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Whitesnake Unzipped
If you prefer the non-screaming, soulful side of Coverdale’s voice, this one might be for you.
Rhino Records is releasing a compilation of Whitesnake’s acoustic (or almost acoustic) tracks, titled Unzipped. The 5CD+DVD deluxe set will include a collection of live performances and studio outtakes. It will also be available in stripped down 1CD, 2CD and 2LP editions. Release date is October 19.
Disc 1 will be available on all editions, disc 2 on 2CD, 2LP and deluxe, while the rest is only on the deluxe edition.
We are not sure if the video disc will be in DVD or blu-ray format. Anyway, the 1997 recording was done only in SD as the HD technology was not available back then.
Track listing
* denotes previously unreleased tracks (or so the press blurb claims — we haven’t double checked)
Disc One: Unzipped… In The Studio: The Love Songs (available on all editions)
- Love Is Blind
- One of These Days *
- All The Time In The World *
- Wherever You May Go
- Easier Said than Done *
- Fare Thee Well *
- Summer Rain
- Forevermore
- ‘Till The End Of Time
- Wherever You May Go (Instrumental) Strings only *
- Love Is Blind (Instrumental) Strings only *
Disc Two: Starkers In Tokyo (2CD, 2LP, and deluxe editions)
- Sailing Ships
- Too Many Tears
- The Deeper The Love
- Love Ain’t No Stranger
- Can’t Go On
- Give Me All Your Love
- Don’t Fade Away
- Is This Love
- Here I Go Again
- Soldier Of Fortune
- Only My Soul (Acapella) *
- Fool For Your Loving (Excerpt) *
Disc Three: Snakeskin Boots: Starkers In Europe
Starkers In Warsaw (Poland, April 18, 1997):
- Intro
- Sailing Ships
- Too Many Tears
- Here I Go Again
Starkers In Stockholm (Sweden, December 2, 2006):
- Intro
- Give Me All Your Love
- Ain’t Gonna Cry No More
- Only My Soul (Acapella)
- All I Want Is You
- Dog
- Here I Go Again
Starkers In Cologne (Germany, November 24, 2006):
- Intro
- Give Me All Your Love
- Ain’t Gonna Cry No More
- All I Want Is You
- Slow & Easy
- Dog
Starkers In Paris (France, November 30, 2006):
- Give Me All Your Love
- Ain’t Gonna Cry No More
- Northwinds (Acapella)
- All I Want Is You
- Dog
- Blindman (Acapella)
- Here I Go Again
Disc Four:
Starkers Promo Tour Rehearsals (2005):
- If You Want Me *
- Give Me All Your Love *
- Slow & Easy *
- All I Want Is You *
- Judgement Day *
- Ain’t Gonna Cry No More *
- Dog *
Starkers In New York (New York City, April 10, 2008):
- Give Me All Of Your Love
- Can You Hear The Wind Blow
- All I Want All I Need
- Lay Down Your Love
- Fool For Your Loving
- The Deeper The Love
- Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
- Here I Go Again
WSTV Jams Excerpts (2012):
- Easier Said Than Done
- Fare Thee Well
- Love Will Set You Free
- Mistreated
- Slide It In
- ‘Till The End Of Time
- Shake My Tree
Made In Japan Soundcheck Versions (2011)
- Good To Be Bad
- Tell Me How
Disc Five: Up Close & Personal
- Wherever You May Go (Demo Version) *
- Surrender *
- Ain’t No Doubt About My Girl *
- Scat Man Blues *
- Love’s A Crazy Game *
- I Will Love You *
- Oh Baby You’re The One *
- So Long (Acapella) *
- So Long *
- It Would Be Nice *
- Slide Thingy Blues *
- Down To The River *
- Feel Your Love Grow Stronger *
- Blues Jam Riff *
- Fun Lick Blues *
- Don’t Wanna Change The World *
- It’s So Hard *
- River Song (Early Version) *
- Let’s Have A Drink Before I Go *
- Can You Ever Forgive Me *
- So Much To Live For *
- Another Lick While The Missus Is Busy In The Kitchen *
- Just The Two Of Us (Together You And I) *
- Oh S___ Blues (featuring Jessica) *
- Seasons *
DVD
Starkers In Tokyo (1997):
- Sailing Ships
- Too Many Tears
- The Deeper The Love
- Can’t Go On
- Is This Love
- Give Me All Your Love
- Here I Go Again
- Soldier Of Fortune
- Love Ain’t No Stranger
- Don’t Fade Away
- Only My Soul (Acapella)
- Fool For Your Loving (excerpt)
Starkers In New York (2008):
- Give Me All Of Your Love
- Can You Hear The Wind Blow
- All I Want All I Need
- Lay Down Your Love
- Fool For Your Loving
- The Deeper The Love
- Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
- Here I Go Again
Starkers In Warsaw (Poland, April 18, 1997):
- Intro
- Sailing Ships
- Too Many Tears
- Here I Go Again
Starkers In Stockholm (Sweden, December 2, 2006):
- Intro
- Give Me All Your Love
- Ain’t Gonna Cry No More
- Only My Soul (Acapella)
- All I Want Is You
- Dog
- Here I Go Again
Starkers In Cologne (Germany, November 24, 2006):
- Give Me All Your Love
- Ain’t Gonna Cry No More
- All I Want Is You
- Dog
Starkers In Sofia (Bulgaria, November 24, 2015):
- Soldier Of Fortune
Starkers In Paris 2 (France, June 4, 2009):
- Blindman
Starkers In Wolverhampton (England, June 16, 2011):
- Fare Thee Well
Starkers In Glasgow (Scotland, June 15, 2011)*
- One Of These Days
Bonus Features:
- One-on-One with David Coverdale and Adrian Vandenberg discussing Starkers
- Poor Albert’s Last: Photographic Slideshow (featuring audio from Sailing Ships)
- Purplesnake’s Forevermore Video
- Love Is Blind Music Video
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August 3rd, 2018 at 20:55So, Starkers In Tokyo; Here I go over and over again? Seriously?
