Uriah Heep- Salisbury (First Listen)
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Song Link: • Salisbury
Hard to believe I’ve been listening to this album for over 50 years. Salisbury (the song) is an epic masterpiece and I’d put it in my top ten. The orchestra, the horns, the bass It’s, it’s it’s…just wow!😊
Probably the most underrated band ever!
Without a doubt Mr David Byron, is one of the most beautiful voices in rock.
The reason Uriah Heep didn't go on to be more popular was because the heart and soul of David Byron couldn't be replaced. After David Heep was just another pretty good roc k band.
I love Uriah Heep, especially everything from 1970-1978. Every album is different, but they're all still Heep. :)
Oh and you can't go wrong with anything from Demons and Wizards or The Magician's Birthday, they're perfect.
The Ken Hensely Years methinks
Best Uriah Heep song and A REALLY REALLY GOOD ALBUM! Bird of Prey is amazing too
Another Bird of Prey fan!
@@hatsbo1 What is not to like?
JP, Gypsy, Time To Live, July Morning, Rainbow Demon, Sunrise, Pilgrim - a banger from each of their first six albums. Pleeeeeez!
Fair enough.
Don't forget paradise/the spell and so many others!
@@hotdiggity6846 Totally agree.
The whole album is magical. I'll never forget when I first heard it. A haunting and yet beautiful album. When Mick Box kicks in his wah wah for the solos on this song I was immediately transfixed. That and the amazing voice of David Byron. For me, he is the greatest singer I ever heard. The song High Priestess from this album is a wall-to-wall guitar extravaganza.
So then you got all his solo and Rough Diamond albums then?
For me it was the best album of Uriah Heep ever !
Please Please PLEASE!!! do the rest of the album! there are more gems on it than on the Queen's crown!
These sixteen minutes of "Salisbury" go by very quickly and the marriage of the band and the orchestra works really well in this case !
Yes, the orchestra is very present but I find that it does not predominate over Uriah Heep because the mix is very well balanced.
And not to spoil anything, the mix of musical genres is perfect (Prog rock, Hard rock, Jazz and even a hint of psychedelia in it). A great epic !
IMO one of the finest meldings of orchestra and rock band. And how about the mighty Mick Box! I always want the guitar solo to keep going. I've heard that one of the string players threw his headphones off in fright when Mick first clicks on his wah-wah pedal. Haha
I still listened out for it after 30 years of not hearing this track. 😊
RIP Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake.....
And David Byron and Gary Thain.
I really liked earlier Uriah Heep. For some reason I never heard this. This is like the Uriah Heep I knew bloomed into something even greater. Much greater. Thanks again Justin, for giving a old dog some new musical tricks.
There first album is an epic debut. My favorite. Spooky album cover to boot.
Just as good as I remembered. Fantastic band, fantastic album, one of the best bands ever. Gerry Bron is a big figure in British music, his sister Eleanor is a much loved actress in England spanning a very long career. Such a nice review too.
Saw them in Eppelheim back in the 70's... fun concert - Mick Box is the man... !!
As a keyboard player, sometimes I listen for the expressiveness in the other instruments.
THIS SONG IS REALLY ABOUT A MASSIVE 3-ROUND GUITAR SOLO, very similar to the way guitar solos build over multiple rounds in the Allman Brothers "Stormy Monday" (Fillmore East version).
Thematically, the solos probably represent his *memory* of the best times in their relationship, with his memories colored by his loss of her.
At 7:58 (in original song, 9:08 in this Review) Listen to the use of wah-wah on the guitar, while the High Energy bass and organ go back and forth - really masterful use of wah-wah phrasing and volume pedal to take the attack off the notes - what you call the jazzy part.
The last third of the song (11:15, but at 12:25 in this Review) is three "rounds" of guitar solos (each followed by chorus) where each builds on the next. Listen to the opening notes of each round.
- Round #1 - perfect wah and bend.
- Round #2 (12:08, but 13:18 in this Review) - development from #1 with a wah, then flying hammer-ons and a great ending ... but wait there's more.
