David Coverdale, the powerful voice behind Whitesnake and former Deep Purple frontman, sees his solo work shine brightly in a new collection featuring remixed, remastered, and revisited versions of his solo albums WhiteSnake (1977), NorthWinds (1978), and Into the Light (2000).
Into The Light: The Solo Albums will be available from Rhino.com on October 25 as a 6-CD boxed set. It comes packaged in a hardcover box featuring a 60-page book with rare photos, detailed liner notes, and a new interview with Coverdale. The newly remixed version of Into the Light will also be available separately as a double vinyl album presented in a gatefold sleeve. Pre-order both HERE. Additionally, the newly remixed version of “Midnight Blue” is available digitally today. Listen HERE.
The upcoming boxed set features two versions of Coverdale’s solo albums: one newly remixed to deliver a more dynamic sonic experience and a second remastered from the original recordings for those who want to revisit the classic sound. The remixed versions feature significant updates (particularly to WhiteSnake and NorthWinds) and utilize cutting-edge audio separation software. The track “Time & Again” from NorthWinds benefited from innovative voice extraction technology, allowing for new string and piano arrangements that Coverdale has envisioned for decades.
Coverdale shares, “The remixes are modern, using new technology to squeeze the best out of them… Truly exciting to revisit and take care of any technical ‘issues’ I had with the tracks all those years ago.”
Into the Light, Coverdale’s third solo album, boasts an impressive musical lineup that includes guitarists Earl Slick (David Bowie) and Doug Bossi, bassist Marco Mendoza (who later joined Whitesnake), legendary drummer Denny Carmassi (Montrose, Whitesnake), and keyboardist Mike Finningan (Jimi Hendrix). The remixed version of the album expands the original with songs like “Let’s Talk It Over” and “All The Time In The World.” The collection also offers additional remixes, demos, and outtakes from the album, including “With All Of My Heart.” Coverdale wrote the song for his wife and considers it one of the best he’s ever written.
The set also revisits NorthWinds, and WhiteSnake Coverdale’s first two solo albums recorded immediately after leaving Deep Purple. Both albums have been reimagined and re-sequenced for the upcoming collection. NorthWinds includes some new arrangements and additional tracks like “Sweet Mistreater” and “Shame The Devil, Tell The Truth,” breathing new life into this classic. WhiteSnake features impossible remixes thanks to AI sound separation softwares, courtesy of technology that has only been available in the last couple of years.
The collection also unearths several unreleased demos from Coverdale’s archives, including songs destined for future Whitesnake albums. “Lay Your Love On Me” would later appear as “Lay Down Your Love” on 2008’s Good To Be Bad, while “Crazy ’Bout Cha” evolved into “Whipping Boy Blues” on 2011’s Forevermore. The set even goes back to 1968 with demos Coverdale recorded as a teenager, including an early version of “Sunny Days,” a track that would appear on his solo debut, WhiteSnake.
While Coverdale originally released these albums as a solo artist, he now considers them Whitesnake albums. “As I’m recognized as ‘Mr. Whitesnake,’ I thought, Why not? They’re all Whitesnake albums to me…we’ve remixed them to stand proudly alongside any Whitesnake album.”
Track List for Into The Light: The Solo Albums:
Disc One: Into The Light (2024 Remix):
01. She Give Me
02. River Song
03. Don’t You Cry
04. Love Is Blind
05. Slave
06. Cry For Love
07. Living On Love
08. Midnight Blue
09. Too Many Tears
10. Don’t Lie To Me
11. All The Time In The World
12. Wherever You May Go
13. Yours For The Asking
14. Let’s Talk It Over
Disc Two: Into The Light (Additional Remixes)
01. Love Is Blind (Band Version)
02. As Long As I Have You
03. With All Of My Heart
04. Wherever You May Go (Strings Version)
05. Love Is Blind (Strings Version)
Demos & Unfinished Symphonies:
06. Lust
07. Oh No! Not The Blues Again
08. Into the Light Intro
09. Into The Light
10. You Make It Hard On Me
11. Would You Be Happy
12. Fooling Yourself
13. Make The Best Of It
14. Veda of Cassandra Blues
15. I Can See The Light
16. Another Fallen Angel
17. Itchy Finger
Original Demos 1997:
18. Crazy’ Bout Cha (Original Version of “Whipping Boy Blues”)
19. If You Want Me
20. Lay Your Love On Me (Original Version of “Lay Down Your Love”)
Disc Three: NorthWinds (2024 Remix):
01. Keep On Giving Me Love
02. Sweet Mistreater
03. NorthWinds
04. Give Me Kindness
05. Queen Of Hearts
06. Only My Soul
07. Time & Again (String Version)
08. Say You Love Me
09. Shame The Devil, Tell The Truth
10. Breakdown
11. Time & Again (Piano Version)
12. Time & Again (Strings Only)
Disc Four: WhiteSnake MCMLXXVII (2024 Remix):
01. Lady
02. Blindman
03. Goldies Place
04. Time On My Side
05. Peace Lovin’ Man
06. Sunny Days
07. Hole In The Sky
08. WhiteSnake
09. Celebration
Young Lad’s Blues (1968 Home Demos):
10. Sunny Days (Original)
11. Love Me In The Morning
12. I Will Love You
13. Moment In Time
14. It Would Be Nice
15. There Was A Time
16. Why?
17. I Still Love You
Disc Five: Into The Light (Original Mix 2024 Remaster):
01. She Give Me
02. River Song
03. Don’t You Cry
04. Love Is Blind
05. Slave
06. Cry For Love
07. Living On Love
08. Midnight Blue
09. Too Many Tears
10. Don’t Lie To Me
11. Wherever You May Go
Disc Six: WhiteSnake (Original Mix 2024 Remaster):
01. Lady
02. Blindman
03. Goldies Place
04. Time On My Side
05. Peace Lovin’ Man
06. Sunny Days
07. Hole In The Sky
08. Celebration
09. WhiteSnake
NorthWinds (Original Mix 2024 Remaster):
10. Keep On Giving Me Love
11. NorthWinds
12. Give Me Kindness
13. Time & Again
14. Queen of Hearts
15. Only My Soul
16. Say You Love Me
17. Breakdown
