Starkers in Tokyo

1997 live album by Whitesnake

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Starkers in Tokyo

Live album by

Whitesnake

Released| 10 September 1997 (1997-09-10)
Recorded| 5 July 1997 (1997-07-05)
Studio| Toshiba EMI #3 Studio, Tokyo
Genre| Acoustic rock
Length| 40:14
Label|

* EMI/Toshiba
* Rhino (2018 "Unzipped" reissue)

Producer| David Coverdale
Whitesnake chronology
| Restless Heart
(1997)  | Starkers in Tokyo
(1997)  | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Whitesnake
(2000)

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Starkers in Tokyo

Video by

Whitesnake

Released| 10 September 1997 (1997-09-10)
Recorded| 5 July 1997 (1997-07-05)
Studio| Toshiba EMI #3 Studio, Tokyo
Genre| Acoustic rock
Length| 50 min.
Label| Universal International
Producer| David Coverdale
Whitesnake video albums chronology
| Trilogy
(1988)  | Starkers in Tokyo
(1997)  | Live... In the Still of the Night
(2006)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

Starkers in Tokyo is a live acoustic album and video recording by English rock band Whitesnake, released only in Japan on 10 September 1997. It is performed in the style of the Unplugged series and simply features David Coverdale on vocals and Adrian Vandenberg on acoustic guitar.

The performance was recorded at the EMI studios in Japan for a small audience of fans in support of then most recent album Restless Heart. This recording was also released on VHS and Laserdisc in Japan only. The album was recorded on 5 July 1997 at night, and then mixed the following day at Toshiba EMI studios. This CD was released outside Japan almost a year later in June 1998.

The album includes an acoustic version of Whitesnake's biggest hit "Here I Go Again" among others.[2]

The live album subsequently appeared on the second disc of Whitesnake's 2018 acoustic collection, Unzipped,[3] while the video recording is remixed in "5.1 and stereo" and released on collection's DVD.[3][4]

## Track listing

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1. "Sailing Ships" (David Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg) – 4:37
2. "Too Many Tears" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:13
3. "The Deeper the Love" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:09
4. "Love Ain't No Stranger" (Coverdale, Mel Galley) – 3:15
5. "Can't Go On" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 3:50
6. "Give Me All Your Love" (Coverdale, John Sykes) – 3:21
7. "Don't Fade Away" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:26
8. "Is This Love" (Coverdale, Sykes) – 3:09
9. "Here I Go Again" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:46
10. "Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore) – 4:22

## Track listing DVD version

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1. "Sailing Ships" (David Coverdale, Adrian Vandenberg) – 4:37
2. "Too Many Tears" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:13
3. "The Deeper the Love" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:09
4. "Can't Go On" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 3:50
5. "Is This Love" (Coverdale, Sykes) – 3:09
6. "Give Me All Your Love]]" (Coverdale, John Sykes) – 3:21
7. "Here I Go Again]]" (Coverdale, Bernie Marsden) – 4:46
8. "Soldier of Fortune" (Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore) – 4:22
9. "Love Ain't No Stranger" (Coverdale, Mel Galley) – 3:15
10. "Don't Fade Away" (Coverdale, Vandenberg) – 4:26

## Songs left off the album

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* "Burning Heart" (Vandenberg)
* "Fool for Your Loving" (Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden)
* "Only My Soul" (Coverdale)

The songs "Only My Soul" and "Fool for Your Loving" appears on the 2018 acoustic compilation album, Unzipped, leaving out "Burning Heart" as the only track to be left off from the whole album.[3]

## Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

Whitesnake

* David Coverdale \- vocals
* Adrian Vandenberg \- acoustic guitar

Technical

* Masuzo "Masu" Iida — recording, mixing
* Kazuaki "Kazu" Fujita — engineering
* Katsumi "Katsu" Kawakita — assisted engineering, recording, mixing

Design

* David Coverdale — cover concept
* Adrian Vandenberg — cover concept
* Shinsuke Suda — art direction & design
* Yuri Tamura — art direction & design
* Hiro Ito — photography
* Koichiro Hiki — photography
* Hiro Ito — cover photo
* Toshinao Nakamura — lighting

