[Heeplist] Heep Live Gig
lorraine stokes
stokeslorraine2 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 6 22:55:50 EST 2014
Great review Adrien enjoyed reading that, and Ian have a gud 1 tonight when
you see them, any chance of some pic's ? to put on post will be much
appreciated, all the best L
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> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:21:55 +0000
> From: Adrian Yardley <adrianyardley at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Heeplist] Gig report: 4 Feb 2014 at The Stables, Wavendon
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> Hi Iain, Bob
>
> Tuesday's concert in Milton Keynes was a great experience. When a band
> continues to tour after 40 years, the bond between the follower and artist
> is clear, and tonight Uriah Heep offered up oodles of pleasure
>
> This venue seats 400, built recently in 2000 achieving good acoustic with
> an intimate atmosphere. Most of this audience would have been aged around
> 15 in 1970!
>
> Bernie leapt around the stage, captivating and involving the audience.
> Mick played on the left of the stage, touching the air in motion - his
> signature style - playing fast riffs while exuding the bonhomie of an
> oversized hobbit - holding the stage with Bernie. At the end of the gig,
> Mick and Bernie expressed their appreciation for supporters loyalty and
> that they love playing - which must be true considering the very full tour
> schedule they keep up every year.
> Phil played keyboards at the back, such a strong and complex element of the
> Heep sound. (Afterward I asked Phil if he has any section pre-recorded, but
> Phil said he plays every note live in concert.)
> Russell plays very muscular drums
> Davey (the newest member having taken over from Trevor Bolder who passed
> away May 2013 from cancer) almost goth in striking appearance: aquiline
> nose, black clothing including shiny trousers, and massive extended bass
> guitar (I forget the make). Afterward Davey said that Trevor's boots were
> very big to fill, and all the band feels his loss. Mick and Davey and
> Bernie got together at different points to play in close proximity, and it
> was apparent that the band gets on well together with great team dynamics.
>
> Rhythms surged from the outset, stimulating some head banging around the
> theatre. Each number was tight. Heep opened with (only) one track from
> their excellent 1995 album, proceeding to play an abundance of
> crowd-pleasing classics. Only one number didn't receive much audience
> reaction: 'Nail on the head' from their last album 'In the Wild' - which
> came over as if the band is knocking a nail into the head of the listener -
> an unpleasant image.
>
> Setlist:
>
> Against the Odds [Sea of Light 1995]
> Overload [Wake the Sleeper 2008]
> Traveller in Time [Demons and Wizards 1972]
> Sunrise [The Magician's Birthday 1972]
> Stealin' [Sweet Freedom 1973]
> I'm Ready [Into the Wild 2011]
> Between two worlds [Sonic Origami 1998]
> Nail on the head [Into the Wild 2011]
> Into the Wild [Into the Wild 2011]
> Gypsy [ Very 'eavy... Very 'umble... 1970]
> Look at yourself [Look at yourself 1971]
> July morning [Look at yourself 1971]
> Lady in Black [Salisbury 1971]
> -----
> Free & easy [Innocent Victim 1977]
> Easy Livin' [Demons and Wizards 1972]
>
>
> Overheard was one roadie saying that they could not quite get the sound
> balance as wanted. I sat in row 3 centre - where the sound was loud but not
> particularly in focus - no speakers were on-axis for this seat. Yet it is
> rare for perfect sound in auditoria (rare exceptions: Queen playing at
> Hammersmith when Freddie Mercury still had long locks, Joe Satriani at the
> Brixton Academy.)
>
> As Bernie related, nearby the band is recording their new album. With such
> vitality and their strong yet under-acknowledged catalogue that emerged
> over last 20 years, over-shadowed by the early greats, this 2014 release
> will be worth seeking out. May we hope for some Prog Rock in there?
>
> Uriah Heep played the same venue only last March - which was sold-out. So
> do, do, do, return again in 2015 - a warm welcome awaits in Wavendon.
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 23:36:46 -0000
> From: "Iain Barnes" <i.barnes3 at ntlworld.com>
> To: "Heepsters Mailing List \(Travellers in Time\)"
> <heeplist at travellersintime.com>
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Heep's new CD
> Message-ID: <6376119EE5904C048F30D4B04E173B22 at IainPC>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8";
> reply-type=original
>
> I'm still around Bob but as I spend most of my time away from my house I
> have problems posting to the list unless I'm at home using my ISP.
>
> I'm going to see Heep on Friday so I'm really looking forward to that. It
> will be my first time to hear Davey live, it will be strange not to see
> Trevor especially in his home county of Yorkshire. I will be thinking of
> Trevor for sure but hopefully greeting Davey and enjoying his performance.
