Into the Light: The Solo Albums

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2024 compilation album by Whitesnake

Compilation album by Whitesnake

Released

25 October 2024 (2024-10-25)

Recorded

August 1976–2000

David Coverdale
Tom Gordon

Whitesnake chronology

The Purple Album: Special Gold Edition
(2023)

Into the Light: The Solo Albums
(2024)

David Coverdale chronology

The Early Years
(2003)

Into the Light: The Solo Albums
(2024)

Into the Light: The Solo Albums is a compilation album by English hard rock band Whitesnake, showcasing the band's founder and singer-songwriter David Coverdale's solo works. The compilation includes selections from Coverdale's three solo albums: White Snake (1977), Northwinds (1978) and Into the Light (2000). The collection features "revisited, remixed and remastered" forms of previously released and unreleased material from the installment of these solo albums. The title of the compilation derives from Coverdale's third solo release, Into the Light. The compilation is set to be released via Rhino Records on 25 October 2024.

Background

Between 1977 and 1978, vocalist David Coverdale recorded the first of his two solo albums after the Mark IV dissolution of Deep Purple. Both were released as White Snake and Northwinds and were gone out in many complication sets, more recently The Early Years in 2003. Decades later after the temporary disbandment of Coverdale's formed band Whitesnake, he resumed his solo career as well to explore many forms of music. The resulting 2000 record came out as Into the Light, listing it as his most successful solo album commercially and critically, only that it charted in five countries.

According to Coverdale, his first two solo works, including Whitesnake material have been digitally copied and possess the ability to be restored and remastered but unfortunately cannot be remixed at that time. This was a result from the 2008 Universal Studios fire, which archived the band's material belonging to Geffen Records. Purple Records, one of the sub-divisions of EMI at that time, retained the masters to Coverdale's first two solo albums, but had been gone out of print ever since.

History and production

Into the Light: The Solo Albums featured musicians that participated from singer David Coverdale's solo albums. His first album White Snake was released on 20 February 1977 throughout Europe then 6 May in the UK, featuring then-Whitesnake guitarist, Micky Moody. As a first solo effort, Coverdale remarked the record was "a very inward-looking, reflective and low-key affair in many ways, written and recorded as it was in the aftermath of the collapse of Deep Purple". The album title would be later be derived as an inspiration of his future band, which happened after the upcoming album was released. It was followed by its successor Northwinds, released on 10 March 1978. The album was viewed in blues-based and R&B influenced rock followed as an "antithesis" of Whitesnake 1987. It was also largely viewed as nothing differentiated compared to Led Zeppelin, given that Whitesnake had been compared that group on many occasions. Decades later, Into the Light was released on 25 September 2000, with its elements featured a more stripped-down and blues-influenced sound that Coverdale "felt appropriate" in his songwriting.

Both White Snake and Northwinds were originally produced by Deep Purple's then ex-bassist, at that time, Roger Glover, while Into the Light was produced by Coverdale himself alongside Doug Bossi, Bjorn Thorsrud, John X. Volaitis and Michael McIntyre being credited as associate producers.

Coverdale's first two solo albums were remixed using cutting-edge audio separation software, allowing them to be artificially separated into their individual multi-track stems using artificial intelligence. Notable examples of this approach are "Time & Again", which separated Coverdale's voice from the original Northwinds record, allowing it to be featured in piano and string arrangement mixes that had been approached by Coverdale for decades.

Release and promotion

Although the three albums were recorded entirely by Coverdale as a solo artist, he now regards them as Whitesnake albums. He stated, "As I'm recognized as 'Mr. Whitesnake', I thought, Why not? They're all Whitesnake albums to me... we've remixed them to stand proudly alongside any Whitesnake album." 1997's Restless Heart was at first originally viewed as a solo album, but was eventually grouped as a "David Coverdale & Whitesnake" album due to EMI's contract demands. This, along with Into the Light, was envisioned as "brother and sister albums", respectively due to their similar sound in comparison to Whitesnake's other recordings.

