For whatever reason, I’ve been intrigued about bands who didn’t get big early in their careers. Bands that were allowed to grow through their creative processes, lineup changes and business dealings before striking it big. Lots of bands were afforded this growth period - REO Speedwagon, Rush, ACDC, KISS, Journey, Kansas etc...
But something’s always been true about these bands, something was special about them that were allowed to continue to work, so there’s got to be something very cool about the albums that were made during this time in their careers. So that’s where were going this week...
I recently read a comment about the band Whitesnakes albums that predated their success and how good they are. I'm guilty of being a "Popular" Whitesnake fan. I love the album "Slide It In" the most, and they're latest 2 albums, "Good To Be Bad" and "Forevermore" are really quite good as well. So I poked around for a while, listened to some sound bytes, and so I took a shot and ordered a couple of their albums, "Saints an' Sinners", and "Come and Get It". I figured since they were on sale and remastered I didn’t have much to lose. WOW! These guys were better than their hey-day! So I order two more, "Trouble" and "Ready an' Willing". So good are these albums that they re-recorded a few of their tracks later on and they became hits. Here I Go Again, Crying in the Rain, and Fool For Your Loving were all tracks originally recorded before the band hit it big.
So here we are... Take listen let me know what you think about this topic and Whitesnakes albums leading up to their greatest success.
PS: Jon, I know I didn’t represent "Lovehunter" but they were out of stock when I ordered from Amazon, so tell us what we’re missing!!
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This sounds great. I'll listen to it after lunch. But you've now got me thinking. We've covered the Scorpions, Cheap Trick and now Whitesnake's early material. Who else is there? I love going back and discovering stuff I missed. Who else?
Sorry didn't answer your question.. We haven't looked very closely at...
And then theres a bunch of bands that have 2-3 albums out before they got big that would be fun to look at..
etc...
The band that first crossed my mind was AC/DC. But I like your suggestions and I'd love to hear some of that early Seger stuff.
I wish I could help you on Seger, but until we get some solid remasters I wont be purchasing some of the older albums ... I do have one band in mind for next weeks post that I purposely haven't mentioned yet...
Same here on the Seger, I'm waiting as well. I'm still watching that BOC box set, it's now around 75 bucks for 16 albums.
Can't be Styx, we've talked about them a bit. Besides, you only like the Gowan era.
Not Styx, I did the Wooden Nickel stuff some time back
The Time Is Right For Love - Love this bass line. Very nice. And I really dig the vocals on the chorus. It's not the strongest song lyrically that I've ever heard, but not terrible.
Black And Blue - Coverdale's vocals are in typically good shape, but I'm not crazy about the style of this song. Sort of a honky-tonk feel. "We can do some lines 'cause it's alright". I wonder what that refers to? I like the first song much better.
Don't Break My Heart Again - This is much better. This sounds like Whitesnake and could have easily been one of the songs re-recorded after breaking big. Again, I like the vocals and the keyboards are just enough to fill the song out without overtaking it. Love the guitar solo.
Victim Of Love - This song has a great groove to it. I like the verses a lot, but I'm not as impressed with the chorus. Again, it's not terrible. I could really hear this being a big hair band song in the late 80's, especially with that big chorus.
Ranking for me:
4. Black And Blue
3. Victim Of Love
2. The Time Is Right For Love
1. Don't Break My Heart Again
Now I'm gonna listen to Lovehunter.
Its real interesting to listen to these albums because they are very bluesy and there's hints of that Mark III and Mark IV Deep Purple funk that Blackmore complained about. And then there's those pure Whitesnake moments where you hear what was to come. I liked Black and Blue better than 4th though, if I were to rank these tunes it would go something like this....
4. Victim of Love
3. Don't Break My Heart Again
2. Black and Blue
1. The Time is Right For Love
But if you were to ask which album to purchase I would tell you "Ready an Willing" by a long shot! That ones really very very good top to bottom.
Thanks for the reply (and thanks for filling in for me last week!)
I enjoyed it (filling in), but I much prefer you in the driver's seat.
I have to get to this, Rjhog's guest spot and his AOTW, but for some reason Flash is no longer working for me at work. So I'm bummed.
I have Saints and Sinners, was going to post that as part of the 80's thing, but no big deal. Keep on forgetting about it anyway. I've heard bits and pieces from the other albums, but nothing really grabbed me. But, I get Flash working again, I shall give it a listen.
Pre-Schenker UFO would be interesting.....
I can't seem to find time to listen to this, as you know, I can't listen at work anymore.
But I'll give a few comments:
I saw Whitesnake on the "Saint & Sinners-tour" in Jan. '83, Ozzy with Jake E.Lee was support. It was the "good ol' Whitesnake with Moody, Marsden, Jon Lord & Ian Paice on drums. That was THE Whitesnake-lineup, and I'm glad I got to see them. I especially remember Lord's Keyboard-solo, as he played the danish National-hymn. Otherwise, what I remember from that concert was that Ozzy was completely bald, AND it was the first time, I was offered a joint. I didn't smoke it, though, I was only seventeen. I waited a few years for that pleassure
I love "Saint & sinners" and "Slide It In", but I never really got that much in to the albums, that were released earlier. I've got a friend, that was a fan, so I have heard the albums, but I wasn't that impresed, as far as I remember.
It might just be one of those bands, where I eventually will "go back in time" and listen to, what I might have missed the first time around, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
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