- Round #3 (13:00, but 14:10 in this review) - a NASTY slow bend on G string to a fretted B string, and sustained big bends.
Then after the chorus we're wrapping up with very prog-ish tutti notes that Spinal Tap made fun of. Speaking of parodies, you'll see these tutti notes (everyone doubling the same note) using the musical motif from the 1960s Ajax laundry detergent commercial ("Stronger Than Dirt"), just like The Doors used the Stronger Than Dirt motif as the final notes of Touch Me. It's hard to explain in today's culture that back in the 1960s, we all had common national and international experiences from watching the same programs and ads on TV, so the Stronger Than Dirt motif was a very catchy jingle and cultural reference. Here's the link to The Doors "Touch Me" ("www.quora.com/Why-does-Jim-Morrison-say-stronger-than-dirt-at-the-end-of-Love-her-Madly") and one of the Ajax ads ("ruclips.net/video/EFZK5VkQes4/видео.html"). You'll hear this motif in Salisbury.
Go back and listen to that 3-round guitar solo!
Check out "Easy Livin'", "Look at Yourself", or "Stealin" - more Hensley gold.
Wow, what a cornucopia of sounds. Heard some of their stuff before, but not this. And boy, it's epic. Was there an instrument they didn't use? I was hearing prog rock, big band, and even a touch of a spaghetti western soundtrack. Fantastic musicianship throughout, particularly the bass. And, not forgetting, the great guitar solo. A very fine track indeed.
Welcome to the Progressive side of Uriah Heep, no one wanted you to know about. Hang on, it is going to be a hell of a ride.
Sublime bass work by the incomparable Paul Newton. Heep's finest bass player.
@@magnidec Glad you agree. I've told him several times, and he just won't have it! Typical Paul: modesty really is his middle name.
I was hearing some 1970s police drama soundtracks in there as well.
@@tullfan2560 🙂
As I remember it. As with Yes, the TV program Top of the Pops experimented with playing this as an album track where the one song took up a whole program. Following day I was straight down the record shop and bought this LP. The cover version I still have is as shown with the Chieftain Tank. 1971 and College years played this in one of the social classes when we were asked to bring in an album. I absolutely love this track and a great album. What is so special for me is this music period circa 1967 -1975 so much was happening and developing this track and album with the sound it could have only been released in 1971, not before or after.
This song was used in the sample of a 2009 Turkish rap song. 'Farazi v Kayra - Yayınlanmayan Şarkı'
Great review! This song and the whole album was my favourite one before I started to listen to ELP and Yes. It's a shame Heep didn't go more towards prog because they really had the potential.
One contemporary band that has a lot of same elements is Norwegian Motorpsycho. Their latest album The One Is All (2020) is about the best prog album of the 10's! Two songs that should get your attention are the title track or Dreams of Fancy. But the real jewl of the album is N.O.X. 1-5 that has to be listened as one piece of music. I do believe there are many of us who would be more than glad if you took this album to your review list.
GYPSY. One of the heaviest riffs you'll ever hear.
@Bookhouse Boy For me Gypsy was the Finest Progressive, First Song, First Album Out of the Gate Song ever.
Live 72
@@toddstevens13 The forunner to heavy metal was Gypsy.
@@mrdemocracy7106 Indeed as well as Progressive Rock
Yes at 14yrs old I bought this album because it was an English import and because the cover was so cool, that was 50yrs ago I’m 65 now
I don't like to talk about artists as "the Best" because there is no best but in some cases I think that noone does things better. And this is what I think about David Byron as a rock singer. Not only that he has a wide range, I don't know anyone who uses his voice more diverse from smooth to hard, from low to loud and back and forth and so on. It is great articulation and control in every single moment. And though he used this diverseness in this song extensively there are still a lot of other songs where he used even more. One of the songs I see as one of the best sung ever imho is on their first album. It is "Come away Melinda". Wonderful, really wonderful.
