Slip And Slide with Whitesnake Reissues    *updated 14.06.09*

Re-releases of the  Slip Of The Tongue (20th anniversary) and Slide It In (25th  anniversary) albums are now planned for June 2009.  Both are the combined CD / DVD type now favoured by EMI and come in  nice digipaks. Goodies are listed below, and certainly the Slide It In release will  be welcomed by collectors wanting the US mix. DVD content is also  generous, with a mix of promos and live tracks. Both discs can be ordered at dpas mailorder. Whitesnake's previous remastered editions are still available at dpas mailorder.

An expanded edition of their recent studio album Good To Be Bad is  also planned. So if you've bought it twice, be prepared to cough up a  third time.

Slide It In CD has : both US and UK mixes of all tracks plus one live song (20  tracks total). DVD has: Guilty Of Love, Slow An' Easy, Love Ain't No Stranger (all  promos), Guilty Of Love (Donnington 1983), Love Ain't No Stranger  (Live: Starkers In Tokyo), Give Me More Time (BBC TV Top Of The Pops  19/1/84), Love Ain't No Stranger (Live... In The Still Of The Night).

Slip Of The Tongue CD has : album plus Now You're Gone (US Remix), Fool For Your Loving  (The Vai Voltage Mix), Slip Of The Tongue, Kittens Got Claws (Live At  Donnington 1990) DVD has: Fool For Your Loving, Now You're Gone, The Deeper The Love  (all promos), The Deeper The Love, Sailing Ships (Live: 'Starkers In  Tokyo'), Judgement Day (Live... In The Still Of The Night), Slip Of  The Tongue, Kittens Got Claws (Live At Donnington 1990)

The Whitesnake reissues have raised three immediate questions which a number of people have been asking: 1 - Why are there only 8 tracks from the UK mix of Slide It In? 2 - Why is the version of Need Your Love So Bad on Slide It In the kitschy 1987 re-recording not the original 1984 Jon Lord driven Hammond organ version? 3 - According to Jacqui Carter "the live version of Judgement Day from Live In The Shadow of the Blues which is listed as Track 14 on the CD packaging is not present."

"On SLIDE IT IN I fully agree concerning the mistake with "Need Your Love So Bad", again, that version has nothing to do with the other stuff featured on this set. But there are far more big disappointments:
The complete US-Mix but in a new running order! The incomplete UK Versions! The two missing Eddie Kramer mixes from the advance 7"! These mixes are even mentioned in the linernotes by D.C. They would have done better making a 3-CD-Set with all (and correct) versions on board. Again here on the CD "Love Ain't No Stranger" from "Starkers" is inappropriate.

Sound, linernotes and packaging are marvellous but the overall result especially for "SLIDE" is indeed frustrating." Bruce Schmidt

We could guess that on 1) they miss-timed it and found something had to give but forgot to change the packaging, (though not for why they used other bonus cuts instead). 2) may just be a DC decision. If we hear anything from EMI I will pass this on.

For 3) there is now an announcemant at http://whitesnake.com/media/slipslide/cdreplacement.html :

"It has come to our attention that track #14 'Judgment Day' (live) is missing from the new CD. This was an error that has been corrected, however there are some still in circulation that are missing this track. For those of you that have the incorrect CD and wish to replace it they should send the audio CD only (not the entire package) to the appropriate address below for replacement with the correct CD. Sorry for the inconvenience." Poor Albert

DPAS album reviews: Whitesnake, Slide It In & Slip Of The Tongue, anniversary editions

SR/DB#2002544 (with thanks to Joerg Planer and, Chris Brown)

SPV Records, home to many metal acts, and in particular at one time or another to Heaven & Hell, Glenn Hughes, Blackmore's Night, the recent Tommy Bolin archive albums and Whitesnake (the latter still on the label) have declared themselves insolvent. They are currently working on a restructuring plan, or a possible take over by another company. While this happens they are hoping to trade as normal.

Thanks to Chris Meloche for the story

SR#200255

About this... the Childline charity show is scheduled for June 1st in London. Glenn Hughes and Jon Lord have been approached to appear as well. It's the same show that Hughes and Paice played at last year. This is at the Indigo O2 Arena in London. Thanks to Matt 'Moonstone' Filippini for the update.

Check out the charity site for ticket information www.childlinerocks.co.uk/

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According to www.whitesnake.com the band are due to play a show at the Villa Marina Gardens on the Isle of Man on June 9th, coinciding with the annual TT motorbike races. A number of other new European dates are also posted.

See our tour dates list.

DB#200252 (with thanks to www.whitesnake.com)
photo: Alexei Zaikin

Whitesnake have announced a one-off (well, two-off, see above) UK gig in 2009 at the Download Festival at Donnington Park on June 14th, along with Def Leppard. In preparation for the show, they are due to play three weeks of European shows, starting in Norway on May 21st. They will also soon announce American dates for the summer.

SR/DB#200251 (with thanks to www.whitesnake.com)

JR#200250 / Hans Peter Jenssen

(photo: Rebecca Livingstone)

Churchill Insurance are using Whitesnake's Here I Go Again in a  current ITV commercial, with the passengers in a car (plus bulldog)  all headbanging along to it on the car radio. Highly original! Thanks  to Jon Kirkman who spotted it.

