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#URIAH HEEP SALISBURY FULL#
"a stylishly arranged tune that builds from a folk-styled acoustic tune into a throbbing rocker full of ghostly harmonies and crunching guitar One of the album's tracks, "Lady in Black", described as Progressive rock genre, with its 16-minute title track featuring a 24-piece orchestra. The band's second album Salisbury was more squarely in the The novel David Copperfield from which the band took its name. The album's title references the signature phrase of the Dickens character Uriah Heep ("very 'umble") from Guitar-driven sound, with David Byron's theatrical, dynamic vocals soaring above thunderous sonic backgrounds, although acoustic and jazzĮlements also featured in the mix. Very 'Umble (released as Uriah Heep in the United States), introduced Hensley's heavy organ and Drummer Alex Napier joined, having answered a music paper ad and bassist Paul Newton of The Gods completed the line-up. They set up a new band called Spice then, David Garrick changed his second name toīyron. Box and Garrick instantly formed a songwriting partnership and, having higher musical aspirations than their colleagues,ĭecided to give up their day jobs and go professional. When the band's singer left, drummer Roger Penlington suggested his cousin David Garrick (who knew the band) as a When the band's singer left, drummer Roger Penlington suggested his cousin David Garrick (who knew t. The band's origins go back to 1967 when guitarist Mick Box formed in Brentwood a band called The Stalkers which started playing in localĬlubs and pubs. Harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron's quasi-operatic vocals. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal 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.