Sail Away: Whitesnake's Fantastic Voyage

by Martin Popoff

  Side 2: 1. Ain’t Gonna Cry No More (5:48) 2. Love Man (5:01) 3. Black And Blue (4:03) 4. She’s A Woman (4:05)

  Notes: Drummer Dave Dowle is replaced by Ian Paice. Producer: Martin Birch.

  Come An’ Get It (April 11, 1981)

  Side 1: 1. Come An’ Get It (3:59) 2. Hot Stuff (3:22) 3. Don’t Break My Heart Again (4:03) 4. Lonely Days, Lonely Nights (4:16) 5. Wine, Women An’ Song (3:45)

  Side 2: 1. Child Of Babylon (4:48) 2. Would I Lie To You (4:29) 3. Girl (3:55) 4. Hit An’ Run (3:23) 5. Till The Day I Die (4:23)

  Notes: Producer: Martin Birch.

  Saints & Sinners (November 20, 1982)

  Side 1: 1. Young Blood (3:30) 2. Rough An’ Ready (2:52) 3. Bloody Luxury (3:23) 4. Victim Of Love (3:33) 5. Crying In The Rain (6:00)

  Side 2: 1. Here I Go Again (5:08) 2. Love An’ Affection (3:09) 3. Rock An’ Roll Angels (4:07) 4. Dancing Girls (3:10) 5. Saints An’ Sinners (4:25)

  Notes: Mel Galley is shown as official member of the band, but as only backing vocals. Produced by Guy Bidmead and Martin Birch.

  Slide It In (January 1984)

  Side 1: 1. Slide It In (3:20) 2. Slow An’ Easy (6:08) 3. Love Ain’t No Stranger (4:18) 4. All Or Nothing (3:40) 5. Gambler (3:58)

  Side 2: 1. Guilty Of Love (3:24) 2. Hungry For Love (3:28) 3. Give Me More Time (3:42) 4. Spit It Out (4:26) 5. Standing In The Shadow (3:42)

  Notes: The above track list order is for the widely distributed US version. UK version is produced by Martin Birch and the US version is essentially produced by Martin Birch and Keith Olsen. Personnel for the above listed US version is David Coverdale – vocals, John Sykes – guitar, Mel Galley – guitar, Neil Murray – bass, Jon Lord – keyboards, Cozy Powell – drums, with additional keyboards by Bill Cuomo.

  Whitesnake (April 7, 1987)

  Side 1: 1. Crying In The Rain (5:35) 2. Bad Boys (4:07) 3. Still Of The Night (6:38) 4. Here I Go Again (4:36)

  Side 2: 1. Give Me All Your Love (3:30) 2. Is This Love (4:42) 3. Children Of The Night (4:22) 4. Straight For The Heart (3:37) 5. Don’t Turn Away (5:08)

  Notes: The above track list and order is for the widely distributed US version, simply called Whitesnake. UK version of the album is entitled 1987 and features two additional tracks, “Looking For Love” and “You’re Gonna Break My Heart Again.” Official line-up for the record is David Coverdale – vocals, John Sykes – guitar, Neil Murray – bass, Aynsley Dunbar – drums. Produced by Keith Olsen and Mike Stone.

  Slip Of The Tongue (November 18, 1989)

  Side 1: 1. Slip Of The Tongue (5:20) 2. Cheap An’ Nasty (3:28) 3. Fool For Your Loving (4:10) 4. Now You’re Gone (4:11) 5. Kittens Got Claws (5:00)

  Side 2: 1. Wings Of The Storm (5:00) 2. The Deeper The Love (4:22) 3. Judgment Day (5:15) 4. Slow Poke Music (3:59) 5. Sailing Ships (6:02)

  Notes: Personnel for the album is David Coverdale – vocals, Steve Vai – guitar, Rudy Sarzo – bass, Tommy Aldridge – drums, Produced by Mike Clink and Keith Olsen.

