This is a powerful performance, obviously this isn't David Byron, so it is slightly different, but the band is still firing. I was all boned up on this quite a few albums ago, but I thought we were going to leave it behind, so I have lost focus really. Remastered By, Edited By, Mixed By вЂ“ Mike Brown (3), Robert M Corich.Cover, Art Direction, Design вЂ“ Hugh Gilmour.Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals вЂ“ Ken Hensley.Whichever way you choose to listen, I hope you enjoy the trip.Д¬astle Music вЂЋвЂ“ ESDCD819, Essential вЂЋвЂ“ ESDCD819 The one advantage of being a fan of a not so popular artist. I was able to collect all the 70's and early 80's Heep albums on the cheap used. It really does make a huge difference in terms of experience. I also encourage you to listen to these records on vinyl if possible. I encourage any Uriah Heep fan who is as unfamiliar with Blue Oyster Cult as I once was of the Heep to visit the Blue Oyster Cult Album by Album thread and take the journey I took with this thread. Heep's Sonic Origami and B.O.C.'s Heaven Forbid are amazing examples of a band rediscovering the magic of their pasts' while still sounding fresh. The one that really struck me was how each band released a really great and totally ignored album in 1998. Here's what I found.Д«oth bands started the 70's off with a core of classic and influential albums that most feel were never matched later in their careers.Д«oth released classic and top tier live albums(Live 1973 and On Your Feet or On Your Knees)Д«oth bands have gone through numerous personnel changes over 50 years but are still touring and releasing new material to this day.Д«oth have probably 1, possibly 2 songs that the average fan in the street would know. I'm talking of course about Blue Oyster Cult. They have so much in common that they could be twins born in separate countries. Boy, Freddie Mercury and Queen sure owe more than just a passing debt to these guys.ДЄs I listened chronologically through the Heep catalog, I couldn't help but notice a very strong career similarity to another great underappreciated band that I happen to greatly admire. I am amazed at the quality of these records and even more amazed that I have missed out on them for all these years. I now have all of their LPs through Abominog, as well as a CD of Sonic Origami.

Before stumbling onto this thread I owned a grand total of zero Heep albums. I have been enjoying this thread for the past few weeks as I have discovered and have become enamored with this wonderful, underappreciated band.

Uriah heep ten miles high