Management

* David Coverdale — producer
* Takahiro Sugiyama — production coordination
* Myles Keller — production coordination
* Michael McIntyre — production coordination
* Bjorn "Berserk" Thorsud — post-production assisting
* Takashi "Matsu" Matsumura — studio coordination
* Masako Kawahara — interpreting
* Yumi Kubota — hair, makeup

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## Charts

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Chart (1997)  | Peak
position

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Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] | 16

## References

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1. ^ Prato, Greg. "Whitesnake - Starkers in Tokyo review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
2. ^ "Allmusic (Whitesnake charts and awards) Billboard singles". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
3. ^ a b c Smith, Rob (2 August 2018). "Whitesnake Prep Five-CD 'Unzipped' Acoustic Rarities Collection". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
4. ^ "Whitesnake Unveil Rare and Unreleased Acoustic Collection, 'Unzipped: Super Deluxe Edition'". Guitar World. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
5. ^ Starkers In Tokyo (booklet). Whitesnake. EMI. 1997. 7243 4 99508 2 5.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
6. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

## External links

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* Official website

* v
* t
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Whitesnake

* David Coverdale
* Tommy Aldridge
* Reb Beach
* Tanya O'Callaghan
* Joel Hoekstra
* Michele Luppi
* Dino Jelusick

* Micky Moody
* Bernie Marsden
* Mel Galley
* John Sykes
* Vivian Campbell
* Adrian Vandenberg
* Steve Vai
* Warren DeMartini
* Doug Aldrich
* Neil Murray
* Colin Hodgkinson
* Rudy Sarzo
* Guy Pratt
* Tony Franklin
* Steve Farris
* Marco Mendoza
* Derek Hilland
* Uriah Duffy
* Michael Devin
* Peter Solley
* Jon Lord
* Paul Mirkovich
* Brett Tuggle
* Timothy Drury
* Dave Dowle
* Ian Paice
* Cozy Powell
* Aynsley Dunbar
* Denny Carmassi
* Chris Frazier
* Brian Tichy

Studio albums|

* Trouble
* Lovehunter
* Ready an' Willing
* Come an' Get It
* Saints & Sinners
* Slide It In
* Whitesnake
* Slip of the Tongue
* Restless Heart
* Good to Be Bad
* Forevermore
* The Purple Album
* Flesh & Blood

Live albums|

* Live... in the Heart of the City
* Starkers in Tokyo
* Live... In the Still of the Night
* Live... in the Shadow of the Blues
* Live at Donington 1990
* Made in Japan

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits
* The Best of Whitesnake: The Millennium Collection
* The Silver Anniversary Collection
* Best of Whitesnake
* The Early Years
* The Definitive Collection
* The Rock Album
* Love Songs
* The Blues Album
* Greatest Hits: Revisited, Remixed, Remastered
* Into the Light: The Solo Albums

Boxsets|

* 30th Anniversary Collection

Extended plays|

* Snakebite
* Long Way from Home

Singles|

* "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"
* "Day Tripper"
* "Long Way from Home"
* "Fool for Your Loving"
* "Ready an' Willing"
* "Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (Live)"
* "Don't Break My Heart Again"
* "Here I Go Again"
* "Guilty of Love"
* "Give Me More Time"
* "Love Ain't No Stranger"
* "Slow an' Easy”
* “Slide It In”
* "Still of the Night"
* "Here I Go Again '87"
* "Is This Love"
* "Give Me All Your Love"
* "Crying in the Rain '87"
* "Fool For Your Loving '89"
* "The Deeper the Love"
* "Now You're Gone"
* "Is This Love (reissue)"
* "All I Want Is You"
* "Lay Down Your Love"
* "All for Love"
* "Summer Rain"
* "Can You Hear the Wind Blow"
* "Stormbringer"
* "Burn"
* "Soldier of Fortune"

Videos albums|

* Starkers in Tokyo
* Live... in the Still of the Night
* Live at Donington 1990
* Made in Japan
* Greatest Hits: The Videos

David Coverdale solo albums|

* White Snake
* Northwinds
* Into the Light

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