  Good To Be Bad (April 21, 2008)

  1. Best Years (5:16) 2. Can You Hear The Wind Blow (5:03) 3. Call On Me (5:01) 4. All I Want All I Need (5:40) 5. Good To Be Bad (5:13) 6. All For Love (5:13) 7. Summer Rain (6:10) 8. Lay Down Your Love (6:01) 9. A Fool In Love (5:50) 10. Got What You Need (4:15) 11. ‘Til The End Of Time (5:32)

  Notes: Japanese version contains two bonus tracks; European version includes a bonus disc with four bonus tracks. Personnel for the album is David Coverdale – vocals, Doug Aldrich – guitars, Reb Beach – guitars, Timothy Drury – keyboards, Uriah Duffy - bass, Tommy Aldridge – drums. Produced by David Coverdale, Doug Aldrich and Michael McIntyre.

  Forevermore (March 9, 2011)

  1. Steal Your Heart Away (5:18) 2. All Out Of Luck (5:28) 3. Love Will Set You Free (3:52) 4. Easier Said Than Done (5:13) 5. Tell Me How (4:41) 6. I Need You (Shine A Light) 3:49 7. One Of These Days (4:53) 8. Love And Treat Me Right (4:14) 9. Dogs In The Street (3:48) 10. Fare Thee Well (5:18) 11. Whipping Boy Blues (5:02) 12. My Evil Ways (4:33) 13. Forevermore (7:22)

  Notes: Issued with five different bonus versions. Personnel on the album is David Coverdale – vocals, Doug Aldrich – guitars, Reb Beach – guitars, Michael Devin – bass, Brian Tichy – drums. Produced by David Coverdale, Doug Aldrich and Michael McIntyre.

  Live Albums

  Live… In The Heart Of The City (November 1, 1980)

  Starkers In Tokyo (September 9, 1997)

  Live: In the Shadow Of The Blues (October 27, 2006)

  Live At Donington 1990 (May 20, 2011)

  Made In Japan (April 22, 2013)

  Compilations

  Greatest Hits (July 9, 1994)

  20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Whitesnake (June 27, 2000)

  Best Of Whitesnake (March 24, 2003)

  The Silver Anniversary Collection (May 20, 2003)

  The Early Years (March 1, 2004)

  30th Anniversary Collection (June 9, 2008)

  Little Box ‘O’ Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982 (May 13, 2013)

  Miscellaneous

  This is a selected list of albums acceptably close to the Whitesnake story, each for its own specific connection — and yes, be mindful, there are also David’s records with Deep Purple. I thought it might be instructive to present them in chronological order to help with context. Note: I’ve kept this pretty tight, excluding other Moody an’ Marsden projects, not to mention records from Powell, Lord, Sykes, Vandenberg, Campbell and Aldrich.

  David Coverdale - White Snake (February 9, 1977)

  David Coverdale - Northwinds (March 4, 1978)

  Bernie Marsden – And About Time Too (1979)

  Bernie Marsden - Look At Me Now (1981)

  Coverdale Page - Coverdale Page (March 15, 1993)

  David Coverdale & Whitesnake - Restless Heart (March 26, 1997)

  The Snakes – Once Bitten (August 1998)

  David Coverdale – Into The Light (September 25, 2000)

  The Company Of Snakes – Here They Go Again (February 27, 2001)

  The Company Of Snakes – Burst The Bubble (February 4, 2002)

  Notes & Sources

  Interviews With The Author

  Aldrich, Doug. June 20, 2005.

  Appice, Carmine. October 23, 2002.

  Appice, Carmine. 2010.

  Campbell, Vivian. October 28, 2004.

  Coverdale, David. May 3, 2001.

  Coverdale, David. January 15, 2003.

  Galley, Tom. March 16, 2007.

  Hughes, Glenn. August 28, 2000.

  Hughes, Glenn. April 24, 2001.

  Hughes, Glenn. November 4, 2004.

  Hughes, Glenn. October 1, 2008.

  Kalodner, John. March 26, 2014.

  Kalodner, John. April 17, 2014.

  Marsden, Bernie. April 17, 2002.

  Marsden, Bernie. June 13, 2013.

  Marsden, Bernie. March 25, 2014.

  Moody, Mick. February 19, 2013.

  Murray, Neil. July 23, 2001.

  Murray, Neil. 2009.

  Murray, Neil. March 27, 2014.

  Olsen, Keith. 2009.

  Paice, Ian. May 18, 2005.

  Phillips, Ricky. December 16, 2013.

  Sarzo, Rudy. July 9, 2012.

  Vai, Steve. 1998.

  Vai, Steve. July 11, 2001.

  Vai, Steve. February 1, 2004.

