[Heeplist] Reacquainted someone with Heep

Tue Aug 26 15:00:23 EDT 2014

 Shaun,
Many will argue with that because for most of the list it is not Sonic Origami but Sea Of Light that got Heep back on the rock map again. I think, 1995 was great for Heep, they rewarded the faithful followers with a great record, somewhat stronger than its predecessors plus with Roger Dean's drawing on it. I honestly think there were some songs of the same (read - not very different from your average UH tracks of 80-90-s) kind on it, but some showed a real change of direction towards more epic and balladry side badly missed since Hensley left. At the same time, I felt even then it a bit strained for this band, they are not really natural born epic/ballade composers, and it partially proved the following CD which... sounded more natural to me. But Sea Of Light is still very good despite all the mentioned above plus having been recorded like a typical German heavy metal of the era which hardly was Heep's way before. But the likes of Against The Odds, Dream On and - especially! - Time Of Revelation ("I finally know where I'm going... now our journey's only just begun..." - how appropriate for that Heep!) and Universal Wheels sound great anyway be it live or in studio - they are great SONGS.
Cheers, Igor

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:24:23 -0700 от roberge_rocket <roberge_rocket at yahoo.ca>:
>I agree with you guys.  Although the early Bernie albums have several great songs a piece, it wasn't until Sonic that they became a cover to cover band again.  
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>-------- Original message --------
>From: Igor Shveitser 
>Date:08/26/2014  9:53 AM  (GMT-08:00) 
>To: Shawn Mctopy ,"Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)" 
>Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Reacquainted someone with Heep 
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>I see it a bit differently, Shawn, modern incarnation of Heep (since 1982 or 86 if you like) have been trying for quite a time to be trendy and the results were not very encouraging for real (classic) Heep fans although, as you said, good songs are present even on Different World. :))) Than they partially got back to the band's roots, which resulted in both critical acclaim and fans interest. As for me, I prefer, for being the most mature record of all made by that line up, Sonic Origami. Not only good songs, but very well produced as well. I wish there were more Heep records produced by Pip Williams, it is such a change for the better from "angular" tin-can-sounding Sea Of Light. Having said that, the music isn't to blame, the musicians performed on the highest level possible.
>Cheers, Igor
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>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:06:21 -0500 от Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu>:
>>Hmm ...
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>>The albums of the 90's?
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>>It took a bit of time for Bernie to really gel with the band. Albums like  'RAGING SILENCE' &  'DIFFERENT WORLD' , while they each contain some good songs, are a bit lackluster (in my opinion). That being stated, I really like the group's cover of the old  ARGENT tune  'Hold Your head Up' on the  'RAGING SILENCE' album. :)
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>>However, it wasn't until the  'SEA OF LIGHT' album that the group, featuring Bernie Shaw as vocalist, really started to hit their stride again. 
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>>Also, the live  'SPELLBINDER' album is quite a good album too. 
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>>On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 6:03 AM, Igor Shveitser  < zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
>>> Hi Shawn,
>>>What do you make of the Heep's albums of the 90-s then?
>>>Cheers, Igor
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>>>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:58:01 -0500 от Shawn Mctopy < shawn.mctopy at selu.edu >:
>>>>Don,
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>>>>The groups last three albums have been consistently great & rocking
>>>>affairs, in my opinion.
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>>>>*URIAH HEEP* in a word - *ROCK!*
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>>>>On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Don Malecic <  docofun at gmail.com > wrote:
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>>>>> Yes Shawn! It is a good one, surprised more Heepsters haven't been talking
>>>>> about it?
>>>>> I just compiled my own best of cd from the last 3 albums.
>>>>> Credit to the guys, they did a good job!
>>>>> Don
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>>>>> On Sunday, August 24, 2014, Shawn Mctopy <  shawn.mctopy at selu.edu > wrote:
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>>>>> > Just listened to *'OUTSIDER'* today.
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>>>>> > It's a - *'GOOD ONE!'*
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>>>>> > :)
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>>>>> > On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Igor Shveitser <  zlenko_iv at mail.ru
>>>>> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
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>>>>> > >  Have they really got back together again, David? :)))))))))))))
>>>>> > > Cheers, Igor
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > >
>>>>> > > Sun, 24 Aug 2014 04:21:52 -0700 от David Amendolara <
>>>>> > >   mail4hamurabi at yahoo.com <javascript:;>>:
>>>>> > > >Some of you may know, I'm building a house. With it comes a lot of
>>>>> > > garbage which you periodically need to get rid of so yesterday I drove
>>>>> to
>>>>> > > the local landfill (is that the proper word?) and I was playing Heep's
>>>>> > > "Outsider" album. One of the workers there heard it and said: "Sounds
>>>>> > > good!" so I told him it was Uriah Heep's latest album. He was
>>>>> surprised,
>>>>> > > then said something to the likes of: "Oh yeah, they got back together
>>>>> > > again, right?"
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > >Told him they'll be playing in Belgium next month, that I hope to see
>>>>> > him
>>>>> > > there and loaned him my copy of "The Outsider" :-) Not sure if I'll
>>>>> ever
>>>>> > > get it back cos it'll be a while before I go to the landfill again. At
>>>>> > > worst, I'll buy another copy I guess :-) At least it'll be one man more
>>>>> > at
>>>>> > > the gig!
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > >Cheers,
>>>>> > > >
>>>>> > > >Dave
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