Starkers in Tokyo


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

Track listing

  1. "Sailing Ships" – 4:37
  2. "Too Many Tears" – 4:13
  3. "The Deeper the Love" – 4:09
  4. "Love Ain't No Stranger" – 3:15
  5. "Can't Go On" – 3:50
  6. "Give Me All Your Love" – 3:21
  7. "Don't Fade Away" – 4:26
  8. "Is This Love" – 3:09
  9. "Here I Go Again" – 4:46
  10. "Soldier of Fortune" – 4:22

Track listing DVD version

  1. "Sailing Ships" – 4:37
  2. "Too Many Tears" – 4:13
  3. "The Deeper the Love" – 4:09
  4. "Can't Go On" – 3:50
  5. "Is This Love" – 3:09
  6. "Give Me All Your Love" – 3:21
  7. "Here I Go Again" – 4:46
  8. "Soldier of Fortune" – 4:22
  9. "Love Ain't No Stranger" – 3:15
  10. "Don't Fade Away" – 4:26

Songs left off the album

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.

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.