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Whitesnake’s 1984 album Slide It In celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.  The album was the last to feature Jon Lord on keyboards and boasted such hits as “Slow an’ Easy” and “Love Ain’t No Stranger,” both of which cracked the Top 40 on the Billboard charts.  On March 8, the album will be celebrated in a variety of configurations from Parlophone/Rhino.

The star of the campaign is a 6-CD/1-DVD “Ultimate Special Edition,” which features remastered editions of both the U.S. and U.K. mixes of the album, a new 2019 remix, a wealth of live material (including Jon Lord’s final concert with the band), a disc of rough mixes and demos, and a DVD with a new interview with David Coverdale, music videos, and concert footage.  A slimmed-down 2-CD deluxe edition boasts the U.S. and U.K. mix, plus the bonus tracks from the second disc of the Ultimate Special Edition.  A 1-CD version will feature the new 2019 remix, while a 2-LP configuration (arriving on March 22) brings together the U.K. and U.S. mixes, each on one slab of vinyl.

All the CD configurations of Slide It In are due out on March 8, with the vinyl edition to follow on March 22.  Check out the full track listing and pre-order from the links below!

Slide It In: The Ultimate Special Edition (Parlophone/Rhino, 2019)

6-CD/1-DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1-CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

2-LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Disc 1: U.S. Mix (released as Geffen GHS 4018, 1984)

1. Gambler
2. Slide It In
3. Slow An’ Easy
4. Love Ain’t No Stranger
5. Give Me More Time
6. Standing In The Shadow
7. Hungry For Love
8. All Or Nothing
9. Spit It Out
10. Guilty Of Love

Disc 2: U.K. Mix (released as Liberty LBG 2400001, 1984) and bonus tracks

1. Gambler
2. Slide It In
3. Slow An’ Easy
4. Love Ain’t No Stranger
5. Give Me More Time
6. Standing In The Shadow
7. Hungry For Love
8. All Or Nothing
9. Spit It Out
10. Guilty Of Love
11. Need Your Love So Bad (B-side to “Give Me More Time” – Liberty BP 422, 1984)
12. Gambler (7″ Eddie Kramer Mix) (single A-side – Liberty BP 420, 1983)
13. Guilty Of Love (7″ Eddie Kramer Mix) (single B-side – Liberty BP 420, 1983)

Disc 3: 35th Anniversary Remixes (2019) (previously unreleased)

1. Slide It In
2. Slow An’ Easy
3. Love Ain’t No Stranger
4. Give Me More Time
5. Guilty Of Love
6. All Or Nothing
7. Spit It Out
8. Standing In The Shadow
9. Hungry For Love
10. Gambler
11. Need Your Love So Bad

Disc 4: Monitor Mixes & Intros (December 1983) (1-16) and Jon Lord’s last Whitesnake show (17-20) (all tracks previously unreleased)

1. Intro to Gambler from David Coverdale
2. Gambler
3. Standing in the Shadow
4. Intro to Slide It In from David Coverdale
5. Slide It In
6. Give Me More Time
7. Intro to Love Ain’t No Stranger from David Coverdale
8. Love Ain’t No Stranger
9. Hungry For Love
10. Intro to Guilty Of Love from David Coverdale
11. Guilty Of Love
12. Spit It Out
13. Intro to Slow An’ Easy from David Coverdale
14. Slow An’ Easy
15. All Or Nothing
16. David Coverdale discusses the U.S. vs U.K. versions ofSlide It In
17. Gambler (Live In Sweden – 4/16/1984)
18. Guilty Of Love (Live In Sweden – 4/16/1984)
19. Love Ain’t No Stranger (Live In Sweden – 4/16/1984)
20. Reading An’ Willing (Sweet Satisfaction) (Live In Sweden – 4/16/1984)

Disc 5: Live In Glasgow, Scotland – 3/1/1984 (previously unreleased)

1. Gambler
2. Guilty Of Love
3. Reading An’ Willing (Sweet Satisfaction)
4. Love Ain’t No Stranger
5. Here I Go Again
6. Slow An’ Easy
7. Cryin’ In The Rain
8. Keyboard Solo
9. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
10. Fool For Your Loving
11. Need Your Love So Bad/Thank You Blues
12. Slide It In
13. Don’t Break My Heart Again

Disc 6: Early Ruff Mixes, Original Demos and Obscurities (previously unreleased)

1. All Or Nothing (Ruff Mix)
2. Hungry For Love (Ruff Mix)
3. Spit It Out (Ruff Mix)
4. Give Me More Time (Ruff Mix)
5. Slow An’ Easy (Ruff Mix)
6. Love Ain’t No Stranger (Ruff Mix)
7. Need Your Love So Bad (Instrumental Ruff Mix)
8. All Or Nothing (acapella excerpts remix)
9. Slow An’ Easy (organ and drum excerpts remix)
10. Wheezy Interludes – various alcoholic studio antics, David and Mel “fighting a cold”
11. Slow An’ Easy (Demo)
12. Slide It In (Demo)
13. Standing In The Shadow (Demo)
14. All Or Nothing (Demo)
15. Spit It Out (Demo)
16. Guilty Of Love (Demo)
17. Love Ain’t No Stranger (Demo)
18. Intro to Need Your Love So Bad from David Coverdale
19. Need Your Love So Bad (Demo)
20. Body Heat (Unfinished Symphonies)
21. The Gypsy In You (Unfinished Symphonies)
22. Lounge Lizards (Unfinished Symphonies)
23. Great Riff In The Morning (Unfinished Symphonies)
24. The River Song (Unfinished Symphonies)
25. Can’t Make a Deal With The Devil (Unfinished Symphonies)
26. Prayer For The Dying (Unfinished Symphonies)
27. Spend The Night With Me (Unfinished Symphonies)
28. So Much To Live For (Unfinished Symphonies)
29. Riff Raff Blues (Unfinished Symphonies)
30. Thanks You Blues (Unfinished Symphonies)

DVD

• Guilty Of Love (Music Video)
• Slow An’ Easy (Music Video)
• Love Ain’t No Stranger (Music Video)
• Give Me More Time (Top Of The Pops)
• Standing In The Shadow (New Promo Video)
• Love Ain’t No Stranger (Live…In The Still Of The Night)
• Slide It In (Live at Donington 1990)
• Gambler (Live In Sweden – 4/16/1984)
• Guilty of Love (Live In Sweden – 4/16/1984)
• Love Ain’t No Stranger (Live In Sweden – 4/16/1984)
• Reading An’ Willing (Sweet Satisfaction) (Live In Sweden – 4/16/1984)
• Whitesnake Chronicles: David Coverdale discusses the 35th anniversary of Slide It In