Live...in the Heart of the City

Live...in the Heart of the City

Cover art by Jeff Cummins
Live album by Whitesnake
Released 3 November 1980
Recorded 23 November 1978, 23 and 24 June 1980 at the Hammersmith Odeon, London
Genre Hard rock, blues rock
Length 80:22
Label Liberty/EMI (UK and Germany)
Mirage/Atlantic (North America)
Polydor (Japan)
United Artists (Rest of the world)
Producer Martin Birch
Whitesnake chronology
Ready an' Willing
(1980)
Live...in the Heart of the City
(1980)
Come an' Get It
(1981)
Live at Hammersmith cover
1978 live EP.
Singles from Live...in the Heart of the City
  1. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"
    Released: 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Martin Popoff[2]

Live...in the Heart of the City is a 1980 live album by British rock band Whitesnake. Originally released as a double-vinyl album, and double-play cassette, it utilises recordings made in 1978 and 1980. The album charted at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart,[3] and number 146 on the Billboard 200.[4]

Sides 1 and 2 of the vinyl are from recordings made with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio at the Hammersmith Odeon, during the band's 1980 World Tour, whilst sides 3 and 4 are from a 1978 recording, previously issued and released in Japan only as Live at Hammersmith.

The first UK CD version (EMI CZD 94) was a 2-CD set, issued in 1988, in what is now known as a 'fat-boy' double-CD case. Sides 1 and 2 of the 2-LP set were CD1; sides 3 and 4 were CD2.

The later 1994 release was a single CD version, the 1978 recording of "Come On" being dropped to match the restrictive running-time of the single CD.

Live...in the Heart of the City has since been remastered and was released in March 2007 as a 2-CD set (in a slimline double-CD case), once again featuring all the tracks of the original album, together with a 1980 recording of "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" as a bonus track.

The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins.

Track listing

Live in the Heart of the City (23/24 June 1980)

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s)From the album Length
1. "Come On"  David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden Snakebite (1978) 3:38
2. "Sweet Talker"  Coverdale, MarsdenReady an' Willing (1980) 4:16
3. "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues"  Coverdale, MarsdenLovehunter (1979) 5:00
4. "Love Hunter"  Coverdale, Micky Moody, MarsdenLovehunter 10:41
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s)From the album Length
5. "Fool for Your Loving"  Coverdale, Moody, MarsdenReady an' Willing 4:58
6. "Ain't Gonna Cry No More"  Coverdale, MoodyReady an' Willing 6:21
7. "Ready an' Willing"  Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian PaiceReady an' Willing 4:46
8. "Take Me with You"  Coverdale, MoodyTrouble (1978) 6:28

Live at Hammersmith (23 November 1978)

Side three
No. TitleWriter(s)From the album Length
1. "Come On"  Coverdale, MarsdenSnakebite 3:32
2. "Might Just Take Your Life" (Deep Purple cover)Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore, Lord, PaiceBurn (1974) 4:55
3. "Lie Down"  Coverdale, MoodyTrouble 3:33
4. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Bobby Bland cover)Michael Price, Dan WalshSnakebite 6:38
Side four
No. TitleWriter(s)From the album Length
5. "Trouble"  Coverdale, MarsdenTrouble 4:56
6. " Mistreated" (Deep Purple cover)Coverdale, BlackmoreBurn 10:40

Personnel

Whitesnake

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1980 UK Albums Chart[3] 5
German Albums Chart[5] 56
Billboard 200 (USA)[4] 146

Singles

Year Title Chart Position
1980 "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" UK Singles Chart[3] 51

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
UK BPI 1987 Platinum (+ 300,000)[6]

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake - Live in the Heart of the City review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  3. 1 2 3 "Whitesnake - Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Live ... In The Heart Of The City Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  5. "Album - Whitesnake, Live ... In The Heart Of The City". Charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  6. "Search for Artist Whitenake". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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