> I was going to purchase the VIP package but money is dwindling fast so I
> had
> to shelve that idea.
>
> It sounds as if the new CD will follow in the style of more recent
> releases. I guess that is a natural progression for Mick and Phil.
> Russell
> and Davey come from a hard rock background too so progressive, fantasy,
> mystical etc would be against the grain for this line up. I'll be
> delighted
> to get a new album whatever style it ends up.
>
> Iain
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Winward
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 8:36 PM
> To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
> Subject: [Heeplist] Heep's new CD
>
> Anyone out there still like or listen to Uriah Heep???!!! Haven?t seen
> much
> here lately except a few posts about American football. Heep had a gig
> last
> night in the UK, not one report?? No set list on setlist.fm? I did see a
> post last week about heep news on facebook. So just out of curiosity I
> went there for the first time, they have a page, and it seems I friended it
> a couple years back, but who has time for facebook? Any how, there was a
> link to an interview with Bernie. Interestingly, I like rocking, but would
> have preferred the prog sound.
>
> ?Bernie tells us: ?We are writing now, we are starting the 24th studio
> album
> and we are in with our producer, Mike Paxman.
>
> ?We?ve already clocked eight backing tracks in seven days, which is pretty
> good going. We are doing a lot of the writing and arranging in the studio
> itself. In the days of old we would have a lot of time off to come up with
> stuff. We used to go to the rehearsal with finished songs.
>
> ?But Mick and Phil came in with five ideas recently and the ryhthm section
> just added to it themselves. We were thinking of doing a prog album like
> some of the more mystical songs that we used to do, but so far the eight
> tracks are really rocky. It just evolved, and that?s the way we like to
> work. We?ll have ideas and if it works it works, but sometimes the song on
> the table at the end may not be anywhere near what the first idea was.
>
> ?When the producer says ?stop we?ve got it? that is the first time you
> really listen to what you?ve recorded and it can blow your mind away. The
> good thing is our ideas are still fresh and they are coming thick and fast.
> It?s not going to be an album of cover songs that?s for sure!?
>
>
> Bob W
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 16:34:13 +0000
> From: Damian Leyland <damianleyland at hotmail.com>
> To: "'Heepsters Mailing List \(Travellers in Time\)'"
> <heeplist at travellersintime.com>
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Gig report: 4 Feb 2014 at The Stables,
> Wavendon
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Great review! (Rock and) Roll on Friday in Holmfirth!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of
> Adrian Yardley
> Sent: 06 February 2014 16:22
> To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
> Subject: [Heeplist] Gig report: 4 Feb 2014 at The Stables, Wavendon
>
> Hi Iain, Bob
>
> Tuesday's concert in Milton Keynes was a great experience. When a band
> continues to tour after 40 years, the bond between the follower and artist
> is clear, and tonight Uriah Heep offered up oodles of pleasure
>
> This venue seats 400, built recently in 2000 achieving good acoustic with
> an
> intimate atmosphere. Most of this audience would have been aged around
> 15 in 1970!
>
> Bernie leapt around the stage, captivating and involving the audience.
> Mick played on the left of the stage, touching the air in motion - his
> signature style - playing fast riffs while exuding the bonhomie of an
> oversized hobbit - holding the stage with Bernie. At the end of the gig,
> Mick and Bernie expressed their appreciation for supporters loyalty and
> that
> they love playing - which must be true considering the very full tour
> schedule they keep up every year.
> Phil played keyboards at the back, such a strong and complex element of the
> Heep sound. (Afterward I asked Phil if he has any section pre-recorded, but
> Phil said he plays every note live in concert.) Russell plays very muscular
> drums Davey (the newest member having taken over from Trevor Bolder who
> passed away May 2013 from cancer) almost goth in striking appearance:
> aquiline nose, black clothing including shiny trousers, and massive
> extended
> bass guitar (I forget the make). Afterward Davey said that Trevor's boots
> were very big to fill, and all the band feels his loss. Mick and Davey and
> Bernie got together at different points to play in close proximity, and it
> was apparent that the band gets on well together with great team dynamics.
>
> Rhythms surged from the outset, stimulating some head banging around the
> theatre. Each number was tight. Heep opened with (only) one track from
> their
> excellent 1995 album, proceeding to play an abundance of crowd-pleasing
> classics. Only one number didn't receive much audience
> reaction: 'Nail on the head' from their last album 'In the Wild' - which
> came over as if the band is knocking a nail into the head of the listener -
> an unpleasant image.
