''White Snake'' is the first solo album by

David Coverdale David Coverdale (born 22 September 1951) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after wh ...

, released in May 1977. Coverdale would use the album title as the name of his future band, first known as "David Coverdale's Whitesnake" and soon afterwards shortened to

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Background and writing

As his first solo effort, Coverdale later admitted: "It's very difficult to think back and talk sensible about the first album. ''White Snake'' had been a very inward looking, reflective and low-key affair in many ways, written and recorded as it was in the aftermath of the collapse of

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Track listing

All songs written by David Coverdale, except where indicated.

Side one

"Lady" (Coverdale,

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) – 3:48 #

"Blindman" – 6:01 #

"Goldies Place" – 5:03 #

"Whitesnake" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:22

Side two

"Time on My Side" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:26 #

"Peace Lovin' Man" – 4:53 #

"Sunny Days" – 3:31 #

"Hole in the Sky" – 3:23 #

"Celebration" (Coverdale, Moody) – 4:11

Bonus tracks on the 2000 CD reissue

"Peace Lovin' Man" (Take 1) – 5:04 #

"Sunny Days" (Take 1) – 3:21

Personnel

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

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– organ, percussion, vocals * Ron Aspery –

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baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...

alto The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: ''altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In 4-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by ...

, and

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

flute The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...

*DeLisle Harper – bass, percussion, vocals *

Roger Glover Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Ro ...

– bass,

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usual ...

, ARP 2600 synthesizer, percussion, vocals,

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* Simon Phillips –

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*Liza Strike, Helen Chappelle, Barry St. John – backing vocals David Coverdale – ''Whitesnake'' @Discogs.com
Retrieved 12-29-2012.

Miscellaneous

*''Blindman'' was later re-recorded by

in 1980, for their album ''

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''.

Charts

References

* Liner notes from the Spitfire remastered edition of ''White Snake''.

External links

*
The Deep Purple Podcast - Episode #34 - David Coverdale - White Snake
{{DEFAULTSORT:White Snake (Album) 1977 debut albums David Coverdale albums Albums produced by Roger Glover Purple Records albums Blues rock albums by British artists