August 3rd, 2018 at 21:22It’s what I always say: If DC just let his rich baritone voice do the talking (or singing) and give up that painful falsetto screaming against the mayhem of his heavy-handed band (which he never did well in the first place – already around the Slide It In tours his voice showed considerable strain that never went away again – and which he obviously can’t do anymore), there is still a great vocalist to be heard. The “mystery” to his voice is that it is best when he does little with it.
Where is Rick Rubin when you need him?! I would want him to produce a stripped down album with ole DC.
August 3rd, 2018 at 21:44I really love starkers but is this worthwhile?
August 3rd, 2018 at 21:52David Coverdale’s Whitesnake is so big, that it even has it’s own little ‘mini me’ Whitesnake… & even that little Whitesnake is bigger than your snake!. 😅
August 5th, 2018 at 01:23Dog……never heard this song. What album is this from ?
August 6th, 2018 at 12:09I love David Coverdale’s voice, when he’s singin’ “Paul Rodgers-stylish”, but…
5 (!) CDs plus DVD? That’s a musical overkill!
Have a nice Day!
August 6th, 2018 at 16:11Is this too much of a good thing? Also I totally agree with #3.
August 6th, 2018 at 20:50Starkers was let down by Vandenberg’s angular acoustic playing – as gifted as he is as an electric lead guitarist, he was helpless on acoustic guitar. It would have probably sounded better had DC played the acoustic guitar himself.
Or Mickey Moody.
August 6th, 2018 at 22:39Déjà-vu
August 7th, 2018 at 04:46Hi This is what Coverdale should do 24Seven.
August 7th, 2018 at 08:45@ Uwe Hornung: That is exactly what I’m thinking. Just compare STARKERS to DONNINGTON. DC has a great voice for stuff in the soul-blues-direction he had taken on his solo efforts. As for me, I love his singing with girlie backup singers and a littel brass very much. And an album produced by Rick Rubin could be a keeper. Even if it was all cover versions.
August 7th, 2018 at 12:44@ 2 ” Starkers In Tokyo ” will be in blue ray version this go around, if you care!
August 8th, 2018 at 12:05Rick Rubin and Coverdale…yep. I’d be there. Great idea. Phone Cov up and tell him.
Anyway…I will be buying this especially for all the demos.
August 10th, 2018 at 16:34I’m wondering if all of the DVD footage is pro shot or just the starkers in Tokyo portion?
August 14th, 2018 at 00:01@15 Tokyo 1997 and New York 2008 are pro-shots, Stockholm 2006 is probably a low quality pro-shot, Warsaw 1997 and Cologne 2006 should be the circulating audience shots…
August 15th, 2018 at 18:51Dog was one of four new tracks on Live… In the Shadow of the Blues.
August 19th, 2018 at 21:58Thanks Jorg @16!
August 23rd, 2018 at 03:14@12 – DONINGTON not “DONNINGTON”.
Why can’t people seem to spell the name of this place properly?
Bands have been playing there for nearly 40 years with Blackmore kicking things off with Rainbow in 1980.
August 28th, 2018 at 15:16Streaming this on Apple Music this morning. Just lovely.
October 20th, 2018 at 15:35I especially like the “So Long” outtake. Isn’t that the oldwoody Guthrie standard? I only got it as download hence cannot check the song credits…
January 27th, 2019 at 19:09