>
> Setlist:
>
> Against the Odds [Sea of Light 1995]
> Overload [Wake the Sleeper 2008]
> Traveller in Time [Demons and Wizards 1972]
> Sunrise [The Magician's Birthday 1972]
> Stealin' [Sweet Freedom 1973]
> I'm Ready [Into the Wild 2011]
> Between two worlds [Sonic Origami 1998]
> Nail on the head [Into the Wild 2011]
> Into the Wild [Into the Wild 2011]
> Gypsy [ Very 'eavy... Very 'umble... 1970]
> Look at yourself [Look at yourself 1971]
> July morning [Look at yourself 1971]
> Lady in Black [Salisbury 1971]
> -----
> Free & easy [Innocent Victim 1977]
> Easy Livin' [Demons and Wizards 1972]
>
>
> Overheard was one roadie saying that they could not quite get the sound
> balance as wanted. I sat in row 3 centre - where the sound was loud but not
> particularly in focus - no speakers were on-axis for this seat. Yet it is
> rare for perfect sound in auditoria (rare exceptions: Queen playing at
> Hammersmith when Freddie Mercury still had long locks, Joe Satriani at the
> Brixton Academy.)
>
> As Bernie related, nearby the band is recording their new album. With such
> vitality and their strong yet under-acknowledged catalogue that emerged
> over
> last 20 years, over-shadowed by the early greats, this 2014 release will be
> worth seeking out. May we hope for some Prog Rock in there?
>
> Uriah Heep played the same venue only last March - which was sold-out. So
> do, do, do, return again in 2015 - a warm welcome awaits in Wavendon.
>
> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 23:36:46 -0000
> From: "Iain Barnes" <i.barnes3 at ntlworld.com>
> To: "Heepsters Mailing List \(Travellers in Time\)"
> <heeplist at travellersintime.com>
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Heep's new CD
> Message-ID: <6376119EE5904C048F30D4B04E173B22 at IainPC>
> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8";
> reply-type=original
>
> I'm still around Bob but as I spend most of my time away from my house I
> have problems posting to the list unless I'm at home using my ISP.
>
> I'm going to see Heep on Friday so I'm really looking forward to that. It
> will be my first time to hear Davey live, it will be strange not to see
> Trevor especially in his home county of Yorkshire. I will be thinking of
> Trevor for sure but hopefully greeting Davey and enjoying his performance.
> I was going to purchase the VIP package but money is dwindling fast so I
> had
> to shelve that idea.
>
> It sounds as if the new CD will follow in the style of more recent
> releases. I guess that is a natural progression for Mick and Phil.
> Russell
> and Davey come from a hard rock background too so progressive, fantasy,
> mystical etc would be against the grain for this line up. I'll be
> delighted
> to get a new album whatever style it ends up.
>
> Iain
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Winward
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 8:36 PM
> To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
> Subject: [Heeplist] Heep's new CD
>
> Anyone out there still like or listen to Uriah Heep???!!! Haven?t seen
> much
> here lately except a few posts about American football. Heep had a gig
> last
> night in the UK, not one report?? No set list on setlist.fm? I did see a
> post last week about heep news on facebook. So just out of curiosity I
> went there for the first time, they have a page, and it seems I friended it
> a couple years back, but who has time for facebook? Any how, there was a
> link to an interview with Bernie. Interestingly, I like rocking, but would
> have preferred the prog sound.
>
> ?Bernie tells us: ?We are writing now, we are starting the 24th studio
> album
> and we are in with our producer, Mike Paxman.
>
> ?We?ve already clocked eight backing tracks in seven days, which is pretty
> good going. We are doing a lot of the writing and arranging in the studio
> itself. In the days of old we would have a lot of time off to come up with
> stuff. We used to go to the rehearsal with finished songs.
>
> ?But Mick and Phil came in with five ideas recently and the ryhthm section
> just added to it themselves. We were thinking of doing a prog album like
> some of the more mystical songs that we used to do, but so far the eight
> tracks are really rocky. It just evolved, and that?s the way we like to
> work. We?ll have ideas and if it works it works, but sometimes the song on
> the table at the end may not be anywhere near what the first idea was.
>
> ?When the producer says ?stop we?ve got it? that is the first time you
> really listen to what you?ve recorded and it can blow your mind away. The
> good thing is our ideas are still fresh and they are coming thick and fast.
> It?s not going to be an album of cover songs that?s for sure!?
>
>
> Bob W
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