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Lead up to the Recording:

• July of 1969 to 1972, Rod did very little musically.
• During this time he seems to have attended medical school in America.
• Some sources such as Discogs say this single was released in October of 1970.
• Jerry Bloom says it was released in October of 1971 (via Rod Evans Facebook Page in 2014).

Note from Maria, Rod’s ex-girlfriend:

Album Art & Booklet Review

• Original official release.
• Bootleg versions. “The Booby Bootlegs”

Album Tracks:

Side one:

1. Hard To Be Without You (George Fischoff & Tony Powers)
   1. Rod Evans – 1970 – Hard To Be Without You
   2. George Fischoff
      1. A Julliard graduate. Youngest composer on Broadway in 1970.
      2. Tons of credits on Discogs including “98.6” by Barry St. John (and versions by others). “We Were Made For Each Other” by The Monkees.
      3. Wrote the song “Lazy Day” by Spanky and Our Gang.
   3. Tony Powers
      1. https://tonypowersmusic.com/home.html
      2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Powers
      3. Co-wrote the song “98.6 with George Fischoff.  Wrote the song “Odyssey” which was covered by KISS.

Side two:

1. You Can’t Love a Child Like a Woman (Barry Gordon)
   1. Rod Evans – 1970 – You Can’t Love A Child Like A Woman
   2. Barry Gordon
      1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1079471-Barry-Gordon
      2. At the age of 6 he recorded “Nuttin’ for Christmas”

Producer – Bobby Paris

• Blue-Eyed soul singer from The Golden Keys
• Produced some singles for Capitol Records through until the early 80s.

Bootleg Release:

According to DPAC.at bootleg was released in November of 1970.

For Further Information:

• https://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/jouni/re.html
• https://peoplepill.com/people/rod-evans/
• https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/sad_and_mysterious_story_of_deep_purples_original_singer_rod_evans-89196
• http://www.dpac.at/dps_rod_evans_hard_to_be_without_you_green_vinyl.html
• Chasing Shadows: The Search for Rod Evans by Adrian Jarvis

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Lead up to the Album:

• The newly formed Whitesnake was supposed to play their first gig at The Sky Bird Club in Nottingham on February 23, 1978.  Neil Murray confirms in Martin Popoff’s book “Sail Away” that this never happened.
• 5-6 April 1978 London rehearsals
• Recorded April 7th – 13th 1978 Central Recorders to record Snakebite EP
• Bernie Marsden explains that “the record company wouldn’t commit to an album.”
• They apparently had a friend — Robbie Dennis — at EMI who was a bit fan of the band but his boss wouldn’t let him sign them.  Bernie Marsden credits Dennis in having a huge part of the Whitesnake story.
• Released June 2, 1978 in the UK.

Personnel

• Bass – Neil Murray
  • Bass player for Babe Ruth and Colosseum II
• Drums – Dave Dowle
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Dowle
  • Played in Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express
  • Played in Streetwalkers replacing Nicko McBrain
• Guitar – Bernie Marsden
• Guitar – Micky Moody
• Keyboards – Pete Solley*
  • http://www.petersolleyproductions.com/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Solley
  • Played with Paladin, Snafu, Fox, Pat Travers, Procol Harum, Wreckless Eric
  • Was a producer for Oingo Boingo, Motorhead, Peter Frampton
  • Went on to have a successful career writing commercial jingles for British Airways, Coca-Cola, and BMW.
• Vocals – David Coverdale

Album Art & Booklet Review

• Marsden said the covers changed all over the world.  He claims they didn’t even see the covers until Lovehunter.

Technical:

• Producer – Martin (The Wasp) Birch*

Album Tracks:

Side one:

1. Bloody Mary
   • Written by Coverdale
2. Steal Away
   • Written by (Coverdale, Micky Moody, Marsden, Neil Murray, Peter Solley, Dave Dowle)
   • Marsden says there are Syndrums on this track.  They were new at the time.
   • Marsden says this was a precursor to what was going to happen with Whitesnake.

Side two:

1. Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
   • Written by Michael Price and Dan Walsh in 1974
   • First recorded by Bobby “Blue” Bland
   • Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
   • Martin Popoff says they used this song as an audition piece for the “revolving door of players they were trying to bring into the band.”
   • Marsden says that to this day people still think Whitesnake wrote this song.
2. Come On
   • Written by Coverdale, Marsden
   • This one would become a live staple.  This was the first song Marsden and Coverdale wrote together in a flat in London.

Reception and Review

• Marsden says there was a fifth song for this EP called “The First Time” but it was lost and has never resurfaced.
• Murray says there wasn’t much difference between the EP and the album Trouble because they went into the studio to do the full album just a few months later.
• For North America this was combined with four tracks from Northwinds and sold as an LP.
• The first 15,000 copies were pressed on white vinyl.  The second edition was pressed as black vinyl but a much smaller number.
• Murray says this was the turning point where it shifted from Coverdale solo to the band Whitesnake.
• On May 1, 1978 the band filmed a promo video for Snakebite at Shepperton Studios.
  • Whitesnake – Come On (Official Music Video)
  • Whitesnake – Bloody Mary (Official Music Video)
  • Whitesnake – Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City (Official Music Video)
• Bloody Mary was on TOTP on that day
• 20th June 1978 London, UK: Recording backing for Bloody Mary for Top Of The Pops. 21st June 1978 London, UK: Filming for Top Of The Pops. Aired 22nd June.
• Snakebite video:
  • 0:00 Come On
  • 3:30 – Aint’ No Love in the Heart of the City
  • 8:05 – Bloody Mary
  • 11:07 – Steal Away (fade out)

• The Snakebite video was shown in the UK as support feature to the Bilitis soft porn movie by David Hamilton and premiered on June 22. David got some offers to appear in movies afterwards
• Pictures from the premier.
• Whitesnake – Bloody Mary (Top Of The Pops 1978)

For Further Information:

• Sail Away: Whitesnake’s Fantastic Voyage by Martin Popoff
• Help from the archives of Jörg Planer

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In this bonus episode we interview Ray Fenwick. We talk about his beginnings as a session player, his time working with Joe Meek, The Spencer Davis Group, Fancy, his solo album “Keep America Beautiful, Get a Haircut,” Jon Lord’s “Windows” project, The Butterfly Ball, Wizard’s Convention, Eddie Hardin, Ian Gillan Band (“Clear Air Turbulence” in particular), his single “Queen of the Night,” what he’s working on now, and more!