Classic Album Rewind: Uriah Heep 'The Magician's Birthday'
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I have, Uriah Heep ‘The Magician’s Birthday’ on CD and record. Love all the songs!! Thank you for this rewind!! * All the damn time. 🎤🎸🎵🥁
That artwork still looks fresh - and slightly jarring - all these years later. Early '70s albums had a kind of: 'Put the headphones on; we're going somewhere' - kind of vibe.
Both 'Demons and Wizards' and 'The Magician's Birthday' are classic albums.
👍👍 Absolutely correct.
What a 1 2. Punch. The BEST...
So is their self titled, Salisbury, and look at yourself
The epic title track is my favorite Heep song of all time!
Every one of those early Uriah Heep albums are a masterpiece, including this one.
I've always loved this one, full of great songwriting. Sunrise is my favourite Heep song!!
I just listened to this album 2 minutes ago, what a coincidence.
Don't be afraid, just look at yourself.
What a great album! Demons & Wizards and The Magician's Birthday are like two peas in a pod to me.
The first Uriah Heep album I heard; it will always have a special place in my heart. Sunrise and Blind Eye are such standouts.
I love all Uriah Heep of the 70´s. And I think "Firefly" is specially good and underrated.
Magnificent albums from 70s, even though critics hated them just like grand funk
Sod the critics - where are THEY now? Future generations will be playing works like these (and Pete is doing his brilliant bit to spread the word to new generations!) long after the critics have long passed into irrelevant oblivion.
I remember picking up Magician's Birthday after I had Demons and Wizards. And having Sweet Freedom and have the albums today. Magician's Birthday has sure grown for my love of it. Magician's Birthday title track a masterful epic piece on the album. Have Look At Yourself of course also.
The best lineup of Uriah Heep and my favorite album. RIP to David Byron, Gary Thain, Lee Kerslake, and Ken Hensley. Mick Box still going strong.
Great show of a real Masterpiece 🎸 My favorite heep album rain is a beautiful ballad.a classic album.
Love it.
I saw Uriah Heep in 72 passing up a chance to see Sabbath..I wasn't disappointed.
Amazing year for hard rock and especially for Uriah Heep!
Conquest... talk amongst yourselves.
Mick really starts to shred on title track. Great album
Its just awesome when he and Lee Kerslake get into it on that guitar and drum ‘battle’ section.
A great album to be sure!!!!
funny story Pete.The day before it was released one of my friends asked me if I was going to Milwaukee to pick up Heep's new album The Magician's Birthday which is said yes.Now I was the only one who worked nights so he asked me if I would pick up that album for all my friends so I said sure.So I went to Milwaukee to pick up the new Heep so you needed to see the look i got when i said I needed 30 albums of the new Heep.
Salisbury is my favourite hard rock album but I love The Magician too!!!
U'll never walk alone)
Wow it's cool you commented.. I believe load and reload by metallica take a shade of them. Its great, psychedelic. Deep purple vibes. Energetic. If you like cartoons look into Harvey hotstuff and his witch freind. More wine than dope.
Great album, a great follow up to Demons & Wizards.
Love both these albums. Difficult to separate them in terms of quality and enjoyment.
1972-1973 ....Heep could do no wrong. 2 killer studio LP's and a great solo LP from Hensley and then the Live Double LP. I was 12 years old, it was history being made.
The 3rd of what I call their classic trilogy of albums - Look At Yourself & Demons And Wizards being the other 2.
Good morning (afternoon, evening or night), Pete. Though the SoT programming is never predictable, admittedly I had an expectation this album would show up before the series end. A perfect choice for this band to be in the Classis Album Rewind Series. Have mentioned before my younger sister brought Demons & Wizards into the house but added The Magician's Birthday to my collection shortly after its release. Great stuff and a Roger Dean cover to go with it! You're discussion of it was spot on to me. Love the start of the album with Sunrise and all the songs that followed. It remains the 'little sibling" of Demons & Wizards which likely will always hold its top spot for the band - at least to me. But those who never listened to it or have come to enjoy early Heep should be sure they take an opportunity to listen to this. Once again my thanks, Pete, for SoT programming.
“Sunrise” and “Rain” my favorite songs from the album.
Sunrise one of the great openers of all time.
AndyvH
Like Yes's Fragile and Close To The Edge, both Demons & Wizards and The Magician's Birthday are classics. Spider Woman, Rain, Sunrise, and the title track are highlights for me
My favorite ❤💙
Having two older brothers also into music sure helped me to be exposed to bands like the Heep. My next oldest brother had "Look at Yourself", "Demons and Wizards", and even "The Magician's Birthday".
