[Heeplist] 1981 cassette recording?

[Igor Shveitser]

 Stands to reason. I didn't know the story but thought something similar - this is really some vocalist but we do not know his name. And hardly ever will :))))))))))))))))))
Cheers, Igor


Sun, 10 Aug 2014 11:30:38 +0300 от Tapio Minkkinen <tapio at uriah-heep.fi>:
>Very interesting tape. People seem to be pretty narrow minded as the 
>discussion for example in Facebook has been mainly a debate of whether 
>it's Sloman or Goalby. At least to me it was clear after a couple of 
>listens that the person singing on the tape is neither one. The first 
>option I then thought was it could be Trevor Bolder as Think It Over 
>is credited to Bolder and Sloman and if this was Trevor's song 
>originally then it would be quite normal for him to sing lead on the 
>demo. However, it does not sound like Trevor either. The backing track 
>of Think It Over sounds the same as the original single version 
>(axcper this is longer, the single version was edited shorter) so I 
>have no doubt this is from the 1980 sessions with Greg Dechert. Who, 
>where and when has lead down the lead vocals is then anybody's guess. 
>I remember reading from somewhere that Think I Over was used to test 
>the vocalist candidates when Goalby was chosen so the most logical 
>explanation would be that this is a tape by someone who auditioned at 
>the same time in 1981. This would explain also why there are only two 
>songs on the tape when it is a know fact that Heep recorded an album's 
>worth of material at these sessions. Hopefully this will be clarified 
>sometime and the "mystery vocalist" revealed.
>
>-- 
>TapioM.
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>Lainaus Iain Barnes < i.barnes3 at ntlworld.com >:
>
>> What we know from history tells me it should be Sloman but although not
>> totally convincing the vocals sound alot more like Goalby.
>>
>> I've spent the last half hour comparing the cassette to both Sloman and
>> Goalbys versions and I must say it sounds alot more like Goalby.
>>
>> If its John he must have had a really bad throat the day of recording
>> and the tape must be running slightly slow.  It's very interesting
>> whatever the truth.
>>
>> Iain
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Igor Shveitser
>> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 10:33 AM
>> To: Heepsters Mailing List \(Travellers in Time\)
>> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] 1981 cassette recording?
>>
>> It is definitely not! :)))))) More like Goalby but not very convicing
>> either...
>> Cheers, Igor
>>
>>
>> Fri, 08 Aug 2014 00:27:23 -0400 ?? Mac Steagall < rsteagall at carolina.rr.com >:
>>> It's definitely Sloman... These are two of the songs from the
>>> unreleased Sloman-Dechert Heep album. That being said. These may be 
>>>  scratch vox
>>> and not mastered. The background  vox on Losing You are pretty weak
>>> by Heep standards.
>>>
>>> Mac
>>>
>>>
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>>>>        Content preview:  These are probably demo tracks,
>>>>        but I do believe John Sloman is on vocals. > Date: Thu,
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