With Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep became one of the top heavy metal and hard rock bands of the 1970s. I was lucky enough to get the 2 disc collection which features alternative versions of the whole album, plus the original album has been remastered for excellent sound quality. As it is now 48 years old, it can sound a bit dated, but there are some gems on this album. In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the " Lady in Black" single was a big hit. This album comes from the classic line up of Uriah Heep ( from 1972 - 1974). While the tracks and title would remain the same, this album had two different album covers for the UK and North America. 7 in 1975) while of the fifteen Billboard 200 Uriah Heep albums Demons and Wizards was the most successful (No. Twelve of the band's albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart ( Return to Fantasy reached No. Five decades of rockin: a handy guide to the best albums in the world of the legendary Uriah Heep. Three years later after a few false starts the album came out and. Uriah Heep's progressive/ art rock/ heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always featured massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron's operatic vocals. The album cover art that was requested was for the then untitled album WAKE THE SLEEPER. More significantly, if you go to a Uriah Heep gig tonight or tomorrow night (you might have to catch a plane they could be playing almost anywhere on the planet) you will hear half-a-dozen or more songs from the first CD and maybe two or three from the second. The band's best selling album is Sweet Freedom, which was released in 1973 and its worldwide sales are more than 6 million copies. The second CD covers the remaining 14 years and features five vocalists on the nine studio albums they released. The cover of uriah heep : D: 1994 : Easy Livin TAPE: A tribute to uriah heep : D: 1997 : Easy Livin TAPE/CD: The easy livin tape : D. Format: Vinyl, Year: 1970, Length: 39:26. Over the years, the British hard rock band Uriah Heep has released 24 studio albums (of original material), 20 live albums, 41 compilation albums, 27 UK singles (33 worldwide) and 17 videos. Apparently, the cover for Uriah Heep’s 1972 album Demons and Wizards contain a hidden ‘erotic’ image of male and female genitalia.
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