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Starkers in Tokyo

1997 live album by Whitesnake

Starkers in Tokyo is a live acoustic album and video recording by English rock band Whitesnake, released only in Japan on 9 September 1997. It is performed in the style of the Unplugged series and simply features David Coverdale on vocals and Adrian Vandenberg on acoustic guitar.

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The performance was recorded at the EMI studios in Japan for a small audience of fans in support of then most recent album Restless Heart. This recording was also released on VHS and Laserdisc in Japan only. This CD was released outside Japan almost a year later in June 1998.

The album includes an acoustic version of Whitesnake's biggest hit "Here I Go Again" among others.[2]

The live album subsequently appeared on the second disc of Whitesnake's 2018 acoustic collection, Unzipped,[3] while the video recording is remixed in "5.1 and stereo" and released on collection's DVD.[3][4]

Track listing

  1. "Sailing Ships" (David Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg) – 4:37
  2. "Too Many Tears" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:13
  3. "The Deeper the Love" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:09
  4. "Love Ain't No Stranger" (Coverdale, Mel Galley) – 3:15
  5. "Can't Go On" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 3:50
  6. "Give Me All Your Love" (Coverdale, John Sykes) – 3:21
  7. "Don't Fade Away" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:26
  8. "Is This Love" (Coverdale, Sykes) – 3:09
  9. "Here I Go Again" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:46
  10. "Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore) – 4:22

Track listing DVD version

  1. "Sailing Ships" (David Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg) – 4:37
  2. "Too Many Tears" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:13
  3. "The Deeper the Love" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:09
  4. "Can't Go On" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 3:50
  5. "Is This Love" (Coverdale, Sykes) – 3:09
  6. "Give Me All Your Love" (Coverdale, John Sykes) – 3:21
  7. "Here I Go Again" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:46
  8. "Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore) – 4:22
  9. "Love Ain't No Stranger" (Coverdale, Mel Galley) – 3:15
  10. "Don't Fade Away" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:26

Songs left off the album

The songs "Only My Soul" and "Fool for Your Loving" appears on the 2018 acoustic compilation album, Unzipped, leaving out "Burning Heart" as the only track to be left off from the whole album.[3]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

Whitesnake
Technical
  • Masuzo "Masu" Iida — recorder & mixer
  • Kazuaki "Kazu" Fukita — engineer
  • Katsumi "Katsu" Kawakita — assisted engineer, recorder, & mixer
Design
  • David Coverdale & Adrian Vandenberg — cover concept
  • Shinsuke Suda & Yuri Tamura — art direction & design
  • Hiro Ito & Koichiro Hiki — photography
  • Hiro Ito — cover photo
  • Toshinao Nakamura — lighting
Management
  • David Coverdale — producer
  • Takahiro Sugiyama, Myles Keller, & Michael McIntyre — production coordination
  • Bjorn "Berserk" Thhorsud — post-production assistance
  • Takashi "Matsu" Matsumura — studio coordination
Other
  • Masako Kawahara — interpreter
  • Yumi Kubota — hair & makeup

Charts

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References

  1. [1]
    Prato, Greg. "Whitesnake - Starkers in Tokyo review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Allmusic (Whitesnake charts and awards) Billboard singles". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    Smith, Rob (2 August 2018). "Whitesnake Prep Five-CD 'Unzipped' Acoustic Rarities Collection". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Whitesnake Unveil Rare and Unreleased Acoustic Collection, 'Unzipped: Super Deluxe Edition'". Guitar World. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  5. [5]
    Starkers In Tokyo (booklet). Whitesnake. EMI. 1997. 7243 4 99508 2 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. [6]
    Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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