Whitesnake ‎– Unzipped

The Unzipped: Super Deluxe Edition 5 CD/DVD collection brings together unplugged and acoustic-based performances recorded over the past 20+years, including rare and unreleased studio and live recordings, acoustic demos, concert videos, interviews and more. The first disc from Unzipped: Super Deluxe Edition mixes rare and unreleased versions of songs like “Summer Rain” and “Forevermore” from the band’s recent studio albums – Good To Be Bad (2008) and Forevermore(2011). Also included are songs like “Love Is Blind” from Coverdale’s solo album, Into The Light (2000); and a previously unreleased song, “All The Time In The World.”

In 1997, Coverdale and guitarist Adrian Vandenberg played an unplugged concert in Tokyo that was recorded and initially released exclusively in Japan as Starkers in Tokyo. That recording has been remixedand will make its North American-debut on the second disc of Unzipped: Super Deluxe Edition. The acoustic performance touches on the different stages of Coverdale’s career, from his time in Deep Purple (“Soldier of Fortune”), to his solo albums (“Too Many Tears”), and, most famously, with Whitesnake on unplugged versions of hits like “Is This Love” and “Here I Go Again.”

“Some of my favourite love songs are on disc one of this collection… and I LOVE, love songs,” says Coverdale.“Though reluctant at first to go “unzipped” in public, the shows I did with Adrian Vandenberg in 1997, and then Doug Aldrich in 2006, were incredibly memorable. Primarily because it gave me an opportunity to be ‘at one’ with the crowd… some songs ask for a softer touch… and those are the songs we have here in this collection.”

Unzipped: Super Deluxe Edition has even more of unreleased, unplugged recordings, including more performances from Coverdale’s 1997 tour with Vandenberg, plus several later shows featuring Coverdale and guitarist Doug Aldrich. Plus, more than two dozen of Coverdale’s unreleased, acoustic demos are also included in the collection.

Tracklist

CD 1

Unzipped... In The Studio:The Love Songs

• 1. Love Is Blind
• 2. One Of These Days
• 3. All The Time In The World
• 4. Wherever You May Go
• 5. Easier Said Than Done
• 6. Fare Thee Well
• 7. Summer Rain
• 8. Forevermore
• 9. 'Till The End Of Time

Bonus tracks

• 10. Wherever You May Go (instrumental) *
• 11. Love Is Blind (instrumental) *

CD 2

Starkers In Tokyo (1997)

• 1. Sailing Ships
• 2. Too Many Tears
• 3. The Deeper The Love
• 4. Love Ain't No Stranger
• 5. Can't Go On
• 6. Give Me All Your Love
• 7. Don't Fade Away
• 8. Is This Love
• 9. Here I Go Again
• 10. Soldier Of Fortune

Bonus tracks

• 11. Only My Soul (a cappella)
• 12. Fool For Your Loving (excerpt)

CD 3

Snakeskin Boots: Starkers In Europe

Starkers In Warsaw (Poland, April 18, 1997)

• 1. Intro
• 2. Sailing Ships
• 3. Too Many Tears
• 4. Here I Go Again

Starkers In Stockholm (Sweden, December 2, 2006)

• 5. Intro
• 6. Give Me All Your Love
• 7. Ain't Gonna Cry No More
• 8. Only My Soul (a cappella)
• 9. 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 (a cappella)
• 21. All I Want Is You
• 22. Dog
• 23. Blindman (a cappella)
• 24. Here I Go Again

CD 4

More Starkers…

Promo Tour Rehearsals (2005)

• 1. If You Want Me *
• 2. Give Me All Your Love *
• 3. Slow & Easy *
• 4. All I Want Is You *
• 5. Judgement Day *
• 6. Ain't Gonna Cry No More *
• 7. Dog *

Starkers In New York (New York City, April 10, 2008)

• 8. Give Me All Your Love
• 9. 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

CD 5

Up Close & Personal (Previously Unreleased Acoustic Demo Ideas)

• 1. Wherever You May Go *
• 2. Surrender *
• 3. Ain't No doubt About My Girl *
• 4. Scat Man Blues *
• 5. Love's A Crazy Game *
• 6. I Will Love You *
• 7. Oh Baby You're The One *
• 8. So Long *
• 9. 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 *
• 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

Unzipped... The DVD Video

Starkers In Tokyo (1997)

• 1. Sailing Ships
• 2. Too Many Tears
• 3. The Deeper The Love
• 4. Can't Go On
• 5. Is This Love
• 6. Give Me All Your Love
• 7. Here I Go Again
• 8. Soldier Of Fortune On
• 9. Love Ain't No Stranger
• 10. Don't Fade Don't Fade Away
• 11. Only My Soul
• 12. Fool For Your Loving

Starkers In New York (2008)

• 13. Give Me All Your Love
• 14. Can You Hear The Wind Blow
• 15. All I Want All I Need
• 16. Lay Down Your Love
• 17. Fool For Your Loving
• 18. The Deeper The Love
• 19. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
• 20. Here I Go Again

Starkers In Warsaw (Poland, April 18, 1997)

• 21. Intro
• 22. Sailing Ships
• 23. Too Many Tears
• 24. Here I Go Again

Starkers In Stockholm (Sweden, December 2, 2006)

• 25. Intro
• 26. Give Me All Your Love
• 27. Ain’t Gonna Cry No More
• 28. Only My Soul (Acapella)
• 29. All I Want Is You
• 30 .Dog
• 31. Here I Go Again

Starkers In Cologne (Germany, November 24, 2006)

• 32. Give Me All Your Love
• 33. Ain’t Gonna Cry No More
• 34. All I Want Is You
• 35. Dog

Starkers In Sofia (Bulgaria, November 24, 2015)

• 36. Soldier Of Fortune

Starkers In Paris 2 (France, June 4, 2009)

• 37. Blindman

Starkers In Wolverhampton (England, June 16, 2011)

• 38. Fare Thee Well

Starkers In Glasgow (Scotland, June 15, 2011)*

• 39. One Of These Days

Bonus Features

• 40. One-on-One with David Coverdale and Adrian Vandenberg discussing Starkers
• 41. Poor Albert’s Last: Photographic Slideshow (featuring audio from Sailing Ships)
• 42. Purplesnake’s Forevermore Video
• 43. Love Is Blind Music Video

* previously unreleased