WHITESNAKE

LOVEHUNTER

The provocatively titled Lovehunter was the second full-length album from Whitesnake, the bluesy hard rockers formed in 1978 by David Coverdale following the dissolution of Deep Purple. The singer had laid the group’s foundation with guitarists Bernie Marsden and Mick Moody, bassist Neil Murray and drummer David ‘Duck’ Dowle before his former Purple partner Jon Lord joined them on keyboards during the recording of their debut album, Trouble, the previous year.

Although Trouble had been a promising enough introductory statement, a more consistent set of songs aligned to escalating levels of internal chemistry and propelled Lovehunter on to a whole different plane.

Working at Clearwell Castle, the 18th-century estate in the Forest Of Dean where Purple had prepped for both and , the band re-hired Purple’s producer of choice, Martin Birch, who had also overseen , to man the console of the Rolling Stones Mobile. Later nicknamed ‘Headmaster’ by Iron Maiden, Birch was a serious guy