David Coverdale recording "Slide It In" to re-form Deep Purple. (Ian Paice had left Whitesnake in 1982.) In 1985, Sykes and Coverdale started working on new songs for the next album, but Coverdale soon contracted a serious sinus infection that made recording close to impossible for much of 1986 and which had doctors thinking he might never sing again. Coverdale eventually recovered, and recordings were continued. But before their upcoming album was fully recorded and released, Coverdale had dismissed Sykes from the band. The split with Sykes was, reportedly, not amicable. In many period interviews, Coverdale stated that the next album was
Live in Anaheim (Ian Gillan album) Live in Anaheim (Ian Gillan album) Live in Anaheim is a double live album from Ian Gillan, recorded live at the House of Blues, Anaheim, California on 14 September 2006 during the "Gillan's Inn" tour and released in April 2008 by Edel Music. The accompanying DVD of the concert was released a couple of months later. In 2009 it was released as a CD/DVD release, in a slimline jewel-case. Only one CD was included, so three tracks were dropped for timing purposes, being 'Rivers Of Chocolate', 'Texas State Of Mind', and 'Drum solo'. The DVD was still the full show.