Whitesnake – Slide It In: Remastered 35th Anniversary (180g Red Vinyl 2LP)

Whitesnake scored its first platinum-selling album in 1984 with Slide It In, a release that has sold more than six million copies worldwide thanks to hard-rocking songs like “Love Ain’t No Stranger,” “Slow An’ Easy” and the title track. The classic album turned 35 in 2019 and Rhino/Parlophone celebrated the occasion with a fresh remix of the album presented here on colored 180g vinyl 2LP!

After releasing Saints & Sinners in 1982, Whitesnake reconvened the following year in Germany to begin recording songs for what would become the band’s sixth studio album, Slide It In. At the time, band members included David Coverdale, guitarists Micky Moody and Mel Galley, bassist Colin Hodgkinson and keyboardist Jon Lord. The album was initially released in 1984 in the U.K., where it climbed into the Top 10. Soon after, the band’s line-up changed. Lord left to rejoin Deep Purple and Moody and Hodgkinson were replaced by guitarist John Sykes, and Neil Murray, who was Whitesnake’s original bassist.

“Slide It In was always meant to be a structured, more electric modern take on the classic blues-based hard rock that Whitesnake were famous for, but our new Hook City Hooligan, Mixer Extraordinaire Christopher Collier, has hand-tooled this classic record for the 21st century,” says Coverdale. “Hearing all the performances so fresh and so clear after 35 years was amazing. Mel, Cozy and Jon’s playing on the record is as vital now as it was all those years ago. All the featured players shine. Not only did Christopher get the best out of the recording, but, he gives the album a fresh coat of sonic paint bringing it right up to date. I’m personally thrilled with it.”

LP1

1. Slide It In (2019 Remix)
2. Slow an’ Easy (2019 Remix)
3. Love Ain’t No Stranger (2019 Remix)
4. Give Me More Time (2019 Remix)
5. Guilty of Love (2019 Remix)
6. All or Nothing (2019 Remix)

LP2

1. Spit It Out (2019 Remix)
2. Standing in the Shadow (2019 Remix)
3. Hungry for Love (2019 Remix)
4. Gambler (2019 Remix)
5. Need Your Love so Bad (2019 Remix)