Roberto Cosentino
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Posted - 17 Dec 2003 : 23:52:04
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BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!! Classic Uriah Heep finally on DVD!!
URIAH HEEP - "Classic Heep - Live From The Byron Era" 2 DVD set and 48 page book featuring David Byron and Gary Thain
*** STRICTLY LIMITED EDITION OF JUST 3000 COPIES *** Released January 30th 2004 This special limited edition will not be available in the stores. SUBSCRIBE FOR YOUR COPY NOW!
This is it... the holy grail for every Uriah Heep fan! At last here it is, the previously unreleased footage of film and television performances from 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976, never before available on DVD, featuring the late, great David Byron at his very best. Digitally restored and re-mastered for 5.1 Surround Sound this is the long awaited audio visual celebration of one of the greatest front men in the history of rock. Byron was the original voice of Uriah Heep and for many fans was literally irreplaceable. Also featured in this lavish edition is the only known footage of Gary Thain on bass, another much lamented casualty of the rock and roll lifestyle dearly missed by his legions of followers.
This is Heep in all their peacock pomp and glory captured at the very pinnacle of the band's career performing material from "Return to Fantasy" and "Wonderworld". Quality live footage from the Byron days is incredibly rare so we are proud to be able at last to bring you this wonderful film of the world's greatest rock band. The limited edition set comes in a unique hard back package similar to the "Sailing The Sea of Light" set and includes 2 discs packaged as a hard back book in one lavish package. Only 3000 copies of this special limited edition are being produced. It's only available by mail order. Demand is sure to be huge so we recommend you subscribe now.
DISC 1: URIAH HEEP LIVE FROM 1974 AND 1975
Features the only known footage of the Byron/Box/Hensley/Kerslake/Wetton line up performing "Return To Fantasy", "Easy Livin'", "Stealin'", "Prima Donna" and "Shady Lady". If the long years which have passed since those heady days have dimmed your memory this will prove to you once again that you weren't dreaming, no-one could ever work a crowd quite like Mr. Byron. Also featured on Disc 1 is the footage shot for US television featuring the Byron/Box/Hensley/Kerslake/Thain line up at the time of "Wonderworld". This material has long been unavailable and is now offered in full 5.1 Remastered Surround Sound. Included on the disc are "So Tired", "I Won't Mind", "The Easy Road", "Love Machine", "Something Or Nothing", "Love Machine" and the famous "Rock'n'Roll Medley".
FULL TRACK LISTING DISC 1 - URIAH HEEP LIVE 1974 and 1975 - Return To Fantasy '75 - Easy Livin' '75 - Stealin' '75 - Prima Donna '75 - Shady Lady '75 - So Tired '74 - I Won't Mind '74 - The Easy Road '74 - Love Machine '74 - Something Or Nothing '74 - Love Machine '74 - Rock'n'Roll Medley '74
Bonus tracks - Easy Livin' '74 - Stealin' 74
DISC 2: COLLECTORS RARITIES FEATURING URIAH HEEP AND DAVID BYRON'S ROUGH DIAMOND
This amazing disc brings together all the surviving footage we could find from the Byron era which is of releasable quality. Sadly many of the masters have long since disappeared so the source footage has been restored to the best quality possible. It is as good as we are ever likely to have... but what footage it is! Included on the collectors only disc is the film which was shown at Wembley before the "High and Mighty" shows, rare interviews from US and Australian television networks, previously unreleased footage from an unaired US television show shot in 1972, the best of the Japanese Budokan shows from March '73, film from one of Byron's last gigs in Europe and all of the surviving promotional film of Rough Diamond. How about that for a mouth-watering prospect?
FULL TRACK LISTING DISC 2 - COLLECTORS RARITIES * - Uriah Heep - High and Mighty Intro '76 - Uriah Heep - Midnight '76 - Uriah Heep - Guitar improvisation '76 - Uriah Heep - Sweet Lorraine '76 - Uriah Heep - Band TV Interview USA '72 - Uriah Heep - July Morning '72 (USA) - Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself '73 (Japan) - Uriah Heep - Sunrise '73 (Japan) - Uriah Heep - Traveller in time '73 (Japan) - Uriah Heep - Tears in my Eyes '73 (Japan) - Uriah Heep - Australian Box/Byron Interview '73 - Uriah Heep - Easy Livin' '72 (USA) - Uriah Heep - Rock'n'Roll Medley '72 (Japan)
Bonus Tracks - Uriah Heep - July Morning Montage (Europe/Japan - '73/'76) - Rough Diamond - Rock'n'Roll '77 - Rough Diamond - Looking For You '77 - Rough Diamond - Seasong '77 - Rough Diamond - Scared '77 - Rough Diamond - Lock'n'Key '77
* Actual track listing may vary. If we get a few gems we're still searching for.......
THE BOOK - A specially written full colour 48 page book by Heep's current Executive Producer Bob Carruthers featuring previously unseen photographs, new interviews and extracts from Dave Ling's award winning history of Uriah Heep which pull no punches in their candid approach to life in the band at the time these recordings were made.  |
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