URIAH HEEP 1970 LP VERY 'EAVY VERY 'UMBLE 1ST OZ VERTIGO SWIRL 6360 006 VG+/EX
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Line-up: Mick Box, voc, gtr/ David Byron, voc/ JKen Hensley, voc, keyb, gtr/ Paul Newton, voc, bsgtr/ Ollie Olsson, dr. Production: Gerry Bron for Hit Records Ltd. Cover-design by Robin Nicol for Design Machine. Photography by Pete Smith. Liner notes: Ken Hensley. Recorded at Lansdowne Studios. Track listing A-side: Gypsy (Mick Box + David Byron)/ Walking In Your Shadows (Paul Newton + David Byron) /Come Away Melinda (Fred Hellerman + Fran Minkoff)/ Lucy Blues (Mick Box + David Byron). Track listing B-side: Dreammare (Paul Newton) / Real Turned On (Mick Box + David Byron)/ I'll Keep On Trying (Mick Box + David Byron)/ Wake Up [Set Your Sights] (Mick Box + David Byron). There are no composers credits on the label, they are in the gatefold. There are no running time indications. The Vertigo logo on front is dark pink. Matrix number A-side 6360006 1Y//1 ?420 1 1 4 Matrix number B-side 6360006 2Y//1 ?420 1 1 4 Rarity scale: SC Poor Heap! Panned by the press, but still one of the most succesful Vertigo acts according to sales-figures. Hard organ rules, rips and even fakes church-organ. Drilling guitar-riffs abound, some blues is incorporated. Simulated prog-kitsch is available too, but the band sounds - luckily - tight and professional, though not very inventive. Probably this album wants to scare us, but there is just enough of a pinch of irony to sow doubts. So we have theatrical horror-rock with a useful and unexpected cover of Come away Melinda and a genuine highlight too: the truly progressive last cut of side B. A more or less dead body in (eternal?) repose with a wide open mouth is wrapped in gossamer, but the colour of its skin is much too lively to convince and the lips are a healthy red too... The hands are better: a body-like blue-grey. Flirting with the other side of the grave clearly has become a fashion or even a trademark. This is the first release to boast a laminated cover. The lettering is quite sober, which seems a good idea. A more gothic lettering would definitely only have contributed to the overkill. The inside shows Heep in live action, a fine picture. The bassdrum carries the same head as the cover of this LP and another copy is projected behind the band. Looks neither heavy nor humble to us.
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