Live in the Heart of the City

by Whitesnake

Overview

Virtually every hard rock band in the universe managed to release a live (usually double) album in the late '70s, and Whitesnake were certainly no exception. Live.... In the Heart of the City does a pretty good job of collecting the highlights from the band's first four releases, as well as a few Deep Purple standards (singer David Coverdale, organist Jon Lord, and drummer Ian Paice are all Purple alumni). Whitesnake favorites such as "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues," "Ready an' Willing," and "Fool for Your Loving" heat up the crowd, but it's the extended version of "Lovehunter" that gets things boiling, thanks to Micky Moody's extended slide guitar solo. The audience participation on "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" provides another thrilling moment, but the band truly brings the house down with a last encore of Deep Purple's "Mistreated" -- a blues of monstrous proportions that becomes an 11-minute catharsis for Coverdale. [The 2007 two-disc reissue included bonus cuts.] ~ Eduardo Rivadavia

Product Details

Release Date:	03/20/2007
Label:	Emi Music Distribution
UPC:	0094638195924
Rank:	47728

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Come On
2. Sweet Talker
3. Walking in the Shadow of the Blues
4. Love Hunter
5. Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
6. Fool for Your Loving
7. Ain't Gonna Cry No More
8. Ready an' Willing
9. Take Me with You

Disc 2

10. Come On
11. Might Just Take Your Life
12. Lie Down
13. Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
14. Trouble
15. Mistreated

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Whitesnake   Primary Artist
Bernie Marsden   Guitar
Ian Paice   Drums
David Dowle   Drums
Micky Moody   Guitar
David Coverdale   Piano,Vocals,Percussion
Jon Lord   Keyboards
Neil Murray   Bass
Stuart Wickes   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Jeff Cummins   Cover Art,Cover Painting
Shoot That Tiger!   Design
Nick Sholem   Engineer,Lighting
Tim Murch   Lighting
George Bodnar   Photography,Insert Photography
Michael Price   Composer
Bernie Marsden   Composer
Ian Paice   Composer
Whitesnake   Composer
Peter Mew   Engineer
Timi Donald   Lighting
Martin Birch   Engineer,Producer,Recording
Micky Moody   Composer
Steve Payne   Stage Manager
David Coverdale   Composer
Dan Walsh   Composer
Ritchie Blackmore   Composer
Jon Lord   Composer
Neil Murray   Composer
Barry Newman   Engineer
Martin Fisher   Live Sound
Ashley Williams   Stage Manager,Stage Monitor Engineer
John Pasche   Art Direction
Abbo   Lighting