URIAH HEEP VERY 'EAVY VERY 'UMBLE LP ORIG UK VERTIGO SWIRL RARE PROG METAL

	£		103
	$		137

Item :

URIAH HEEP ~ VERY 'EAVY... VERY 'UMBLE LP

Original 1970 U.K. first issue stereo pressing released on the Vertigo swirl label 6360 006.

Description :

Very rare and hard to find heavy prog classic that has become increasingly collectable over the last few years.

Their debut album, Very 'eavy... Very 'umble (which was self-titled in the United States), introduced Hensley's heavy organ and guitar-driven sound, with David Byron's theatrical, dynamic vocals soaring above thunderous sonic backgrounds, although acoustic and jazz elements also featured in the mix. The album's title references the signature phrase of the Dickens character Uriah Heep ("very 'umble") from the novel David Copperfield from which the band took its name. Hensley had little to contribute to the debut: Box and Byron wrote most of the material, including "Gypsy", in many ways (according to Blows) "...a marriage of contrasts that would, in time, become their trademark". "The funny thing was we wrote it at the Hanwell Community Centre, Shepherds Bush, and Deep Purple were rehearsing in the room next door to us. You can imagine the kind of racket we were both making between us", recalled Mick Box in a 1989 interview. Three quarters into the recording of the album Alex Napier was replaced by Nigel Olsson, recommended to Byron by Elton John. The debut was not popular with rock critics (especially in the USA where a Rolling Stone reviewer infamously promised to commit suicide "if this band makes it") but in retrospect the attitude towards it changed. Anyone with a serious interest in Uriah Heep or the roots of heavy metal will find plenty to like on Very 'eavy... Very 'umble.

The vinyl is in VG++ bordering on EXCELLENT condition with just the odd light surface hairline.

Audio Quality :

The sound quality is excellent with just the occasional click or a pop.

Condition ~ Sleeve :

The classic striking laminated gatefold sleeve is in superb shape with just very light fading along the opening edge. EXCELLENT condition.

Condition ~ Inner Sleeve :

Comes complete with the original black & white Vertigo swirl inner sleeve which is in excellent condition.

Condition ~ Labels :

Both labels are nice and clean. No writing. Just a few light spindle marks.

Matrix Numbers :

Earliest possible !!!

Side one : 6360 006 1#1 420

Side two : 6360 006 2#1 420

Miscellaneous :

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