The speed at which the main composer of the band Hensley composed remained very high. Successor "Sweet Freedom" (1973) was recorded in France , approached this album might be the best the livesound. The single was ' Stealin'. The single was banned in the USA because there a compromising feeling occurred. Otherwise it would have been the first American hit single for the band. More or less simultaneously also Hensley's first solo album came out. Because he was assisting by Kerslake and Thain is the music very close to that of Uriah Heep itself. Afterwards the Group may need to combine the best of both albums. Because even "Sweet Freedom" is very unstable. The albums remained at a high rate come true. Following the lead of other rock bands came Uriah Heep with "Live 1973" (January 1973). The live album featured a hit cover with a photo album, until then not running.With this album the name was as hard rock topper finally established. "The Magicians Birthday" (1972) expanded in part on the success formula. The opinions of the fans are divided, some find the album unbalanced and too hasty, others believe that it is superior to its predecessor. Source wanted to exploit the global success as quickly as possible and sent the band just a few months later his studio in. The first replacement Mark Clarke stayed just long enough to team up with Hensley to write and record the following classic: ' The Wizard '. The high notes in the chorus are by him. But with the heroin addict New Zealander Gary Thain and power drummer Lee Kerslake had Uriah Heep finally a stable occupation-for the time being. The five-piece polite with "Demons and Wizards" ( 1972) the global breakthrough. The hit single ' Easy Livin' was released twice in Netherlands, and became a hit in 1973. The big break in Netherlands came up with "Look at Yourself" ( 1971) whose title song and especially ' July Morning ' rock classics were. This played keyboardist Manfred Mann a remarkable solo without the band to have ever met. Producer to tell more and more got Source. That led to conflicts with the father of Newton, who was the manager of the group. Father and son left Newton late 1971. The second album "Salisbury" (end of 1970, at the beginning of 1971) found himself more in the progressive rockgenre, with a 16-minute title track in which 24 wooden wind instruments also played a role. Also this album sold not particularly good, but Lady in Black would be a big hit a few years later in Germany. From this album was the most important composer of the Hensley group. Very ' Umble "(1970) introduced a mixture of hard organ-and guitar sounds, with the theatrical voice of Byron nay. Also the typical choral singing was already present. The single ' Gypsy ' was a standard part of the UH-repertoire. The record sold moderately, but the review in the American pop magazine Rolling Stone is still notorious: "If this band is gonna make it I'll have to commit suicide." In december 1969 sent Gerry Source, producer and owner of the brand new Bronze Records, a group called Spice in his studio. This group was founded by Box and Byron (pseudonym of David Garrick). At the urging of Source asked bassist Paul Newton to Hensley to strengthen the group. Meanwhile, the name was changed to Uriah Heep. Uriah Heep has existed since 1969. The composition later changed several times. Typical are the polyphonic backing vocals and influences of progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, jazz, and even country. They have sold over 40 million albums worldwide with over 4 million sales in the U.S. The band maintains a significant following and performs at arena-sized venues in the Balkans, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and Scandinavia. Uriah Heep's audience declined by the 1980s, to the point where they became essentially a cult band in the United Kingdom and United States.
Along with Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep had become one of the top bands in the early 1970s - one of "The Big 4" of hard rock. In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the " Lady in Black" single was a big hit. 7 in 1975) while of the fifteen Billboard 200 Uriah Heep albums Demons and Wizards was the most successful (#23, 1972). Twelve of the band's albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart ( Return to Fantasy reached No. Uriah Heep's progressive/ art rock/ heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always included a massive keyboard sound, strong vocal harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron's quasi-operatic vocals. Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and are regarded as one of the seminal hard rock acts of the early 1970s.
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