Artist: WHITESNAKE
Album: SLIDE IT IN - 2026 VINYL REPRINT (LP)

Release date: 18.09.2026
EAN/UPS: 0888072775763
Media type: LP

Founded in 1978 by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee David Coverdale, Whitesnake was the next chapter in a career that had already brought him international acclaim as the frontman of Deep Purple. After appearing on the influential Deep Purple albums Burn, Stormbringer, and Come Taste the Band, Coverdale formed Whitesnake to pursue his own songwriting vision. While the band’s earliest work was rooted in blues, soul, and classic British rock, later Whitesnake albums paired those influences with bigger hooks, a heavier guitar-driven sound, and arena-rock scale, propelling the band to worldwide success.

That evolution comes into sharp focus with 1984’s Slide It In, the album that pushed Whitesnake’s blues-rock foundation toward a leaner, more radio-ready hard rock sound. Powered by “Love Ain’t No Stranger,” “Slow an’ Easy,” and the swaggering title track, the album retained the grit and swing of the band’s earlier work while pointing clearly toward the bigger hooks and heightened production that would soon define the band’s international breakthrough. It became Whitesnake’s first U.S. Top 40 release and later achieved double-Platinum certification in the U.S.

The LPs were cut from the original analog tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound!

Side A:

1.    Slide It In
2.    Slow an’ Easy
3.    Love Ain’t No Stranger
4.    All or Nothing
5.    Gambler

Side B:

1.    Guilty of Love
2.    Hungry for Love
3.    Give Me More Time
4.    Spit It Out
5.    Standing in the Shadow