Poll: 10 Favorite 1970's Uriah Heep Songs

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by John Fell, Aug 22, 2019.

  1. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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    Our recent Uriah Heep thread and differences in compilation releases had me thinking about starting a poll about the forum members 10 favorite Uriah Heep songs. It is sort of a create our own best of compilation. I can't include everything but I'll do my best to give a cross section of some of their more popular live tracks and singles and see what happens from there.
     
  2. The Lone Cadaver

    The Lone Cadaver Bass & Keys Cadaver

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    The Wizard
    Paradise/The Spell
    Circle of Hands
    Rainbow Demon
    Traveler In Time
    Easy Livin'
    July Morning
    Look at Yourself
    Sweet Lorraine
    Tears In My Eyes
     
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  3. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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    The last 3 tracks feature John Lawton on vocals. Those 3 are still played live quite often by the current band.
     
  4. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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    I didn't include Paradise/The Spell because I didn't want to include too many tracks from the Demons And Wizards lp.
     
  5. StarThrower62

    StarThrower62 Forum Resident

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    Rainbow Demon is my pick for best Hammond organ sound.
     
  6. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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  7. Finch Platte

    Finch Platte Lettme Rundatt Bayou

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    Didn't like much of Return To Fantasy, but might have cast a spell, err, vote for the title track purely because of the way Byron sings Fantasy.

    Fahn Tah See. Fahn Tah See.

    Fahn Ta SeeeeeEeeeeeeEeeeeeEeeee!!!
     
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  8. southamorican

    southamorican Forum Resident

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    Bird of Prey
    Tears in My Eyes
    Circle of Hands
    Rainbow Demon
    Sunrise
    Blind Eye
    Echoes in the Dark
    Stealin’
    Circus
    The Easy Road
     
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  9. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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    Blind Eye is a favorite of mine.
     
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  12. rockclassics

    rockclassics Senior Member

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    Two of my favorites are not on the list.....

    Salisbury

    That's the Way That It Is.
     
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  13. southamorican

    southamorican Forum Resident

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  15. dkmonroe

    dkmonroe A completely self-taught idiot

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    Out of this list:

    Easy Livin'
    Lady In Black
    Bird Of Prey
    Sunrise
    The Wizard
    Sweet Lorraine
    Look At Yourself
    Gypsy
    Traveller In Time
    Circle Of Hands

    I won't fault your choices but there's LOTS of others I'd choose, such as:

    Walking In Your Shadow
    Wake Up (Set Your Sights)
    High Priestess (a really beautiful, melodic rocker - no one else rocked like that!)
    I Wanna Be Free (an old particular favorite from long ago)
    Poet's Justice (one of their very best)

    Ah geez, I had the night all planned out with other stuff, but now I gotta listen to two or three Heep albums. :D
     
  16. John54

    John54 Senior Member

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    I voted for Easy Livin', Lady in Black and July Morning, but Paradise / The Spell is top of my list.
     
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  17. SonicBob

    SonicBob Forum Resident

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    Sweet Lorraine
    Circle of Hands
    Sunrise
    Look At Yourself
    The Wizard
    Fallen Angel
    Firefly
    Choices
    Midnight
    If I Had the Time

    I would've done a straight half and half of Byron and Lawton eras, but David made more records than John did and although from Wonderworld to High 'N Mighty features the lesser valued material, I think "Midnight" from Mighty is one of the last great Byron era numbers. "If I Had the Time", I feel, is a buried nugget from Sweet Freedom, so I had to write-in that one as well.

    The Lawton songs I wrote in also, represent not only his singing talents well, but the songs are of equal measure. It was a different era for the band and each release with him got more and more commercial minded and slicker. Still, most of Firefly and half of Innocent Victim are good to great moments. I often wonder if they'll ever release the lost 4th album recorded with John? Anyways, @John Fell, thanks for the thread post, even though I listed songs that weren't on the list. Sorry about that...
     
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  18. rjp

    rjp Senior Member

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    time to live

    the park

    both from 'salisbury"
     
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  19. Platterpus

    Platterpus Senior Member

    I like the first five albums the best but Salisbury is kind of difficult for me.
     
  20. olegrayman

    olegrayman Senior Member

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    From the list:
    Easy Livin'
    Lady In Black
    July Morning
    Look At Yourself
    Sympathy
    Magician's Birthday
    Rainbow Demon
    Gypsy
    Sunrise

    Off the list:
    The Park
    Come Away Melinda
    Salisbury
    Wise Man
     
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  21. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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    I didn't want to include all the tracks from Demons and Wizards so I left off Paradise/The Spell.

    In addition, many of the suggestions not on the list were not released as singles or played live very often by the band and so are not live favorites.
     
    Last edited: Aug 23, 2019
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  22. John Fell

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    The Way That It Is wasn't a seventies track so I didn't include it.
     
  23. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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    The Lawton era tracks I included are still played live by the current edition of the band and are not receiving many votes. I pretty much assumed most people would be more familiar with the Byron era material which looks to be the case with the votes that have been cast.

    Thanks for voting and commenting.
     
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  24. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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    I almost included I Wanna Be Free but elected to include a few of the better known Lawton era tracks instead.
     
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  25. John Fell

    John Fell Forum Survivor Thread Starter

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    I almost included Salisbury and Come Away Melinda but decided to include a few Lawton era tracks instead rather than just including all David Byron era tracks.
     

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