Live...in the Heart of the City
| Live...in the Heart of the City | ||||
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 Cover art by Jeff Cummins | ||||
| Live album by Whitesnake | ||||
| Released | 3 November 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 23 November 1978, 23 and 24 June 1980 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 80:22 | |||
| Label |
Liberty/EMI (UK and Germany) Mirage/Atlantic (North America) Polydor (Japan) United Artists (Rest of the world) | |||
| Producer | Martin Birch | |||
| Whitesnake chronology | ||||
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| Live at Hammersmith cover | ||||
 1978 live EP. |
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| Singles from Live...in the Heart of the City | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Martin Popoff | [2] |
Live...in the Heart of the City is a 1980 live album by British rock band Whitesnake. Originally released as a double-vinyl album, and double-play cassette, it utilises recordings made in 1978 and 1980. The album charted at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart,[3] and number 146 on the Billboard 200.[4]
Sides 1 and 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 and 4 are from a 1978 recording, previously issued and released in Japan only as Live at Hammersmith.
The first UK CD version (EMI CZD 94) was a 2-CD set, issued in 1988, in what is now known as a 'fat-boy' double-CD case. Sides 1 and 2 of the 2-LP set were CD1; sides 3 and 4 were CD2.
The later 1994 release was a single CD version, the 1978 recording of "Come On" being dropped to match the restrictive running-time of the single CD.
Live...in the Heart of the City has since been remastered and was released in March 2007 as a 2-CD set (in a slimline double-CD case), once again featuring all the tracks of the original album, together with a 1980 recording of "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" as a bonus track.
The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins.
Track listing
Live in the Heart of the City (23/24 June 1980)
| Side one | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
| 1. | "Come On" | David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden | Snakebite (1978) | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Sweet Talker" | Coverdale, Marsden | Ready an' Willing (1980) | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" | Coverdale, Marsden | Lovehunter (1979) | 5:00 |
| 4. | "Love Hunter" | Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden | Lovehunter | 10:41 |
| Side two | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
| 5. | "Fool for Your Loving" | Coverdale, Moody, Marsden | Ready an' Willing | 4:58 |
| 6. | "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" | Coverdale, Moody | Ready an' Willing | 6:21 |
| 7. | "Ready an' Willing" | Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | Ready an' Willing | 4:46 |
| 8. | "Take Me with You" | Coverdale, Moody | Trouble (1978) | 6:28 |
Live at Hammersmith (23 November 1978)
| Side three | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
| 1. | "Come On" | Coverdale, Marsden | Snakebite | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Might Just Take Your Life" (Deep Purple cover) | Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore, Lord, Paice | Burn (1974) | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Lie Down" | Coverdale, Moody | Trouble | 3:33 |
| 4. | "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Bobby Bland cover) | Michael Price, Dan Walsh | Snakebite | 6:38 |
| Side four | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From the album | Length |
| 5. | "Trouble" | Coverdale, Marsden | Trouble | 4:56 |
| 6. | " Mistreated" (Deep Purple cover) | Coverdale, Blackmore | Burn | 10:40 |
| Single CD version | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Come On" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Sweet Talker" | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" | 5:00 |
| 4. | "Love Hunter" | 10:41 |
| 5. | "Fool for Your Loving" | 4:58 |
| 6. | "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" | 6:21 |
| 7. | "Ready an' Willing" | 4:46 |
| 8. | "Might Just Take Your Life" | 5:35 |
| 9. | "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" | 6:03 |
| 10. | "Mistreated" | 10:49 |
Total length: |
62:07 | |
| Remastered Edition 2007 – Disc 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Come On" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Sweet Talker" | 4:16 |
| 3. | "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" | 5:00 |
| 4. | "Love Hunter" | 10:41 |
| 5. | "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" | 7:21 |
| 6. | "Fool for Your Loving" | 4:58 |
| 7. | "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" | 6:21 |
| 8. | "Ready an' Willing" | 4:46 |
| 9. | "Take Me with You" | 6:28 |
Total length: |
53:29 | |
| Remastered Edition 2007 – Disc 2 | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Come On" | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Might Just Take Your Life" | 5:35 |
| 3. | "Lie Down" | 4:41 |
| 4. | "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" | 6:03 |
| 5. | "Trouble" | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Mistreated" | 10:49 |
Total length: |
35:21 | |
Personnel
Whitesnake
- David Coverdale – vocals
- Micky Moody – guitar
- Bernie Marsden – guitar
- Jon Lord – keyboards
- Neil Murray – bass guitar
- Ian Paice – drums on disc 1 recordings from 1980
- Dave Dowle – drums on disc 2 recordings from 1978 (not credited in the original printing)
Production
- Martin Birch - producer, engineer
Charts
Album
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Singles
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Certifications
| Country | Organization | Year | Sales |
| UK | BPI | 1987 | Platinum (+ 300,000)[6] |
References
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake - Live in the Heart of the City review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- 1 2 3 "Whitesnake - Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Live ... In The Heart Of The City Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ "Album - Whitesnake, Live ... In The Heart Of The City". Charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ "Search for Artist Whitenake". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 April 2015.