Live In The Heart Of The City (Remastered / Expanded) (2CD)

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Customer reviews

review by: chiefengineer3 date: 2008-06-24 rating:
Whitesnakes' Greatest Record
I don't think that there can be any doubt that this is the best collection that Whitesnake has put out and captures the feel of early Whitesnake and the rock and bluesy feel perfectly. The really great thing about this record is that whilst it does have a very smooth blues feel, it can appeal to those of us who tend towards the heavy rock end of the scale. DC's voice is simply magnificent and the band as a whole meld together like they were made for each other, unlike the reality of being DC's paid up workmen. My particular favorite part is the Love Hunter solo by Micky Moody, which is still one of my favourite guitar pieces ever. Slide guitar done supremely well. Of course DC had ambitions to do much more with Whitesnake and a collection of middle aged geezers who look like Auf Weidersen extras wasn't going to cut the look. It's a shame because this CD captures a band with a magic that never really returned regardless of their commercial success. As a live album it is one of the best ever produced along with other and similarly unrefined sounding ones like If You Want Blood or Queen Live. There is a great live feel that came with a minimum of fussing and polishing and is all the better for it.

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review by: headbangerzoso date: 2007-07-30 rating:
Awesome Blues/Rock LIve
I love this CD. I had it when it was only available as an album and now I have the CD. It is so smooth. It is one of those musical endevours that one can take by one's self or with friends. I love turning the lights down, turning this CD on, pouring a glass of bourbon and just kicking back. David's voice is stellar. The instruments just work with his voice perfectly. The instruments do not step on the voice and the voice does not overwhelm the instruments. Everything is in harmony. This is one of those hidden gems that very few people know about. Buy it if you love blues rock. Don't buy it if you love commercial late 80's Whitesnake Hair Rock. I like that also but the blues rock sounds of this LP/CD is special and longlasting.


review by: supertzar date: 2007-03-14 rating:
Best live album ever?
I love live albums - for me, Elvis Presley, Rush, AC/DC, Aretha Franklin, Deep Purple, Free and countless others produced their best stuff live, and the resulting live albums put some of their studio efforts in the shade.

Despite owning hundreds of live albums and bootlegs, I will always come back to this as possibly my favourite. It may have been the first I ever heard, but then why aren't I sick of it yet?

The album has a confident swagger about it that is infectious. Each musician seems at the top of his game, in particular DC, singing like a horny angel and guitarists Moody and Marsden, coaxing musical nectar from their overlapping guitar lines. Then there's the sound - it just sounds so full, balanced, almost orchestral. Makes even Purple live albums sound thin by comparison.

The music here is primarily bluesy hard rock. Tracks like Trouble, Ain't Gonna Cry No More and Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City wouldn't scare a BB King or Free fan. There's none of the metallic nonsense of later years, and you only have to compare this work of art to last year's live offering to realise how easy it is to take a good thing for granted.

This remaster adds the 1980 version of Ain't no Love..., which isn't quite up to the 1978 version (the solo is far less orgasmic for instance), but it's great to have both versions of Come On again, as well as lots of the original pictures that made up the cover artwork. What a shame this wasn't the blueprint for Whitesnake's ultimate success. It's a masterpiece.

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