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EQUATOR RELEASED

Heep  signed  with  CBS Portrait and returned to the studio. Tony Platt was the  new  producer  and  the resulting album  was  a   more  Americanized product   apparently  aimed   at   a younger  audience.  Mick  admitted later  that Platt  was  wrong  for  the band. Compounding all the problems, the album was not in the shops! 

THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND THE WORLD...

John Sinclair came up with the name  "Equator"  for  Heep's  next album.  Little did Sinclair know at the time but it would be  Heep's last album with him and Pete Goalby.

EQUATOR MIX MYSTERY

In a recent interview with Kevin  Julie,  Tony Platt  stated  that  he believes  his  final  mix  for the Equator album was NOT used for  the CBS Portrait release!  After listening to the album, Tony came to the conclusion that his final mix was lost by CBS and the tapes were hurriedly and poorly remixed.

GOALBY LEAVES HEEP!

Pete Goalby,  frustrated  for  the lack of  promotion  for  Equator  and  his voice  blown  out  by   extensive touring, walked away from the Heep frontman  position.   "I  loved  and believed in Uriah Heep but it kicked the sh*t out of me in the end."

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