On the morning of 16 August 2024, Coverdale announced the upcoming complication on his Twitter/X page. That same day, a promotional music video for the track "Midnight Blue" from the album Into the Light was also released. Into the Light: The Solo Albums is set to be reissued via Rhino Entertainment on 25 October 2024 as a multi-disc box set, featuring remastered and remixed versions of the solo albums, as well as previously unreleased demos. The collection will also feature music videos and a 60-page booklet containing photographs and an interview with Coverdale. Additionally, the set will be released as a double vinyl album, featuring tracks exclusively from Into the Light, marking its first release on vinyl format. Separately, the 2024 remixes of White Snake and Northwinds will also be reissued in the same format, pressed on translucent vinyl, set to be released on 4 October 2024. Snippets of the remixed tracks "Lady" and "Northwinds" are featured in their respective promotional videos. On 5 September, a remixed track of "Wherever You May Go" was premiered, but an announcement was yet to be made later in the morning referring to the song.

Track listing

All tracks are written by David Coverdale, except where noted.

Disc one: *Into the Light* (2024 Remix)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"She Give Me"		4:13
2.	"River Song"		6:43
3.	"Don't You Cry"		5:33
4.	"Love Is Blind"	Coverdale, Earl Slick	5:47
5.	"Slave"	Coverdale, Slick	4:55
6.	"Cry for Love"	Coverdale, Doug Bossi, Slick	5:38
7.	"Living on Love"	Coverdale, Bossi, Slick	6:11
8.	"Midnight Blue"	Coverdale, Slick	4:49
9.	"Too Many Tears"	Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg	6:15
10.	"Don't Lie to Me"	Coverdale, Slick	4:44
11.	"All the Time in the World"		5:27
12.	"Wherever You May Go"		3:58
13.	"Yours for the Asking"		4:30
14.	"Let’s Talk It Over"		8:08
Total length:			76:51

Disc two: *Into the Light* (Additional Remixes)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Is Blind (Band Version)"	Coverdale, Slick	5:32
2.	"As Long as I Have You"	Coverdale, Slick	4:09
3.	"With All of My Heart"		5:40
4.	"Wherever You May Go (Strings Version)"	Coverdale, Earl Slick	1:14
5.	"Love Is Blind (Strings Version)"	Coverdale, Slick	3:31

Disc two: Demos & Unfinished Symphonies (featuring Tony Franklin)
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Lust"	3:40
7.	"Oh No! Not the Blues Again"	3:30
8.	"Into the Light" (intro)	1:05
9.	"Into the Light"	4:03
10.	"You Make It Hard on Me"	5:17
11.	"Would You Be Happy"	4:24
12.	"Fooling Yourself"	3:59
13.	"Make The Best Of It"	4:29
14.	"Veda of Cassandra Blues"	4:11
15.	"I Can See the Light"	4:03
16.	"Another Fallen Angel"	4:23
17.	"Itchy Finger"	4:55

Disc two: Original 1997 David Coverdale demos
No.	Title	Length
18.	"Crazy 'Bout Cha" (Original version of "Whipping Boy Blues")	4:28
19.	"If You Want Me"	4:23
20.	"Lay Your Love On Me" (Original version of "Lay Down Your Love")	4:22

Disc three: *Northwinds* (2024 Remix)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep On Giving Me Love"	Coverdale, Micky Moody	5:10
2.	"Sweet Mistreater"		3:26
3.	"Northwinds"		6:09
4.	"Give Me Kindness"		4:24
5.	"Queen of Hearts"	Coverdale, Moody	5:15
6.	"Only My Soul"		4:06
7.	"Time & Again" (String version)		4:01
8.	"Say You Love Me"		4:21
9.	"Shame the Devil, Tell the Truth"		3:38
10.	"Breakdown"	Coverdale, Moody	5:13
11.	"Time & Again" (Piano version)		4:01
12.	"Time & Again" (Strings only)		4:01

Disc four: *White Snake* MCMLXXVII (2024 Remix)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lady"	Coverdale, Moody	3:48
2.	"Blindman"		6:01
3.	"Goldies Place"		4:40
4.	"Time On My Side"	Coverdale, Moody	4:23
5.	"Peace Lovin' Man"		4:43
6.	"Sunny Days"		3:48
7.	"Hole in the Sky"		3:58
8.	"Whitesnake"	Coverdale, Moody	4:20
9.	"Celebration"	Coverdale, Moody	3:38

Disc four: Young Lad's Blues (David Coverdale's 1968 Home Demos)
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Sunny Days" (original)
11.	"Love Me In the Morning"
12.	"I Will Love You"
13.	"Moment In Time"
14.	"It Would Be Nice"
15.	"There Was a Time"
16.	"Why?"
17.	"I Still Love You"

