Gabe Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 I saw that Whitesnake has a new live CD (Whitesnake - Live in the shadow of the blues). I think I'd like a Whitesnake CD, also because our own Ad Vandenberg was guitarist in that band (not now anymore and he is not on the live-CD). Has anyone heard it? Is it good? Are the big hits on it? How is the sound quality? Should I buy it? Or are there better Whitesnake-CD's that I should buy? I'd like to know your trusted opinion on this, so please let me know. Thanks in advance. Gabe
RobB Posted December 23, 2006 Posted December 23, 2006 Haven't heard it, but Coverdale always manages to scrounge up good backing bands. Doesn't really have a lot to do with "Whitesnake" anymore (actually, not since about '83!).Try their first live one: "Live In The Heart Of The City.""Ready and Willing""Come and Get It""Slide It In" (great J.Sykes riffs/solos)D. Coverdale: "Snakebite"
AdmiralB Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 "Slide It In" (great J.Sykes riffs/solos)Great record, but they are Mel Galley riffs/solos. Sykes joined after it was in the can. There *might* be an overdub or two but it's at least 99.5% Galley.It should be obvious - there aren't as many notes in all the solos on the record combined than in any one of Sykes' breaks.
edgar_allan_poe Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 If it is the same band that I have seen on a recent DVD, they kick ass. IIRC it was Reb Beach and Doug Aldrich on guitars. Doesn't get much better than those two IMHO.
BTMN Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 When I saw them with Scorpions a couple years ago Doug Aldrich and Reb Beach were playing guitars in the band with Marco Mendoza on Bass. Musically kicking ass , vocal "walking a thin line".
hamerboy_ Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 A good friend of mine who went to my high school was Reb's tech on the Whitesnake tour. He told me that you could not meet a more humble or genuinely nice guy as Reb. Not to mention the fact that he absolutely rips! -Bobby
MCChris Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 "Slide It In" (great J.Sykes riffs/solos)Great record, but they are Mel Galley riffs/solos. Sykes joined after it was in the can. There *might* be an overdub or two but it's at least 99.5% Galley.It should be obvious - there aren't as many notes in all the solos on the record combined than in any one of Sykes' breaks.Yeah, Sykes probably overdubbed the few audible pinch harmonics, that's about it.Great production on SII, especially the TIGHT drum sound of Cozy Powell.
Disturber Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 I saw that Whitesnake has a new live CD (Whitesnake - Live in the shadow of the blues). I think I'd like a Whitesnake CD, also because our own Ad Vandenberg was guitarist in that band (not now anymore and he is not on the live-CD). Has anyone heard it? Is it good? Are the big hits on it? How is the sound quality? Should I buy it? Or are there better Whitesnake-CD's that I should buy? I'd like to know your trusted opinion on this, so please let me know. Thanks in advance. Gabe i have not heard it. But I had to go to a Whitesnake show about three years ago and it was so bad, (one of the worst concerts I've ever been to infact), that I left early. It was just sad, sad to see these old men trying to be cool. David could hardly sing, the guitarplayer kept soloing all through the show without a feeling for the songs. And the drummer (Tommy Aldricht?), was ridiculous. He is probably deaf from all those years in the heavy metal business. If you want to buy a good Whitesnake album, and want it to be a live album, you should pick up Live, In The Heart of the City. That is CLASSIC Whitesnake, not "heavy metal joke Whitesnake", with Micky Moody on guitar. On this album you can hear how great they once where. It's a true "must have" blues/hard rock album. These people where the real Whitesnake: David Coverdale, Micky Moody, Bernie Marsden, Neil Murray, John Lord and Ian Paice. . Lineups from the album 1987 and onwards where not Whitesnake, they where "Mr Vain" David Coverdale trying to stay hip in the world of 80's Heavey Metal.
RobB Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 Great record, but they are Mel Galley riffs/solos. Sykes joined after it was in the can. There *might* be an overdub or two but it's at least 99.5% Galley.It should be obvious - there aren't as many notes in all the solos on the record combined than in any one of Sykes' breaks.Thanks for the correction, Admiral. Didn't Sykes record a full album w/them before "Still Of The Night", etc?EDIT:Hokay, here's where I got confused, as I recall hearing the re-recorded version w/Sykes on L.A. radio growing up: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...10:8kdnvwvva9lk . Good review, and it mentions an excellent album I neglected to recommend, "Saints and Sinners." Good stuff.Man, Coverdale sure goes through a lot of musicians. Anyone hear the monstrosity he recorded w/StevefrikkenVAI? Pure cheddar...
princeofdarkness56 Posted December 24, 2006 Posted December 24, 2006 Plus one on the old lineup of Whitesnake with Ian Paice and Jon Lord. That was music. The later and more popular Whitesnake was mostly about looks and getting on MTV. That said, Reb Beech is great, saw him when he was with Cooper, and Mark Mendoza is a rock solid bass player. Saw him when he was in Nugents band.
Andrew Posted December 25, 2006 Posted December 25, 2006 Forget the current Whitesnake. Take it from me, M3- Classic Whitesnake Live, with Marsden, Moody and Murray, are SO much better live. It just a shame they only do a couple of gigs a year.http://www.berniemarsden.co.ukhttp://www.classicwhitesnake.comAndrew.
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