Another remarkable part of their music is the organ sound that is a little bit tamed on this song. But again oin their first album the opener "Gypsy" has one of the nastiest organ sounds ever. Gypsy is a must know in another way and of course it is David Byron. He found a way to sing that no other did before and I don't know another singer who did what he did until now. And if someone would try it would probably sound ridiculously copied.
The album "Salisbury" contains 5 other gems including their best known "Lady in Black" that has an opposite concept to "Salisbury". It has only 2 chords, no solo, just simple and I have heard that sometimes the lyrics have been used in Germany by some English teachers. Though it is a great song it is one of the songs that got so much airplay that it was a little bit too much.( Shares the fate of "Smoke on the Water".)
The other 4 songs are very different from each other and I like all of them. This diversity makes "Salisbury" my favorite Uriah Heep album but "Demons and Wizards" comes rather close and "Look at Yourself" is not far away, too.
What a pleasant surprise! Heep is one of my favourite bands! I got into them a few years ago after hearing this album! Highly recommend checking out more of their stuff! Sunrise July Morning Circle of Hands Magician Birthday Firefly to name a few! :)
Nicely done! I had the skeleton album back in high school when it first came out. I bought it because it looked cool and I knew the song Gypsy on their first album was really rocking - my dad hated it LOL. I still listen to Salisbury (song and album) a lot while I'm working - it's a lot like classical music. The tank cover was released only in the UK.
Niiiice!
I highly recommend Paradise/The Spell.
If u review the Heep, they may not come but they will watch!😎👍
Haven't heard this for years. Classic.
My favourite Heep album and this song, coming last, is of course the climax. The rest of the album doesn't feature the orchestra, but it is well worth checking out. At the time this was released quite a few bands were experimenting with long epics and orchestras, and I think this is one of the best at integrating orchestra and band. Thanks for doing this Justin, I really enjoyed your review, not least for the shoutout to Paul Newton's base.
Ty Trev!
While accomplishing so much on this album and coming off their great first album, I personally still think their third try, "Look at Yourself" was their apex. They reached a level of maturity that blew me away. With the addition of Ian Clarke on drums (his only album with the band) everybody stepped up and performed brilliantly. The song writing throughout the album was top. I still love this, though. Please don't get me wrong.
Awesome!! I saw them On their very first tour in about 1970 or 71 in Houston, Texas. Opening for STEPPINWOLF. The highlight for me was them playing July Morning.
Just a personal observation: It always seemed to me that Heep was battling Deep Purple (Mk 2) for dominance in the 5-man-group formation. Totally different sound and approach but similar at the same time. Both are favorites and I can attest to both bands' live performances (having seen them both multiple times back in the day) being loud, rocking and true to the recorded music while fluid enough to expound on the structure, i.e. improvisation. Salisbury is some of Heep's best work. Good notice about how group and orchestra working "on top of each other." Deep Purple's Concerto For Group and Orchestra was more of a trade-off or battle between the two while Salisbury merges the two together.
The only UH album I like
I tend to think Heep and Deep are very similar in some songs that have organ and guitar and bass all playing the same riff. Makes it sound very full and pounding. Heep does it on Gypsy and Deep does it everywhere - that's why they are so great.
LOVE BOTH BANDS, YET THE HEEP BETTER. THE EARLY DEEP PURPLE WAS GREAT WITH THEIR FIRST VOCALIST (ROD EVANS), WHO RECOMMENDED A BALLAD VERSION OF THE BEATLES SONG HELP WAS HIRED. SHADES O F PURPLE HAD OTHER GREAT SONGS, HELP, ANTHEM, ALSO COVERING THE IKE & TINA TURNER'S RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH, THEN HE GOT DUMPED.
IAN GILLIAN IS THE BEST REMEMBERED AND I ADMIT IAN'S INCREDIBLE VOICE WAS QUITE REMARKABLE.
THE GREAT THING HOWEVER CONCERNING URIAH HEEP WAS THAT IT HAD TWO VOALISTS IN DAVID BYRON AND KEN HENSLEY, WITH HENSLEY PAVING THE ROADWAY OF LYRIC AND MUSIC FOR THE BAND'S MUSIC HISTORY.
