Uriah Heep Lawton Era Albums
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Topic: Uriah Heep Lawton Era Albums
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Subject: Uriah Heep Lawton Era Albums
Date Posted: March 07 2014 at 13:39
| I have always prefered Firefly of the 3,seems a little more Lucifer's Friend influence is in there on some tracks.Innocent Victim & Fallen Angel have some moments too.Fallen Angel is the one i like the least. |
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 07 2014 at 22:25
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I used to have Firefly and loved the track 'Rollin On'. I also had FA just for the cover art !! Now I only have their debut album - I guess the Heep don't do much for me. Oh yeah, love Lucifer's Friend heaps though. |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 01:46
I really need an update on post '73 Heep releases. Love the first 6... tended to think the last two with Byron lacked inspiration, Wonderwall and Return to Fantasy were dull to me. The Lawton era never caught my imagination (Free Me....ok tune but not exactly Salisbury). And that one in 1980 I thought was god awful... Renaissance time in the early 80s but I only managed a few listens to an album or two since then.  This might indicate any Lawton era releases to insert into listening to the usual suspects (Genesis in particular)...  |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 02:22
John Lawton, this is an interesting topic, David Byron to me was more and beyond one of the most incredible vocalists to date, I am not much impressed by singers, however he was and is one of the very few that I love. I have not kept up with everything going on with Uriah Heep, however I do know that John Lawton performed Salisbury live with his nemesis Ken Hensley and to date Salisbury was ever only performed live 3 times live thus wow!  
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Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 08:53
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Kati wrote:Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 13:09
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I can honestly say I have never heard any of those. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 14:04
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 14:29
Oh..I know they exist....I was 'taking the piss' as they like to say over the pond.
I have all the Heep Lp's up to and including Magicians Birthday.
I'll ck out some of those tracks.
 ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 15:51
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Firefly. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 08 2014 at 17:25
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Firefly, obviously no contest |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 17:12
 you almost got me there, drWu23  in terms of Uriah Heep best era before they became rock mainstream I suggest you listen to July Morning, The Wizard, Salisbury from same name album, and Rain :) all these tracks I loce so much and all written and performed by David Byron and KEN HENSLEY  HUGS TO YOU
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 17:15
Here is the youtube link with David Byron and Ken Hensley playing the Hammond organd performing live  xxxx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzRrGNygjzs
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 17:21
drWu here is the youtube song link for the Wizard with David Byron and Ken Hensley of course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0iuaxvkXv4 
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Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 17:27
| This will be one-way traffic, Firefly is possibly the last excellent album |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 19:00
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'Firefly'. I quite love this LP despite it's surprisingly much less heavy than Byron-era stuff.
'Innocent Victim' had a couple of nice ideas but it was completely ruined by the plactic-sounding production. 'Fallen Angel' is a bit more interesting than 'Innocent Victim' because it at least has some catchy hooks, but it's also a very poppy album. So actually Uriah Heep died for me after 'Firefly' and re-born only in 1995 with the killer album called 'Sea of Light'. ------------- This night wounds time. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 19:35
It was 1985, February 28. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 19:56
I don't find its production plastic-sounding. Actually I love "Innocent Victim", it was the first Heep record I've heard. "Free'n'Easy", "Illusion", "Free Me", "The Dance" and "Choices" are great songs. Though I voted for "Firefly" because as a whole it's a better album. In 1982 Soviet "Melodyia" label released "Innocent Victim" LP entitled simply "Uriah Heep" (original image with a snake was kinda censored ) I didn't know it's called "Innocent Victim" but liked it a lot. Soon, after many listens on a primitive mono turntable, my copy became quite noisy and I found a copy in a better condition, this time with another cover:  And I still didn't know it's "Innocent Victim" album, back then, in the 80s, it was not so easy to find info. After several years of ignorance one of my friends told, to my big surprise, that I don't need to search for "Innocent Victim" because it stands on a shelf in my room.
