''Recover'' is a

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released by the American

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band Great White in 2002. All of the tracks are covers of songs that the band gained the most influence from. The album was recorded live in studio in November 1989 as a two-track demo. The collection of covers of this album include songs already appeared in other Great White albums, such as the medley "Bitches and Other Women" on '' ...Twice Shy'', " Down at the Doctors" on '' Hooked'' and "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" on '' Let It Rock''. The covers of "Ready for Love" and "Fire and Water" are notable, as both were made famous by bands with

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as the lead singer. The former song was originally recorded by

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, whose guitarist Mick Ralphs was later in

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and whose lead singer Ian Hunter originally performed "

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", a major hit for Great White in 1989. The Dr. Feelgood song "Down at the Doctors" is misspelled in the credits as "Down to the Doctor". ''Recover'' was issued with an altered order of the songs by the label Axe Killer in France in 2002, under the name ''The Final Cuts'' and in 2003 by Mausoleum Records with two bonus tracks, under the name ''Revisiting Familiar Waters''. In 2004, the Italian label Horizon-Italy re-issued the album with the title ''Burning House of Love'', without the band's permission. The compilation's title was considered to be in very bad taste, given that it was released just a year after

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at a 2003 Great White concert. The band has since condemned the label for illegally making this album, and has urged all fans not to buy it. The Italian label, on the other end, promptly changed the title to ''Love Removal Machine'', without changing cover or content of the CD. Deadline Records issued a double-CD deluxe edition of ''Recover'' in 2007, with a bonus CD containing tracks taken from other Great White albums and from

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where Jack Russell had sung.

Track listings

Personnel

Band members

* Jack Russell – lead and backing vocals *Mark Kendall – lead guitar, backing vocals *

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– rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, engineer *Tony Montana – bass *Audie Desbrow – drums

Production

*Melissa Sewell – assistant engineer

References

{{Authority control Great White albums 2002 albums 2003 albums 2004 albums Covers albums Cleopatra Records albums