definitely worth having...maybe
" Putting the album "Slide It In" on a compilation with the 2 hair band albums is a novel way of comparing the old with the new. The extras are worthless, especially since it opens with the girlie version of "Here I Go Again. The end of the blues period vs. the reformation as heavy metal superstars. The collection is good, 'cause I never had the hair metal albums (Whitesnake - good, and Slip Of The Tongue - which I love)on CD. Again, I found all the extras skip-able, and I do so, each time I put on the CDs. As for all the bragging about the 24-bit recording, blah, blah, blah. . . the CDs sound is muddy as hell, in my car and on my home system. The mix just plain sucks, compared to the original CDs, which I taped onto cassette from a friend. The bass is nowhere to be found. You have to crank the bass and it affects the sound of the music, in general. No good. When stuff is re-mastered, that often means very little. This is proof of that. Ehh, I shoulda just bought all 3 separately.
A terrific deal of great music.
In addition to this, you also get the schmaltzy radio arrangement of the massive hit single Here I Go Again (in addition to the far superior album version), 2 tracks that were only available on the import version of the 1987 album (You're Gonna Break My Heart Again, Looking for Love), a B side (Need Your Love So Bad) and an additional track that was available only on the import version of Slip of the Tongue. This 2 disc collection basically just collects all of the tracks from 1984's Slide It In, 1987's self titled release Whitesnake and 1989's commercial/critical disaster Slip of the Tongue. Also, they included both the album and single versions of Give Me All Your Love as (like Here I Go Again) the album and single versions of this track are quite different in some respects.
The radio version/arrangement of Here I go Again kicks off Disc 1 and then the rest of this collection has the songs in chronological order.
All of the tracks have also been remixed in crystal clear 24 bit style. Add in some excellent liner notes that detail the history of the group up to and mainly including the years of these albums, and this is quite a deal.
I didn't really become that much of a fan of Whitesnake until 1984's Slide It In. In a lot of respects I think that it is their best album. 1987's mainly took what they were doing and adding in more of a commercial sheen that worked in spades. Slip of the Tongue failed because they just tried to duplicate the 1987 album, but even still, it has its moments.
I would recommend someone getting this before getting the 2 disc Gold collection but then again, with the Gold collection you do get 13 or so tracks from their pre 1984 era. If you're wanting more of a complete overview, go with the Gold collection. But if you want to hear the band in their prime (especially the 1984 and 1987 material) and can live with a few tracks that don't work as well as they had hoped off of Slip of the Tongue, this is a terrific double disc set to pick up for people wanting to re-discover Whitesnake or are just wanting to hear what they were about.
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Ok, here's the thing!!
This cd has all of the major Whitesnake release on it and it only takes up one third of the space the others do. If you have all three of these cd's why would you buy this? Well it's simple really, it's called convenience. It does have a nice little blurb about the band in the liner notes and the packaging is alright but nothing fancy. What it does is save you space and the fact that you've got 3 great cd's in one is fantastic. If you're like me and have a ton of cd's?, any chance you get to reduce the herd yet keep your favorites is a bonus. This is why I gave it a 5 star rating, that and the music of course. Buy this package for convenience purposes only, otherwise you might as well stick with the single versions as theirs nothing new under the sun here! .
If you Likewhite snake this is the cd for you!
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I like white snake a lot, but my only cd from them is scrached. Since i ever had this cd i loved it because it was packed with tons of songs from them. Its like having 3 cd's in one! If your love white snake and you havent yet got this cd buy it!.
Worth the Money even for this die hard!
So to some I may be a fool for purchasing this collection when I already had the albums contained and most of the B Sides(from greatest hits and others specials). Lets start by saying I own all things Whitesnake. However, the remastered quality of these discs made it worth every penny I plunked down.
Of course this spans the Geffen years of the snake, so it is the American versions and mixes of both Slide It In and Whitesnake 1987. Slide It In is upgraded greatly over the original American release(for any who may be confused, there is an international mix released before Slide It In was put out in America. John Sykes is not on the orig version and keyboards were drastically cut out on the american version. ) It is a sonic treat to listen to "Slow n Easy" sound so great. David Coverdale's vice is incredible on the remasters. This collection serves as a better set than the 1 disc Greatest Hits if for no other reason than it has the real 1987 version of "Here I go Again" whereas the Hits cd only had the terrible radio version. And I love "You're Gonna Break My Heart Again" in beautiful 24 bit remastering. The bonus tracks for all three albums as well as just the incredible remastering job make this worth the mney even for a longtime die hard member of the Whitesnake Choir. It is also an affordable way to get these albums for a first time buyer. That is a win/win.
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