TOP CLEAN 1972 URIAH HEEP DEMONS & WIZARDS Prog PSYCH
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BEAUTIFUL MINTY 1972 ORIGINAL WITH TRIPLE FOLD COVER!
URIAH HEEP
DEMONS & WIZARDS
\ USA - (red) MERCURY RECORDS - SRM 1 630
MINTY CLEAN....Original 1973 first pressing (red Mercury label) in triple fold unipak cover...the peak of THE HEEP some fans say...
Demons and Wizards is the album that secured Uriah Heep's reputation as a master of gothic-influenced heavy progressive rock. From short, sharp rock songs to lengthy, musically dense epics. With Demons and Wizards, Uriah Heep appears to run the gamut, seemingly covering all the bases with style and power, from soft rock to hard rock to progressive rock, while embarking on a voyage into fantasy and mythology.
The lead off tune "The Wizard": sets the stage by starting as a simple acoustic tune, building into a melodic rocker that surges forth on a wall of sound built from thick guitar riffs, churchy organ, and operatic vocal harmonies, often giving chills along the way. "The Wizard" is a gentle semi-acoustic ballad that recounts a night-time meeting with "a wizard of a thousand kings... he told me tales and he drank my wine." It is only as the song progresses that we realize that the wizard is within us all, the wise "voices in our hearts" that so few people listen to, but which whisper the secrets of happiness and freedom regardless. This may be the most popular of all Uriah Heep's music.
Other highlights include "Traveller in Time," a fantasy-themed rocker built on thick wah- wah guitar riffs, Uriah Heep's very first top forty single, "Easy Livin" peaking at #39 in July 1972, a punchy hard driving number that left fans breathless on their tours and "Circle of Hands," a noble sounding power ballad with a gospel-meets-heavy Hammond organ meets heavy rock, a six and a half minute masterpiece.
Some think However, the top highlight of the album is the closing medley of "Paradise" and "The Spell", the first part of the medley starts in an atmospheric, melancholy, acoustic mode and slowly adds layers of organ and electric guitar until it becomes a forceful slow-tempo rocker, eventually segueing into part two, a punchy, organ-led rocker that includes an instrumental midsection where choral-style harmonies fortify an exquisite, Floydian style guitar solo from Mick Box.
Demons and Wizards works well both as a showcase for Uriah Heep's instrumental prowess and a a primary display of their songwriting skills in a variety of rock styles. Demons and Wizards is considered by many fans to be their finest work and is definitely worth a spin for anyone with an interest in 1970s heavy rock with progressive influences.
Side A
1. The Wizard (2:59)
2. Traveller In Time (3:26)
3. Easy Livin' (2:36)
4. Poet's Justice (4:14)
5. Circle Of Hands (6:34)
Side B
1. Rainbow demon (4:30)
2. All My Life (2:46)
3. Paradise (5:15)
4. The Spell (7:26)
CONDITION: The triple fold-out cover is crisp and stiff, solid all over with no delete markings, no bends, no writing and no seam splits, M- collectible
The vinyl is all clean, very well handled over the past 38 years...M-
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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