Uriah Heep...The Magician's Birthday(1972)Remastered(2004)[FLAC

The Magician's Birthday is the fifth album released by British rock band Uriah Heep. The story line is "based loosely on a short story" written by Ken Hensley in June and July 1972. The original vinyl release was a gatefold sleeve, the front of which was designed by Roger Dean. The inner of the gatefold had pictures of the band and the LP itself was housed in a liner which had the lyrics printed on it. Two songs charted in the United States, "Blind Eye" (#97) and "Sweet Lorraine" (#91). "Spider Woman" reached #13 in Germany. The title track is notable for an extended kazoo improvisation on the melody to "Happy Birthday to You". The Magician's Birthday was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 22, 1973. All songs written by Ken Hensley except where noted Side 1 "Sunrise" – 4:04 "Spider Woman" (Mick Box, David Byron, Lee Kerslake, Gary Thain) – 2:25 "Blind Eye" – 3:33 "Echoes in the Dark" – 4:48 "Rain" – 3:59 Side 2 "Sweet Lorraine" (Box, Byron, Thain) – 4:13 "Tales" – 4:09 "The Magician's Birthday" (Box, Hensley, Kerslake) – 10:19 The 2004 Remastered version by Castle (UK) as CMRCD771, adds 9 previously unreleased bonus tracks: "Crystal Ball (Out-take)" (Thain) – 4:08 "Silver White Man (Vocal Out-take Version)" (Byron) – 3:40 "Proud Words On a Dusty Shelf (Alternate Version)" – 3:24 "Echoes in the Dark (Single Edit)" – 4:23 "Rain (Single Edit)" – 3:16 "Happy Birthday ("The Magician's Birthday" Single Edit)" – 4:44 "Sunrise (Single Edit)" – 2:49 "Gary's Song" (Crystal Ball alternate version) (Thain) – 4:25 "Silver White Man (Instrumental Out-take)" (Byron) – 3:43 Personnel Uriah Heep David Byron – vocals Ken Hensley – keyboards, guitars, Moog synthesizer Mick Box – guitar Gary Thain – bass guitar Lee Kerslake – drums, percussion, kazoo Additional Musicians Brian Cole – Pedal Steel Guitar on "Tales" Production Produced By Gerry Bron Engineered By Peter Gallen Assistant Engineer: Ashley Howe The 2004 Remastered version by Castle (UK) as CMRCD771, team: Remastering by Robert M. Corich Remastering by Mike Brown Assistant Remastering: Pavel Salgado cd ripped by dBpoweramp please seed

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hasbeenhonshu (2010-10-14)

It is hard to believe that there are no comments on this wonderful torrent for this is a great piece of music and well met. Thanks much dickspic for the share and of course thanks for all the great memories to Uriah Heep. Long Live Rock and Roll!