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[Stan From Home]

Don - didn’t realize you were from Canada, two of my favorite bands are Prism and Trooper!

Thanks
Stan 

> On May 18, 2019, at 5:47 PM, Don Malecic <docofun at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ya Norbert, definitely you were lucky. Europe was always much more Heep
> friendly.
> Heep was a very tough sell here in Canada back then , with the likes of
> BTO, Guess Who, Steppenwolf, April Wine, Triumph, Rush etc topping the
> charts along with the Brit heavies, Heep had no chance here. Lol.
> Don
> 
> On Sat, May 18, 2019 at 2:25 PM Norbert von Fransecky <news at musikansich.de>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Don!
>> 
>> I must have had a lucky youth.
>> Among my peers Heep was definitley the number 1 - (I'm talking about a
>> time about 75 to 77) - followed by Purple. Sabbath and Zeppelin were
>> well respected too, but I think Rainbow and Status Quo were even between
>> theses two and Heep / Purple.
>> The late 70s brought a change. Heep and Quo lost a lot of reputation
>> because of the pop appeal of their releases. (Purple and Zep took "the
>> easy road". They split and called it a day.) In the case of Heep
>> Innocent Victim and Fallen Angel had been the reason why.
>> Escpecially the singles.Most  friends didn't noticed songs like
>> "Free'n'easy" one of the hardest Heep tracks by then or the great ballad
>> "Illusion" at all.
>> 
>> ... and the mighty Heep is the only one of the Hard Rock Pionieers who
>> makes the 50th anniversary without any split or break. They are really
>> 50!! Big up!
>> 
>> Norbert
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 18.05.2019 um 22:26 schrieb Don Malecic:
>>> Probably the few  Heep songs that could come head to head with say
>> Sabbath
>>> , Purple and  Zeppelin back in the seventies, in my opinion, was Look at
>>> Yourself , Love Machine , Magicians birthday.
>>> 
>>> I remember friends back in seventies who were die hard Sabbath, Purple,
>>> Zeppelin fans, not so much Heep fans,  respected those songs, therefore
>>> Best of Heep Volume 1 made the cut at the parties lol
>>>  Tough competition back then. I remember the Girls were ok with the
>> wizard,
>>> that's about it .lol.
>>> Don
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