[Heeplist] Heeplist Digest, Vol 206, Issue 14

Thu Feb 18 19:00:44 EST 2021

Salisbury is part of most of my passwords

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>   1. Re: Salisbury 50 years (Norbert von Fransecky)
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> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:03:11 +0100
> From: Norbert von Fransecky <news at musikansich.de>
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> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Salisbury 50 years
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> Yes! Bob, your're right. "High Priestess"? in the Live-Set is my 
> personal dream for years.
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> Norbert
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>> Am 17.02.2021 um 15:28 schrieb 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:
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>>> 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
>> uriahheep at comcast.net
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