[Heeplist] (no subject) Hooked on Heep

[Shawn Mctopy]

*Hmm ...*



It all started many, many moons ago ... when I was just a mere spud of a
teenager ...

I was already a fan of the group *KISS* ... so I went a looking for
something else to listen to.

Then I found a copy of the *'DEMONS AND WIZARDS'* album in my pop's record
collection one day.


I gave it a spin on my Radio Shack stereo system, and heard the opening
tune *'The Wizard'* ... :)


>From there I purchased a few *URIAH HEEP* albums of my own, and - it's been
all downhill ever since ...* LOL!*















On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:00 AM, Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> wrote:

> Great topic Don! For me it was September 1974 a Saturday afternoon in the
> dorm at college in Cedarville Ohio.  Weather wise, I believe it was cold
> winds and cloudy skies.  Anyhow I was in the dorm and Doug in the room next
> door announced he needed money for a date that night.  He said he was going
> to part with his favorite album, but he did not identify it.  He put on
> Demons and Wizards unbeknownst to me.  The first 4 songs played and I heard
> a nice ballad and 3 rockers.  I had heard the song Easy Livin before.  Then
> track 5 came on, Circle of Hands.  The soaring vocals, the swirling
> keyboards, the magic pummeled me instantly.  I could not wait until
> tomorrow, I had to have this today!!  I flung my dorm room door open and
> burst into Doug's room and said how much?  He wanted $3, and I fished it
> out
> of my wallet.  It was all I had left to my name at that point, but I had to
> have this lp.  I didn't even know the name of it.  He showed me the lp and
> I
> was shocked. I had seen this cover so many times but always judged the band
> in a negative way because of the title.  Then he said read what Ken wrote
> in
> the liner notes.  I did and that put my mind at ease.  Best $3 I ever spent
> and I didn't even have a turntable.  I then found a guy in the dorm with
> Sweet Freedom on 8 track, I borrowed it and ran to my car to play it.  I
> sat
> there for hours listening to Sweet freedom enjoying every second of it.  I
> never returned SF to the other guy.  4 years later, my car was broken into
> at work.  A thief smashed my car window and stole my 8 track tape player.
> Wouldn't you know SF was in the tape player.  The thief actually was kind
> enough to pull it out and fling it to the floor of the vehicle.  I may have
> lost my player and a window, but I still had my Uriah Heep Sweet Freedom!!
>
>
> On 8/17/14 10:56 AM, "Don Malecic" <docofun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Would like to hear some stories on how you guys got hooked on Heep for
> the
> > first time ?
> >
>
>
>
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