Listening to Uriah Heep: Demons and Wizards, Part 2

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Комментарии • 89

  • @СергейВикторович-с4ю

    I'm 62. My favorite band (1970-1977 years). Best music (sound, tunes), vocals and bass guitar. Thank You !

  • @TigerMtnKing
    @TigerMtnKing Год назад +14

    'Paradise' plays in my mind occasionally even after all these years, decades!🤩

  • @malcolmgriffiths4234
    @malcolmgriffiths4234 Год назад +7

    One of the best bands ever and still going amazing live..

  • @Отаньо
    @Отаньо Год назад +4

    I've been listening to them since the 70s, it's always been a group, undervalued🖤🖤

  • @canadianstudmuffin
    @canadianstudmuffin Год назад +11

    Fantastic album. The Magician's Birthday is superb too!

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад +4

      Looking forward to that one! How is Larry?

  • @davidlane2737
    @davidlane2737 Год назад +14

    What a gem of a record.

  • @seansweeney2875
    @seansweeney2875 Год назад +1

    It speaks volumes all the heep and rock fans love this album, its a gem..that line up was amazing, Gary was an epic bass player..so magical bass lines, David was a great singer And front man. Ken wrote a lot of there tunes and Lee was brilliant drummer..mick is the last man standing from 70s..long live the past and 70s. Heep forever....best band best fan's ,still going strong 👍🎵🎹🎶🎸

  • @stephendennis5911
    @stephendennis5911 Год назад +4

    Paradise and the spell my one of many favourite songs from uriah heep

  • @philtred21
    @philtred21 Год назад +3

    "Demons and Wizards" and "Look at Yourself" are the masterpieces of Uriah Heep, "The Magician's Birthday" is also a great album, a little below but still very good, they form the golden trilogy of Uriah Heep from the beginning of the 70's.

  • @the_real_schopenhauer985
    @the_real_schopenhauer985 Год назад +8

    This album is immense! I gotta get this....

  • @TheProgCorner
    @TheProgCorner Год назад +9

    My two favorite Uriah Heep albums: Demons And Wizards and The Magician’s Birthday - both released in 1972 and both sport neato Roger Dean Sleeves!!!

    • @jeffschielka7845
      @jeffschielka7845 Год назад +2

      Couldn't agree more Scot. Both of my albums are still in mint condition. 😈🧙‍♂️🧛🎂😎

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад +2

      I’m excited to hear more Uriah Heep for sure!

    • @jeffschielka7845
      @jeffschielka7845 Год назад +1

      @@JimNewstead Great band!😎

  • @tomaszdaniel4580
    @tomaszdaniel4580 Год назад +7

    Hello Jim, this is best Uriah Heep album, Live is also great and Look At Yourself.. Do you hear last album ? is very good. Classic band and fantastic music. Best from Poland.

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад +1

      Not yet…. This is the only UH I’ve heard. I’ll be listening to more.

    • @josefhorndl3469
      @josefhorndl3469 11 месяцев назад

      Demons and Wizards, Live 1973 and Look at Yourself? Totally agree! Greetings from Germany.

  • @blamhof
    @blamhof Год назад +5

    It's genius Jim. Magician's Birthday next please 🙏

  • @mikescriber1777
    @mikescriber1777 Год назад +2

    Thank you Jim for featuring one of my favourite bands out of the 70’s. While Uriah Heep did not possess individually the best singer, keyboard player, drummer, lead guitarist, and while I think Thain would have been more recognized if he did not die so terribly young, collectively they created such incredible music that rivalled Deep Purple and Sabbath. From their inception from Very Eavy up to Sweet Freedom I do not think there was any band who could touch these boys. Six albums of incredibly perfect music.
    Sadly while they are still touring, only one member from the original band is alive. Again, thank you for this.

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад +1

      I genuinely really loved this band... I'm kicking myself for not listening sooner.

    • @mikescriber1777
      @mikescriber1777 Год назад +3

      Well if you were to commit to listen to their whole library. You would have to listen to 25 studio albums, 5 or 6 live albums, and well over 10 compilation (best of) albums, anniversary editions etc. If you want to get a deep appreciation for them. I would recommend the following records.
      1. Very Evy Very Umble, 2. Salisbury, 3, Look at yourself (considered by many to be their best), 4. Demons and Wizards, 5. Sweet Freedom, (my personal favourite) 6. Magicians Birthday, and finally 7. Return to a fantasy. I consider this album a hidden gem featuring John Wetton from U.K. and Asia.

  • @clansome
    @clansome Год назад +9

    So, so glad you liked this album. Uriah Heep were very unfashionable even to rock fans back in the day. They were (wrongly in my mind) always regarded as second rate especially to the likes of Deep Purple even though I was a Purple fan. All the early albums were classics in their own right but Demons and Wizards was the album that really made them popular even if it still didn't make them fashionable. I loved it then and love it now.