Disc five: *Into the Light* (2024 Remaster)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"She Give Me"		4:12
2.	"River Song"		7:19
3.	"Don't You Cry"		5:47
4.	"Love Is Blind"	Coverdale, Slick	5:42
5.	"Slave"	Coverdale, Slick	4:51
6.	"Cry for Love"	Coverdale, Bossi, Slick	4:52
7.	"Living on Love"	Coverdale, Bossi, Slick	6:31
8.	"Midnight Blue"	Coverdale, Slick	4:58
9.	"Too Many Tears"	Coverdale, Vandenberg	5:59
10.	"Don't Lie to Me"	Coverdale, Slick	4:43
11.	"Wherever You May Go"		3:59

Disc six: *White Snake* (2024 Remaster)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lady"	Coverdale, Moody	3:48
2.	"Blindman"		6:01
3.	"Goldies Place"		5:03
4.	"Time On My Side"	Coverdale, Moody	4:26
5.	"Peace Lovin' Man"		4:53
6.	"Sunny Days"		3:31
7.	"Hole in the Sky"		3:23
8.	"Celebration"	Coverdale, Moody	4:11
9.	"Whitesnake"	Coverdale, Moody	4:22

Disc six: *Northwinds* (2024 Remaster)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep On Giving Me Love"	Coverdale, Moody	5:16
2.	"Northwinds"		6:13
3.	"Give Me Kindness"		4:34
4.	"Time & Again"		4:02
5.	"Queen of Hearts"	Coverdale, Moody	5:16
6.	"Only My Soul"		4:36
7.	"Say You Love Me"		4:21
8.	"Breakdown"	Coverdale, Moody	5:15

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the original album's liner notes, including White Snake, Northwinds and Into the Light. The re-issue complication credit liner notes are yet to be released.

Musicians (1977 White Snake)

David Coverdale – lead vocals, piano, percussion
Micky Moody – guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Tim Hinkley – organ, percussion, vocals
Ron Aspery – saxophone, baritone, tenor, alto, soprano, flute
DeLisle Harper – bass, percussion, vocals
Roger Glover – bass, melodica, ARP 2600 synthesizer, percussion, vocals
Simon Phillips – drums, percussion
Liza Strike – backing vocals
Helen Chappelle – backing vocals
Barry St. John – backing vocals

Musicians (1978 Northwinds)

David Coverdale – lead vocals, piano (CD3: 3); electric piano (CD3: 4, 7, and 11-12)
Micky Moody – guitars, backing vocals
Tim Hinkley – keyboards, backing vocals
Alan Spenner – bass
Tony Newman – drums, percussion
Roger Glover – synthesizer, clavinet, cowbell
Graham Preskett – violin
Lee Brilleaux – harmonica (CD3: 1)
Ronnie James Dio – backing vocals (CD3: 4)
Wendy Dio – backing vocals (CD3: 4)

Musicians (2000 Into the Light)

David Coverdale – lead vocals; guitar (CD1: 6), string arrangements (CD1: 4), shaker (CD1: 1, 2, 4 and 6)
Doug Bossi – guitar; backing vocals (except CD1: 4 and 12)
Denny Carmassi – drums (except CD1: 12)
Earl Slick – guitar (except CD1: 12)
Reeves Gabrels – guitar (CD1: 1)
Dylan Vaughan – guitar (CD1: 3)
Danny Saber – guitar, bass (CD1: 1)
Marco Mendoza – bass (except CD1: 3 and 12), backing vocals (CD1: 2-3 and 5–10), Spanish guitar (CD1: 12)
Tony Franklin – bass (CD1: 3)
Mike Finnigan – organ (CD1: 2-5 and 7-9), piano (CD1: 6, 8)
Derek Hilland – keyboards (CD1: 7)
John X. Volaitis – keyboards (CD1: 1, 3, 9-10 and 12), vocals (CD1: 3 and 10), percussion (CD1: 1)
Linda Rowberry – vocals (CD1: 12)
James Sitterly – strings (CD1: 4)
Ruy Folguera – string arrangements (CD1: 4)
Jimmy Z – harmonica (CD1: 6)
Bjorn Thorsrud – tambourine (CD1: 3), sound effects (CD1: 12)
Jasper Coverdale – shaker (CD1: 2, 4 and 6)

References

Footnotes

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Book sources

Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.

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