Live... in the Heart of the City

Live...in the Heart of the City
Live...in the Heart of the City
	Cover art by Jeff Cummins
Live album by Whitesnake
Released	3 November 1980
Recorded	23 November 1978, 23 and 24 June 1980
Venue	Hammersmith Odeon, London
Genre	Hard rock; blues rock;
Length	80:22
Label	Liberty/EMI (UK and Germany); Mirage/Atlantic (North America); Polydor (Japan); United Artists (Rest of the world)
Producer	Martin Birch
Whitesnake chronology
Live at Hammersmith cover
	1978 live LP.
Singles from Live...in the Heart of the City
	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"; Released: 13 November 1980 ;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10^[3]
MusicHound Rock	^[4]

Live...in the Heart of the City is a 1980 live album by English rock band 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 5 on the UK Albums Chart,^[5] and number 146 on the Billboard 200.^[6]

Sides 1 and 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. Sides 3 and 4 are from a 1978 recording, previously released only in Japan as Live at Hammersmith.^{[citation needed]}

The first UK CD version (EMI CZD 94) was a 2-CD set, issued in 1988, in what is now known as a 'fat-boy' double-CD case. Sides 1 and 2 of the 2-LP set were CD1; sides 3 and 4 were CD2.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Live...in the Heart of the City has since been remastered and was released in March 2007 as a 2-CD 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 in the Heart of the City" as a bonus track.^{[citation needed]}

The 1978 performance of Might Just Take Your Life, originally recorded by singer David Coverdale and keyboardist Jon Lord as members of Deep Purple in 1974, featured guitarist Bernie Marsden singing the middle eight part as originally sung by Glenn Hughes on the Deep Purple recording.

The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing[]

Live in the Heart of the City (23/24 June 1980)[]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
1.	"Come On"	David Coverdale, Bernie Marsden	Snakebite (1978)	3:38
2.	"Sweet Talker"	Coverdale, Marsden	Ready an' Willing (1980)	4:16
3.	"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues"	Coverdale, Marsden	Lovehunter (1979)	5:00
4.	"Love Hunter"	Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden	Lovehunter	10:41

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
5.	"Fool for Your Loving"	Coverdale, Moody, Marsden	Ready an' Willing	4:58
6.	"Ain't Gonna Cry No More"	Coverdale, Moody	Ready an' Willing	6:21
7.	"Ready an' Willing"	Coverdale, Moody, Neil Murray, Jon Lord, Ian Paice	Ready an' Willing	4:46
8.	"Take Me with You"	Coverdale, Moody	Trouble (1978)	6:28

Live at Hammersmith (23 November 1978)[]

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
1.	"Come On"	Coverdale, Marsden	Snakebite	3:32
2.	"Might Just Take Your Life" (Deep Purple cover)	Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore, Lord, Paice	Burn (1974)	4:55
3.	"Lie Down"	Coverdale, Moody	Trouble	3:33
4.	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (Bobby Bland cover)	Michael Price, Dan Walsh	Snakebite	6:38

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
5.	"Trouble"	Coverdale, Marsden	Trouble	4:56
6.	"Mistreated" (Deep Purple cover)	Coverdale, Blackmore	Burn	10:40

Single CD version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come On"	3:38
2.	"Sweet Talker"	4:16
3.	"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues"	5:00
4.	"Love Hunter"	10:41
5.	"Fool for Your Loving"	4:58
6.	"Ain't Gonna Cry No More"	6:21
7.	"Ready an' Willing"	4:46
8.	"Might Just Take Your Life"	5:35
9.	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"	6:03
10.	"Mistreated"	10:49
Total length:		62:07

Remastered Edition 2007 – Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come On"	3:38
2.	"Sweet Talker"	4:16
3.	"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues"	5:00
4.	"Love Hunter"	10:41
5.	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"	7:21
6.	"Fool for Your Loving"	4:58
7.	"Ain't Gonna Cry No More"	6:21
8.	"Ready an' Willing"	4:46
9.	"Take Me with You"	6:28
Total length:		53:29

Remastered Edition 2007 – Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Come On"	3:22
2.	"Might Just Take Your Life"	5:35
3.	"Lie Down"	4:41
4.	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"	6:03
5.	"Trouble"	4:51
6.	"Mistreated"	10:49
Total length:		35:21

Personnel[]

Whitesnake[]

David Coverdale – vocals
Micky Moody – guitar, backing vocals
Bernie Marsden – guitar, backing vocals, additional lead vocal on Might Just Take Your Life
Neil Murray – bass guitar
Ian Paice – drums on disc 1 recordings from 1980
Dave Dowle – drums on disc 2 recordings from 1978 (not credited in the original printing)
Jon Lord – keyboards

Production[]

Martin Birch – producer, engineer

Charts[]

Album[]

Year	Chart	Position
1980	UK Albums Chart^[5]	5
	German Albums Chart^[7]	56
	Billboard 200 (USA)^[6]	146

Singles[]

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1980	"Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"	UK Singles Chart^[5]	51

Certifications[]

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
UK	BPI	1987	Platinum (+ 300,000)^[8]

References[]

^ Hung, Steffen. "Whitesnake - Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City [Live]". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake – Live in the Heart of the City review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
^ Graff, Gary, ed. (1996), MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide, Visible Ink Press, p. 728, ISBN 9780787610371
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Whitesnake – Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Live ... In The Heart Of The City Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Album – Whitesnake, Live ... In The Heart Of The City". Charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
^ "Search for Artist Whitenake". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[1] Hung, Steffen. "Whitesnake - Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City [Live]". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[2] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Whitesnake – Live in the Heart of the City review". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 August 2012.

[martin-3] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 411. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.

[4] Graff, Gary, ed. (1996), MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide, Visible Ink Press, p. 728, ISBN 9780787610371

[GB-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Whitesnake – Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

[US-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Live ... In The Heart Of The City Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[7] "Album – Whitesnake, Live ... In The Heart Of The City". Charts.de. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[8] "Search for Artist Whitenake". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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