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад +3

      I don’t care for fashion (can you tell? 🤣) but I do care for amazing sounding music. This ticks that box ✅

    • @retrorambles517
      @retrorambles517 Год назад +1

      Poor man's purple
      To be fair they were keyboard driven and had a singer with a similar voice
      But their 70s stuff very enjoyable and last few albums with Bernie have been very enjoyable too

    • @markhaus2830
      @markhaus2830 Год назад +2

      @@retrorambles517 Not a poor man's Purple. Whatever the hell that means?

    • @seansweeney2875
      @seansweeney2875 Год назад

      Well said buddy, heep were always slated off, yet there were better than all of them..only purple came close...ive seen them all zeppelin, sabbath who were great..the big 3 were zeppelin sabbath and purple..heep were looked down on by other fans especially snobs ie King crimson yes ELP etc. Yet a lot of my mates were sabbath and purple fans and liked heep. It's mainly those arty fatty twats. King crimson fan's got upset when Wetton joined heep LOL 😂 talk about missing the point. Twats and snobs what what.

  • @kenl2091
    @kenl2091 Год назад +8

    The Magician's Birthday and Look at Yourself are just as good (July Morning on the latter is probably their masterpiece) and there's half a dozen others just below that rank. They are still producing excellent records and touring live - saw them 3 months ago - though only Mick Box remains from the 'classic' line-up. Judging by your reaction to Demons and Wizards, you've got several hours of enjoyable work ahead of you, Jim.

    • @seansweeney2875
      @seansweeney2875 Год назад

      Hi Jim , a lot of heep fan's lovel demon's and magician's..great albums both. My favourite is look at yourself..its there heaviest and first heep album i brought when i saw them in 71 .heep fans all i think all have different albums they like a lot to choose from great band grate fan's, stay safe buddy..

  • @chrisfirefly4686
    @chrisfirefly4686 3 месяца назад

    Very fantastic Band and very greats albums from the seventies.

  • @tonygrinney7115
    @tonygrinney7115 Год назад +3

    First one to give a like........that guitar solo! Up there with the very best!

  • @geraldhartley
    @geraldhartley Год назад +2

    Hope you'll do Uriah Heep "The Magician's Birthday" soon. That was the first LP I purchased as a youngster!

  • @vtaro5354
    @vtaro5354 Год назад +2

    Great job listening to the entire record, a true masterpiece in the rock idiom. I was fortunate to find their music as a kid back in the early 70s. They were, and will be until they light my pyre, one of my favorite bands. The musicianship, vocal layering, and especially the late Ken Hensley's songwriting just immediately clicked with me. You might actually see me walking around in my well worn Demons and Wizards t shirt. Really glad you appreciated the album. Cheers.

  • @Papabude
    @Papabude Год назад +3

    The Spell : one of best Guitar Solo all Time 😭😭 so beautiful .. Mick Box? No , this was Ken Hensley

  • @seansweeney2875
    @seansweeney2875 Год назад

    Nice 1 Jim , for playing heep .👍🎸🎹🥁great band great album, thanks.

  • @palantir135
    @palantir135 Год назад +3

    Great to see you react to and love the music I grew up with and love since my teenage years.
    Salisbury next 😜 or maybe their latest album Chaos & Colour.

  • @alanbiggs9306
    @alanbiggs9306 Год назад +4

    The Magicians Birthday, Sweet Freedom and Return to Fantasy are also works you should hear

  • @glennthompson1173
    @glennthompson1173 Год назад +4

    Yeah this is one of my favorite all-time albums. I really like sweet Freedom also. Very nice reaction I knew you'd love it. How couldn't you love this album huh?

  • @MrJuanBuzz
    @MrJuanBuzz Год назад +5

    Fantastic, as I said in part 1. I have to say that I never listened so clearly the bass in these songs before (maybe a poor quality in my old cd) and it's fantastic!

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад +4

      It’s a great sounding record, played through a decent record player, very good stylus and an external pre amp before sending uncompressed to the computer. It’s a wav file not mp3 and it sounds GREAT!

    • @coolzip683
      @coolzip683 Год назад +1

      Uriah Heep is a force unto itself!

  • @seansweeney2875
    @seansweeney2875 Год назад

    There block and step harmonies amazing 👍🎵🎶🎶

  • @RichardW001
    @RichardW001 Год назад +9

    The 1973 live album is well worth a listen if you like this 🙂

  • @konteros9850
    @konteros9850 Год назад +1

    What a gem

  • @TheProgCorner
    @TheProgCorner Год назад +3

    Sad fact: bass player Gary Thain is a member of the 27 Club.

  • @Starless2012
    @Starless2012 Год назад +3

    Byron has one of the best voices in rock!

  • @coolzip683
    @coolzip683 Год назад

    I think I just witnessed a new Uriah Heep fan being born!!

  • @timballard27
    @timballard27 11 месяцев назад

    Watching your reaction to The Spell I can see you enjoyed it as much as I did first time I heard it.

  • @threestringsomg
    @threestringsomg Год назад +2

    Love that wobble on the demon.....
    I've got the albums released either side of this, The Magicians Birthday and Look At Yourself and Salisbury and the new one on my wishlist 💸💸💸💸🧙‍♂️😈

  • @Sil-fo8zs
    @Sil-fo8zs 9 месяцев назад

    Un gran álbum para siempre.