THEY WERE ROCK , ACOUSTIC, FANTASY, AND IF YOU REALLY LISTEN, GOSPEL. KEN WAS A CHRISTIAN , AND I BELIEVE HIS SONGS LIKE CIRCLE OF HANDS, EASY LIVING, AND OTHERS ATTEST TO THE BATTLE OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS.
THEIR MAJOR ALBUMS ALL INCLUDED THE SAME MEMBERS, BYON, HENSLEY, BOX, THAIR, AND KERSLAKE. SO VERY GIFTED. THANKS FOR SHARING.
Great musicians always wild and way out there. I like that their songs are theatre and drama with some headbanging stuff coming out of nowhere. They used sound to tell a story along with amazing vocals …genius.
Love heep...that's an amazing song.
What about that guitar solo by Mick Box. Not a mention. It was epic!
And that Wha-wah double-click!!!
Love this album!
Epic, wow! Eclecticsm ultimo.
Uriah Heep were always derivative of Deep Purple, but in the best way. "The Park" from this album is also worth hearing.
"The Park" is fantastic...and weird.
Really???? Out of the gate Uriah Heep unleashed Gypsy et al., Purple gave you HUSH. Heep were always first when it came to Purple. Both were initiators of their time, Heep just went Deeper, Far More Progressive and Darker, at the beginning. After 74 Purple took over. Purple had far better Management as well. Giants both of them
This is a common fallacy.
Early Purple is very different from the In Rock and Mark II sound in general.
In Rock came out about 7 days before Uriah Heeps Very 'eavy Very 'umble.
The myth perpetuated about Heep copying, or following Purple is a nonsense.
Glad this song got a visit - back in the early 70s, the radio DJ at the progressive rock station would use this as the 20 minute music slot - on many occasions, too. Like the detailed analysis, too. The only other track that got much airplay was "Lady In Black", partly because of the hook in the chorus. It's interesting how that large brass orchestra and chorus were only used in the album's title track! David Byron's towering voice really worked well to rise about all that orchestration. Back in the 80s, I heard him do an FM radio show in the St. Louis area - he talked about his bout with the bottle the previous night, a precursor to his later passing in 1985.
Remember they only did one jam with an orchestra, for me it made me want more songs composed with an orchestra 👊🏼👊🏼
I loved how you carefully listened to the whole song without interrupting it, before the review. Caught myself tripping to the song and I even forgot I was listening to a RUclips video. Great review!
Haha ty so much Banda!
I’ve asked for this many times! I hope that you liked it 🤞
Oooh i feared the worst as you seemed to look a bit bored at certain points...so i wasn’t expecting the glowing review!
It’s a fantastic track...and now...if you liked this then you MUST listen to the Valentyne Suite by Colosseum for your next long one 👍
Btw...regarding the tank on the cover. Salisbury Plain is the British Army’s largest training area (and i spent many freezing nights out there myself 🥶), so presumably some bright spark in the Art department put two and two together 🤔
Concentration and boredom can look so similar at times... good track, nice call
Ken was always in a "competition" with Jon Lord (and Deep Purple) for keyboard supremacy. David Byron's voice was often compared to those of Ian Gillan and Robert Plant. Mick Box (guitar) is still playing with Uriah Heap (last remaining original member).
Been wanting you to react to this for ages - brilliant song, brilliant album, brilliant band. Would recommend trying July Morning next.
Great breakdown JP, nice to see you go deep into Heep. Many consider them a poor man's Deep Purple, but they did some ground breaking work in regards to prog and have an extensive body of work. And Mick Box put the "Wah" in Wah Wah!
IIRC, Salisbury Plain is home to both a major military training area and Stonehenge (all though there are many less famous stone henges). Locally Salisbury House (pronounced Sals berry) is a restaurant chain (oddly Burton Cummings of the Guess Who is a shareholder). I have no idea if members of Uriah Heap ever ate there.
The organ and the way the brass and winds are used really date this. Not in a bad way. Just it is a sound that hasn't been used since that era (to my knowledge). I don't know how to explain what I mean about the winds and brass but I can hear it. I wonder how much was inspired by Blood Sweat and Tears.
This was the first of Uriah Heap that I can remember hearing other than the Demons and Wizards album (which I loved at the time). I would have loved this.
Good song. Great review.
p.s. if you do polls, have you decided how to set them up? i.e. Themed by nation/genre/holiday? How ever you set it up, I look forward to it.
If you MUST listen to this, then Atom Heart Mother is next. The orchestration and changes are more palatable.
Ken Hensley as a writer/musician was second to none.
A true gem. Has everything including flutes and horns from big band jazz. Before they became more rock timing oriented. This was at the dawn of hard rock where the hammond organ played an important role. Same with early Deep Purple. Not saying that later Heep or Purple were in any way not equal good but different like all band who progresses. Edit: the lyrics are a bit banana 🍌 banal while the singing of these words are masterful. Apart from that a great song
Ken Hensley passed away late last year. His solo versions of July Morning and Lady in Black are just beautiful.
Hensley such a talented musician.
Nice one! I think, at this time, Uriah Heep was treading a path between heavy metal, a la Black Sabbath, and something more proggy and the band was uncertain which way to go. This certainly is the most proggy of the tracks on the album. Some of the other tracks have not withstood the test of time quite so well and put me in mind of Spinal Tap. The opening track, High Priestess, for example, has high falsetto voices which I now find very difficult to take seriously. Nevertheless, this was a standout album from the band and a high point for 1971.
Super band my favorite album very eavy very umble .gibsy queen, dreammer, walking in a shadow,beautiful riff david Byron my favorite singer rock.
Cool, haven't heard this for a long long time, maybe 30 years, when I was a teenager. Remember back then Uriah Heep was kind of a poor man's Deep Purple for me, however, their early output was way more colorful. Maybe it's time to rediscover them, this one is way better than I remembered. The orchestral sound was in fashion back in the early 70s, every rock band did at least one album with classical sounding stuff on it, including The Nice (Keith Emerson's early band, you should totally check them out), Deep Purple did their Concerto, some of the early Yes songs had an orchestra etc etc.
All Heep albums up until Return to Fantasy are pretty consistent after that they get patchy down to horrid. The first 5 albums are a must.... I love the song High Priestess off Salisbury... Bird of Prey is superb as well...
You want some 10 minutes of epicness? Look no further than Budgie’s- Parents off their third album from 1973. It’s their Stairway
A classic EPIC! BTW Yes: That,That Is
I always believed Nektars ' remember the future ' was my favorite long song of all time but after this I'm not sure.
Congrats on 13K Cannot wait to hear views on Topograhic Oceans. A while ago you played Roxy Music. I left a note saying the song wasn't what they were originally about. "IF THERE IS SOMETHING" is. It is Roxy at their most genius best and it is over 6 1/2 minutes long. Please listen and love.
Would love to see you taking on Dutch progressive legends Ekseption. Start with their first album. They mixed classical music with jazz and progressive rock.
The Salisbury Plain is the main training ground in Britain for the army and particularly the armoured forces, which is probably why the Chieftan tank appears on the cover...
Saw them live in the Netherlands In those days, we danced and partyed to their music "easy living"
Best damn LIVE ALBUM EVER!!!! 1973 !!! Fun / Great all the way through!!
Friday night in Birmingham .
@@notalcno9 I got gum on me boot
One of my favorite Heep tracks. I've always thought that they did a great job of integrating the extra instrumentation into the overall sound, rather than just tacking it on top.
Thanks so much for playing one of my favorite bands of my teenage years.
Happy to!
Very underated rock classic band 2021 stil listn last listn 1988
This is 1971 Second Heep album. I guess a lot of bands got inspired listening this. An epic song.
No second, it's their 1971' First Album! LOOK AT YOURSELF is their 1971' Second Album.
