irish rock guitarist who is a member of Def Leppard and was, from May 2010 to November 2011, a member of Thin Lizzy. Prior to joining Def Leppard in April 1992, he had been a member of Whitesnake, Sweet Savage, Trinity, Riverdogs, and Shadow King...

     - guitar solo on "Give Me All Your Love
    Give Me All Your Love
    "Give Me All Your Love" is a song by the English hard rock band Whitesnake. The song is taken from the bands 1987 multi-platinum self-titled album...

     ('88 Mix)"

Additional

  • Produced by Mike Stone & Keith Olsen
    Keith Olsen
    Keith Olsen is one of the most prolific and successful music producers in the industry.-Career:With over 120 albums produced netting a 1 in 4 Gold or better ratio, of which more than 24 are Platinum or better, and more than 14 are multi-Platinum, sales from Keith Olsen’s work exceeds 110 million...

  • Mixed by Keith Olsen
    Keith Olsen
    Keith Olsen is one of the most prolific and successful music producers in the industry.-Career:With over 120 albums produced netting a 1 in 4 Gold or better ratio, of which more than 24 are Platinum or better, and more than 14 are multi-Platinum, sales from Keith Olsen’s work exceeds 110 million...

     at Goodnight LA
  • Mastered by Greg Fulginiti
    Greg Fulginiti
    Gregory Fulginiti is an American recording and mastering engineer.In a career spanning three decades, Fulginiti was nominated for the TEC Awards by Mix magazine 6 times, earned 175 Gold and Platinum Awards, 25 Multi-Platinum Awards, 100 Number One recordings, 135 Grammy nominees, including the...

     at Artisan Sound Recorders
  • John Kalodner
    John Kalodner
    John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R executive. His achievements included signing Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins to Atlantic Records in the seventies....

     - A&R
    A&R
    Artists and repertoire is the division of a record label that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists. It also acts as a liaison between artists and the record label.- Finding talent :...

  • Cover by Hugh Syme
    Hugh Syme
    Hugh Syme is a Canadian Juno Award-winning graphic artist who is best known for his artwork and cover concepts for rock and metal bands. He is also a musician and has appeared in some Rush songs as a keyboard player. Syme is notably responsible for all of Rush's album cover art since 1975's Caress...


Album

Year Chart Position
1987 The Billboard 200 2
U.K. Albums Chart 8

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1987 "Still of the Night" The Billboard Hot 100 79
Mainstream Rock Tracks 18
"Here I Go Again" The Billboard Hot 100 1
Mainstream Rock Tracks 1
"Is This Love" The Billboard Hot 100 2
Mainstream Rock Tracks 13
"Give Me All of Your Love" Mainstream Rock Tracks 22
1988 The Billboard Hot 100 48
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