Uriah Heep Live

Uriah Heep Live
Live album by
Uriah Heep
ReleasedApril 1973 (US)
11 May 1973 (UK)[1]
Recorded26 January 1973
VenueTown Hall, Birmingham, England
GenreHard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal
Length77:17
Label
ProducerGerry Bron
Uriah Heep live chronology
Uriah Heep Live
(1973) 		Live in Europe 1979
(1986)
Singles from Uriah Heep Live
  1. "July Morning"
    Released: May 1973 (US) [2]
  2. "Love Machine"
    Released: July 1973 (Japan) [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]
Record Collector[6]

Uriah Heep Live is a double live album by British rock group Uriah Heep, released in April 1973 in the US by Mercury Records, and in May 1973 in the UK by Bronze Records. It was the band's first live album. The album was recorded by the Pye Mobile Unit, with Alan Perkins as engineer.

In addition to a live version of the band's hit "Easy Livin'", the record included live cuts such as "Sweet Lorraine", "Sunrise" and an extended live version of "July Morning". While the band was on tour in the United States, the album reached No. 23 in the UK Albums Chart.[7]

The original album packaging, as typical in early 1970s rock music, featured a gatefold sleeve and centre pages featuring photographs of the band members.

Uriah Heep Live was certified gold by the RIAA on 12 October 1973; it was the band's third US gold album.[8]

Mercury initially re-released the album on CD in 1989 without the medley, due to time constraints.[9] This was restored on all later editions, including the reissues in 1990 by Castle Communications; remastered and expanded 2003/2010 by Sanctuary Records.[10]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Introduction / Sunrise"Thomas "Todd" Fischer / Ken HensleyThe Magician's Birthday, 19723:58
2."Sweet Lorraine"Mick Box, David Byron, Gary ThainThe Magician's Birthday4:27
3."Traveller in Time"Byron, Lee Kerslake, BoxDemons and Wizards, 19723:20
4."Easy Livin'"HensleyDemons and Wizards2:43
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
5."July Morning"Byron, HensleyLook at Yourself, 197111:23
6."Tears in My Eyes"HensleyLook at Yourself4:34
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Gypsy"Box, Byron...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble, 197013:32
2."Circle of Hands"HensleyDemons and Wizards8:47
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
3."Look at Yourself"HensleyLook at Yourself7:29
4."The Magician's Birthday"Box, Hensley, KerslakeThe Magician's Birthday1:15
5."Love Machine"Hensley, Box, ByronLook at Yourself3:07
6."Rock 'n' Roll Medley:"  8:17
2003 Expanded Deluxe Edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Something or Nothing" (US radio show)Box, Hensley, Thain3:11
2."I Won't Mind" (US radio show)Box, Byron, Hensley, Kerslake, Thain5:51
3."Look at Yourself" (US radio show)Hensley6:19
4."Gypsy" (US radio show)Box, Byron4:49
5."Easy Livin'" (film mixes used for radio)Hensley3:20
6."So Tired" (film mixes used for radio)Box, Byron, Hensley, Kerslake, Thain3:55
7."I Won't Mind" (film mixes used for radio)Box, Byron, Hensley, Kerslake, Thain5:51
8."Something or Nothing" (film mixes used for radio)Box, Hensley, Thain3:23
9."The Easy Road" (film mixes used for radio)Hensley3:07
10."Stealin'" (film mixes used for radio)Hensley5:31
11."Love Machine" (film mixes used for radio)Hensley, Box, Byron2:15
12."Rock 'n' Roll Medley '74" (film mixes used for radio)Berry / Perkins / Demetrius / Leiber and Stoller / Singer, Medora, White / Williams7:49
Total length:55:21

Personnel

Uriah Heep
Additional personnel
  • Thomas "Todd" Fischer – stage announcer
Production
  • Gerry Bron – producer
  • Peter Gallen – producer assistant, mixing at Lansdowne Studios, London
  • Ashley Howe – mixing
  • Alan Perkins, Neville Crozier, Richard Brand – live recording engineers
  • Gilbert Kong – mastering
  • Mike Brown and Robert Corich – remastering (1996 and 2003 reissues)
  • Andy Pearce – remastering (2010 reissue)

Charts

Chart (1973) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11] 18
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 5
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[13] 23
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[14] 5
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 7
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] 22
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[18] 23
US Billboard 200[19] 37

Certifications

Certifications for Uriah Heep Live
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI)[20] Gold 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 60,000^
United States (RIAA)[22] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 978-1894959025.
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  16. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
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