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 20:40
| Innocent Victim |
Posted By: stegor
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 23:22
| ^^Oh yeah - I forgot Trevor Bolder was in the band! What a goofy album cover. I always loved Lawton's voice, especially with Lucifer's Friend. Innocent Victim is the only Uriah Heep album I have with him on it. I go back to it once in a while for nostalgia, but it doesn't have a lot of solid lasting appeal to me. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: March 11 2014 at 07:29
My fav song from the album  |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 11 2014 at 11:17
 Hugs to you also......------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: April 22 2014 at 07:31
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I love all the three albums. I couldn't tell which is the most favourite of mine. Obviously Firefly is highly regarded because is the most balanced between old and new Heep' sound. On Innocent Victim there are some of the band's most overlooked gems: Illusion, The Dance and Choices. Fallen Angel is also recommendable for Woman of the Night, I'm Alive and the closer. Above all the wonderful Come Back to Me, penned by Kerslake. |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: April 22 2014 at 16:16
Well-looks like i'm not alone as a fan of these Albums.Fallen Angel is by far my least favorite,but as pointed out some great tracks to be found there as well ------------- "Nobody's Gonna Change My World That's Something To Unreal" Lyrics that i live my life by-from Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy's track You Won't Change Me |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: April 22 2014 at 17:08
| 2nd vote for Innocent Victim, just so I could praise "Free and Easy". |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 23 2014 at 14:14
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I also enjoy Lucifer's Friend, and Lawton's addition to the Heep fold was a genius move, IMO. Firefly is outstanding and they didn't quite match it with the next two. I also like Rebel with Lawton. The guy's an amazing singer. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: April 23 2014 at 16:08
I've got Lucifer's Friend S/T & i really like it.Thats the only LF i have any recommendations for other LF LP's? ------------- "Nobody's Gonna Change My World That's Something To Unreal" Lyrics that i live my life by-from Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy's track You Won't Change Me |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: April 23 2014 at 19:30
The two immediately before Lawton left: Banquet (1974) http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5106" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5106 Mind Exploding (1976) http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5107" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=5107 (future Triumvirat/Saga drummer Curt Cress plays on this) ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: flellis
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 12:25
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Hi, I interviewed John Lawton for my blog. We discuss Uriah Heep as well as Lucifer's Friend. The interview can be read at http://jeffcramer.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-very-candid-conversation-with-john.html" rel="nofollow - http://jeffcramer.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-very-candid-conversation-with-john.html
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Posted By: flellis
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 12:39
| "Free and Easy" is one of my all time Heep favs. Its no accident Uriah Heep puts in their encore to this day. |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 14:26
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Yeah that's a strong number a la Easy Livin'. The whole Innocent Victim is better than most people think. I like the spacey key sound in songs as Illusion and Choises. |
Posted By: Kentucky_Hawkwindage
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 17:33
Very interesting interview-thanks for sharing! The only Lucifer's Friend i have is the debut & it's a great album for sure.I've been tempted to buy Banquet & give it listen. There are some great songs to be found on Firefly,Innocent Victim & Fallen Angel that is a fact.I have all 3 in my vinyl collection. ------------- "Nobody's Gonna Change My World That's Something To Unreal" Lyrics that i live my life by-from Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy's track You Won't Change Me |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: April 30 2014 at 21:24
Thanks, very well composed interview. Great job! By the way, if you'd like to you can repost it from your blog to the "Interviews" section of PA forum: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=47" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=47 . It deserves to be noticed by more site visitors. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: flellis
Date Posted: May 01 2014 at 08:48
| Thanks, I will. I also just interviewed Sonja Kristina as well, so I will do that one as well. |
Posted By: flellis
Date Posted: May 01 2014 at 08:52
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First off, thank you, for the kind remarks on my John Lawton interview. Yes, as I said in the interview, Lucifer's friend is a challenging band to get into because the band kept changing styles on each album. My favs are the first album for that heavy Sabbath/Purple/Heep sound and Banquet, as the best of the progressive stuff from Lucifier's Friend. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 01 2014 at 10:08
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^ Thanks once again for your interview. I see you gave the link to here: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=98109&FID=47" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=98109&FID=47 . Though I expected you repost the whole text and pictures with the link to the source. Kind of: - The thread title: John Lawton (ex-LUCIFER'S FRIEND, ex-URIAH HEEP). - The whole interview. - Links to; the interview in your blog, LF and UH pages on PA, John Lawton official website. The same in case of Sonja Kristina. An example how interviews are usually presented in the forum: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=74726" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=74726 Of course it's up to you to decide. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: flellis
Date Posted: May 01 2014 at 10:13
| I am very new to this thing, sorry, so bear with me. I'll be doing future prog interviews, I work with the same publicist who did John Lawton and Sonja Kristina, and he represents other prog legends as Jon Anderson and Greg Lake. Going forward, I'll do this prog archives similar to how it is done. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 01 2014 at 11:17
OK, keep on rockin'!  ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |