A few months ago I became aware of Whitesnake having a history that started way before the mid 80s and I was intrigued. I liked a lot of their tunes during the mid 80s and several years ago I bought a hits cd of theirs and was really impressed with the musicianship of the band for the songs I didn't already know and love. Then, in hearing Coverdale also did some work as the lead singer for Deep Purple for a while I became even more fascinated at how that would work in the Whitesnake setting as I'd argue Deep Purple and Whitesnake are two different animals musically.

I picked this up and got it yesterday:


Basically a collection of their early works and I gotta say, I can hear the Deep Purple influence but the music is less of their mid-80s sound I was familiar with and more of a Deep Purple meets Led Zeppelin kind of vibe. Definitely digging it so far.