Live...In the Heart of the City

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Live…In the Heart of the City
Live…In the Heart of the City cover
Live album by Whitesnake
Released 1 November 1980
Recorded Nov 23, 1978
Jun 23, 1980
Genre Hard rock
Heavy metal
Blues-rock
Length 78:14
42:27
Label United Artists
Producer Martin Birch
Professional reviews
Whitesnake chronology
Ready an' Willing
(1980)
Live…In the Heart of the City
(1980)
Come an' Get It
(1981)

Live...In The Heart Of The City is a 1980 live album by Whitesnake. Originally released as a double-vinyl album, and double-play cassette, it utilises recordings made in 1978 and 1980.

Sides 1 & 2 of the vinyl are from recordings made with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at the Hammersmith Odeon, during the band's 1980 World Tour, whilst sides 3 & 4 are from a 1978 recording, previously issued in Japan only, as Live at Hammersmith.

The first CD version was edited so as to fit onto single CD, but Live...In the Heart of the City has now been remastered and was released in March 2007 as a 2CD set. This restores the running-order of the original album.

[edit] Track listing

Live in the Heart of the City (23rd/24th June 1980):

  1. "Come on" (David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 3:38 (from Snakebite)
  2. "Sweet Talker" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:16
  3. "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 5:00 (from Lovehunter)
  4. "Love Hunter" (Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden) – 10:41 (from Lovehunter)
  5. "Fool for Your Loving" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 4:58 (from Ready an' Willing)
  6. "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" (Coverdale, Moody) – 6:21 (from Ready an' Willing)
  7. "Ready an' Willing" (Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 4:46 (from Ready an' Willing)
  8. "Take Me with You" (Coverdale, Moody) – 6:28 (from Trouble)

Live at Hammersmith (23rd November 1978):

  1. "Come on" (David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) - vinyl only (from Snakebite)
  2. "Might Just Take Your Life" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 5:35 (Deep Purple cover)
  3. "Lie Down" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:41 (from Trouble)
  4. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 6:03 (from Snakebite, Bobby Bland cover)
  5. "Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:51 (from Trouble)
  6. "Mistreated" (Coverdale, Blackmore) – 10:49 (Deep Purple cover)

The original CD was a trimmed down version of the original double (vinyl) LP release, due to timing restrictions.

[edit] Personnel