Uriah Heep: Magician' s Birthday (Expanded Edition) - CD

“The Magician' s Birthday“ is the fifth album by the British rock band Uriah Heep. The original vinyl edition was foldable, the cover was designed by Roger Dean. In the USA, the record became gold.

Uriah Heep is a British rock band founded in 1969.

The band was formed in November 1969 when producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensly (formerly a member of The Gods and Toe Fat) to join Spice, which signed a contract with his Bronze Records label. Uriah Heep has sometimes been jokingly referred to as “The Beach Boys heavy metal, for their melodic songs and polyphonic backing vocals, although their music is more a summary of diverse styles such as: progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, jazz and occasionally country. Despite their overwhelming popularity in the UK and continental Europe, Uriah Heep has never been able to gain a foothold in the US market, with the exception of Easy Livin ' hits from Demons and Wizards (1972), Sweet Loraine from The Magician' s Birthday (1972) and Stealin. ' from the album Sweet Freedom (1973).

Group in 70, has released several commercially successful albums over the years, including Uriah Heep Live (1973), but their audience changed in the 1980s, when they became essentially a cult band in the USA and the UK, known only to true connoisseurs. Uriah Heep have maintained their importance in countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, Russia and the Scandinavian and Balkan Peninsulas, where they still perform in sold-out stadiums.

Playlist

CD
Sunrise / Spider Woman / Blind Eye / Echoes In The Dark / Rain / Sweet Lorraine / Tales / The Magician ' s Birthday / Bonus Tracks / Crystal Ball (Out-Take And Previously Unreleased Version) / Silver White Man (Out-Take And Previously Unreleased Vocal Version) / Proud Words (Previously Unreleased Alternate Version) / Echoes In The Dark (Edited Version - Previously Unreleased) / Rain (Edited Version - Previously Unreleased) / Happy Birthday (Previously Unreleased Version) / Sunrise (Single Edit - Previously Unreleased) / Gary ' s Song (Out-Take Previously Unreleased) / Silver White Man (Instrumental - Out-Take)