SR#200249

Whitesnake are marking their thirtieth anniversary with a triple CD compilation set on EMI, scheduled for June 2008. This turns out to be a repackage of the Early Years and  Silver Anniversary CD sets with one or two updates.

EMI have announced that the triple CD 30 Anniversary Whitesnake release is due out on June 9th 2008. 52 tracks in all but no rarities announced.

MR#2002402
(Thanks to Jim Henderson for the news)

David Coverdale appeared on ITV's 'Loose Women' lunchtime magazine show on Wednesday, April 16th. " I thought Dolly acquitted himself quite well - he managed to charm the assembled nest of vipers (who admittedly gave him quite an easy ride after he expressed the fear that they would eat him alive). Deep Purple got a mention too, plus there was a video clip of (quite newie) 'Ready To Rock'....I thought he'd only agreed to appear after getting confused by the show's title, but he did ok." Tim Summers

"David looked fit and well and came across OK, with some charm and wit. He discussed his life in Lake Tahoe, his dislike of the 'cult of celebrity', touring after a spell of retirement and his good relationship with Def Leppard amongst other stuff. To be honest he was given a pretty easy ride by the 'Women'; I'm not sure most knew much of his err 'free-wheeling background' shall we say. Interesting to see that Jackie Brambles (ex Radio 1) was leader of the team. DC played it cool and escaped lightly." Bill Bass

In another UK TV appearance Dave was also on Sky News, Sunday, April 13th.

TS#2002451 (with thanks to Nigel Young, Arthur Smith & Dave Rawlings)

WHITESNAKE's new studio album, "Good to be Bad", will be shipping from dpas mailorder on April 21st. The group's first studio album in a decade features "11 new, slamming WHITESNAKE songs which are guaranteed to take their place alongside their multi-million selling catalogue," according to a press release.

The new songs, written by Coverdale and guitarist Doug Aldrich (who also co-produced the album with Coverdale and Michael McIntyre) "provide a good balance of eight rocking tracks and three ballads". Coverdale feels it's the first "real" WHITESNAKE album in almost 20 years.

The track listing is: Call On Me / Can You Hear The Wind Blow? / Best Years / All I Want All I Need / Good To Be Bad / All For Love / Summer Rain / Lay Down Your Love / A Fool In Love / Got What You Need / 'Till The End Of Time.

DPAS Album Review: Good To Be Bad

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The North American edition of Good To Be Bad (due for release on Arpril 22nd) will have the regular album plus a bonus CD with seven live tracks and a video. The track list for CD1 is : Best Years / Can You Hear The Wind Blow / Call On Me / All I Want All I Need / Good To Be Bad / All For Love / Summer Rain / Lay Down Your Love / A Fool In Love / Got What You Need / `Til The End Of Time. Bonus CD: Burn-Stormbringer / Give Me all Your Love / Walking In The Shadow./ The Deeper The Love / Ready & Willing / Don`t Break My Heart Again / Ready To Rock (enhanced video). As we thought, the tracks on the bonus CD tracks are all taken from 'Live In The Shadow Of The Blues', which as yet has not had a US release.

The double gatefold vinyl contains the tracks from CD1, plus a live take of 'Take Me with You'.

TS#2002441 (with thanks to Joerg Planer) (the scan shows the European Ltd Edition)

Whitesnake's 2008 World Tour kicked off in New Zealand on March 23rd, featuring a mix of old and new material (including selections from the upcoming 'Good To Be Bad' studio album) This included a show in Adelaide two nights after Jon Lord's series of concerts with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

DPAS Live Reviews: Whitesnake: Adelaide, March 31st 2008

DB#200241 (Send your 'Snake reviews to the deep-purple.net mailbox). Photo: Alexei Zaikin

Whitesnake have announced a limited edition of their new album Good To Be Bad, due out on April 18. This will feature the regular CD, a bonus CD in card sleeve, poster, photocard and sticker, all in a flashy box. The bonus disc has four tracks: Summer Rain (acoustic version), All I Want All I Need (radio edit), Take Me With You (live version - origin unknown), Ready To Rock (video). Thanks to Tim Summers.

The album is also now due as a very limited double vinyl release in a  gatefold sleeve. dpas mailorder are stocking this. Pre-ordering is advisable on this format. SPV have also announced that Whitesnake's new album is to be heavily  advertised across the UK, including TV and radio commercials and the  national press, as well as the usual music outlets.

They also reckon  that the upcoming tour is close to selling out; a total of over  80,000 ticket sales. dpas mailorder tell us they've been able to get a pre-order discount  on the Ltd Ed of the CD so this will now sell for the same price as  the regular version. Anyone who has pre-ordered already will get the  discount.

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Whitesnake have announced a new drummer; with Chris Frazier brought in to replace Tommy Aldridge (who has been touring the UK recently in John Sykes' Thin Lizzy). Frazier has previously worked extensively with ex-Whitesnake guitarist Steve Vai. SInce his arrival he has recorded drum parts for Whitesnake's new studio album "Good To Be Bad", which is now apparently scheduled for release in the spring of 2008.

In the words of DC "Chris takes over the drum chair from the ambidextrous Mr Tommy Aldridge, drummer par excellence, who earlier in the year left to pursue alternate musical adventures... We all wish TA well on his journey and take great delight in introducing to you a new, and remarkable talent... so, without further ado... please say hello to Chris Frazier... Cue The Music!!!"    

SH#200235 (see www.whitesnake.com for more details)