[Heeplist] Remasters - The Official Anthology

[Bob Winward]

I don't remember this getting bashed.  I thought it was great.  I saw Heep
5x in 2001 and could not get enough of the current rendition of the band at
the time.  It is the first incarnation of the Shaw Lanzon lineup and they
did all the major Heep classics.  We have now heard most of these versions
live since then.  It is very well done, and a better title would have been
"Come Taste The Band".  That lineup had huge talent.  Lee and Trevor at
their peaks and Bernie is an outstanding vocalist as Phil is a great
keyboardist.

It was new and fresh in 2001 when it came out, now as I previously stated,
they have done most of these songs live over the years, so the real treat of
hearing their version of a song, the surprise is gone.

So if you like the 1986-2007 lineup, and not stuck in the past that Byron
era is the only version of Heep that matters, then get it.  If you do not
like this version of Heep, then pass on it.


On 11/11/13 3:12 PM, "Jay Pearson" <deepheep at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The title is highly deceptive. These are not remastered tracks but reworked
> tracks. Most of them use live recordings from Acoustically/Electrically Driven
> and have some new parts recorded, so the lineup is
> Box/Shaw/Bolder/Lanzon/Kerslake for all songs. I don't remember all the
> details, but when this first came out, I've never seen the list bash a Heep
> album so badly. Not even Equator has taken that kind of beating.
> 
> That said, I really enjoy it. I know what it is and listen to it that way, so
> I recommend it...but only if you're aware of what you're getting.
> 
> Jay
> np - Glass Harp - s/t
>