URIAH HEEP 'SALISBURY' UK '70 W/ 'BIRD OF PREY' 'LADY IN BLACK' MINT-
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Uriah Heep
'Salisbury'
Bronze, UK, 1970
ILPS 9152
HEEP'S SECOND album in a long line of winners and no loosers. Retaining every molecule of pomposity, the Heep move in on their kill with precision and power drawing from a rich history of heaviousity spearheaded by Hensley's swirling Hammond Organ, Mick Box's blistering wah-wah guitar and David Byron's ludicrously operatic vocal gymnastics - and I say that with love.
At the time they were members of the big four - Sabbath Purple, Zeppelin and...the Heep. Rampaging heavy rock dinosaurs trampling from continent to continent raizing concert halls to the ground and clogging the airwaves with colourful and frightening album length tracks. It was a great time and, thankfully, I saw most the above bands in their heyday including Heep and believe me when I tell you that they gave all the others a run for their money.
This time around they came up with an explosive package helping to destroy the myth that they were a a one dimensional can of noise with limited life expectancy. Archeytype Heep in so much as the lyrical themes dabble with fantasy amd mystique; another classic make no mistake. Every nuance is extremely well thought out, every riff calculated to create maximum impact and the quality of songs is just outrageous. As a working unit and forever on tour, it amazes me that they ever found time to write stuff this good.
'Bird Of Prey' lead off track is a challenging and super intelligent slice of intent angst blessed with a simple yet effective chorus. It is world's apart from the usual Heep bluster but tracks such as 'High Priestess', with trademark blasts of Hammond organ and flanged guitar, erupt from the speakers like rampaging elephants. It's as pompus and as diverse as you might expect yet all adding up to an incredibly entertaining package full of unexpected twists, turns and pleasant surprises. Look out to for 'Lady In Black' actually became a hit single in Germany later in teh decade on its re-release.
A great Heep opus and one that should be in every early seventies hard rock collection.
This auction is part of a fantastic collection of seventies rock which I was lucky enough to acquire. Most of these records were stored with the utmost care and sparsely played. Some were possibly never played or may have been for just a handful of times.
Pressing: Bronze, UK, 1972
Vinyl: Nice clean condition. Spindle marks and faint signs of use. A few tiny scuffs only visible under a bright light - primarilly due to sliding in and out of the inner sleeve. Grades as Mint-!
Cover: Virtually no signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated (by Roger Dean) and richly crafted gatefold cover. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Slight storage wear to rear panel. Spine is pefectly square, straight and uncrushed. Beautiful and impossible to find like this. Grades as top Ex+
Inserts: None
Matrix:
1st Pressing
Side One: ILPS 9152 A-2U
Side Two: ILPS 9152 B-2U
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