URIAH HEEP 'WONDERWORLD' ORIG UK '74 A1/B1 NR ARCHIVE COPY
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Uriah Heep
'Wonderworld'
Bronze, UK, 1974
ILPS 9280
IT WAS always going to be a tough task following the monsterous 'Sweet Freedom' album and all eyes and ears were on Heep to see if they could pull a rabbit out of the hat.
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The answer is not so clear cut I'm affraid as the content drifts in and out of focuss at an alarming rate. I've lived with this album for over 30 years and I still can't make my mind up whether its a truly great Heep moment or not. Certainly there are some undeniably great tracks including the all time Heep standard 'Suicidal Man', the Deep Purplesque 'So Tired and 'Something Or Nothing'. 'The Shadow And The World' has the potential to be a classic but sadly the track doesn't lift itself clear of the norm. Elsewhere there are some real epics including the six minute each of 'Dreams' and 'I Won't Mind'.
This was the last album to feature bassist Gary Thain who would leave the band following a lengthy tour, subsequently dieing of drug overdose in 1975.
Slightly more commercial than previous efforts which is actually a very good thing indeed.
Tough to score - I would say this is one of the hardest Heep albums to find thesde days as their populaity had waned considerably since the early seventies hey day. Its also hard to find in decnet shape - especially the cover which is normally worn and trashed. This one is in really good shape.
This auction is part of a fantastic collection of seventies rock which I was lucky enough to acquire. Most of these records were stored with the utmost care and sparsely played. Some were possibly never played or may have been for just a handful of times.
Pressing: Bronze, UK, 1974
Vinyl: Nice clean and shiny condition. Displays one or two spindle marks on side two label. A smatterring of microscopic scuffs only visible under a bright light - primarilly due to sliding in and out of the heavy cardboard inner sleeve. Grades as MINT-!
Cover: Again, no signs of use. Issued in a beautifully illustrated cover. Sharp corners, one minor ding, no bends, no ring wear, no split seams and no creases. Spine is straight, square and stiff with original unworn top and bottom pinches. Grades as shop fresh MINT!
Inserts: Cardboard lyric inner sleeve
Matrix:
Original 1st Pressing
Side One: ILPS 9280 A1
Side Two: ILPS 9280 B1
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This is a vinyl album NOT a CD.
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