  Vai, Steve October 3, 2012.

  Vandenberg, Adrian. January 22, 2014.

  Zutaut, Tom. 2009.

  Additional Citations

  Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. David Coverdale: Ready An’ Willing by Mitch Lafon. 2006.

  Circus. Cock’s Crow by David Fricke. October 17, 1978.

  Classic Rock Revisited. Interview with Micky Moody by Jeb Wright.

  Cultural Foundation. Back Door: A telephone interview with Colin Hodgkinson by Pete Bell. January 9, 2003.

  Deep Purple Appreciation Society. Trouble review. 1978.

  Guitar International. David Cove
rdale Interview: It’s Good Being Me! by Rob Cavuto. 2011.

  Hit Parader. Whitesnake: Ex-Deep Purple People With A New Band For The ‘80s by Charley Crespo. January 1981.

  Hit Parader. Whitesnake: Crimes Of Passion by Winston Cummings. 1984.

  Hit Parader. Whitesnake: Back On Target by Rob Andrews. 1987.

  Hit Parader. Whitesnake: Revamped Quartet Set Out To Conquer America by Paul Hunter. 1987.

  Hit Parader. Whitesnake: On The Razors Edge by Rick Evans. 1987.

  Hit Parader. Sweet Taste Of Success by Elianne Halbersberg. 1989.

  Kerrang!. White Snake review by Mark Putterford.

  Kerrang!. Snake Charmer by Dante Bonutto. No. 30. Dec. 2 – 15, 1982.

  Kerrang!. Saints & Sinners record review by Chas De Whalley. No. 30. Dec. 2 – 15, 1982.

  Kerrang!. Snakeskin Rowdies by Neil Jeffries. No. 48. August 11 – 24, 1983.

  M.E.A.T. Whitesnake by Karen Bliss. Issue No. 13. June 1990.

  M.E.A.T. Steve Vai: A man with a “Passion” A Musician At “War” by Drew Masters. Issue No. 14. July 1990.

  Melody Maker. David Coverdale. May 7, 1977.

  Music Express. Coverdale Sheds Purple Blues by Keith Sharp. Vol. 1, No. 7. July 1977

  Music Express. Ready An’ Willing record review by Keith Sharp. Vol. 4, No. 11, Issue No. 40.

  Music Express. Live... In The Heart Of The City record review by Keith Sharp. Vol. 5, No. 4, Issue 44.

  Music Express. Metallion by Drew Masters. Volume 13, Issue 138. July, 1989.

  NME. Deep Purple: Why The Purpling Had To Stop by Tony Stewart. July 31, 1976.

  NME. Whitesnake: Just A Load Of Old Cobras by Gavin Martin. March 3, 1984.

  Powerline. Whitesnake: David Coverdale: Family Man by Anne Leighton. July 1990.

  Radio Metal. David Coverdale interview by Spaceman. March 28, 2011.

  Record Mirror. Ready An’ Willing record review by Dante Bonutto. June 7, 1980.

  Revolution. Whitesnake: elusive blues-rocker sets the record straight by Bob Garon. May 1990.

  Rock Beat. Whitesnake. April 1988.

  Rockography. Whitesnake by Lee Sherman. 1988.

  Sounds. Ready An’ Willing record review by Geoff Barton. May 31, 1980.

  Trouser Press. Lovehunter record review by Jon Young. No. 45. December 1979.

  About The Author

  At approximately 7900 (with over 7000 appearing in his books), Martin Popoff has unofficially written more record reviews than anybody in the history of music writing across all genres. Additionally, Martin has penned 48 books on hard rock, heavy metal, classic rock and record collecting. He was Editor In Chief of the now retired Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles for fourteen years, Canada’s foremost metal publication and has also contributed to Revolver, Guitar World, Goldmine, Record Collector, bravewords.com, lollipop.com and hardradio.com, with many record label band bios and liner notes to his credit as well. Additionally, Martin worked for two years as researcher on the award-wining documentary Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage and on Metal Evolution, an eleven episode documentary series for VH1 Classic, and is the writer of the original metal genre chart used in Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey and throughout the Metal Evolution episodes. Currently, while mostly writing books, Martin is consultant on a new VH1 Classic series called Rock Icons. Martin currently resides in Toronto and can be reached through martinp@inforamp.net or www.martinpopoff.com.

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