Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Come On (Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1980) (2007 Digital Remaster)
2. Sweet Talker (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
3. Walking In The Shadow Of The Blues (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
4. Love Hunter (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
5. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (2007 Digital Remaster) PREVOUSLY UNAVAILABLE BONUS TRACK
6. Fool For Your Loving (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
7. Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
8. Ready An' Willing (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
9. Take Me With You (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)

Disc 2:

1. Come On (Live At Hammersmith Odeon 1978) (2007 Digital Remaster)
2. Might Just Take Your Life (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
3. Lie Down (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
4. Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
5. Trouble (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)
6. Mistreated (Live) (2007 Digital Remaster)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6239 in Music
• Released on: 2007-03-12
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Live, Original recording remastered, Extra tracks

CD Description
When Whitesnake hit it big in the late '80s with its power-pop/metal one-two punch, many new fans were unaware that earlier in the band's career, David Coverdale and co. were straight ahead, bluesy hard rockers, especially on their 1982 release, SAINTS & SINNERS.
The album is best known amongst longtime Whitesnake fans as the one that features two songs that would be re-recorded and molded into melodic rockers for the band's 1987 U.S. commercial breakthrough, WHITESNAKE--"Crying in the Rain" and "Here I Go Again". Also included were such lesser-known highlights as "Young Blood", "Bloody Luxury", and "Rough An' Ready", making SAINTS & SINNERS one ofthe fiercest, most rocking albums of Whitesnake's career.

Customer Reviews

Best live album ever?
I love live albums - for me, Elvis Presley, Rush, AC/DC, Aretha Franklin, Deep Purple, Free and countless others produced their best stuff live, and the resulting live albums put some of their studio efforts in the shade.

Despite owning hundreds of live albums and bootlegs, I will always come back to this as possibly my favourite. It may have been the first I ever heard, but then why aren't I sick of it yet?

The album has a confident swagger about it that is infectious. Each musician seems at the top of his game, in particular DC, singing like a horny angel and guitarists Moody and Marsden, coaxing musical nectar from their overlapping guitar lines. Then there's the sound - it just sounds so full, balanced, almost orchestral. Makes even Purple live albums sound thin by comparison.

The music here is primarily bluesy hard rock. Tracks like Trouble, Ain't Gonna Cry No More and Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City wouldn't scare a BB King or Free fan. There's none of the metallic nonsense of later years, and you only have to compare this work of art to last year's live offering to realise how easy it is to take a good thing for granted.

This remaster adds the 1980 version of Ain't no Love..., which isn't quite up to the 1978 version (the solo is far less orgasmic for instance), but it's great to have both versions of Come On again, as well as lots of the original pictures that made up the cover artwork. What a shame this wasn't the blueprint for Whitesnake's ultimate success. It's a masterpiece.

Any ideas why all live recordings cannot sound this good??
This is one of my all time favourite live recordings. It has everything I want, atmosphere, great playing, a sense of the occasion, great production and a super setlist.

This album has been remastered to great effect. It is possible to really hear why Neil Murray was really in the driving seat with this incarnation of Whitesnake. He really keeps the rhythm locked down and clearly hammers out the direction every song is going. He leaves loads of space for the two guitar players to get their teeth into without losing the ability to outline the melody. IMHO Neil Murray is one of the most underrated British bass players ever.

This live offering completely annihilates the Live in the Shadow of the Blues album. Whilst the latter has as good a setlist it misses out badly in the sound quality and production departments.

This is the live 'Snake album to get!

Awesome Blues/Rock LIve
I love this CD. I had it when it was only available as an album and now I have the CD. It is so smooth. It is one of those musical endevours that one can take by one's self or with friends. I love turning the lights down, turning this CD on, pouring a glass of bourbon and just kicking back. David's voice is stellar. The instruments just work with his voice perfectly. The instruments do not step on the voice and the voice does not overwhelm the instruments. Everything is in harmony. This is one of those hidden gems that very few people know about. Buy it if you love blues rock. Don't buy it if you love commercial late 80's Whitesnake Hair Rock. I like that also but the blues rock sounds of this LP/CD is special and longlasting.