(Hard Rock) Whitesnake - Slide It In (Original UK Edition) - 1984, APE (image+.cue), lossless

Whitesnake had changed the line up from their last album Saints and Sinners. DC brought in some good musicians in Mel Galley, Cozy Powell and Colin Hodgkinson. At first the album was to be produced by E. Kramer but the result was not good enough for Mr. Coverdale so old producer Martin Birch did the production. DC also had some troat complications so the album was delayed a lot. In order to have a new release before their Donington apperance (August 83) they actually rush-released the single "Guilty of love/Gambler" with the E. Kramer production. It's quite different from the album version - I think it's better!
Mel Galley contributed a lot in the writing process and his melodic songs really made some impact on this record. There are some really outstanding songs on the album and DC is in good form (although he now sings in a higher tone than before). The playing from the new boys are well, but the production is a bit dull. You can hear a lot of Jon Lord, especially in the intros and outros but also in some solos. Moody left soon after the recording of the album was finished. He was replaced by Sykes who did some overdubs for the US release, wich has a different bass line (made by Neil Murray) and the song order is rearranged.
I think this is one of the best albums by Whitesnake and the songs "Love ain't no stranger", "Slow an' easy" and "Guilty of love" are classics. This line up never performed the songs live and Sykes changed the scene a bit when he joined. This is the last abum of "the old Whitesnake", after this the US influence came........

#777EAC extraction logfile from 28. June 2005, 22:58 for CD
Whitesnake / Slide It In (European Ed)

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