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Live... in the Still of the Night

live album by Whitesnake

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ16160518 ↗
Source-derived summary

Live... In the Still of the Night is a live concert DVD by the British-American rock band Whitesnake. The concert was filmed on 20 October 2004 at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. It was released regularly on 5 May 2006 featuring the recording of the live performance, behind-the-scene documentary and a photobook. The limited "special collector's" edition which was previously released on 7 February 2006 includes a bonus live album CD with ten selected songs from the same show.

The CD is expected to be re-released in the group's new live boxset Access All Areas: Live in a new LP format on 25 April 2025.

Reception

The DVD received positive reviews.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Live... in the Still of the Night” as live album by Whitesnake. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004, 2006, 2025—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2006. The account is most persuasive where Live, Still and Night can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as live album by Whitesnake. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16160518. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2004, 2006 and 2025.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Live... in the Still of the Night”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Live... in the Still of the Night primary sources, Live... in the Still of the Night archive and Live research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Live... in the Still of the Night”?
  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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This entry incorporates text from “Live... in the Still of the Night” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.