[Heeplist] Salisbury 50 years

[Bob Winward]

I listened to this for the first time in ages, I think having discovered it
after hearing Demons and Wizards back in 1974, I never fully appreciated,
then thinking it was ancient.
I always loved the bass on this version of Lady in Black.  One day I will
have to listen to Bird of Prey on Salisbury and the version on the US
release of first album back to back to see if there is a difference..  Time
to Live reminds me of Gypsy, hanging tree and Stealin the bad boy lyrics.
It would really be good to hear them resurrect High Priestess in the live
set.  What an outstanding song and very under-rated in their catalog.


On 2/13/21, 4:05 AM, "Tapio minkkinen" <tapio at heepfiles.net> wrote:

> I added this to my Facebook page yesterday and I tried to send this to
> the list also but it didn't go through for some reason.
> 
> 
> URIAH HEEP: SALISBURY
> Released on 12th February 1971
> Original UK release: Vertigo 6360028
> 
> Side A
> 1. BIRD OF PREY (Box/Byron/Hensley/Newton)
> 2. THE PARK (Hensley)
> 3. TIME TO LIVE (Box/Byron/Hensley)
> 4. LADY IN BLACK (Hensley)
> Side B
> 1. HIGH PRIESTESS (Hensley)
> 2. SALISBURY (Box/Byron/Hensley)
> 
> Uriah Heep's second studio album Salisbury was released in the UK 50
> years ago on 12th February 1971 (release dates in other countries may be
> different)
> 
> On this album Ken Hensley took his position as main songwriter and
> musical leader. Of the eight songs released so far from the album
> sessions he wrote five and the rest three were co-written with other
> band members. He also sang lead vocals on two songs: Lady In Black &
> High Priestess.
> 
> Of the songs the best known is without a doubt Lady In Black which
> surprisingly became a hit for the band in 1977 - six years after
> original release and is today one of their most popular and best known
> songs. The title track is a very special as it's over 16 minutes long
> orchestrated piece with brass and woodmind instruments. Bird Of Prey is
> another well know song because together with Lady In Black those are the
> only ones that have been included in the live set regularily.
> 
> I have always seen this as merely a bunch of songs put together and not
> a real album. I don't mean it as a negative thing but it's just an
> observation because all the songs are very different from each other and
> could well all be by different bands. I guess this was a time of
> experimentation for the band that was still searching for their
> direction.
> 
> In North America the album was released with a different cover because
> the theme with tank on cover wasn't the best possible subject at the
> time in America that was going through war in Vietnam. Also track
> listing was slightly different - Simon The Bullet Freak replaced Bird Of
> Prey because earlier version of the song had been included already on
> North American versions of the 1st album.
> 
> There were two singles releases: Lady In Black was released in Germany
> and other European countries, High Priestess in Germany & USA. In UK
> there were no singles released.
> The album wasn't really a big success. It charted in Germany like the
> debut album but in The UK it didn't chart & in The US it didn't make it
> to Top 100.
> 
> Latest remastered vinyl release was in October 2015 (BMG/Sanctuary
> BMGRM085LP) and the latest remastered CD re-release was the expanded
> deluxe edition 15-track double CD in October 2016 (BMG/Sanctuary
> BMGCAT2CD56). There's also a new 2020 "Expanded Version" released only
> digitally in streaming platforms and as downloads that includes all 15
> tracks that were on the double CD release plus 7 additional different,
> alternate or edited versions taken from previous releases.
> 
> More information at album page in the official Uriah Heep Discography:
> http://heepfiles.net/search2/sali.htm
> 
> 
> ---
> TapioM.
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Bob "All 50 Years of Heep is Good Heep" Winward
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