...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble
Occupation
- David Byron - vocals
- Ken Hensley - keyboards, guitar, vocals
- Mick Box - guitar, vocals
- Paul Newton - bass guitar, vocals
- Ollie Olsson - drums *
- Alex Napier - drums
- Colin Wood - keyboards **
Very ' eavy ... Very ' umble is the first studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep. It was released in early 1970 initially on Vertigo Records.
Although Ken Hensley in the preface of the plate the term LP (Long Player) with "large problem " ( " big problem " ) translates to describe the difficulties in the development of the plate ( cast change), is Very ' eavy ... Very ' umble the beginning of the career of Uriah Heep. Music critic Daevid Jehnzen writes about this Career Start: " [ ... ] a heavy, stomp -rock delight. "
The album cover with artwork by Robin Nicol ( Machine Design ) shows the umwobenen of cobwebs head of Uriah Heep vocalist David Byron -. In the U.S., the album under the name of Uriah Heep and with a completely different cover artwork was - a black and silver drawing of Aliens - published and had Bird of Prey instead of Lucy Blues on the track list.
While Melissa Mills in the music magazine Rolling Stone, in view of the first Uriah Heep album - notes, " they would commit suicide if it creates this group ," said Donald A. Guarisco looks at the All Music Guide in Very ' eavy ... Very ' umble and the development of their own group sounds " quite a powerful result between heavy metal and the dramatic arrangements of progressive rock ".
In the UK, Uriah Heep missed the debut album entered the LP charts. In Germany was Very ' eavy ... Very ' umble after all successful and managed to place 22 The U.S. edition Uriah Heep came up to rank 186 on the Billboard 200
Gypsy was released in some European countries and North America as a single reduced to just a 3-minute length. In Europe, on the B - side of the Song Bird of Prey, the first track on the second Uriah Heep - album Salisbury. In the U.S. and Canada was an edited version of Come Away Melinda the B-side. Gypsy reached the beginning of 1971 30th place in the German Single Charts and was in 1972 also the B-side of the successful Uriah Heep singles The Wizard ( UK) and Easy Livin ' ( Germany ), both on the album Demons And Wizards (1972, Bronze Records) appeared.
Track lists
Vertigo / Bronze
Mercury
CD remastered (Essential, 1996)
Bonus Tracks:
Expanded Deluxe CD ( Castle, 2003)
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