AMEN. They were together at the peak of their live performance on the stage. The most important Uriah Heep's live concert for their classic spinal cord members, just happened in Japan in Tokyo at Budokan Arena in the year of 1973..... WoW !! ruclips.net/video/qVobQTaoV7s/видео.html .... "Sunrise" ruclips.net/video/y6SQniO7SnU/видео.html .... "July Morning" ruclips.net/video/aBuNB5EZfkQ/видео.html .... "Look @ yourself"
while Uriah Heep never reached the level of success afforded their immediate contemporaries Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath, a lot of people dont realize today just how huge this band was in the 70s on a global level, especially in Europe and Asia. I saw them in Sydney Randwick Racecoarse with support from Cold Chisel...My fav band still today , saw them with Bernie at Doncaster Shoppingtown in a non publicized gig, only 200 people, one of the best concerts i ever attended. Thanks for showing the love for this geat band Pete..Long Live Uriah Heep
I LOVE the John Lawton era. Here in Europe they were pretty damn popular during his time in the band as well. I just love everything about Uriah Heep. All the eras. But Lawton is special to me.
You're right dude, critics hated Heep. They were tough on Purple and Sabbath at times too. Critics just hated the fact that such raw, heavy music was stylish and popular. They prefer cheesy, weak pop music. I'm glad I'm not a critic.
But look at what they like today! Cheesy weak pop music!! At least there are classic rock stations but the set lists aren't very deep. I never hear UH.
Critics are the same then as now. Snobs who see arthouse movies and drink craft beer with horn rimmed glasses who think rock n roll is art 😆. Anything made by regular people for regular people gets pissed. I think what really pissed them off back then was that all the serious musicians played everyday people music. Jon Lord wrote fucking classical music for christs sake. It exposed them for the assholes they were who cared more about agenda and social engineering than actual music.
An outtake, no less. Better than Paradise/spell ext track which I thought was hohum. The rest of Demons was classic, of course. All My Life was a proto Speed Metal song ! My favorite song on the album !
Nice segment! I just saw the Heep two weeks ago in Canada. Mick, Phil and Bernie are still in fine form; such an amazing concert! Long live Uriah Heep !
Heep were the second ever band I saw live. Queen were the first (1979 Crazy Tour in Birmingham), then Heep in early 1980 in Swansea, South Wales (my home town). They were supported by Girlsschool). Heep should have been my first, but I got the Queen tickets at the last moment from a schoolfriend who couldn't go. I was 15 at the time and loved every minute. Their drummer at the time (Chris Slade) appeared in our local drum shop on the day of the gig too which was awesome. Happy, happy days :-)
Hi Pete ... neat story here ... I had a typing teacher in Grade 10 and Friday's were typing to the beat of Heep. No talking, no teaching, just jamming / typing to Heep. Favourite days!
Really enjoyed that, thx. UH fan since the early eighties as a young teen. Thankfully my older siblings had great taste in music and I remember rifling through their vinyl collections and at first being taken in by the artwork then the music of so many 60’s and 70’s bands. One song returns to me time and time again is ‘One Day’ off Sweet Freedom. I find myself singing it when watering the garden or washing the car. It has such a jaunty, sing-a-long melody with great heartfelt lyrics. Anyway, thx again and great to hear all the stories of the other Heep fans out there.
Great job on one of my favorite bands. I picked up Magician's Birthday from the old RCS record service (12 albums for a penny!) because of the cover and have spent the last 40 years buying every release! Finally seeing Heep tomorrow here in Texas! Wish I could have seen them in the 70's but kept on missing them. I did see Hensley on a solo gig in 1981? I'm looking forward to it.
Great history lesson of Uriah Heep! This brought back so many fantastic memories from the 70’s. I never realised the amount of albums that they have produced in the last 20 years, amazing info you have. Without doubt, the most comprehensive discussion/overview of Uriah Heep I’ve ever seen. Great work, much appreciated!!
I first saw Heep play in 1971, I believe. Before Look at Yourself and Demons and Wizards. I've seen them twice in the last 5 years with their current line-up of Box, Shaw, Lanzon, Rimmer, and Gilbrook. Their current album Living the Dream is perhaps their finest since their glory years of the 70's. They also have more than a few very good DVD concerts out with special guest artists that are part of my collection. What can I say. I'm a fan and always will be.
I agree with Black Sabbath, DP, UH and LZ as being the big four for early heavy rock/proto metal. You also have more obscure bands like Lucifer's Friend, Bloodrock, Sir Lord Baltimore, Budgie and High Tide among many others.
I read a piece on Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and he was saying how Lucifer's Friend was. So about eight months later I saw Where the Groupies Killed the Blues on vinyl, so I picked it up. And I have to agree...it's a very cool album.
Mike Reiss first off I apologies for rambling, but I'm just curious . Are you referring to these band as being obscure just because they didn't get a lot of air time ? I'm just wondering what your reason for obscurity is . For instance people in the past have ask me if I know any Zeppelin tunes . Since I'm usually jamming on acoustic in a live setting I will play " Friends". I've been ask before why I would pick such an obscure Zeppelin tune . The answer is simple, it's one of my favorite Zeppelin acoustic jams . It's a perfectly legitimate Zeppelin acoustic jam . So what makes it obscure ?
Great post, thank you! I was 15 when Abominog came out and That’s The Way That It Is was all over MTV. I worked my way backwards and found so many classic albums! Love your retrospectives. Cheers!
Under rated band. Still have my vinyl copy of Uriah Heep Live. Roger Dean out did his self on the Demons and Wizards cover art. Trippy. Love it. A little later the track Steal'in came along. Busted our balls here in the States. Still sounds great.
My favorite song by Uriah Heep is "One Minute" from Outsider . And thanx for the recommendation of Sea Of Light because I had never heard of it and it smokes.
I hope nobody will mind if I say that the guitar solo on the title cut, Salisbury....might be the most beautifully constructed and exciting solo ever recorded ! IMHO.....I was in my first band and after hearing that song I couldn’t decide whether to smash my guitar and kill myself....or practice harder ! Since then I’ve never stopped playing, gigging and practicing. That solo inspired me permanently ! Good to see Mick healthy, happy and still smokin !
Mick Box is a Londoner as far as I know, from when I lived and listened in Bermondsey, not A Brummy mate. 😳 shock horror. But thank you for getting to the most underrated band in Rock. And, living where I now do in Victoria BC home of Bernie Shaw my Uriah Heap journey has come full circle. Love your channel ♥️.
I was born in '67, and I didn't really have any way (well, or interest, I was a kid, after all...) to discover new music that wasn't already played on my country's one radio channel, for the first ten years of my life, or so. But my mother's youngest brother did have several of the early Heep albums, and my younger brother and I used to sleep in his room when staying with our grandparents over the odd weekend (he was sort of not mentioned much to us kids, as he found lots of women to temporarily move in with at that time, I learned later...). Heh, the seventies! ;D Still, all I knew about Uriah Heep when the 80's came by, were the David Byron years. And the one thing most commentators forget to mention about the 80's, is that around that time, the 'Nice Price' LP's really hit the record shops (at least in Europe)! I first got Fallen Angel from some record club deal to get a bunch of unknown albums at a very give-away price. And then I got Firefly not too long after as a cheap Nice Price album (normally at around half, or less, of the price of a normal LP). I really learned to love John Lawton's vocals during that time, even if I still thought of David Byron as being the 'proper' sing of the band... ;P I slightly later got the Ken Hensley solo album with "Brown-Eyed Girl" on it, but it still took a decade or two before the first solo album by Hensley (Proud Words...) was available to buy (for me), with many of those rerecorded out-takes from earlier Heep albums. After that, I went more after anything having to do with Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath etc, but I still remember that I really loved Abominog when a class-mate hit me with that one out of the blue during the late 80's! After that, there was just too much to keep track of, so I only learned to like the later Heep records about 20+ years later. Oh, well, I now love everything Heep, and I love a lot of other things, too! :D
Great as always! I don't know this band much but I'm going to see them in July in the Rock Fest (Barcelona, Spain) and I didn't want to go blind so what better place than this channel to find out about these bands!! Thank you again Pete!!
The first time I heard Bernie was on the LIVE IN MOSCOW Album recorded in 1987, Had some songs I had never heard at the time Mister Majestic, Corina and Pacific Highway. I liked it right away and was happy when Raging Silence was released
Awesome band I never thought they got the respect they deserve. I actually seen them this year April 7th 2018 here in Houston and they were freaking awesome. I enjoyed your video cheers.
Not sure why discovering your channel took some time. This was another great one! Lots of cool songs and I think most folks probably discovered them by hearing Easy Livin' on the radio. That song is to Heep what My Woman from Tokyo is to Purple in that there is so much more depth. My fave: Magician's Birthday closely followed by July Morning. You bring a lot of context...why only so many songs could fit on an album as it was a pre-digital media age. Your format is great and I feel like I am listening to a TED talk but about a much cooler subject. Take care and stay gold!
For those who are wondering who did the artwork for the US release of the debut, released simply as "Uriah Heep" with artwork from Virgil Finlay. and BTW, Nigel Olson is still with Elton.
Pete since I have been following you I have noticed a bit of a soft spot for this great band! I think you may have previously said that you have met some of them a few times too. I absolutely loved them when I was a teen in the 70s and played their first Greatest Hits album to death. Got to say I lost track of them over the years but thanks to your channel I feel I have rediscovered them and so awesome to find that they are still going strong. The last album Living the dream has now become one of my favourites and I love the fact that as a 60 year old I can still enjoy this band like I did at 16!!
TY for these videos. Just found you a couple of days ago. Have always been partial to the song "Time to Live" off Sallsbury. Saw them in the 80's in Memphis.
Great rundown...appreciate it....Im 52...never really knew much of Heep until recently....and with maturity i guess i really love their work.....think im putting them ahead of Purple for me....thanks
Heep were the heavy band to also have big vocals. (Before Queen). On the early albums you can tell they were on to something but it wasn't quite there. They were still kinda Spinal-Tapish. But Demons and Wizards -- along comes Gary Thain, and they took it to another level. And that level was never matched.
Uriah Heep's 'Sweet Freedom' is my favorite of theirs, 'Stealin' is still one of my favorite songs of all time... that little laugh Byron does after the lyrics 'I done the ranchers daughter and I sure did hurt his pride' seals it for me. As a side note they did a world tour with T.Rex opening for them that beat out Led Zeppelin for top grossing tour, early/mid 70's
Excellent work! I heard a Mick Box interview not even 3 years ago and he was pumped! He was a major influence to me on guitar and if I'm not mistaken he also sang a lot of the very high parts. I was lucky enough to be in a couple of bands who weren't afraid to cover some Heep tunes and I must say that they have a certain frame of "feel" to their music. Such a unique chemistry and mixture of rock/classical/psychedelic.... stuff. Thanks for an excellent summary of their work! Peace
Nice one, Pete. Just saw them for the first time ever last week. I won't be straying, but what a miss over the years just because the poor man's Purple thing. This band pleases in many ways Purple don't.
I love Uriah Heep,saw them with the classic line up a few times..Byron,Box,Thain,Hensley,Kerslake...Lee is one of my favorite rock drummers and I pay homage to him sometimes in my solos by playing bits of his solo in the live version of Gypsy
Great stuff Pete, Shame you had to rush towards the end. I got into heep in the 80's 1st two albums were abominog and head first then got very eavy very umble and look at yourself. Heep are so diverse with their music over the years and an underrated band. On the rebound great 80s tune for dancing to on a night out. long live heep. Andy H
Yeah, they have such a huge catalog and the clock was ticking...didn't want to go much over 30 minutes. So many great albums to discuss, and those later ones are indeed excellent and not to be missed!
Been pulling out my old classic Uriah Heep records since following your site and really getting back into the group. Whilst some of the later Heep is ok it is nothing compared to the classic years of Byron, Box, Kerslake, Thain and importantly Hensley who wrote the majority of the songs. Best albums Look At Yourself, Demons and Wizards, Magicians Birthday, Very 'eavy Very 'umble and Salisbury
Aye I was watching a vid from 74 and they did the rock medley which was cool for them being so heavy and philosophical to break out on some old American tunes..That was great.
Never heard a bad Heep tune but I never got into Langhton Uriah Heep much. I had all their albums at one time or another. I need to give them another listen...I do like Abominog though! Great work on the history of Uriah Heep!!!!🤘😝
I'm a Sarumite from Salisbury and you may not realise that the tank on the cover is relevant because a few miles to the north of Salisbury is Salisbury plain, which is owned by the Ministry of defence and the Army use it for excersises.Yeah, it's a cool album to be named after your home town. It's an ancient place. The original town was on a hill goes back to the stone age. The Norman bishop got fed up with the garrison there and built a massive cathedral a couple of miles away. They haven't built any tall buildings so the 400 ft spire dominates the sourounding river valley. It's an odd sort of place. If you like old stuff you should visit! There's a deconsecrated church there which used to be an arts centre. In the 1980s and early 1990s loads of bands played there. Indie rock was the main genre, but metal, neo prog and punk and reggae bands all would pay there. They would have great Christmas bashes where they would have national touring bands that played original music. One of those was my first live gig in 1988! I've seen my favourite band Hawkwind here many times at the city hall which is really great. It's always busy around the Summer solstice with people visiting stonehenge for the sunrise which is 8 miles north. Of course the original free festival there was synonymous with Hawkwind friends and relations. It ended violently with the police attacking the travellers on the peace convoy at the battle of the bean field.
Uriah Heep did not split right after Conquest, they toured, I saw them, they still were awesome in 1980 - as they surely are now. The studio material has its ups and downs, but they were always fantastic onstage. Very very special place in my heart, even if they messed up here and there and are not the best band the world has ever seen - title occupied by Gentle Giant. Heep forever!
Great history Pete - well done!! I've been a huge Heep fan since the early - mid 70s. I've seen them with different lineups when they've come to Australia. The current band is fantastic (live & studio) - & it's good to see such strong material on the last 2 or 3 albums. They went thru many fazes in the Hensley era - & if you take the albums on the strength of the material (& not the styles of music they were doing), i would put Wonderworld & Conquest as the 2 weakest. Sorry, i disagree about High & Mighty - even with it's 2 or 3 lightweight poppy tunes. "One Way Or Another" is one of their ballsiest songs & a true Heep classic - listen to Kerslake's drumming & Wetton's bass!! "Weep In Silence" is also right up there as one of their very best songs. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!! Tiger.
I love Uriah Heep and highly recommend The Godz and all that pre-Heep stuff. All the Uriah Heep albums through 1981 I listen to almost every day. Killer songs throughout the catalog and I hear the 2000s albums are great too. Ken Hensley was a epic songwriter and great slide guitarist and keyboard player. I highly recommend URIAH HEEP!
Hey Pete. I'm really liking these videos. Brings back a lot of memories. I'd love it if you'd consider doing a "History of Journey" one day. Was just relistening the 'Next' album, a phenomenal piece of work that I'm sure you like as well. Anyways.... thanks a bunch and keep trucking!
Next and the first Journey LPS are my favorites. Have the first 3. Nothing after that.....good songs after that but a totally different direction taken from the former members (3 of 4) od Santana. Fusion
First non-Byron album I heard was Innocent Victim. There was two things I noticed immediately 1- wow, you can really hear the bass on this. As a bass player myself, I thoroughly enjoyed that. 2- call me crazy but it sounded a lot like Meatloaf to me. Not a bad thing by any means, just very different than what I expected.
Great Video of my all time favourite band...Were you aware of The cd of the original line-up called "Live in Zurich 1971"...its a Dodgy recording quality wise, but features a 13 min version of Why and an 18 min band version of Salisbury and a 12 min version of Gypsy...Well worth trying to get hold of a copy, as it is(to my knowledge) the only live recording of the band from this period.....Thanks for posting the video....
The 70s was a great decade of music. Thanks for sharing.
So cool to hear someone who appreciates Uriah Heep!
Diverse people gravitate toward diverse music.
Appreciating UH is telling about a person.
My favorite band
We're out there!
Many of us outthere really do. This was a part of my growing up youth. All the best from Norway
URIAH HEEP IS THE WORLD'S MOST UNDERRATED BAND !
THANK YOU PETE , FOR ANOTHER GREAT REVIEW !
The best line up from Uriah heep 👉 Mick box, Lee kerleske,Gary Thain, Ken Hensley And david Byron 👏👏👏
Unquestionable statement. It is unanimous!
AMEN. They were together at the peak of their live performance on the stage. The most important Uriah Heep's live concert for their classic spinal cord members, just happened in Japan in Tokyo at Budokan Arena in the year of 1973..... WoW !!
ruclips.net/video/qVobQTaoV7s/видео.html .... "Sunrise"
ruclips.net/video/y6SQniO7SnU/видео.html .... "July Morning"
ruclips.net/video/aBuNB5EZfkQ/видео.html .... "Look @ yourself"
Much agreed!!!!
Strong second for me: Mick Box, Lee Kerslake, Trevor Bolder, Ken Hensley and John Lawton. Wish they would've done more with that lineup.
@@Mr.Truxton As a second line-up, I can agree ... especially with a Trevor Bolder as a base guitar player.
Uriah Heep were the first heavy band with a big vocal harmony sound. And yes, Gary Thain took them to the next level.
Great band and Gary Thain, one of the best Rock bass players ever
Awesome extravaganza. Thanks a lot, Pete!
while Uriah Heep never reached the level of success afforded their immediate contemporaries Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath, a lot of people dont realize today just how huge this band was in the 70s on a global level, especially in Europe and Asia. I saw them in Sydney Randwick Racecoarse with support from Cold Chisel...My fav band still today , saw them with Bernie at Doncaster Shoppingtown in a non publicized gig, only 200 people, one of the best concerts i ever attended. Thanks for showing the love for this geat band Pete..Long Live Uriah Heep
I agree...Wishbone Ash is another worthy contemporary.
I LOVE the John Lawton era. Here in Europe they were pretty damn popular during his time in the band as well. I just love everything about Uriah Heep. All the eras. But Lawton is special to me.
I only discovered this channel this week. I'm amazed at this man's musical knowledge.
This guy is good. Sounds like a radio dj.
Salisbury an absolute fav, so much atmosphere on that album, agree underrated album 👍🤘🏻
You're right dude, critics hated Heep. They were tough on Purple and Sabbath at times too. Critics just hated the fact that such raw, heavy music was stylish and popular. They prefer cheesy, weak pop music. I'm glad I'm not a critic.
But look at what they like today! Cheesy weak pop music!! At least there are classic rock stations but the set lists aren't very deep. I never hear UH.
Critics are the same then as now. Snobs who see arthouse movies and drink craft beer with horn rimmed glasses who think rock n roll is art 😆. Anything made by regular people for regular people gets pissed. I think what really pissed them off back then was that all the serious musicians played everyday people music. Jon Lord wrote fucking classical music for christs sake. It exposed them for the assholes they were who cared more about agenda and social engineering than actual music.
I like this band.especially from.early year's albums
Uriah Heep is a great band,Big fan of 70’s hard rock and heavy metal.
I love dreamare from first album . Very underrated .
Uriah Heep is an awesome band. Great video
I just found a song called why, by uriah heep I can't stop listening to it, I've never heard it before it's amazing
An outtake, no less. Better than Paradise/spell ext track which I thought was hohum. The rest of Demons was classic, of course. All My Life was a proto Speed Metal song ! My favorite song on the album !
It's only out on the remastered
I saw Heep twice in NYC but actually went for the opening acts...Manfred Mann's Earth Band at Central Park, Suzi Quatro at Felt Forum. Both '74.
Manfred Manns Earth Band.....GREAT!!!
This is a fantastic short presentation of a historic rock band, thanks. I an impressed by work of the Uriah Heep.
I’ve always loved the first album, especially with the North American “centipede” cover.
My favorite Heep lineup 1972-75.
Nice segment! I just saw the Heep two weeks ago in Canada. Mick, Phil and Bernie are still in fine form; such an amazing concert! Long live Uriah Heep !
Uriah Heep, great band. Peaked from roughly 71-74, I also loved the Lawton and Goalby era too.
Heep were the second ever band I saw live. Queen were the first (1979 Crazy Tour in Birmingham), then Heep in early 1980 in Swansea, South Wales (my home town). They were supported by Girlsschool). Heep should have been my first, but I got the Queen tickets at the last moment from a schoolfriend who couldn't go. I was 15 at the time and loved every minute. Their drummer at the time (Chris Slade) appeared in our local drum shop on the day of the gig too which was awesome. Happy, happy days :-)
Hi Pete ... neat story here ... I had a typing teacher in Grade 10 and Friday's were typing to the beat of Heep. No talking, no teaching, just jamming / typing to Heep. Favourite days!
You've got me addicted to these guys. I really really wish I could have seen them with Trevor boulder on bass he's incredible
Really enjoyed that, thx. UH fan since the early eighties as a young teen. Thankfully my older siblings had great taste in music and I remember rifling through their vinyl collections and at first being taken in by the artwork then the music of so many 60’s and 70’s bands. One song returns to me time and time again is ‘One Day’ off Sweet Freedom. I find myself singing it when watering the garden or washing the car. It has such a jaunty, sing-a-long melody with great heartfelt lyrics. Anyway, thx again and great to hear all the stories of the other Heep fans out there.
Great job on one of my favorite bands. I picked up Magician's Birthday from the old RCS record service (12 albums for a penny!) because of the cover and have spent the last 40 years buying every release! Finally seeing Heep tomorrow here in Texas! Wish I could have seen them in the 70's but kept on missing them. I did see Hensley on a solo gig in 1981? I'm looking forward to it.
Has anyone ever cranked Bird of Prey over morning coffee? I highly recommend it!
Who needs coffee when you got that? Run it through the Marshall.
I just want a whole album of David Byron screams and high pitch singing bc it's just so epic
@@ouroborosnagyok9306 order me one too....👍🎤🤟
@@GibsonTriniLopez haha so true !
No I don't like coffee
Great history lesson of Uriah Heep! This brought back so many fantastic memories from the 70’s. I never realised the amount of albums that they have produced in the last 20 years, amazing info you have. Without doubt, the most comprehensive discussion/overview of Uriah Heep I’ve ever seen. Great work, much appreciated!!
You're an encyclopedia, man. It's amazing to think all the classic Uriah Heep came out in such a short span of years. Prolific and great band.
I first saw Heep play in 1971, I believe. Before Look at Yourself and Demons and Wizards. I've seen them twice in the last 5 years with their current line-up of Box, Shaw, Lanzon, Rimmer, and Gilbrook. Their current album Living the Dream is perhaps their finest since their glory years of the 70's. They also have more than a few very good DVD concerts out with special guest artists that are part of my collection. What can I say. I'm a fan and always will be.
I agree with Black Sabbath, DP, UH and LZ as being the big four for early heavy rock/proto metal. You also have more obscure bands like Lucifer's Friend, Bloodrock, Sir Lord Baltimore, Budgie and High Tide among many others.
Indeed Mike- those are some great early heavy rock acts right there! Throw Mountain in as well!
I read a piece on Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and he was saying how Lucifer's Friend was. So about eight months later I saw Where the Groupies Killed the Blues on vinyl, so I picked it up. And I have to agree...it's a very cool album.
Mike Reiss first off I apologies for rambling, but I'm just curious . Are you referring to these band as being obscure just because they didn't get a lot of air time ?
I'm just wondering what your reason for obscurity is . For instance people in the past have ask me if I know any Zeppelin tunes . Since I'm usually jamming on acoustic in a live setting I will play " Friends".
I've been ask before why I would pick such an obscure Zeppelin tune . The answer is simple, it's one of my favorite Zeppelin acoustic jams . It's a perfectly legitimate Zeppelin acoustic jam . So what makes it obscure ?
Buffalo
Dust, Baker Gurvitz Army, Budgie also important
Great episode!!🙌. I love Uriah Heep!
Great post, thank you! I was 15 when Abominog came out and That’s The Way That It Is was all over MTV. I worked my way backwards and found so many classic albums! Love your retrospectives. Cheers!
Excellent recap of Heep’s history. I truly enjoyed it. I’m a big Heep fan from 1970. Appreciate all the great info. Thanks!
My all time favourite Uriah Heep song is the B side of the single Easy Livin’ called simply “Why”. The bass playing is awesome!
Why, is simply a masterpiece.
great video, of a very underrated band.
Under rated band. Still have my vinyl copy of Uriah Heep Live. Roger Dean out did his self on the Demons and Wizards cover art. Trippy. Love it. A little later the track Steal'in came along. Busted our balls here in the States. Still sounds great.
My favorite song by Uriah Heep is "One Minute" from Outsider . And thanx for the recommendation of Sea Of Light because I had never heard of it and it smokes.
1970's Uriah Heep always had an auditorium sound! Great band!
Led zeppelin,deep purple,black Sabbath and uriah heep are my favorite bands of all time.
Same here... whenever I talk about 70's rock. Top 5, Zeppelin, Deep purple, Black sabbath, pink floyd, and Uriah Heep. No question about it.
Whew, so much classic music! You almost don't need anything else. They put collectively so many essential desert island level of quality albums : )
Thanks for speaking of this band. A forgotten legendary band.
I hope nobody will mind if I say that the guitar solo on the title cut, Salisbury....might be the most beautifully constructed and exciting solo ever recorded ! IMHO.....I was in my first band and after hearing that song I couldn’t decide whether to smash my guitar and kill myself....or practice harder ! Since then I’ve never stopped playing, gigging and practicing. That solo inspired me permanently ! Good to see Mick healthy, happy and still smokin !
Mick Box is a Londoner as far as I know, from when I lived and listened in Bermondsey, not A Brummy mate. 😳 shock horror. But thank you for getting to the most underrated band in Rock. And, living where I now do in Victoria BC home of Bernie Shaw my Uriah Heap journey has come full circle. Love your channel ♥️.
Mick box is a Tottenham fan and often posts pic's from their matches when he can get to games on Uriah heep Facebook
My favorite British band of all times!
I was born in '67, and I didn't really have any way (well, or interest, I was a kid, after all...) to discover new music that wasn't already played on my country's one radio channel, for the first ten years of my life, or so. But my mother's youngest brother did have several of the early Heep albums, and my younger brother and I used to sleep in his room when staying with our grandparents over the odd weekend (he was sort of not mentioned much to us kids, as he found lots of women to temporarily move in with at that time, I learned later...). Heh, the seventies! ;D
Still, all I knew about Uriah Heep when the 80's came by, were the David Byron years. And the one thing most commentators forget to mention about the 80's, is that around that time, the 'Nice Price' LP's really hit the record shops (at least in Europe)! I first got Fallen Angel from some record club deal to get a bunch of unknown albums at a very give-away price. And then I got Firefly not too long after as a cheap Nice Price album (normally at around half, or less, of the price of a normal LP). I really learned to love John Lawton's vocals during that time, even if I still thought of David Byron as being the 'proper' sing of the band... ;P
I slightly later got the Ken Hensley solo album with "Brown-Eyed Girl" on it, but it still took a decade or two before the first solo album by Hensley (Proud Words...) was available to buy (for me), with many of those rerecorded out-takes from earlier Heep albums.
After that, I went more after anything having to do with Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath etc, but I still remember that I really loved Abominog when a class-mate hit me with that one out of the blue during the late 80's! After that, there was just too much to keep track of, so I only learned to like the later Heep records about 20+ years later. Oh, well, I now love everything Heep, and I love a lot of other things, too! :D
Great as always! I don't know this band much but I'm going to see them in July in the Rock Fest (Barcelona, Spain) and I didn't want to go blind so what better place than this channel to find out about these bands!! Thank you again Pete!!
Thanks Andrea! Enjoy the show- Heep do not disappoint!!!
fantastico.... gracias por subirlo
The first time I heard Bernie was on the LIVE IN MOSCOW Album recorded in 1987, Had some songs I had never heard at the time Mister Majestic, Corina and Pacific Highway. I liked it right away and was happy when Raging Silence was released
Fantastic summary - thanks!
Great vids! Keep them coming.
Awesome band I never thought they got the respect they deserve. I actually seen them this year April 7th 2018 here in Houston and they were freaking awesome. I enjoyed your video cheers.
Not sure why discovering your channel took some time. This was another great one! Lots of cool songs and I think most folks probably discovered them by hearing Easy Livin' on the radio. That song is to Heep what My Woman from Tokyo is to Purple in that there is so much more depth. My fave: Magician's Birthday closely followed by July Morning.
You bring a lot of context...why only so many songs could fit on an album as it was a pre-digital media age. Your format is great and I feel like I am listening to a TED talk but about a much cooler subject. Take care and stay gold!
I like a lot of the Uriah heap albums! But abominog is absolutely my favorite album.....
Started listening to Heep in my freshman year of High School 74.Recently found a best of the early years still holds up pretty good.
For those who are wondering who did the artwork for the US release of the debut, released simply as "Uriah Heep" with artwork from Virgil Finlay. and BTW, Nigel Olson is still with Elton.
Pete since I have been following you I have noticed a bit of a soft spot for this great band! I think you may have previously said that you have met some of them a few times too. I absolutely loved them when I was a teen in the 70s and played their first Greatest Hits album to death. Got to say I lost track of them over the years but thanks to your channel I feel I have rediscovered them and so awesome to find that they are still going strong. The last album Living the dream has now become one of my favourites and I love the fact that as a 60 year old I can still enjoy this band like I did at 16!!
YOUR VIDEO IS A GREAT HELP TO PEOPLE WHO WANT LEARN MUCH MORE ABOUT HARD ROCK.
TY for these videos. Just found you a couple of days ago. Have always been partial to the song "Time to Live" off Sallsbury. Saw them in the 80's in Memphis.
7 discs of Heep documentaries lined up for tomorrow, 2 singles and 1 4 disc. Love to see you do dvd/blu Ray doc/rock performance review.
Great rundown...appreciate it....Im 52...never really knew much of Heep until recently....and with maturity i guess i really love their work.....think im putting them ahead of Purple for me....thanks
Excellent job!! Saw UH at BB Kings a few years ago and the were outstanding.
I was at that show too John! Seeing them in 2 weeks in Peekskill, NY
Im your fan! thanks
Your a true fan of the Heep! Very in-depth and knowledgeable details!
Thanks🙏🙇 for the great information. May Rock sustain forever. Amen🙏
Heep were the heavy band to also have big vocals. (Before Queen). On the early albums you can tell they were on to something but it wasn't quite there. They were still kinda Spinal-Tapish. But Demons and Wizards -- along comes Gary Thain, and they took it to another level. And that level was never matched.
Uriah Heep's 'Sweet Freedom' is my favorite of theirs, 'Stealin' is still one of my favorite songs of all time... that little laugh Byron does after the lyrics 'I done the ranchers daughter and I sure did hurt his pride' seals it for me. As a side note they did a world tour with T.Rex opening for them that beat out Led Zeppelin for top grossing tour, early/mid 70's
Excellent work!
I heard a Mick Box interview not even 3 years ago and he was pumped! He was a major influence to me on guitar and if I'm not mistaken he also sang a lot of the very high parts. I was lucky enough to be in a couple of bands who weren't afraid to cover some Heep tunes and I must say that they have a certain frame of "feel" to their music. Such a unique chemistry and mixture of rock/classical/psychedelic.... stuff.
Thanks for an excellent summary of their work!
Peace
Nice one, Pete. Just saw them for the first time ever last week. I won't be straying, but what a miss over the years just because the poor man's Purple thing. This band pleases in many ways Purple don't.
I love Uriah Heep,saw them with the classic line up a few times..Byron,Box,Thain,Hensley,Kerslake...Lee is one of my favorite rock drummers and I pay homage to him sometimes in my solos by playing bits of his solo in the live version of Gypsy
Sweet Freedom, great album
Love Uriah Heep. 👍
Great stuff Pete,
Shame you had to rush towards the end. I got into heep in the 80's 1st two albums were abominog and head first then got very eavy very umble and look at yourself. Heep are so diverse with their music over the years and an underrated band. On the rebound great 80s tune for dancing to on a night out. long live heep.
Andy H
Yeah, they have such a huge catalog and the clock was ticking...didn't want to go much over 30 minutes. So many great albums to discuss, and those later ones are indeed excellent and not to be missed!
Excellent job! HEEP Forever!
Uriah Heep is fantastic band Just time years David Byron
yeah rainbow demon is epic so dark heavy trippy just a wicked song
Been pulling out my old classic Uriah Heep records since following your site and really getting back into the group. Whilst some of the later Heep is ok it is nothing compared to the classic years of Byron, Box, Kerslake, Thain and importantly Hensley who wrote the majority of the songs. Best albums Look At Yourself, Demons and Wizards, Magicians Birthday, Very 'eavy Very 'umble and Salisbury
My favorite live album 1973
Great video. I love the King Biscuit stuff. Please do Trower.
Aye I was watching a vid from 74 and they did the rock medley which was cool for them being so heavy and philosophical to break out on some old American tunes..That was great.
Thanks for accrediting them as heavy contempories
The first album is my favorite. Maybe their most diverse as far as types of song styles.
Never heard a bad Heep tune but I never got into Langhton Uriah Heep much. I had all their albums at one time or another. I need to give them another listen...I do like Abominog though! Great work on the history of Uriah Heep!!!!🤘😝
Sir, I Thank YOU!!!
I'm a Sarumite from Salisbury and you may not realise that the tank on the cover is relevant because a few miles to the north of Salisbury is Salisbury plain, which is owned by the Ministry of defence and the Army use it for excersises.Yeah, it's a cool album to be named after your home town. It's an ancient place. The original town was on a hill goes back to the stone age. The Norman bishop got fed up with the garrison there and built a massive cathedral a couple of miles away. They haven't built any tall buildings so the 400 ft spire dominates the sourounding river valley. It's an odd sort of place. If you like old stuff you should visit! There's a deconsecrated church there which used to be an arts centre. In the 1980s and early 1990s loads of bands played there. Indie rock was the main genre, but metal, neo prog and punk and reggae bands all would pay there. They would have great Christmas bashes where they would have national touring bands that played original music. One of those was my first live gig in 1988! I've seen my favourite band Hawkwind here many times at the city hall which is really great. It's always busy around the Summer solstice with people visiting stonehenge for the sunrise which is 8 miles north. Of course the original free festival there was synonymous with Hawkwind friends and relations. It ended violently with the police attacking the travellers on the peace convoy at the battle of the bean field.
Uriah Heep did not split right after Conquest, they toured, I saw them, they still were awesome in 1980 - as they surely are now. The studio material has its ups and downs, but they were always fantastic onstage. Very very special place in my heart, even if they messed up here and there and are not the best band the world has ever seen - title occupied by Gentle Giant. Heep forever!
Great history Pete - well done!! I've been a huge Heep fan since the early - mid 70s. I've seen them with different lineups when they've come to Australia. The current band is fantastic (live & studio) - & it's good to see such strong material on the last 2 or 3 albums. They went thru many fazes in the Hensley era - & if you take the albums on the strength of the material (& not the styles of music they were doing), i would put Wonderworld & Conquest as the 2 weakest. Sorry, i disagree about High & Mighty - even with it's 2 or 3 lightweight poppy tunes. "One Way Or Another" is one of their ballsiest songs & a true Heep classic - listen to Kerslake's drumming & Wetton's bass!! "Weep In Silence" is also right up there as one of their very best songs. Thanks for taking the time to put this together!! Tiger.
Just found your channel. Really enjoying your vids!
Thanks Brian!
I love Uriah Heep and highly recommend The Godz and all that pre-Heep stuff. All the Uriah Heep albums through 1981 I listen to almost every day. Killer songs throughout the catalog and I hear the 2000s albums are great too. Ken Hensley was a epic songwriter and great slide guitarist and keyboard player. I highly recommend URIAH HEEP!
My first album
My all time favorite Band !
Hey Pete. I'm really liking these videos. Brings back a lot of memories. I'd love it if you'd consider doing a "History of Journey" one day. Was just relistening the 'Next' album, a phenomenal piece of work that I'm sure you like as well. Anyways.... thanks a bunch and keep trucking!
Next and the first Journey LPS are my favorites. Have the first 3. Nothing after that.....good songs after that but a totally different direction taken from the former members (3 of 4) od Santana. Fusion
Hensley’s solo album, Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf is worth seeking out.
Time to Live was a great song
First non-Byron album I heard was Innocent Victim. There was two things I noticed immediately 1- wow, you can really hear the bass on this. As a bass player myself, I thoroughly enjoyed that. 2- call me crazy but it sounded a lot like Meatloaf to me. Not a bad thing by any means, just very different than what I expected.
However, doesn't sound like Meatloaf to me. Not a fan of Meatlof but love Innocent Victim and Firefly.
Uria Heep was also heavely influenced by Vanilla Fudge in the early days. I believe that's important to mention.
VF influenced everyone!
Hope to see Scorpions, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Riot discographies someday
Good ideas-Purple one is coming soon!
I wish you would hold albums covers longer, maybe insert picture of band of that year. That would be cool. Thanks
Great Video of my all time favourite band...Were you aware of The cd of the original line-up called "Live in Zurich 1971"...its a Dodgy recording quality wise, but features a 13 min version of Why and an 18 min band version of Salisbury and a 12 min version of Gypsy...Well worth trying to get hold of a copy, as it is(to my knowledge) the only live recording of the band from this period.....Thanks for posting the video....