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Salisbury is the second studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in January 1971 by Vertigo Records in the UK and Mercury Records in the US. It was produced by Gerry Bron . Unlike their first album, songwriting credits for fully half of the record were attributed to Ken Hensley alone, as opposed to the debut's collaborative ...
The band's best selling album is Sweet Freedom, which was released in 1973 and its worldwide sales are more than 6 million copies. Uriah Heep's progressive / art rock / heavy metal fusion 's distinctive features have always featured massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron 's operatic vocals.
Thain was fired from the band in early 1975 due to an "increasing drug problem", which eventually led to his death from a heroin overdose on 8 December that year; he was replaced by John Wetton. [4] Byron was fired from Uriah Heep in 1976 due to his growing alcohol abuse, which led to his death from liver failure in 1985. [5]
A re-recorded version of the song would appear on the European version of 1971's album Salisbury. The original 1970 version of the song would later appear on the European 2003 remaster of Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble. The song is included on most of the band's compilation albums including the first one, 1974's The Best of Uriah Heep.
Pages in category "Musicians from Salisbury" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Band Uriah Heep released an album and song called Salisbury in 1971. Progressive rock band Big Big Train wrote two songs in their Folklore album in which the Salisbury Giant [ 130 ] appears. The Salisbury Poisonings is a three-part television drama which portrays the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis , first broadcast on BBC One in June 2020.
John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. [1] Although he was left-handed, he was known as a skilled right-handed bass player and had a booming baritone voice. [2]
The album features contributions from the band's temporary drummers Peter Salisbury (of The Verve), Stephen Morris (of New Order) and Gabriel Gurnsey (of Factory Floor), as well as producer Dave Tolan, backing singers Melanie Marshall and Sandra Marvin, strings by Sean O'Hagan and brass courtesy of Jim Paterson from Dexys Midnight Runners.