UPC: 4050538187526
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Mar 31, 2017
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Personnel: David Byron (vocals); Ken Hensley (guitar, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Mick Box (guitar); Brian Cole (pedal steel guitar); Gary Thain (bass); Lee Kerslake (drums, percussion).
Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, England in September and October, 1972. Includes liner notes by Ken Hensley.
Audio Remasterer: Andy Pearce.
Liner Note Authors: Joel McIver; Robert M. Corich.
Recording information: Lansdowne Studios, Holland Park (1972).
Uriah Heep's 1972 release, THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY, followed in the same direction as its predecessor one year earlier, DEMONS AND WIZARDS--mystical lyrical themes are merged with heavy guitar riffs and prog-rock organ/synth explorations. Sonically, THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY is a tad more rough around the edges than DEMONS (keyboardist Ken Hensley is given more of a free reign on this album as well), but it's still unmistakably Uriah Heep. The album closing, ten and a half-minute title track is a bona fide Heep epic (with many mood shifts), while "Sweet Lorraine" catches the band at their most rough and rocking.
Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, England in September and October, 1972. Includes liner notes by Ken Hensley.
Audio Remasterer: Andy Pearce.
Liner Note Authors: Joel McIver; Robert M. Corich.
Recording information: Lansdowne Studios, Holland Park (1972).
Uriah Heep's 1972 release, THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY, followed in the same direction as its predecessor one year earlier, DEMONS AND WIZARDS--mystical lyrical themes are merged with heavy guitar riffs and prog-rock organ/synth explorations. Sonically, THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY is a tad more rough around the edges than DEMONS (keyboardist Ken Hensley is given more of a free reign on this album as well), but it's still unmistakably Uriah Heep. The album closing, ten and a half-minute title track is a bona fide Heep epic (with many mood shifts), while "Sweet Lorraine" catches the band at their most rough and rocking.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Sunrise
2 - Spider Woman
3 - Blind Eye
4 - Echoes in the Dark
5 - Rain
6 - Sweet Lorraine
7 - Tales
8 - Magician's Birthday
Disc 2:
1 - Echoes in the Dark [Alternate Version]
2 - Sweet Lorraine [Alternate Version]
3 - Blind Eye [Alternate Version]
4 - Tales [Alternate Version]
5 - Silver White Man [Alternate Version]
6 - Sunrise [Alternate Version]
7 - Crystal Ball [Alternate Version]
8 - Spider Woman [Alternate Version]
9 - Magician's Birthday [Alternate Version]
10 - Rain [Alternate Version]
11 - Silver White Man (No Vox) [Alternate Version]
12 - Happy Birthday [Alternate Version]
13 - Sunrise [Alternate Single Version]
14 - Sweet Lorraine [Alternate Single Version]
15 - Gary's Song-Crystal Ball [Alternate Version]
1 - Sunrise
2 - Spider Woman
3 - Blind Eye
4 - Echoes in the Dark
5 - Rain
6 - Sweet Lorraine
7 - Tales
8 - Magician's Birthday
Disc 2:
1 - Echoes in the Dark [Alternate Version]
2 - Sweet Lorraine [Alternate Version]
3 - Blind Eye [Alternate Version]
4 - Tales [Alternate Version]
5 - Silver White Man [Alternate Version]
6 - Sunrise [Alternate Version]
7 - Crystal Ball [Alternate Version]
8 - Spider Woman [Alternate Version]
9 - Magician's Birthday [Alternate Version]
10 - Rain [Alternate Version]
11 - Silver White Man (No Vox) [Alternate Version]
12 - Happy Birthday [Alternate Version]
13 - Sunrise [Alternate Single Version]
14 - Sweet Lorraine [Alternate Single Version]
15 - Gary's Song-Crystal Ball [Alternate Version]