@@nikolaykhramov1269SOOO WRONG., BRO ~ THEIR FIRST ALBUM WAS VERY 'EAVY VERY' HUMBLE ❤🎉😊!!! BERNIE GERMANY 😊
@@bernhardherrmann9230 Yes, I'm wrong. Sorry...
@@nikolaykhramov1269,.... OK. OK., MATE! ! BERNIE
,...... I'M 68 AND UH WAS THE FIRST OF ROCK I BOUGHT WHEN I WAS 14 !!!
And, great guitar solos.
The lyrics make Salisbury one of the greatest romantic songs ever. For me, having had a beautiful lover who disappeared - the best ever. He's a guy and after making love to a beauty he falls like he's never fallen before. Best sex ever. But she finds someone new. That leaves him alone although he knew the affair wouldn't last. He gets over it. He reminisces about what he'd do if he saw her again. Like maybe give her a rhyme he was going to send to her. He'll always have and will never forget the memories from their time spent together in Salisbury UK.
Snowy White either bird of paradise live or midnight blues live great stuff❤
In my opinion the Demons and Wizards and Sweet Freedom our the best. They have a lot of good albums though.
Sweet Freedom album was always my favorite
Great review Justin! I really enjoyed hearing you give your impressions. It is an epic song. I love it too.
And yes! Great observation about that part having soul. I never thought of that before.
Ty Michael!
The tank on the cover is a reference to the fact that the British Army do a lot of their training on Salisbury plain in (mainly) Wiltshire, Southern England, near Stonehenge. Thanks for your reaction, Justin. Nice to hear this one again. (Edit) Sorry, Peter Williams, didn't see your comment below...
Une magnifique chanson que j’ai écoutée de nombreuses fois. Le mariage entre l’orchestre et le groupe rock est excellent. Dire que cet album comprenait aussi la chanson Lady in Black.
Now it's time to carve out 30 minutes to listen to Todd Rundgren's "The Ikon".
Side 2 of Initiation :)
Yes yes yes. Another favorite of mine!
"Carve out" lol. Todd's Utopia phase was short, but so sweet!
Seriously thank you. A reminder to replace this since it was stolen in the 70's when I had a party. Aww College. Those were the days. You are not alone in the jazz feel or KC comparison.
Ty David! Hope youre able to replace it soon!
So many prog bands tried integrating with orchestra. Many didn't work very well but this one did very well and gets completely overlooked.
As far as I am aware mick box is the only original remaining member, David byron and other members of uriah heep have passed away, Ken hensley, Gary thain, Lee kerslake rest in peace
Yes...... Mick is the only original member left, but they are still a kick ass band with the current line up. I saw them live in 2019 and they were FANTASTIC!!! Their most recent album LIVING THE DREAM (2018) IS AWESOME!! Check out Heep's more recent albums. They are GREAT!!! One thing, Mick Box always has great players in the band.
I really like the cd wake the sleeper
I jumped into your channel and subscribed when you where willing to react and comment on The Wizard and even more impressive to me, you played and commented on Traver In Time. Being a fan of deep cuts, I've couple juicy suggestions with early Uriah Heep's ablums. I would love you to do High Priestess, Poet's Justice and Sweet Lorraine - (a catchy tune that briefly made it to radio air play.) Best commentator on RUclips you are. Enjoy you so much.
I really like all their 9 first albums with David Byron. High and mighty (10th album), i don't count.
And Ken Hensley... wow.. he is great on the keyes. Mick Box.. what a guitarist.
Salisbury is great, but my fav album is Demons and Wizards with Uriah Heep.
Great reaction Justin !
That was badass!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Masterpiece. Ken wrote It after hearing Jon Lord/Deep Purple concerto for group and orchestra. Compare It to DP April. Another masterpiece.
Anyway I once went to visit Salisbury church in England Just because of this song.
So underrated…They were often called “The Poor Man’s Deep Purple”
I have always been much more into Uriah Heep than into Deep Purple.
