Northwinds is the second solo album by former Deep Purple singer David Coverdale, released by Purple and EMI on 10 March 1978. In Japan, it was released through Purple's Japanese distributor, Polydor. It was produced by former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover as his second and last appearance producing Coverdale's solo albums prior to that year. Guitarist Micky Moody had contributed to the majority of the album around that time before Coverdale formed Whitesnake in that same year, officially carrying Moody as a band member until 1983. The album received a reissue as a part of a compilation album White Snake/Northwinds on 5 April 1988, following a standalone release on 7 November 2000 by Eagle Rock Entertainment and Spitfire, and was released again as part of a double compilation album now titled as The Early Days in 2003.