Classic Rock "Ere's a lotta Whitesnake for ya! Nine CDs, a DVD and even a vinyl EP. Included here is all of the music Whitesnake released on the Sunburst label between '78 and '82: five studio albums, plus the legendary Live...In The Heart Of The City, and - reproduced on seven-inch vinyl, for those who still have a record deck - the debut four-track EP Snakebite. Its deluxe packaging includes a 90-page hardback book, featuring a 10,000-word interview with coverdale and an introductory essay by Classic Rock's Geoff Barton. Most temptingly of all, there is previously unreleased material: two CDs of BBC live recordings from the 1979 and 1980 Reading Festivals, and on DVD, 45 minutes of so-called 'official bootleg' footage from a 1980 concert in Washington DC."
emisessions.com EMI will release a super deluxe box set of Whitesnake’s Sunburst Years. Collecting together all studio and live albums, two previously unreleased BBC concerts, a limited 7”, DVD and a 90-page book with new interviews and previously unseen photos and rare memorabilia, all overseen by David Coverdale. Following the split of Deep Purple, after three years as their lead singer David Coverdale released two solo albums: ‘Whitesnake’ (1977) and ‘Northwinds’ (1978), both sowing the seeds for what would eventually become Whitesnake. Whitesnake originally formed in March 1978 to promote the release of ‘Northwinds’, but eventually releasing the 4-track 7” ‘Snakebite EP’ in June of that year, followed by the full-length debut ‘Trouble’ before the end of 1978. Jon Lord and Ian Paice, both founder members of Deep Purple, would augment the line-up, helping steer the band close to the top of the charts in 1981 (only kept off the top spot Adam & The Ants’ ‘Kings Of The Wild Frontier’). By the end of 1982 with the release of “Saints & Sinners”, the band had released five studio albums, two live albums and an EP. These earlier, ‘bluesier’ recordings the band made before signing to Geffen (for ‘Slide It In’ (1984) and the 8 million-selling ‘1987’, including the US no.1 ‘Here I Go Again’), were from a band certainly big enough to sell out Hammersmith Odeon four nights in a row, or headline 1983’s Donington Monsters Of Rock festival, though a very different beast to the world conquering ‘1987’ version of the band. Box 'O' Snakes - The Sunburst Years 1978 - 1982 is an 11-disc set - including the original 1982 version of ‘Here I Go Again’ - featuring nine audio CDs, a DVD and a 7” white vinyl replica of the ‘Snakebite EP’, the very first release from Whitesnake, remastered versions of the five studio albums and two live albums Whitesnake released from 1978-1982, plus two previously unreleased live albums recorded for the BBC at the 1979 & 1980 Reading Festivals. The DVD features 10 promo videos, four rare BBC TV performances and a previously unreleased US live show filmed in 1980. The release is housed in a lift-off-lid box and also contains a 90-page hardback book featuring an introduction from Classic Rock magazine’s Geoff Barton, plus a new 10,000 word interview with David Coverdale and Bernie Marsden, with many unpublished photos and rare memorabilia from Marden’s personal collection, as well as a large colour poster.
