URIAH HEEP - VERY 'EAVY VERY 'UMBLE VERTIGO swirl 1st Press FR EX laminated
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URIAH HEEP -
...very 'eavy ... very 'umble
VERTIGO
VERTIGO 6360 006
FR 1970
1st Press Swirl
First press matrices with the earliest stampers
Their debut album, ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble (released as Uriah Heep 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 theDickens character Uriah Heep ("very 'umble").
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, in time, became their trademark. In a 1989 interview, Mick Box recalled, "The funny thing was we wrote it at the Hanwell Community Centre, 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." 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. "Those unfamiliar with Uriah Heep may want to try out Demons and Wizards or a compilation first, but anyone with a serious interest in Uriah Heep or the roots of heavy metal will find plenty to like on Very 'eavy... Very 'umble," advised critic Donald A. Guarisco. In the course of the album's making the writing relationship between Box, Byron and Hensley was beginning to develop. "It was very quick, because we were all into the same things. It was like it was meant to be, there was that kind of chemistry," Mick Box recalled.
Vinyl: EX . A stunning FR copy of this album. Only a couple of faintest light shallow hair/paper retraction lines. This being a first press the vinyl is heavy and the replay astounding. This has clearly only been very lightly played without any spindle traces on the label. I played this once and the audio was stunning with only some very light static in quiet places.
Sleeve: EX+. A sublime fully laminated gatefold sleeve with sharp unworn edges. A couple of faint underlaminate edge creases, even new albums have this. The inside gatefold is EX and unmarked. The spine is still fully legible. NO writing and no damage. This will be a quality addition to most collections. A stunning very well kept example of this stunner!!
Labels: EX+.
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