Whitesnake...2 albums..same songs

Ok, Whitesnake recorded Crying in The Rain and Here I Go Again on 2 different albums. First on Saints and Sinners and then on 1987...Which versions do you like the best...for me its Saints And Sinners...



 

I had never heard the original Here I Go Again, thanks for sharing. It is much better. The drum sound almost sounds like Billy Squier's drummer.

I much prefer the Saints & Sinners versions. I'm glad that they did the 1987 record, they deserved mega success and to get that they had to follow certain trends, it's still a good record.

Ehh, the original versions are decent enough (first time for me to hear them too) but I am far too used to the 87 versions and prefer them.

I like the 87 Version of Crying In The Rain and the original version of Here I Go Again.  That being said, I can't stand "Here I Go Again" and if I never hear it again in my life it will be too soon. Way too much radio airplay killed it for me.  Crying In The Rain is a ripper though.

This version of Here I Go Again is particularly horrible:

Witchfinder wrote:

I like the 87 Version of Crying In The Rain and the original version of Here I Go Again.  That being said, I can't stand "Here I Go Again" and if I never hear it again in my life it will be too soon. Way too much radio airplay killed it for me.  Crying In The Rain is a ripper though.

This version of Here I Go Again is particularly horrible:

+1

Witchfinder wrote:

I like the 87 Version of Crying In The Rain and the original version of Here I Go Again.  That being said, I can't stand "Here I Go Again" and if I never hear it again in my life it will be too soon. Way too much radio airplay killed it for me.  Crying In The Rain is a ripper though.

This version of Here I Go Again is particularly horrible:

Always hated that version.

There's also an old version of "Fool For Your Lovin'" that they re-did on Slip Of The Tongue

Do I have to choose?  

Coverdale really had a strong voice in the day.

So Ian Paice played drums on the original versions But Cozy Powell played drums in the video for "Here I Go Again"

Aynsley Dunbar played drums on the  Whitesnake 87' versions, But Tommy Aldridge played in the video for  "Standing In The Rain"

That is one hell of a list of drummer  imho.

Not a studio version but this is awesome, The Mel Galley era.

Witchfinder wrote:

I like the 87 Version of Crying In The Rain and the original version of Here I Go Again.  That being said, I can't stand "Here I Go Again" and if I never hear it again in my life it will be too soon. Way too much radio airplay killed it for me.  Crying In The Rain is a ripper though.

This version of Here I Go Again is particularly horrible:

Agreed. I prefer the later version of "Crying in the Rain" and the early version of "Here I Go Again," though it is, for me, not quite as catchy without all that late-80s gloss. Never heard that radio mix before...and I'm glad for that. Goddamn that was annoying! Pretty sure some angry, disgruntled keyboardist remixed that one. Haha.

mikeinfla wrote:

IThe drum sound almost sounds like Billy Squier's drummer.

Interesting fact: My father was in a band with that guy before his time in Squier's band. They were called X-Wolf. I thought that name was so cool when I was a kid, it's the name I used for my first band. At 39, I see that it is actually quite lame. Haha.

Shawn Of Fire wrote:

There's also an old version of "Fool For Your Lovin'" that they re-did on Slip Of The Tongue

I didn't know that they had redone that one. I suppose it depends which version you are used to but I love the 1980 version and hate the later one.

The old songs are good, but "1987" is my favorite Whitesnake album. I think John Sykes made them a lot better.

I prefer 1987 version simply because I heard them first, when Geffen reissued the back catalog of Whitesnake did I finally hear the original versions.

manny wrote:

I prefer 1987 version simply because I heard them first, when Geffen reissued the back catalog of Whitesnake did I finally hear the original versions.

I have the same problem in reverse, the songs posted were big songs in the U.K and I was a big Whitesnake fan in the early '80s, by the time they got re-recorded I knew the songs too well and they just didn't sound right. My tastes had also got a lot heavier by 1987-89 so I wasn't impressed.

The Saints & Sinners versions

bass63 wrote:

The Saints & Sinners versions

Same here.

Boris2008 wrote:

manny wrote:

I prefer 1987 version simply because I heard them first, when Geffen reissued the back catalog of Whitesnake did I finally hear the original versions.

I have the same problem in reverse, the songs posted were big songs in the U.K and I was a big Whitesnake fan in the early '80s, by the time they got re-recorded I knew the songs too well and they just didn't sound right. My tastes had also got a lot heavier by 1987-89 so I wasn't impressed.

I can understand that, and let's be honest those re-recordings, videos, were aimed straight to the American market, and guess what it worked. I bought the album along with 7 million other people, and most fans did not even know they had been around a few years when they struck platinum over here.

I have a mixed reception.

When it comes to "Here I Go Again," I really love the backing track of the Saints & Sinners version, but I find myself missing the '87 vocal - particularly on the "Like a hobo, I was born to walk alone" bit. Seriously, nobody thought that sounded goofy as hell?

"Crying in the Rain" always wanted that big production anyway, so I'm partial to the '87 version though the original is good, the '87 takes it to the next level. All the pomp suited that one very well.

The 87 versions.

I'm not a huge Whitesnake fan, and I think the 87 record is the only one I've owned. And of course have heard "Here I Go Again" on the radio a toooon (still love it though). But I remember hearing on the radio about 10 years ago, the other version of "Here I Go Again". I thought it sounded so weird to here, and still at the time did not know where it came from. I heard it pop up again on the radio a couple times after that, too.

I prefer the original "Here I Go Again" and the 1987 version of "Crying the Rain" as the newer version just smokes!

Runicen wrote:

I have a mixed reception.

When it comes to "Here I Go Again," I really love the backing track of the Saints & Sinners version, but I find myself missing the '87 vocal - particularly on the "Like a hobo, I was born to walk alone" bit.  Seriously, nobody thought that sounded goofy as hell?

"Crying in the Rain" always wanted that big production anyway, so I'm partial to the '87 version though the original is good, the '87 takes it to the next level.  All the pomp suited that one very well.  

This sums my views up quite well.