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Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards Audio CD

A fair review of the Uriah Heep "Demons and Wizards" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Uriah Heep reviews here, or go back to the Uriah Heep tabs.

Uriah Heep Band: Uriah Heep
Title: Demons and Wizards
Rating:
Release Date: 2004-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Wizard 2: Traveller in Time 3: Easy Livin' 4: Poet's Justice 5: Circle of Hands 6: Rainbow Demon 7: All My Life 8: Paradise 9: Spell 10: Why [#][*] 11: Rainbow Demon [#][*] 12: Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf [*] 13: Home Again to You [#][*] 14: Green Eye [#][*][Demo Version]

Awesome Remastered Songs!
The reviews that rated it highly are spot on. I bought this CD upon reading the reviews here. This CD is crisp, clean, vibrant and a spacial pleasure. Highly recommend!.


A Great Album with a Real Bonus.
Well I don't feel I can add much to what has been written by the previous reviewers about the album itself(check the product page for the non-import version for 'about a billion reviews') except to say this is probably the best starting point for those looking to buy their first Uriah Heep album. You might be wondering if this is worth getting instead of the standard version of the album.

However the standard version is missing the bonus material, more specifically the track 'Why'.
Now normally I'm not a huge fan of the duff demos, lame out-takes and single-versions(often inferior, clumsily edited versions of the original) that make up the majority of bonus material found on 'expanded and remastered' editions, but there are exceptions and boy is this one of them. Apparently this track was unearthed while compiling this edition of the album and, such is its obscurity, that no one even knows who played bass on it.

The track itself is amazing; 10 minutes of stunning interaction between guitar, organ and bass all overlayed with the Uriah Heep's trade mark multi-part harmony backing vocals. The amazing thing is it doesn't sound like any thing else on the album and yet is so definitively 'Heep'. The Bass in particular stands out, powerful and ,at times, almost funky; it drives the piece along thrillingly.

If you don't own the album but have an interest in the music of this era (Deep Purple and Wishbone Ash come to mind) then it is an essential purchase in this form. If you already own a copy of this album without the bonus material then I suggest(and I would never normally do so) it is worth getting this version if only for 'Why'.


Buy it!
If you don't - buy it. No need to review - you should have it.


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