Just realized that Mick Box is the last member alive from this golden area
Great stuff Pete love your show. Magicians birthday was a big hit in Australia I think it finished in top 10 but I might be wrong. Your show keeps me happy in these dark times. Cheerio
I am glad you did this album 👏 Thanks Pete
My intro to Uriah Heep.
First concert iever seen back in early 70's was uriah heep with blue oyster cult opening. Didn't know who uhiah heep we're but went out and bought my first three albums ever, magicians birthday, demons& wizards and uriah heep live.great albums even though they drunk onstage at concert and were falling all over their equipment. Fell in love with boc but later grew to love uriah heep.
One of my favorite bands in that time. I am so fortunate to have seen them 4 times live. That was when they were in their element. They always said that Cleveland was one of there favorite stops on tour.
i bought their last two cds recently…they still kick ass
I Agree Pete. Love this series you are doing. I love the focus on a single piece of art!
As for today’s album, I am fairly new to Heep. And I own the first handful of albums but this one hasn’t hit me like the others like demons and wizards, and look at yourself. Maybe it’s a grower though? But guess what I’m gonna be diving in to today...
On a side note, would you have recommendations for bands similar to Atomic Rooster? Loving that sound lately🤘🏻
I can see @RickLaBonte smiling and clapping his hands over this album choice. The addition of Gary Thain and David Byron embracing the frontman role with his vocals really propelled this run of albums. Nice selection.
One of the vocalist not known by many today . What a shame he was one of my favorite singers from the 70s very under rated.
A good album for sure. I agree with you on the prior 2 album's and several after this. Anything from the 2000's is terrific.
As a teenager I would just love to look over and over at the album covers of those Heep albums
while rockin' out to their music
AND...smokin a doobie! ✌🥴
@@tarasbulba3190 Bravo I was hoping someone would pick up on that. Cleaning seeds on a gatefold with a matchbook cover. Not that I ever did that.
@@metalslather ✌🥴
Thank you Pete for the review. I will check this album out soon because I am a fellow Prog head.
Loving this series, Pete! I suspected this might make an appearance before the end. I tend to view - and play - the "Magician's Birthday" and "Demons & Wizards" as like a double album. Love them both! The only bit that spoiled it for me was the singing "Happy Birthday" in the title track. I thought that really detracted from what is otherwise other "Demons, Wizards and Magicians" power classic track. "Salisbury" is perhaps still my favourite - it was the first Heep album I heard and bought back in the 1970s. But some monster songs on these two classic albums!
Hey Pete you going to get that new Uriah Heep box set that's going to come out? Great artwork and all kinds of stuff on this thing even a t-shirt for every day.
Thing looks like it might be pretty damn cool according to what Mick box was saying.
Great album.This was the first one I bought by them way back when!
I love this album! Ken Hensley and Byron was a really nice combination. My favorite Uriah Heep album though is Salisbury. Favorite Ken Hensley: Toe Fat BBC Sessions.
Great album - I actually think it is their best; Sunrise, Sweet Lorraine, Tales, the title track, Spider Woman et al.
I missed out on Uriah Heep when I was growing up. (I was born the same year as Pete.) For some reason they were relatively unknown in the US, and I almost never heard them. (I might have heard Easy Livin' once or twice on the radio.) I didn't really discover them until I was in my 40s when a Russian friend played some classic Heep for me. I couldn't believe what I had missed. Heep was just as good as the big 3 early heavy rock bands that get all the credit - Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath. But for some reason they never get mentioned in that group and never made a big impact in the US.
I have heard them described as the ‘poor man’s Deep Purple’ which is just such an unfair and ignorant comment. I guess its because they are British and have the same guitar/organ setup. I think Uriah Heep have their own distinct and unique sound. Lyrically, not knocking Deep Purple but Heep’s lyrics are better. Their albums are moodier and more proggy in spots. I definitely think they should be in a Big Five of early British hard rock along with Budgie too and those bands you mention. I think classic rock fans and reviewers do make that the case now.
@@jimmycampbell78 you got British Proto Metal bands Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep , Budgie , UFO , Atomic Rooster , and Nazareth all the Heaviest bands on Earth in 1971 . All from the British Isles , aside from Led Zeppelin none were huge yet . It took a few years for Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep , and Deep Purple to achieve success
I love this album, but like you say, Pete, I think it is inferior to Demons and Wizards as well as Look at Yourself. Rain is my favorite song on the album; just gorgeous vocals and piano that showcase the unbelievable talents of Hensley and Byron. I was in high school when this album came out (same with D & W) and when I first played it back then my initial reaction was that I was disappointed. I felt the songs weren't as strong as on the previous two albums.
