The Ultimate Collection (Uriah Heep Album)
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The Ultimate Collection is a compilation album released by English rock group Uriah Heep
. It features songs from their Debut album Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
up to their 1991 album Different World.
Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and regarded as a seminal classic hard rock act of the 1970s. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and David Byron's operatic vocals...
. It features songs from their Debut album Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
Very 'eavy... Very 'umble is the debut album of British hard rock band Uriah Heep.It was released in the United States as Uriah Heep with alternate sleeve artwork, and with "Bird of Prey" in place of "Lucy Blues." The album is notable for being rooted more in raunchy blues rock than the band's...
up to their 1991 album Different World.
Disc one
- "Gypsy" (Box/Byron) - 6:38
- "Come Away Melinda" (Hellerman/Minkoff) - 3:47
- "Bird Of Prey" (Box/Byron/Hensley/Newton) - 4:12
- "Lady In Black" (Hensley) - 4:42
- "Look At Yourself" (Hensley) - 5:08
- "July Morning" (Byron/Hensley) - 10:32
- "The Wizard" (Hensley/Clarke) - 2:59
- "Easy Livin'" (Hensley) - 2:36
- "Sunrise" (Hensley) - 4:03
- "Magician's Birthday" (Box/Hensley/Kerslake) - 10:18
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Box/Byron/Thain) - 4:14
- "Stealin'" (Hensley) - 4:48
- "Sweet Freedom" (Hensley) - 6:34
- "Wonderworld" (Hensley) - 4:29
- "Somthing Or Nothing" (Box/Hensley/Thain) - 2:55
Disc two
- "Return To Fantasy" (Hensley/Byron) - 5:41
- "Prima Donna" (Byron/Box/Kerslake/Hensley) - 3:08
- "One Way Or Another" (Hensley) - 4:38
- "Wise Man" (Hensley) - 4:39
- "Free Me" (Hensley) - 3:30
- "Free And Easy" (Lawton/Box) - 3:03
- "Come Back To Me" (Kerslake/Hensley) - 4:17
- "Fallen Angel" (Hensley) - 4:57
- "Feelings" (Hensley) - 5:19
- "Too Scared To Run" (Box/Daisley/Goalby/Kerslake/Sinclair) - 3:48
- "On The Rebound" (Russ Ballard) - 3:12
- "Think It Over" (Bolder/Sloman) - 3:34
- "That's The Way It Is" (Paul Bliss) - 4:07
- "The Other Side Of Midnight" (Box/Daisley/Goalby/Sinclair) - 3:55
- "Stay On Top" (Jackson) - 3:35
- "Hold Your Head Up" (Agent/White) - 4:30
- "Blood Red Roses" (Goalby) - 4:08
- "Blood On Stone" (Bolder) - 4:34
- "Different World" (Box/Lanzon) - 4:12
Personnel
- Mick Box - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals - All tracks
- David Byron - Lead Vocals - (Track 1-17)
- Ken Hensley - Keyboards, Hammond Organ, Synths, Guitar, Lead and backing Vocals, - (Track 1-24)
- Pual Newton - Bass guitar, Vocals - (Track 1-6)
- Alex Napier - Drums - (Track 1 and 2)
- Keith Baker - Drums - (Track 3 and 4)
- Ian Clarke - Drums - (Track 5 and 6)
- Lee Kerslake - Drums, Backing Vocals - (Track 7-23, 25-34)
- Mark Clarke - Bass guitar, Vocals - (Track 7)
- Gary Thain - Bass guitar - (Track 8-15)
- John Wetton - Bass guitar, vocals - (Track 16-18)
- John Lawton - Lead vocals - (Track 19-23)
- Trevor Bolder - Bass guitar, Backing vocals - (Track 19-24, 31-34)
- John Sloman - Lead Vocals - (Track 24)
- Chris Slade - Drums - (Track 24)
- Bob Daisley - Bass guitar, Backing vocals - (Track 25-30)
- Peter Goalby - Lead vocals - (Track 25-30)
- John Sinclair - Keyboards, Guitars, Backing vocals - (Track 25-30)
- Phil Lanzon - Keyboards, Vocals - (Track 31-34)
- Bernie Shaw - Lead vocals - (Track 31-34)