[Heeplist] UH singers

[Terje Pedersen]

This impression it was Hensley that did everything in the early days is a bit exaggerated I feel.
On the first album it was Mick Box and David Byron that wrote most of the material, and all the albums up to Sweet Freedom Mick was involved in at least two songs on each album. Wonderworld he was more or less involved in all songs except one or two. Same with Return to fantasy, it was not until the Lawton era that Hensley wrote almost everything by himself.

Terje

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From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of Don Malecic
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 4:43 AM
To: Igor Shveitser; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
Subject: Re: [Heeplist] UH singers

I like Heep hard rockin!
Maybe Mick wasn't a Song writer back then, but he played a mean guitar!
They would have captured more of the North American market with heavy guitar riffs.
God bless Mick Box!
Don

On Monday, August 4, 2014, Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:

>  To this I must add: to me even pronouncing Lawton's name along with 
> Goalby's is a blasphomy. John's voice is beautiful, colorful and 
> extremely powerful, and I daresay he was the best singer in Heep if we 
> consider power, range, flexibility as well as some other components. 
> However there's only one David Byron. As I said earlier, he was 
> special - and he was one of those who formed the band.
> P.S. To Don's remarks about Mick Box' place in Heep' history I will 
> answer with Mr. Hensley's words which in my opinion more than shed a 
> light on why Mr.Box was a bit behind overall during the classical 
> period: "When we'd get to studio to record another album, I usually 
> had 8 songs, David had a couple, Mick had... ideas..." In my opinion, 
> that sums it up: that band was about songs, and only since it had 
> become more customized hard rocking unit with Mick Box at helm, he finally got himself more space in the mix.
> Cheers, Igor
>
>
> Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:31:36 +0400 от Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru
> <javascript:;>>:
> >
> >Like it or not, Byron era is all classics, he was a special vocalist 
> >and
> a very influential one. With all respect, you can't say that about any 
> of the rest, however John Lawton stands out - because he was and still 
> is THE SINGER.
> >
> >All the best,
> >Igor Shveytser
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