Live...in the Heart of the City

Live...in the Heart of the City
Live album by Whitesnake
Released	1 November 1980
Recorded	Nov 23, 1978 Jun 23, 1980
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock
Length	78:14 42:27
Label	Mirage/Atlantic (USA/Canada) Polydor (Japan) United Artists (Rest Of World)
Producer	Martin Birch
Whitesnake chronology
Ready an' Willing (1980) Live...in the Heart of the City (1980) Come an' Get It (1981)
Singles from Live...in the Heart of the City
"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" Released: 1980

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Live...in the Heart Of The City is a 1980 live album by 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 146 on The Billboard 200 and number 5 on the UK Albums Chart.

Sides 1 & 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 & 4 are from a 1978 recording, previously issued in Japan only, as Live at Hammersmith.

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

1. "Come On" (David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 3:38 (from Snakebite)
2. "Sweet Talker" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:16 (from Ready an' Willing)
3. "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 5:00 (from Lovehunter)
4. "Love Hunter" (Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden) – 10:41 (from Lovehunter)
5. "Fool for Your Loving" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 4:58 (from Ready an' Willing)
6. "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" (Coverdale, Moody) – 6:21 (from Ready an' Willing)
7. "Ready an' Willing" (Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 4:46 (from Ready an' Willing)
8. "Take Me with You" (Coverdale, Moody) – 6:28 (from Trouble)

Live at Hammersmith (23 November 1978):

1. "Come On" (David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) - vinyl only 3:22 (from Snakebite)
2. "Might Just Take Your Life" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 5:35 (Deep Purple cover, from Burn)
3. "Lie Down" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:41 (from Trouble)
4. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 6:03 (from Snakebite, Bobby Bland cover)
5. "Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:51 (from Trouble)
6. "Mistreated" (Coverdale, Blackmore) – 10:49 (Deep Purple cover, from Burn)

Track Listing of the Remastered and Reissued Edition, 2007

Disc 1: Live in the Heart of the City (23/24 June 1980):

1. "Come On" (David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 3:38 (from Snakebite)
2. "Sweet Talker" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:16 (from Ready an' Willing)
3. "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 5:00 (from Lovehunter)
4. "Love Hunter" (Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden) – 10:41 (from Lovehunter)
5. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 7:21 (from Snakebite, Bobby Bland cover) [BONUS]
6. "Fool for Your Loving" (Coverdale, Moody, Marsden) – 4:58 (from Ready an' Willing)
7. "Ain't Gonna Cry No More" (Coverdale, Moody) – 6:21 (from Ready an' Willing)
8. "Ready an' Willing" (Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 4:46 (from Ready an' Willing)
9. "Take Me with You" (Coverdale, Moody) – 6:28 (from Trouble)

Disc 2: Live at Hammersmith (23 November 1978):

1. "Come On" (David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) - 3:22 (from Snakebite)
2. "Might Just Take Your Life" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 5:35 (Deep Purple cover, from Burn)
3. "Lie Down" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:41 (from Trouble)
4. "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Michael Price, Dan Walsh) – 6:03 (from Snakebite, Bobby Bland cover)
5. "Trouble" (Coverdale, Marsden) – 4:51 (from Trouble)
6. "Mistreated" (Coverdale, Blackmore) – 10:49 (Deep Purple cover, from Burn)

Personnel

• David Coverdale – vocals
• Micky Moody – guitar
• Bernie Marsden – guitar
• Jon Lord - keyboards
• Neil Murray – bass guitar
• Ian Paice – drums on disc 1 recordings from 1980
• Dave Dowle – drums on disc 2 recordings from 1978 (not credited)

Charts

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Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1981	Pop Albums	146