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Released
  
1 March 1978

Length
  
38:53

Artist
  
David Coverdale

Producer
  
Roger Glover

Recorded
  
March–April 1977

Northwinds (1978)
  
Into the Light (2000)

Release date
  
1 March 1978

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Studio
  
AIR Studios, London, UK

Label
  
Victor Talking Machine Company

Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock, Blues, Blues rock

Similar
  
David Coverdale albums, Hard rock albums

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Northwinds is the title of the second solo album by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, released in early 1978.

Contents

David coverdale northwinds 1978


Background

Originally entitled North Winds, the album leans more towards blues-based rock. Coverdale also touched on the genre in his previous album.

The original release of Northwinds contained eight tracks, with two more songs added on recent reissues. Four tracks (Keep on Giving Me Love, Queen of Hearts, Only My Soul, Breakdown) from this album would later be combined with the tracks from the EP Snakebite from his band Whitesnake, to form the album Snakebite.

A number of other titles, written by Coverdale, were published at the time, which have yet to be released. The titles include "It Would Be Nice", "Love’s A Crazy Game", and "Till The Sun Doesn’t Shine Anymore".

Track listing

All songs were written by David Coverdale, except where indicated.

Side one

  1. "Keep On Giving Me Love" (Coverdale, Micky Moody) - 5:16
  2. "Northwinds" - 6:13
  3. "Give Me Kindness" - 4:34
  4. "Time & Again" - 4:02

Side two

  1. "Queen of Hearts" (Coverdale, Moody) - 5:16
  2. "Only My Soul" - 4:36
  3. "Say You Love Me" - 4:21
  4. "Breakdown" (Coverdale, Moody) - 5:15

Bonus tracks on the 2000 CD reissue

  1. "Shame the Devil" - 3:35
  2. "Sweet Mistreater" - 3:45

Personnel

Musicians
  • David Coverdale - lead vocals, piano ("Northwinds"), electric piano ("Give Me Kindness" and "Time and Again")
  • Micky Moody - guitars, backing vocals
  • Tim Hinkley - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Alan Spenner - bass
  • Tony Newman - drums, percussion
  • Roger Glover - synthesizer, clavinet, cowbell, production
  • Graham Preskett - violin
  • Lee Brilleaux - harmonica on "Keep On Giving Me Love"
  • Ronnie James Dio, Wendy Dio - backing vocals on "Give Me Kindness"
  • Jon Walls - Recording Engineer - AIR Studios
  • Songs

    1Keep on Giving Me Love5:16
    2Northwinds6:13
    3Give Me Kindness4:35

    References

    Northwinds Wikipedia