White Snake is the debut solo album by David Coverdale, released on 22 February 1977 in Japan and on 6 May in Europe through Purple Records. Coverdale would use the album title as the name of his future band, first known as "David Coverdale's Whitesnake" and then shortened to Whitesnake. The album was released as a part of a compilation album Whitesnake/Northwinds in 1988, reissued alone in 2000, and re-released as part of a double compilation album later titled The Early Days (2003).