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SLIDE IT IN THE ULTIMATE SPECIAL EDITION features unreleased versions of every album track, including 35th Anniversary remixes made this year, as well as monitor mixes recorded in 1983. The set boasts more than a dozen unreleased live recordings from 1984 that feature an entire concert from Glasgow, Scotland, plus several songs from Jon Lords final show with Whitesnake in Sweden. The collections final disc unearths 30 tracks that cover original demos and early mixes for album tracks, as well as unfinished song ideas.The DVD from SLIDE IT IN THE ULTIMATE SPECIAL EDITION mixes music videos and live performances, all of which have been carefully restored and remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound for the first time ever. A newly recorded interview with singer David Coverdale rounds out the DVD.Slide It In was always meant to be a structured, more electric modern take on the classic bluesbased hard rock that Whitesnake were famous for, but our new Hook City Hooligan, Mixer Extraordinaire Christopher Collier, has handtooled this classic record for the 21st century, says Coverdale. Hearing all the performances so fresh and so clear after 35 years was amazing. Mel, Cozy and Jons playing on the record is as vital now as it was all those years ago. All the featured players shine. Not only did Christopher get the best out of the recording, but he gives the album a fresh coat of sonic paint bringing it right up to date. Im personally thrilled with it.After releasing Saints amp Sinners in 1982, Whitesnake reconvened the following year in Germany to begin recording songs for what would become the bands sixth studio album, Slide It In. At the time, band members included Coverdale, guitarists Micky Moody and Mel Galley, bassist Colin Hodgkinson and keyboardist Jon Lord. The album was initially released in 1984 in the U.K., where it climbed into the Top 10.Soon after, the bands lineup changed. Jon Lord left to rejoin Deep Purple and Moody and Hodgkinson were replaced by guitarist John Sykes, and Neil Murray, who was Whitesnakes original bassist. Prior to its U.S. release in 1985, Slide It In was remixed while newly recorded parts by Sykes, Murray and keyboardist Bill Cuomo were added, resulting in two distinct versions of the album, both of which are included in this set. Whitesnake Boxset is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £71 +P&P