Whitesnake Prepares a Collection of Acoustic Rarities Titled "Unzipped"
Whitesnake has announced that on October 19 will launch "Unzipped", a collection of unpublished and never before published acoustic versions, recorded in the last two decades.
"Unzipped" will be available in several different formats, including a single CD; double CD Deluxe Edition and double LP vinyl versions; streaming and digital platforms; and a box set of five CD / DVD "Super Deluxe". The latter will include "Starkers in Tokyo", a material published in Japan in 1997 that will be available for the first time for the rest of the world.
"These songs are some of the most personal I’ve been involved with through my almost five decades as a professional musician, singer and composer…" said leader David Coverdale. "This is me at my most unguarded… innocent… writing, as I still do, for the fun, the expression, the poetry, all LOVE songs.”.
Disc one of the set contains the most recent material from Whitesnake's "Good to Be Bad" and "Forevermore" albums, as well as songs like "Love Is Blind", from Coverdale's 2000 album, "Into the Light". The 11 songs of the first album will be available in all formats.
The second disc contains "Starkers in Tokyo", an album extracted from an unplugged concert ("starkers" is the British slang for "naked") that Coverdale and guitarist Adrian Vandenberg offered in Tokyo in 1997. All facets of the career of Coverdale are represented, from his days in Deep Purple ("Soldier of Fortune") and his solo albums ("Too Many Tears") to Whitesnake, with hits like "Here I Go Again" or "Is This Love". The album "Starkers ..." will be available in double CD and double LP, in addition to the material in a single disc.
The DVD included in the "Super Deluxe" edition contains a treasure trove of live unplugged performances from around the world, including a full acoustic concert recorded at the Cutting Room in New York in 2008 and the video of the "Starkers in Tokyo" concerts , remixed in 5.1 and stereo. An interview and images of the concert complete the DVD.
Whitesnake has just finished the "Juke Box Heroes" tour, with Foreigner and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening. Whitesnake has three more scheduled dates on their itinerary, including their participation leading the third day of CannaFest 2018 in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, on August 11.
Track Listing:
Disc One: Unzipped… In The Studio: The Love Songs
01. Love Is Blind 02. One of These Days * 03. All The Time In The World * 04. Wherever You May Go
05. Easier Said than Done * 06. Fare Thee Well * 07. Summer Rain 08. Forevermore 09. 'Till The End Of Time
Bonus Tracks:
10. Wherever You May Go (Instrumental) Strings only * 11. Love Is Blind (Instrumental) Strings only *
Disc Two: Starkers In Tokyo
01. Sailing Ships 02. Too Many Tears 03. The Deeper The Love 04. Love Ain't No Stranger 05. Can't Go On 06. Give Me All Your Love 07. Don't Fade Away 08. Is This Love 09. Here I Go Again 10. Soldier Of Fortune
Bonus Tracks:
11. Only My Soul (Acapella) * 12. Fool For Your Loving (Excerpt) *
Disc Three: Snakeskin Boots: Starkers In Europe Starkers In Warsaw (Poland, April 18, 1997):
01. Intro 02. Sailing Ships 03. Too Many Tears 04. Here I Go Again
Starkers In Stockholm (Sweden, December 2, 2006):
05. Intro 06. Give Me All Your Love 07. Ain't Gonna Cry No More 08. Only My Soul (Acapella) 09. All I Want Is You 10. Dog 11. Here I Go Again
Starkers In Cologne (Germany, November 24, 2006):
12. Intro 13. Give Me All Your Love 14. Ain't Gonna Cry No More 15. All I Want Is You 16. Slow & Easy 17. Dog
Starkers In Paris (France, November 30, 2006):
18. Give Me All Your Love 19. Ain't Gonna Cry No More 20. Northwinds (Acapella) 21. All I Want Is You 22. Dog 23. Blindman (Acapella) 24. Here I Go Again
Disc Four: More Starkers Promo Tour Rehearsals (2005):
01. If You Want Me * 02. Give Me All Your Love * 03. Slow & Easy * 04. All I Want Is You * 05. Judgement Day * 06. Ain't Gonna Cry No More * 07. Dog *
Starkers In New York (New York City, April 10, 2008):
08. Give Me All Of Your Love 09. Can You Hear The Wind Blow 10. All I Want All I Need 11. Lay Down Your Love 12. Fool For Your Loving 13. The Deeper The Love 14. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City 15. Here I Go Again
WSTV Jams Excerpts (2012):
16. Easier Said Than Done 17. Fare Thee Well 18. Love Will Set You Free 19. Mistreated 20. Slide It In 21. 'Till The End Of Time 22. Shake My Tree
Made In Japan Soundcheck Versions (2011)
23. Good To Be Bad 24. Tell Me How
Disc Five: Up Close & Personal
01. Wherever You May Go (Demo Version) * 02. Surrender * 03. Ain't No Doubt About My Girl * 04. Scat Man Blues * 05. Love's A Crazy Game * 06. I Will Love You * 07. Oh Baby You're The One * 08. So Long (Acapella) * 09. So Long * 10. It Would Be Nice * 11. Slide Thingy Blues * 12. Down To The River * 13. Feel Your Love Grow Stronger * 14. Blues Jam Riff * 15. Fun Lick Blues * 16. Don't Wanna Change The World * 17. It's So Hard * 18. River Song (Early Version) * 19. Let's Have A Drink Before I Go * 20. Can You Ever Forgive Me * 21. So Much To Live For * 22. Another Lick While The Missus Is Busy In The Kitchen * 23. Just The Two Of Us (Together You And I) * 24. Oh S___ Blues (featuring Jessica) * 25. Seasons *
DVD Starkers In Tokyo (1997):
01. Sailing Ships 02. Too Many Tears 03. The Deeper The Love 04. Can't Go On 05. Is This Love 06. Give Me All Your Love 07. Here I Go Again 08. Soldier Of Fortune 09. Love Ain't No Stranger 10. Don't Fade Away 11. Only My Soul (Acapella) 12: Fool For Your Loving (excerpt)
Starkers In New York (2008):
01. Give Me All Of Your Love 02. Can You Hear The Wind Blow 03. All I Want All I Need 04. Lay Down Your Love 05. Fool For Your Loving 06. The Deeper The Love 07. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City 08. Here I Go Again
Starkers In Warsaw (Poland, April 18, 1997):
09. Intro 10. Sailing Ships 11. Too Many Tears 12. Here I Go Again
Starkers In Stockholm (Sweden, December 2, 2006):
13. Intro 14. Give Me All Your Love 15. Ain't Gonna Cry No More 16. Only My Soul (Acapella) 17. All I Want Is You 18. Dog 19. Here I Go Again
Starkers In Cologne (Germany, November 24, 2006):
20. Give Me All Your Love 21. Ain't Gonna Cry No More 22. All I Want Is You 23. Dog
Starkers In Sofia (Bulgaria, November 24, 2015):
24. Soldier Of Fortune
Starkers In Paris 2 (France, June 4, 2009):
25. Blindman
Starkers In Wolverhampton (England, June 16, 2011):
26. Fare Thee Well
Starkers In Glasgow (Scotland, June 15, 2011)*
27. One Of These Days
Bonus Features:
One-on-One with David Coverdale and Adrian Vandenberg discussing "Starkers"
Poor Albert's Last: Photographic Slideshow (featuring audio from "Sailing Ships")
Purplesnake's "Forevermore" Video
"Love Is Blind" Music Video
* previously unreleased
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