Uriah Heep "Equator" original 1985 vinyl LP Portrait CBS PRT 26414
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Description
Equator was the sixteenth album released by British rock band Uriah Heep, released in 1985. It marked the studio return of bassist Trevor Bolder, who had rejoined the band for the Head First tour. The band also had a new record label, Portrait Records, a subsidiary of CBS.
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Its current lineup since 2013 has been lead and rhythm guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook, and bassist Davey Rimmer. Of this lineup, Box is the only remaining original member. Throughout many lineup changes, the band has included many notable musicians, such as vocalists David Byron, John Lawton, John Sloman, Peter Goalby and Steff Fontaine, bassists Gary Thain, Trevor Bolder, John Wetton, Bob Daisley and John Howitt, drummers Nigel Olsson, Lee Kerslake and Chris Slade, and keyboardists Ken Hensley and John Sinclair.
Over the course of their 50-year career, Uriah Heep have released twenty-five studio albums, 2 albums comprising re-recorded material, eighteen live albums and thirty-nine compilation albums. Twelve of the band's studio albums have made it to the UK Album Charts (Return to Fantasy reached No. 7 in 1975) while of the fifteen Billboard 200 Uriah Heep albums Demons and Wizards was the most successful (#23, 1972). In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the "Lady in Black" single was a big hit.
Tracklist
A1 Rockarama A2 Bad Blood A3 Lost One Love A4 Angel A5 Holding On B1 Party Time B2 Poor Little Rich Girl B3 Skools Burnin' B4 Heartache City B5 Night Of The Wolf
Notes
Lyric insert.
Produced and engineered by Tony Platt for TeePee Productions. Recorded at Battery Studio 27th August - 9th September 1984, Jacobs Studio 12th September - 26th October 1984, and Genetic Studio 12/13th - 19/20th - 26th January 1985. Mixed at Battery Studio 27th January - 4th February 1985.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side One, label): PRT 26414 A
- Matrix / Runout (Side Two, label): PRT 26414 B
- Matrix / Runout (Side One, stamped): PRT 26414 A // 1 ? 420 C
- Matrix / Runout (Side Two, stamped): PRT 26414 B // 1 ? 420 C
- Rights Society: MCPS/BIEM
- Label Code: LC 4734
Info courtesy of Wikipaedia and Discogs.com
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