  • @Beshan-Art
    @Beshan-Art Год назад

    great, great, great!!!!

  • @rockwren
    @rockwren Год назад +2

    Cool, and there's more where that came from in their catalog, particularly with this particular early lineup. To be honest the the latest 18 albums in their catalog I'm not as familiar with either.

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад

      Haha, that’s almost too funny… their LATEST 18 albums. Proficient then?

  • @michaelcapewell4811
    @michaelcapewell4811 Год назад +3

    Try and do the preceding lp Look at Yourself next…or maybe the follow up Magician’s Birthday, which is a bit chortlesome in places but has more of the BASS! (particularly Sweet Lorraine…though i should warn you that Ken Hensley was making Dr Who noises on a synth by then 🙄) 👍

  • @LockeTheCole
    @LockeTheCole Год назад +2

    Something smirkable on the album cover? Looks, Looks... Jim puts the album closer... Oh! ruclips.net/video/OoAlf0-U7EA/видео.html

  • @timballard27
    @timballard27 11 месяцев назад

    If you like this try UFO's Live album Strangers in the Night. One of the best live albums ever recorded, and Michael Schenker at his peak.

  • @WooBino.
    @WooBino. Год назад +1

    I think I should have delved alot more into Uriah Heep.
    Wait till you see the hidden object on the cover of Brain Salad Surgery. 😀

  • @gilsorger6548
    @gilsorger6548 11 месяцев назад

    Next, The Magician's Birthday. You'll love it.

  • @jeffschielka7845
    @jeffschielka7845 Год назад +1

    Hey Jim! Knew you would like this one. You will love Magician's Birthday!😈🧙‍♂️🧛🎂😎

  • @davidmooney2512
    @davidmooney2512 Год назад +1

    Finish it with Magicians Birthday the continue to next album

  • @marcoscamargo7763
    @marcoscamargo7763 2 месяца назад

    Excelente Álbum. Infelizmente o meu foi roubado. 😢

  • @tomhill9445
    @tomhill9445 Год назад

    You must hear Look At Yourself. To me its an even better record.

  • @nikolaykhramov1269
    @nikolaykhramov1269 Год назад +1

    Тут все рекомендуют тебе все лучшие их альбомы, но несправедливо опускают вниз альбом "Wonderworld" (1974), который многие из них просто не поняли. Прошу тебя: послушай этот альбом тоже, когда у тебя будет время и желание. / Here everyone recommends you all their best albums, but unfairly omits the album "Wonderworld" (1974), which many of them simply did not understand. I ask you: listen to this album too, when you have time and desire.

  • @jeffschielka7845
    @jeffschielka7845 Год назад +1

    Jim, how did you miss them? How did you miss YES❓️❓️❓️😎

  • @xlerb_again_to_music7908
    @xlerb_again_to_music7908 Год назад +1

    Hm. The vocal vibratos not to my taste, yet the rest of the LP ~ OK. Thanks for playing this, Jim - I've seen the cover many times but the only UH I've heard was Very Easy, Very Umble back in the late '70's.

    • @clansome
      @clansome Год назад

      That was their debut album from 1970. Ironically probably the only album of theirs I don't actually own !!

  • @yes_head
    @yes_head Год назад +1

    Side 2 is much better than side 1 IMO. Some interesting arranging and choice of instrumental textures, from Gilmour-esque slide to pub piano. I'm still not that impressed with David Byron as a singer, and in the glory days of progressive rock none of these guys was likely to stick out as players. But it seems like there was room for a mildly progressive, good-time boogie rock band like this.

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад

      They rocked good! There’s defo a place for them in my collection.

  • @parshakamarsh
    @parshakamarsh Год назад +1

    I could never get into Uriah Heep because of the screeching vocals, one of those voices that I just can't listen to, unfortunately

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад +1

      Fair enough

    • @bernhardherrmann9230
      @bernhardherrmann9230 Год назад

      ,.... SOOO, w h a t do you hear, FOOL ~ classic screaming voices??? BERNIE GERMANY 😊

  • @hans-henrikrasmussen53
    @hans-henrikrasmussen53 10 месяцев назад

    Jim! Better late than never!😄❤️👍

  • @hans-henrikrasmussen53
    @hans-henrikrasmussen53 10 месяцев назад

    Unjustily called; The poor mans DP
    Btw Absolutely loved both!😃❤️👍

  • @billnole2188
    @billnole2188 Год назад +3

    My junior high school days saw me listening to this great album. The followup was very similar. Their album Wonderworld was really good.
    I'm listening to the brand new album. Pretty darn good.

    • @JimNewstead
      @JimNewstead  Год назад +1

      I fear there’s many hours of Uriah Heep listening ahead!!!

    • @bernhardherrmann9230
      @bernhardherrmann9230 Год назад +1

      @@JimNewstead,... Don't fear, bro ~ just enjoy!!!!! BERNIE GERMANY