[Heeplist] Reacquainted someone with Heep

Tue Aug 26 15:47:03 EDT 2014

I easily regard Sea Of Light as the best Heep album after the Lawton era myself ;-)  great album...

Terje

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From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of Shawn Mctopy
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 9:03 PM
To: Igor Shveitser; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time); Igor Shveitser; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Reacquainted someone with Heep

Here is my favorite song from - *'SEA OF LIGHT'*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbOVa1KHlf0

On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:

>  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.
> >
> >-------- 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
> >
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> >Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:06:21 -0500 от Shawn Mctopy <shawn.mctopy at selu.edu>:
> >>Hmm ...
> >>
> >>
> >>The albums of the 90's?
> >>
> >>
> >>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. :)
> >>
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1I34Y7cYw
> >>
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Also, the live  'SPELLBINDER' album is quite a good album too.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>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
> >>>
> >>>Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:58:01 -0500 от Shawn Mctopy < 
> >>>shawn.mctopy at selu.edu
> >:
> >>>>Don,
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>The groups last three albums have been consistently great & 
> >>>>rocking affairs, in my opinion.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>*URIAH HEEP* in a word - *ROCK!*
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Don Malecic <  docofun at gmail.com 
> >>>>>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sunday, August 24, 2014, Shawn Mctopy <  
> >>>>> shawn.mctopy at selu.edu >
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> > Just listened to *'OUTSIDER'* today.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > It's a - *'GOOD ONE!'*
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > :)
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Igor Shveitser <
> zlenko_iv at mail.ru
> >>>>> > <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > >  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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