The Early Years (David Coverdale album)


The Early Years is a double CD compilation album released in 2003 by David Coverdale of Deep Purple and Whitesnake, not to be confused with the Whitesnake compilation album The Early Years released in 2004.
It contains his first two solo releases, White Snake, and Northwinds, released in 1977 and 1978, respectively. Both albums retain the bonus tracks found on the Spitfire reissues from 2000.

Track listing

All songs written by David Coverdale and Micky Moody, except where indicated.

Disc one

White Snake

  1. "Lady" - 3:48
  2. "Blindman" - 6:01
  3. "Goldies Place" - 5:03
  4. "Whitesnake" - 4:22
  5. "Time on My Side" - 4:26
  6. "Peace Lovin' Man" - 4:53
  7. "Sunny Days" - 3:31
  8. "Hole in the Sky" - 3:23
  9. "Celebration" - 4:11
  10. "Peace Lovin' Man" – 5:04
  11. "Sunny Days" – 3:21

    Disc two

Northwinds

  1. "Keep on Giving Me Love" - 5:16
  2. "Northwinds" - 6:13
  3. "Give Me Kindness" - 4:34
  4. "Time and Again" - 4:02
  5. "Queen of Hearts" - 5:16
  6. "Only My Soul" - 4:36
  7. "Say You Love Me" - 4:21
  8. "Breakdown" - 5:15
  9. "Shame the Devil" - 3:35
  10. "Sweet Mistreater" - 3:45

    Personnel

White Snake