URIAH HEEP 'SWEET FREEDOM' ORIG UK 1st PRESS '73 STEALIN' DREAMER MINT-
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Uriah Heep
'Sweet Freedom'
Bronze, UK, 1973
ILPS 9245
SIXTH ALBUM in a long line of winners and no losers. Retaining every molecule of pomposity, the Heep move in on their kill with precision and power drawing from a rich history of heaviousity spearheaded by Hensley's swirling Hammond Organ, Mick Box's blistering wah-wah guitar and David Byron's ludicrously operatic vocal gymnastics - and I say that with love.
At the time they were members of the big four - Sabbath Purple, Zeppelin and...the Heep. Rampaging heavy rock dinosaurs trampling from continent to continent raizing concert halls to the ground and clogging the airwaves with colourful and frightening album length tracks. It was a great time and, thankfully, I saw all of the above bands in their heyday including Heep promoting this very album.
'Sweet Freedom' is a classic make no mistake. Every nuance is extremely well thought out, every riff calculated to create maximum impact and the quality of songs are just outrageous. As a working unit and forever on tour, it amazes me that they ever found time to write stuff this good. There are some crackers here such as 'Dreamer', 'One Day', 'Sweet Freedom' and possibly Heeps best known track of all 'Stealin'. Side two is a corker on mass with 'If I Had The Time', the unrelenting 'Seven Stars', the melodromatic 'Circus' and arguably the albums best track 'Pilgrim' a l-o-o-o-n-g epic where all the parts come into focus and the band really dig in deep - every member pulling their weight and working like a well oiled machine.
Possibly the last truly great Heep opus and one that should be in every lover of early seventies hard rock collection.
Pressing: Bronze, UK, 1973
Vinyl: Lovely clean and shiny condition. No spindle marks on labels and just some faint signs of use - best copy I've seen in years. Grades as top MINT-!
Cover: Only light signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated and richly crafted tri-fold gatefold cover. Sharp corners, no dings, no bends, faint ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Spine is perfectly square, straight, stiff and totally uncrushed. Just some extremely light storage wear. Grades as top Ex+
Inserts: None
Matrix:
1st Pressing
Side One: ILPS 9245 A - 1
Side Two: ILPS 9245 B - 1
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