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Paul Elliott

"I'd been conscious of hardly ever being able to capture the heart, soul and spirit of the band." How David Coverdale led a fans' choir to create the connoisseur's favourite Whitesnake album

Whitesnake in their dressing room, June 1980 .

There were great Whitesnake records before this one. There were great Whitesnake records after it. But for many fans, especially British fans, Whitesnake never made a better record than Live… In The Heart Of The City.

It is one of the greatest live albums of all time, a heavyweight double to rank up there alongside classics such as Thin Lizzy’s Live And Dangerous, Deep Purple’s Made In Japan, UFO’s Strangers In The Night, Scorpions’ Tokyo Tapes, Rainbow On Stage and Kiss Alive!. There is, however, something unusual about Live…In The Heart Of The City. It is actually two albums in one…

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