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Ready An' Willing (Remastered / Expanded)
by: Whitesnake

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094635969221
Format: Original recording remastered, Extra tracks
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: May 08, 2006
Studio: EMI
Sales Rank: 37441

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Whitesnake's finest
This classic album was recorded seven years before Whitesnake broke through in America, having changed their sound from hard, bluesy rock n' roll to big-haired pop metal, so the version of "Fool For Your Loving" that kicks off "Ready An' Willing" is the original gritty rocker, not the slick, keyboard-laden and slightly evil one from the 1989 MTV video.

Back in 1980 original Whitesnake guitarists Bernie Marsden and Mick Moody played big, bluesy guitar riffs and short, sparse solos, Coverdale didn't yet bleach his hair, and the music was raw and powerful, more Deep Purple than pop metal and poodle-rock.
Indeed, "Ready an' Willing" goes from highlight to highlight:
"Fool For Your Loving", the hard-rocking "Sweet Talker", ... Read More:

Rating:

- Essential Snake
Many people only became familiar with Whitesnake with the big hair, pouting lips and guitarists with long Dutch surnames.

With Ready And Willing you can hear how confident David Coverdale had become. The rhythm section was hugely improved with the addition of former Deep Purple bandmate drummer Iain Paice. Purple keyboardist Jon Lord was already in the line up.

There are some of Whitesnake's finest songs on this album:- Fool For Your Loving, Read And Willing, Carry Your Load and the brilliant Blindman.

Perhaps not quite up there with the follow up album; Come And Get It, but I still have to give this 5 stars.

Rating:

- Great music - poor remaster
Don't get me wrong - this album is a great place to start listening to Whitesnake - just DON'T buy the 2007 remasters if you value the top range of your hearing! I have compared the tracks back to back with the 25th Anniversary versions (2003/2004) and the new remasters sound AWFUL! Far too bright in the mix and downright painful. I am not alone here - reviews on the DP website back me up.

Really looking forward to these CD's but feel really let down by poor remastering

Rating:

- Their Bluesiest Best
This was the very 1st 'snake album I heard, and it's still my favourite. I remember hearing the lead off track "Fool For Your Loving" when it hit the charts in 1980, and my big sister telling me- "wait till you hear this singer- he just makes it sound so easy". These words have incredibly stuck with me for many years as that's exactly what David Coverdale does on this record. I think this album contains his best ever vocals in terms of depth, feeling and emotion, and to be frank, DC could wipe the floor with any other rock singers around in 1980. The band were augmented by the addition of Ian Paice on drums and for the 1st time on record, sound like the finished article. Those who only know WS as the big-haired AOR outfit they became in the late ... Read More:

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