Performer: Whitesnake
Box: Box 'O' Snakes: The Sunburst Years 1978-1982 (9CD + DVD + 7'' Vinyl Box Set EMI / Sunburst Records)
Albums: Disc 1: 1978 Trouble ? Disc 2: 1978 Live At Hammersmith ? Disc 3: 1979 Lovehunter Disc 4: 1980 Ready An' Willing ? Disc 5: 1980 Live … In The Heart Of The City Disc 6: 1981 Come An' Get It ? Disc 7: 1982 Saints & Sinners Disc 8: 2011 Live At Reading Rock '79 ? Disc 9: 2011 Live At Reading Rock '80 Disc 10: DVD Video ? 1978 Snakebite EP 33rpm 7'' White Vinyl
01 Take Me With You 02 Love To Keep You Warm 03 Lie Down (A Modern Love Song) 04 Day Tripper 05 Nighthawk (Vampire Blues) 06 The Time Is Right For Love 07 Trouble 08 Belgian Tom's Hat Trick 09 Free Flight 10 Don't Mess With Me
Disc 2: 1978 Live At Hammersmith 201MB (1 Part) + 123MB (1 Part)
01 Come On 02 Might Just Take Your Life 03 Lie Down 04 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City 05 Trouble 06 Mistreated
01 Long Way From Home 02 Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues 03 Help Me Thro' The Day 04 Medicine Man 05 You 'N' Me 06 Mean Business 07 Love Hunter 08 Outlaw 09 Rock 'N' Roll Women 10 We Wish You Well
01 Fool For Your Loving 02 Sweet Talker 03 Ready An' Willing 04 Carry Your Load 05 Blindman 06 Ain't Gonna Cry No More 07 Love Man 08 Black And Blue 09 She's A Woman
Disc 5: 1980 Live … In The Heart Of The City 238MB (1 Part) + 222MB (1 Part)
01 Come On 02 Sweet Talker 03 Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues 04 Love Hunter 05 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City 06 Fool For Your Loving 07 Ain't Gonna Cry No More 08 Ready An' Willing 09 Take Me With You
Disc 6: 1981 Come An' Get It 201MB (1 Part) + 162MB (1 Part)
01 Come An' Get It 02 Hot Stuff 03 Don't Break My Heart Again 04 Lonely Days Lonely Nights 05 Wine, Women An' Song 06 Child Of Babylon 07 Would I Lie To You 08 Girl 09 Hit An' Run 10 Till The Day I Die
01 Young Blood 02 Rough An' Ready 03 Bloody Luxury 04 Victim Of Love 05 Crying In The Rain 06 Here I Go Again 07 Love An' Affection 08 Rock An' Roll Angels 09 Dancing Girls 10 Saints An' Sinners
Disc 8: 2011 Live At Reading Rock '79 BBC In Concert Live At Reading Festival, 26 August 1979 219MB (1 Part) + 210MB (1 Part)
01 Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues 02 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City 03 Steal Away 04 Belgium Tom's Hat Trick 05 Mistreated / Soldier Of Fortune 06 Love Hunter 07 Breakdown
Disc 9: 2011 Live At Reading Rock '80 BBC In Concert Live At Reading Festival, 24 August 1980 233MB (1 Part) + 217MB (1 Part)
01 Sweet Talker 02 Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues 03 Ain't Gonna Cry No More 04 Love Hunter 05 Mistreated / Soldier Of Fortune 06 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City 07 Fool For Your Loving
Disc 10: DVD Video PCM Stereo / NTSC DVD 9 / Running Time 100 mins • Region: 0 / Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Full DVD 9 / Rip by DVD Decrypter 667MB (9 Part) + 532MB (1 Part)
• Promo videos 1978-1982 • TV performances • Official Bootleg: Live @ The Capital Centre, Washington, USA 1980
01 Come On 02 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City 03 Bloody Mary 04 Steal Away 05 Day Tripper 06 Long Way From Home 07 Fool For Your Loving 08 Don't Break My Heart Again 09 Would I Lie To You 10 Here I Go Again 11 Lie Down (A Modern Love Song) (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978) 12 Trouble (Old Grey Whistle Test 1978) 13 Bloody Mary (Top Of The Pops 1978) 14 Here I Go Again (Top Of The Pops 1982) 15 Come On (Live At Capital Centre, Washington 1980) 16 Sweet Talker (Live At Capital Centre, Washington 1980) 17 Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues (Live At Capital Centre, Washington 1980) 18 Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Live At Capital Centre, Washington 1980) 19 Love Hunter (Live At Capital Centre, Washington 1980) 20 Belgian Tom's Hat Trick (Live At Capital Centre, Washington 1980) 21 Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (Live At Capital Centre, Washington 1980) 22 Fool For Your Loving (Live At Capital Centre, Washington 1980)
Covers Box & Book Box 201MB (1 Part) + 183MB (1 Part) Book 529MB (5 Part) + 506MB (1 Part)