Steve, A while back you inquired if boardmembers would be interested in Uriah Heep re-issues. Is this still on the board somewhere as a maybe, or is it a dead issue? Thanks, Douglas Mann
Hi Douglas, This is actually a question for Marshall Blonstein at Audio Fidelity. Ask him the question on their message board....
I made that post about a week ago... I rememberd Steve asking what we thought about it. Just wanted to know what the status was. Glad to know where we can look. Thanks Steve.
Not a terrible group, but I am not sure worthy of Mr. Hoffman's mastering skills. Saw them live in 1974 and the most memorable thing was witnessing guitarist Mick Box throwing up in a trash can every few minutes! Paul
I would like to see a Uriah Heep album remastered by Steve for vinyl, Gold CD and SACD (in that order). I would take a pick out of Very 'eavy/self-titled, Salisbury, Demons and Wizards or The Magician's Birthday. Look at Yourself is a good album, but there is something seriously wrong with the sound there, AFAIR. For the rest of the output, a compilation would do just fine.
Good call SVL! Even though I own the Castle remasters with extra tracks released a few years ago, I'd purchase each of those titles again if they were Stevo remastered SACDs with the only hesitation being Look At Yourself which has never sounded right to me. I would also recommend adding the Live '73 album if there were enough interest in a 2 SACD set; it's an excellent historical document of the key, and sadly long posthumous, Byron/Thain era recordings. BTW, I'd hope Very 'eavy/Very 'umble and Salisbury would be the British versions with their original covers and, at least in the case of Salisbury, slightly different track listing than US releases (i.e., Bird of Prey on Salisbury is a great lead-off track in my very 'umble opinion)! Cat
I used to have the Castle remasters, and they are OK, but too bright for my taste. The Japanese DK2 remasters are excellent though; I think I posted on those before: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4006
I would really like hear a Uriah Heep remaster by Steve. Demons and Wizards, Magician's Birthday, and Sweet Freedom prefered. I don't think Uriah Heep is anymore obscure that many other remasters Steve has done.