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Whitesnake - 30th Anniversary Collection Audio CD

A fair review of the Whitesnake "30th Anniversary Collection" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Whitesnake reviews here, or go back to the Whitesnake tabs.

Whitesnake Band: Whitesnake
Title: 30th Anniversary Collection
Rating:
Release Date: 2008-08-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks:

The Early Years + 25th Silver Anniversary Collection


4 songs from album "Trouble" (1978)
3 songs from album "Lovehunter" (1979)
6 songs from album "Ready An'Willing" (1980)
5 songs from album "Live in the Heart of the City" (1980)
7 songs from album "Come An'Get It" (1981)
4 songs from album "Saints & sinners" (1982)
4 songs from album "Slide In It" (1984)
6 songs from album "1987" (1987)
3 songs from album "Slip of the Tongue" (1989)
3 songs from album "Coverdale/Page" (1993)
1 song from album "Restless Heart" (1998)
2 songs from album "Starkers in Tokyo" (1998)
2 songs from album "Into the Light" (2000)
1 song from album "Live in the Shadow of Blues" (2006)
1 song from album "Good to be Bad" (2008)

The first disc is an almost same order as 2004 release, "The Early Years"
The only difference is removing 'Don't Break My Heart Again' and 'We Wish You Well' to other discs and adding 'Crying in the Rain' from "Ready An'Willing". There are 52 songs in 3 CDs.

The second disc is an exactly same order as the first disc of 2003 release, "The Silver Anniversary Collection".

The third disc has 'If You Want Me' and 'Best Years' while the second disc of ""The Silver Anniversary Collection" has 'Into the Light', 'She Give Me' and 'Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City' instead.

My wife has ordered this CD last night for my 36th birthday gift.
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Fake Bonus Material
Obviously recorded more currently and with a few studio tricks needed to make him (David Coverdale) sound 20 years younger. I bought the 30th anniversary collection, and while the remastering of the original tracks were decent in their sound and overall quality, I was miffed completely by the fake live renditions of the songs. Much of the backing music appears to be both outtakes from the original recording sessions and some of the final master takes heard on the orignal release.

And while David's latest efforts are actually pretty good in how he's learn to cope with the fact that he can't sing like he used to, he still projects alot of soul into his latest recordings.

But to pass off some lesser degree of deluxe edition of a once great classic album is the very same reason he failed to make it past the Slip Of The Tongue album in 1989.

Allow us the chance to hear Whitesnake live in 1987/1988 while on tour and master it accordingly to a second bonus CD and you might just have yourself a pretty good reason to buy it. But to fool us like this is sheer pitiful and a good reason to never buy another single Whitesnake product again.


Whitesnake's & Coverdale's Anthology

And for those who crave like I did for the track list here's the whole thing:

CD 1
1. Wow!! What a wonderful collection, even if you own some of the previous records you may want to add this, think of a collection which spans most of the snake & coverdale solo projects and even some tunes from Coverdale Page, I was hesitant to buy this compilation but is the most complete, outstanding and up to date since all the songs are in their remastered version. Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues (2008 Digital Remaster)
2. Sweet Talker (2008 Digital Remaster)
3. Would I Lie To You (2008 Digital Remaster)
4. Trouble (2008 Digital Remaster)
5. Gambler (2008 Digital Remaster)
6. Love Hunter (2008 Digital Remaster)
7. Ready An' Willing (2008 Digital Remaster)
8. Child Of Babylon (2008 Digital Remaster)
9. Here I Go Again (2008 Digital Remaster)
10. Carry Your Load (2008 Digital Remaster)
11. Crying In The Rain (2008 Digital Remaster)
12. Rough An' Ready (2008 Digital Remaster)
13. Wine, Women An' Song (2008 Digital Remaster)
14. Lie Down (A Modern Love Song) (2008 Digital Remaster)
15. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (Live) (2008 Digital Remaster)
16. Fool For Your Loving (Live) (2008 Digital Remaster)
17. Take Me With You (Live) (2008 Digital Remaster)

CD2
1. Fool For Your Loving (2008 Digital Remaster)
2. Don't Break My Heart Again (2008 Digital Remaster)
3. Hit An' Run (2008 Digital Remaster)
4. The Time Is Right For Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
5. Love Ain't No Stranger (2008 Digital Remaster)
6. Too Many Tears (2008 Digital Remaster)
7. Pride And Joy (2008 Digital Remaster)
8. Victim Of Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
9. Judgement Day (2008 Digital Remaster)
10. Is This Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
11. Take A Look At Yourself (2008 Digital Remaster)
12. Straight For The Heart (2008 Digital Remaster)
13. Now You're Gone (US Remix) (2008 Digital Remaster)
14. Looking For Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
15. Sailing Ships (Live) (2008 Digital Remaster)
16. Soldier Of Fortune (Live) (2008 Digital Remaster)
17. Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues (Live) (2008 Digital Remaster)
18. Ready An' Willing (Live) (2008 Digital Remaster)

CD3
1. Slow An' Easy (2008 Digital Remaster)
2. Shake My Tree (2008 Digital Remaster)
3. Guilty Of Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
4. The Deeper The Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
5. Blindman (2008 Digital Remaster)
6. Love To Keep You Warm (2008 Digital Remaster)
7. Love Is Blind (2008 Digital Remaster)
8. Ain't Gonna Cry No More (2008 Digital Remaster)
9. Slave (2008 Digital Remaster)
10. Lonely Days Lonely Nights (2008 Digital Remaster)
11. Give Me All Your Love (2008 Digital Remaster)
12. Till The Day I Die (2008 Digital Remaster)
13. Here I Go Again `87 (2008 Digital Remaster)
14. Still Of The Night (2008 Digital Remaster)
15. If You Want Me
16. Best Years
17. We Wish You Well (2008 Digital Remaster)

Definitely the best compilation on the market yet. Enjoy!!!
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