The album went top ten on both sides of the Atlantic although singles-wise neither ‘Fool For Your Loving’ nor ‘The Deeper The Love’ troubled the higher reaches of the mainstream pop charts. Third 45, ‘Now You’re Gone’, actually did the best in the UK, peaking at 31.
Nevertheless, Rhino are not going to let a 30th birthday go uncelebrated and have assembled a mammoth 6CD+DVD super deluxe which features “unreleased versions of every album track” as well as monitor mixes, demos, B-sides, alt mixes and nearly two dozen previously unreleased tracks taken from the session tapes.
The super deluxe box also includes a CD of Slip of the Tongue: The Wagging Tongue Edition which was issued exclusively on vinyl in 1989. It features David Coverdale being interviewed about each track followed by the song.
The final CD in the box set features Whitesnake’s headling performance at the Monsters of Rock Festival at Castle Donington. That concert is also included on the DVD along with videos and a few extras. The promos have been restored and remixed in 5.1 surround sound for the first time.
CD01: Original 1989 Album (2019 Remaster) (01:17:38)
01. Slip Of The Tongue
02. Kittens Got Claws
03. Cheap An’ Nasty
04. Now You’re Gone
05. The Deeper The Love
06. Judgment Day
07. Sailing Ships
08. Wings Of The Storm
09. Slow Poke Music
10. Fool For Your Loving
Bonus Tracks: B-Sides And Alternate Mixes
11. Sweet Lady Luck (Single B-Side)
12. Now You’re Gone (Chris Lord-Alge Single Remix)
13. Fool For Your Loving (Vai Voltage Mix)
14. Slip Of The Tongue (Alternate Intro & Breakdown)
15. Cheap An’ Nasty (Alternate Solo & End)
16. Judgment Day (Alternate & Extended Solos)
17. Fool For Your Loving (Alternate AOR AMix With CHR Intro)
CD02: The Wagging Tongue Edition (CD Debut) (01:08:18)
01. Interviewer: Phil Eastman
02. Slip Of The Tongue
03. Spoken Word: ’Cheap An’ Nasty’ Interview
04. Cheap An’ Nasty
05. Spoken Word: ’Fool For Your Loving’ Interview
06. Fool For Your Loving
07. Spoken Word: ’Now You’re Gone’ Interview
08. Now You’re Gone
09. Spoken Word: ’Kittens Got Claws’ Interview
10. Kittens Got Claws
11. Spoken Word: ’Wings Of The Storm’ Interview
12. Wings Of The Storm
13. Spoken Word: ’The Deeper The Love’ Interview
14. The Deeper The Love
15. Spoken Word: ’Judgment Day’ Interview
16. Judgment Day
17. Spoken Word: ’Slow Poke Music’ Interview
18. Slow Poke Music
19. Spoken Word: ’Sailing Ships’ Interview
20. Sailing Ships
21. Spoken Word: Closing Interview
CD03: Evolutions: Demos/Remixes/Re-Records (01:15:11)
01. Slip Of The Tongue
02. Cheap An’ Nasty
03. Now You’re Gone
04. Judgment Day
05. Sailing Ships
06. Kittens Got Claws
07. The Deeper The Love
08. Wings Of The Storm
09. Slow Poke Music
10. Fool For Your Loving
11. Kill For The Cut
12. Parking Ticket
13. Sweet Lady Luck (Instrumental)
CD04: Monitor Mixes, April 1989 (01:11:25)
01. Kittens Got Claws
02. Cheap An’ Nasty
03. The Deeper The Love
04. Judgment Day
05. Slow Poke Music
06. Now You’re Gone
07. Slip Of The Tongue
08. Fool For Your Loving
09. Wings Of The Storm
10. Sailing Ships
11. Sweet Lady Luck
12. Parking Ticket
13. Kill For The Cut (In Desperate Search Of A Melody)
14. Burning Heart
15. Ain’t Gonna Cry No More (Instrumental)
16. We Wish You Well
CD05: A Trip To Granny’s House: Session Tapes, Wheezy Interludes & Jams (01:14:43)
01. Slow Poke Music
02. Slip of The Tongue
03. Judgment Day
04. Now You’re Gone
05. Wings Of The Storm
06. Sailing Ships
07. Liquor And Poker
08. Parking Ticket
09. Kill For The Cut
10. Ain’t Gonna Cry No More
11. We Wish You Well
12. We Wish You Well (Instrumental)
13. Wheezy & Sometimes Very Naughty Interludes (Be Warned!)
14. Now You’re Gone (Revisited)
15. Death Disco
16. Whitesnake Boogie
17. Mike Clink’s Shoes Blues
18. Snake Shuffle (Instrumental)
19. Doodles
20. Dementia Polka
21. Kill For The Cut Blues
22. Cuban Heel Blues
23. Adje’s Blues
CD06: Live At Donington 1990 (01:18:31)
01. Slip Of The Tongue
02. Slide It In
03. Judgment Day
04. Slow An’ Easy
05. Kittens Got Claws
06. Is This Love
07. Cheap An’ Nasty
08. Crying In The Rain
09. Fool For Your Loving
10. Here I Go Again
11. Bad Boys
12. Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City
13. Still Of The Night
