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Product Identifiers
Record LabelBmg (Distributor)
UPC4050538187526
eBay Product ID (ePID)8050178736
Product Key Features
Release Year1973
FormatCD
GenreRock
Run Time105 Mins 48 Seconds
StyleHard Rock
ArtistUriah Heep
Release TitleThe Magician's Birthday [Digipak]
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Number of Discs2
Additional informationPersonnel: David Byron (vocals); Ken Hensley (guitar, keyboards, Moog synthesizer); Mick Box (guitar); Brian Cole (pedal steel guitar); Gary Thain (bass); Lee Kerslake (drums, percussion). Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, England in September and October, 1972. Includes liner notes by Ken Hensley. Audio Remasterer: Andy Pearce. Liner Note Authors: Joel McIver; Robert M. Corich. Recording information: Lansdowne Studios, Holland Park (1972). Uriah Heep's 1972 release, THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY, followed in the same direction as its predecessor one year earlier, DEMONS AND WIZARDS--mystical lyrical themes are merged with heavy guitar riffs and prog-rock organ/synth explorations. Sonically, THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY is a tad more rough around the edges than DEMONS (keyboardist Ken Hensley is given more of a free reign on this album as well), but it's still unmistakably Uriah Heep. The album closing, ten and a half-minute title track is a bona fide Heep epic (with many mood shifts), while "Sweet Lorraine" catches the band at their most rough and rocking.