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Northwinds
Sign in to saveNorthwinds is the second solo album by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, released by Purple and EMI on 10 March 1978. In Japan, it was released through Purple's Japanese distributor, Polydor. It was produced by former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover as his second and last appearance producing Coverdale's solo albums prior to that year. Guitarist Micky Moody had contributed to the majority of the album around that time before Coverdale formed Whitesnake in that same year, officially carrying Moody as a band member until 1983.
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At least 2 bands are known as Northwinds. 1) A Heavy/Power Metal band from Belmar, NJ, USA Members: Terrance Brown - Bass John Radcliffe - Drums Dave Stein - Guitars, Keyboards Steve 'The Rattler' Statland - Vocals One album released in 1990: Sleep With Evil 2) A Doom Metal band from Paris, France. Members: Thomas Batside - guitars Thomas Boivin - bass Vincent Niclas - vocals, guitars, bass Sylvain Auvé - vocals, drums Emmanuel Peyraud - keyboards <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Northwinds"
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11 sectionsContents
- Background
- Reception
- Release and promotion
- Track listing
- Side one
- Side two
- Bonus tracks on the 2000 CD reissue
- Personnel
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Northwinds is the second solo album by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, released by Purple and EMI on 10 March 1978. In Japan, it was released through Purple's Japanese distributor, Polydor. It was produced by former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover as his second and last appearance producing Coverdale's solo albums prior to that year. Guitarist Micky Moody had contributed to the majority of the album around that time before Coverdale formed Whitesnake in that same year, officially carrying Moody as a band member until 1983.
The album received a reissue as a part of a compilation album White Snake/Northwinds on 5 April 1988, following a standalone release on 7 November 2000 by Eagle Rock Entertainment and Spitfire, and was released again as part of a double compilation album now titled as The Early Days in 2003. Northwinds received a reissue in 2024 following its appearance in Into the Light: The Solo Albums boxset, containing all of Coverdale's solo works via Rhino Entertainment under the Whitesnake name.