[Heeplist] now Hensley studio

Mac Steagall rsteagall at carolina.rr.com
Fri Jul 12 16:58:51 EDT 2013


Don't sugar coat it Pete. Tell us what you really think!  8-/

Mac

At 03:25 PM 7/12/2013, you wrote:
>Ha ha my turn to pipe up :-) Nothing really 
>outstanding since Eager To Please. Faster is the 
>best of a mediocre bunch. All spoiled by loss of 
>poetic vision and hearkening to his Christian 
>preaching :-) The Last Dance is dire and don't 
>even think about Get a Line and especially The 
>Joy of Knowing Jesus. I'd rather hear Sloman 
>murder Heep classics than listen to that 
>nonsense :-) In fact I'll even take Rockarama 
>over that garbage :-) Pete W -----Original 
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>On Behalf Of Igor Shveitser Sent: 12 July 2013 
>19:50 To: Jay Pearson; Heepsters Mailing List 
>\(Travellers in Time\) Subject: Re: [Heeplist] 
>now Hensley studio Hello, They are all decent, 
>Jay, but the quality varies vastly. Off the 70-s 
>were great, 1980- ok (it is obvious he wasn't 
>the same Ken anymore, he even left England by 
>that time which was surely a wrong move for 
>creative side of Ken's talent, and that disk is 
>a bit chaotic collection of pop-hard), 1994 - 
>great (but again a collection, not a product 
>that was intended to be an album initially), 
>after that... He still had some catchy melodies 
>(still some composed way earlier), but lyrics 
>were no longer poetic in a way they were 
>initially plus the production (and playing) 
>sometimes was beoynd good and evil (Running 
>Blind). That's the high cost -  not of loving 
>you :))), but of being a producer to yourself... 
>But Ken of the 70-s, including Weed and Head 
>Machine, is truly special. Cheers, Igor 
>Пятница, 12 июля 2013, 9:46 -07:00 
>от Jay Pearson <deepheep at yahoo.com>: >Wow, not 
>a decent album other than Proud Words? Come on, 
>Dave, PW is as good as most of the Byron albums, 
>and well beyond merely "decent"!! Second, Eager 
>to Please is also a fantastic album, although 
>not as good as Proud Words IMO. Blood on the 
>Highway is as good as Eager to Please, maybe 
>better. Running Blind, Free Spirit, and The Last 
>Dance are all at least "decent". Glimpse of 
>Glory as well as Faster both have their moments, 
>although I understand why many don't care much 
>for those. I really don't care for LAOM, but can 
>understand if some do. From Time To Time is as 
>good as Eager to Please, but it's a collection 
>of sorts, not a true studio album. I quite enjoy 
>his two albums of remakes, but that's not 
>everyone's cup of tea. Then there's the 
>incredible Weed album, but I don't know if 
>everyone considers that a Hensley studio 
>album. > >Jay >np - Uriah Heep - Official 
>Bootleg Vol 6 (sounds great so far!!! Only $5.99 
>at 
>Amazon!!!) > > >________________________________  
> > From: DAVID M SHERROD < 
>porcupineheep at cox.net > > > > >No I wasn't aware 
>of it, I've not heard anything from the studio 
>album, but from your post I'm afraid it's more 
>like the last album which I wasn't happy with. 
>This was why the live album is such a surprise, 
>he hasn't done a decent studio other than Proud 
>Words, and Blood on the Highway, though the Last 
>Dance was very good with the classic title 
>song. >__________________________________________ 
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