I've been following uriah heep since I first heard the song if I had the time back in 1976
I loved this album when it first came out! I think about it every now and then though I haven't heard it in years! So thanks Justin for bringing this great song Back to Me :-)
Ty Jay! Glad you enjoyed it😃
You don’t have to wait 30 years anymore with a good streaming service. (I use Apples). Sometimes a song from long ago just pops into my head and Viola! A couple of keystrokes and there it is. One that popped up the other day was Que Sera Sera (yes the Doris Day song) done by Sly and the Family Stone. It’s incredible. Definitely the good side of technology being able to find and listen to great music.
Nice to get reacquainted with this song once more and yes it did seem to go by a lot faster than the 16 min. Magical band - does anyone know if Ken Hensley is the lone survivor of the original lineup?
Mick Box is the last man standing. Ken Hensley passed away towards the end of 2020.
@@ronaldbresselsmith1957 Wow so sad, well here's to one of the great bands cheers🍻
Holy moly what an epic song it always made me think of heep spending a Saturday night in Vegas with Tom Jones and Terry kath
Hi Justin. Time for tales ! I can't wait ;-D
I wanted to talk about Nina Hagen. In case you plan to come back to her please avoid her later stuff. The 2 first albums are essential, what comes after is weaker, maybe interesting but weaker. Her 2 first albums were done with the musicians from Lokomotive Kreuzberg (they went into another band : Spliff, after Nina left them), and they were great musicians. The mix between Nina's madness and vocal talent and their own talents and sense of composition was extraordinary. So if you come back to her go to her second album and start with African Reggae, although the whole album is fabulous.
Hi Justin ! I come back again in this epic piece with you ! While you're here go for a walk in "The Park" !
You Must too listen to " Wake up (set your sights)", and " Paradise/The Spell " !
Hi, Justin. Dave from London in The Depths of Winter. This song is new to me too, but I love your reaction. I was into a lot of the early 70s rock bands, but the only Heep album I knew was Look at Yourself. This is a great mix of rock, jazz, big band, with a smattering of musical theatre. Rocking Hammond and guitar breaks. Agree that the orchestration is bit over the top, but this was very much of the time (Strawbs, Barclay James Harvest, Procol Harum (over) indulged as well, and Deep Purple had their Concerto for Group and Orchestra).
Interesting. My brother owned Demons and Wizards and Magicians Birthday from Uriah Heep. I was 7 when I first listened to them. I later purchased Demons and Wizards and Look at Yourself. I liked both albums, but wouldn't consider myself a huge Uriah Heep fan. I had never heard this album. This song was nice. Thanks for reviewing.
Look at Yourself and/or July Morning from the Look at Yourself album would be great. Please.
BEST intro
Might wanna check out the rest of this great album... please 😁
Yep, it's pronounced "sorlsbree". The cover featuring the tank is a reference to Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire (southern England), around which much of the British army is based and where extensive military manoeuvres take place.
HA I Really Understand HEEPing praise! I would steak my reputation that Salisbury makes your list! Peace and Prog.
Lol!
I remember a magazine (Circus, I think) referring to the band as the "Beach Boys of Heavy Metal" (this WAS the early 70s, remember).
Way to go Justin! Heavy, yo Uriah has some very heavy muse....... great job. Saw them live 3 times in my years, always a fun live show. If you like this try the band Cactus Evil is the song........... oh babe, heavy and so good! Hoping you have some hard rockin'/heavy stuff planned in the next two weeks, getting into Chinese New Year and I will have more time on my hands to listen to what ya got. Cheers!
Haha ty Michael! Trying to have a good amount of variety going😃
My friends played a lot of Uriah, but I never owned them. I may have to get some! Nice choice.
If you like to listen to a similar track, check out Spanish Galleon by German prog/hard rock band Lucifers Friend with John Lawton on vocals who later replaced David Byron in Uriah Heep.
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Nice review! Have you listened to The Magicians Birthday, title track?
I believe he has already reacted to The Magicians Birthday. Great song
E dizer wue essa obra tem 50 e poucos anos.UH A MAIOR BANDA DA MUNDO DE TODOS OS TEMPOS.