Whitesnake Live: In the Still of the Night (Deluxe Edition + CD)
by Hamish Hamilton
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Actor: David Coverdale, Doug Aldrich, Reb Beach, Timothy Drury, Tommy AldridgeDirector: Hamish Hamilton
Brand: Universal Studios
Editor: Guy Harding
Editor: Rod Main
Editor: Tim Woolcott
Producer: Daniel E. Catullo
Producer: Jack Gulick
Producer: Melanie Vaughton
Producer: Rick Canny
Producer: Robert McClaugherty
Producer: Simon Pizey
Producer: Tilton Gardner
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Deluxe Edition, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
DVD Release Date: 2006-02-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hip-O Records
Product features:
- With the latest shout-outs in the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Bowling For Soup's hit single "1985" ("She was gonna be an actress/She was gonna be a star/She was gonna shake her ass/On the hood of Whitesnake's car"), Whitesnake continues to prove that one of the bands that defined an era remains embedded in today's pop culture. Now the first single-disc retrospective of the band
Movie Reviews of Whitesnake Live: In the Still of the Night (Deluxe Edition + CD)
Movie Review: The ol' Snake Charmer still has it
Summary: 5 Stars
Funny how times change... after many years of struggling to break America with Whitesnake, singer David Coverdale finally succeeded in 1987 only to run into critical fire for a) making the band too American (not true, his 1987 touring band was multi-national) and b) playing too few classic tracks in the live set. Here in this DVD, Coverdale returns to the fray after a few years out of the spotlight, this time with an all-American band backing him up, (to not one dissenting voice from the fans) and perhaps more importantly, the songs played were all old favourites - the most recent track played is a decade and a half old.
Filmed at the Hammersmith Apollo, which under its old name (Odeon) holds a special place in the minds of both singer and fans, and with no expense spared in producing the concert footage, Coverdale showcased his latest incarnation of Whitesnake before a sold-out crowd. The material featured covers all eras, though not surprisingly favouring tracks from the breakthrough '1987' album.
For a man in his mid 50s, Coverdale is holding up remarkably well, as is the singing voice which is stretched to the full on old favourites such as 'Crying in the Rain' and 'Here I Go Again'. He is arguably at his best when he concentrates on the slower bluesy numbers; the perennial favourite 'Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City' showcases this aspect beautifully, as does the band's biggest UK hit 'Is This Love'. However the Whitesnake of 2006 is as potent as any previous line-up on stage, with some of the most highly-rated US hard rock musicians backing him up. Led by ace guitarist Doug Aldrich and his equally nimble-fingered axe partner Reb Beach, with the superb Marco Mendoza on bass (ex-Ted Nugent) and veteran skinpounder Tommy Aldridge (the sole survivor, Coverdale apart, of the late 80s glory days) driving the whole thing along as forcefully as ever, not to mention the deft touch of Timothy Drury on the ivories. This line-up is well served by the superbly shot concert footage on this DVD, with twelve cameras covering every move by each band member, not just focusing on the lead singer. Mention has been made of the intercut 'grainy' black & white shots in previous reviews; personally I think they got the balance between these and the brightly coloured concert footage about right. I do agree that overuse of this effect can be annoying but in my opinion director Hamish Hamilton has not overdone it.
A large part of any Whitesnake show is audience participation; the many crowd shots emphasise this and it is evident in Coverdale's expression how important crowd enjoyment is to him. He is visibly lifted to hear hundreds of voices singing his lines before coming back in himself and delivering earth-shaking roars.
As previously stated, the set contains no new numbers, not even material from Coverdale's last CD 'Into The Light', (the Zeppelin-esque 'Judgement Day' is the most recent song, dating from 1989) but he has delved back to Whitesnake's beginnings and even into the Deep Purple repertoire for the set played here, opening with 'Burn' (intercut with a verse from 'Stormbringer') and including 'Take Me With You' from the band's first full album 'Trouble', he clearly intended to make this show a real crowd-pleaser. He cannot play everything of course, and only one song from the 'Slide It In' album ('Love Ain't No Stranger') makes the cut here. That is surprising, since that was the album which first brought US attention to the band, paving the way for the huge success of '1987'. The material delivered is however rapturously received by the packed crowd and so the concert must be declared a triumphant return to home soil for the English-born singer.
Also included is a short featurette featuring interview segments with all the band members and showing the preparation of the stage by the crew for that night's show, and a photo gallery featuring stills from the concert.
The sound is presented in 5.1 DTS surround as well as regular stereo for those suitably equipped. If all that is not enough, initial copies also come with a bonus CD of ten tracks taken from the concert, intended for you to play on the move if a DVD is unavailable.
In the absence of any new album this DVD will be enthusiastically received by the band's loyal fans and Coverdale has done them proud with the superbly presented concert footage on offer here. With something for the early fans as well as those who came on board from '1987', played by dynamic musicians, I have no option but recommend this DVD as an essential buy to all 'classic rock' enthusiasts.
Summary of Whitesnake Live: In the Still of the Night (Deluxe Edition + CD)
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