1978 David Coverdale – Northwinds

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

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 David 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”.

Tracks

1 Keep On Giving Me Love 5:16
2 Northwinds 6:13
3 Give Me Kindness 4:34
4 Time & Again 4:02
5 Queen Of Hearts 5:16
6 Only My Soul 4:37
7 Say You Love Me 4:21
8 Breakdown 5:15

1 Keep On Giving Me Love

Bass Alan Spenner
Drums Tony Newman
Guitar Micky Moody
Guitar Graham Preskett
Piano Tim Hinkley
Synthesizer Roger Glover
Background Vocals Doreen Chanter
Background Vocals Irene Chanter
Background Vocals Liza Strike

2 Northwinds

Bass Alan Spenner
Drums Tony Newman
Guitar Micky Moody
Clavinet Roger Glover
Piano Tim Hinkley
Harmonica Lee Brilleaux

3 Give Me Kindness

Bass Alan Spenner
Drums Tony Newman
Guitar Micky Moody
Piano Tim Hinkley
Clarinet Ron Aspery
Trombone Malcombe Griffiths
Trumpet Henry Lowther
Background Vocals Doreen Chanter
Background Vocals Irene Chanter
Background Vocals Liza Strike

4 Time & Again

Piano David Coverdale
Guitar Graham Preskett

5 Queen Of Hearts

Bass Alan Spenner
Drums Tony Newman
Guitar Micky Moody
Piano Tim Hinkley
Background Vocals Doreen Chanter
Background Vocals Irene Chanter
Background Vocals Liza Strike

6 Only My Soul

Bass Alan Spenner
Drums Tony Newman
Guitar Micky Moody
Keyboards Tim Hinkley
Synthesizer Roger Glover
Violin Graham Preskett

7 Say You Love Me

Bass Delisle Harper
Drums Simon Phillips
Guitar Micky Moody
Guitar Graham Preskett
Organ Tim Hinkley
Piano Tim Hinkley
Synthesizer Roger Glover
Sax Ron Aspery
Background Vocals Doreen Chanter
Background Vocals Irene Chanter
Background Vocals Liza Strike

8 Breakdown

Bass Alan Spenner
Drums Tony Newman
Guitar Micky Moody
Organ Tim Hinkley
Violin Graham Preskett