I heard the guitar solo on the title track a couple days ago on Spotify. Totally blew my mind! First time I ever heard it.
Both two of their best albums but I give the slight edge to The Magician's Birthday because of the title track is my all time favorite Heep song.
Other than Abominog, I’ve never been a huge UH fan. I like them but they never hit in the Detroit area as they did on the East coast. I think it was the lyrics and keyboards. Only thing we heard on the radio was those big hits. Abominog was part of my discovery of the NWOBHM. Along with H&H and Gillian. Great to hear you talk so passionately about them. I actually picked up a few of their recent albums. My favorite was Living the Dream.
Great album front to back, probably in the minority of liking Rain the best.
Top 4 album for sure!
Great albums!
Love the Heep all eras and line ups. But the Byron era is my favorite. My favorite album is a contrarian choice “Return to Fantasy”.
This may sound crazy but,I always thought that Uriah Heep's harmonies reminded me of Three Dog Night. TDN always did covers back in the day and covered Traffic The Band, and could get heavy on occasion. I could definitely hear them covering Sweet Lorraine.
I need to pick up both albums.
Ummmmmm....yeah! ASAP! :-)
They are classics
This is great...out most of the morning, come home, and see Cobham & Heep?!?! Great content, Mr. Pardo.
Maybe one of you guys know > Love the Live album, but what was the deal with "The Magician's Birthday" on the Live album?
Just bought the vinyl again reissue ,great album . I really like sweet freedom disc.. I looked up and Bryon died at 38 and Thain passed at 27 years old drug use . Wow those guys pushed the limits eh.
before this series ends would love to see Santana edition if not I understand there so many that you could do
Blind eye!!!
Good tune
..and I've always wondered if they ripped off Magician's Birthday riff from Taste's What's Going On!
I love the live version of 'Tales' with Thijs Van Leer (Focus)
Absolutely
I like Sweet Freedom more. But their best Cover Artwork!
While I really like Sweet Freedom, I don't consider it on the same level. But always cool, to see varied opinions.
Nice to see some love for Sweet Freedom which I've always thought was a great album.
I usually choose Sweet Freedom as well for my Heep fix.
Uriah Heep were not appreciated as they should have been. And decades later they are being talked about more and more and Pete is doing justice to them. And they keep playing - you cannot keep a good band down.
Great album. This one i rank before demons and wizard. I know call me crazy but thats is my opinion folks.
The first several Heep albums are all classics (the last one 'Living the dream' isn't bad either).
My fave Mags B-day. Cos' I heard it first when it came out then reversed into Demons & Wixards , then 'Very 'Umble' then, only later, Salisbury and Look At Yourself. So, Mags IS THE BEST and everyone had better know it. Cos it's the one I heard first .. so there ... LOL
Pete what’s your thoughts on anathema
I actually I like this album more than Demons and Wizards.
I prefer this over Demon's and Wizards
by quite a bit actually
Magicians Birthday was Heep’s last great album.
You are probably right! However, all the albums with Byron that followed had 2-3 great songs each and the first one with Lawton was very interesting! That's where Heep ended for me...
Oh lord, another two of "those" typs of fAnS.
@@j.j.4150 If you like "The Mick Box Band, that's fine ... Definitely a good tribute band!
@@j.j.4150 I’m not saying they didn’t have other good stuff. I just think after M.B. the song writing went from great to good with some great songs popping up here and there. I still love seeing them live.
@@j.j.4150 Does the word fans have a special meaning when it spelled fAnS?
Don't mind Magician's but for me it pales in comparison to Demons.
Uriah Heap to many I think were a one hit band. Easy Living obviously. A bit like Credence Clearwater was Bad Moon Rising. Both epic tunes.The rest is a bit fill in meh? I am braced for the haters.
No hate, but Creedence have so many more great songs, and so do Uriah Heep :)
@@mishansk2 Yes,maybe I was being a bit harsh to be fair.Thanks.
I've never liked the "Happy Birthday" song they put in the title track, I think it sounds cheap. Otherwise a cool album, but like you say the two predecessors are way better.
Yeah I agree and the refrains are little meh..But that's comparing with what I've heard since Mags release .. at the time I was 12/13yrs old and it was fine..