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Uriah Heep
Demons & Wizards
12"
VINYL
RECORD LP
BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED

Sanctuary Records
BMGAA08LP
UPC | 4050538391398
Made in the E.U.
1972, 2018

►180 Gram Vinyl
►Gatefold Jacket
►Exclusive 12’’ Sleeve Art Print
►Remaster Audio (2017)


FROM THE HYPE STICKER:
"Demons And Wizards – Art Of The Album is a deluxe edition featuring re-imagined artwork by renowned artist Roger Dean and it celebrates the album as an art form. This seminal multi-million selling album features an extensive essay written by Joel McIver, including new interviews with the band and Roger Dean. Being part of the series Art Of The Album, the essay puts the album in context, exploring The Times, The Players, The Craft, The Impact and The Legacy. "

TRACK LISTING

SIDE ONE
1. The Wizard
2. Traveller in Time
3. Easy Livin'
4. Poet's Justice
5. Circle of Hands

SIDE TWO
1. Rainbow Demon
2. All My Life
3. Paradise
4. The Spell
This is the album that solidified Uriah Heep's reputation as a master of gothic-inflected heavy metal. From short, sharp rock songs to lengthy, musically dense epics, Demons and Wizards finds Uriah Heep covering all the bases with style and power. The album's approach is set with its lead-off track, "The Wizard": it starts as a simple acoustic tune but soon builds into a stately rocker that surges forth on a Wall of Sound built from thick guitar riffs, churchy organ, and operatic vocal harmonies. Other highlights include "Traveller in Time," a fantasy-themed rocker built on thick wah-wah guitar riffs, and "Circle of Hands," a stately power ballad with a gospel-meets-heavy metal feel to it. Demons and Wizards also produced a notable radio hit for the band in "Easy Livin'," a punchy little rocker whose raging blend of fuzz guitar and swirling organ made it feel like a '70s update of classic '60s garage rockers like the Electric Prunes or Paul Revere & the Raiders. However, the top highlight of the album is the closing medley of "Paradise" and "The Spell": the first part of the medley starts in an acoustic folk mode and slowly adds layers of organ and electric guitar until it becomes a forceful, slow-tempo rocker, while the second half is a punchy, organ-led rocker that includes an instrumental midsection where choral-style harmonies fortify a killer, Pink Floyd-style guitar solo from Ken Hensley. All in all, Demons and Wizards works both as a showcase for Uriah Heep's instrumental firepower and an excellent display of their songwriting skills in a variety of hard rock styles. As a result, it is considered by many fans to be their finest hour and is definitely worth a spin for anyone with an interest in 1970s heavy metal. Along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, Uriah Heep had become one of the top rock bands in the early 1970s. Uriah Heep maintains a significant following and performs at arena-sized venues in the Balkans, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and Scandinavia.
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