One of the greatest rock bands on the Earth. My first concert was August 14th 1974. I was in 8th grade. My buddy John was a Gary Thain freak. The opening band was 3 guys from Canada.... They didn't even turn the lights down for them.... Who knew..... Next up.... Manfred Mann...... And the headliner.......the awesome Uriah Heep. When they hit the stage..... The roof of the Civic Arena opened up......And at that moment..... A memory was created that will last 1000 lifetimes.... Rock on people
I was at this festival! 3rd year in a row for me and although this track sounds terrible, it was so much better live! Big Heap fan too! Made it to 4 Pink Pops! Now it's time to go back to the longest running music festival in the World!!!!!!! TOT ZIENS!
This is so superb! Only one thing that bothers me, the longing for the impossible: to revisit that era again. I still can get into this. I will never forget my first UH concert.
I was in the front row of a 1976 Heep performance a couple months prior to this one. Byron had an identical white scarf around his neck and he tossed it into the audience. I caught it. Then he asked me to give it back to him. No way David!
David Byron......whoa Dude! Heep got the top billing for a show in Harrisburg PA in 1973 that had Queen and Aerosmith as 2nd and 3rd acts. Those were the days.....you kiddies today have no idea what an event a rock concert was............
They were starting to fall apart about here David looks bad... Gary thain not well either oh hell that's not Gary. This was just after he died. Yeah this is a bad one
Double is right! Saw them 1975, Public Hall CLEVE. OH ... Tubes - Manfred Mann - UH they all sounded GREAT .. Yes, I was a White Punk On Dope, I was Blinded By The Light and I did the Ranchers Daughter that night! What a GREAT NIGHT, what a GREAT CONCERT!
Simply put: Uriah Heep is just that: Uriah Heep. Forget the quality of the vid and the sound: this is Uriah Heep! Enjoy the Heep! Thank you IVegtamI for blessing us with this vid!
Such a terrific band in their time, and this video is classic stuff. However, it's a bit sad to see David Byron on his spiral to self-destruction, especially so soon after the Thain crash.
From what I read the band's record sales were down, problems with management, and inner turmoils with the band. And David couldn't cope with it and found "solace in the bottle ". The band didn't seem to mind when there was no shows but you start to get drunk before going on and of course performances were affected by that. Sadly Ken gave the ultimatum either he goes or I go. Gerry Bron has said it was a very hard dilemma but they made a decision and he has said it was a very poor decision.
RIP Ken Hensley, who I heard died today. I found out this sad fact as I looked up these lads in response to seeing this video online, after a man I know with the surname "Lorraine" was elected to local office. Funny how these algorithms work. Lovely man and artist, Ken Hensley. This particular number was played at too fast a tempo in my opinion. But that doesn't take anything seriously away from the Heep legacy.
From about 4:03 to 4:30 - massively awesome Hammond with guitar wah wah going on. I miss Ken Hensley. He was the other voice of Heep, a fine singer in his own right and a fantastic song writer and bottle neck guitarist. (I always wanted his hair!) I saw parts of his reunion with Heep, but he did not sing. I hope his voice is okay. Can anyone recommend his latter day albums, The Last Dance or Cold Autumn Sunday?
I saw them in Largo Md on that tour, Atlanta Rhythm Section was supposed to open but cancel, they made the announcement and people cheered, lol, that show Mick Box had a cast on his arm
@@dasboot5903 he played melody around the entire song, no matter what song it was! I seen him in late 74, and his stage presence was as big as David Byron! Thanks for the response.
@@theirishhammer9451 >> I could only sometimes listen to his play with Uriah Heep from the vinyl records or audio tapes. In 70's & 80's I was living behind so-called the "Iron Curtain" ... where everything was so limited - especially the music from the West !!!!
Un grupo grande con un sonido único como la mayoría de los gruoos de esa época. Algunos dicen que fueron infravalorados, no lo creo, las imágenes contradicen eso...y el hecho que muchas personas sigan escuchando su música
knowing a very special person whose name is Lorraine, this song got my atttention to "Uriah Heep' and "Magician's Birthday albumn. Someone needs to fire the tech, David Byron's voice is fantastic, so why does his mic suck! It isn't raining! Kenslake's drum's merge into a single sound, amazing and ferocious temp with the cymbol/drum melody. Ken Hensly's signature synthisieer is otherworldly awesome! and anyone that says different doesn't know music.
Yes it is Wetton playing on this video. Gary Thain played the bass on the studio version, but he died in 1975 so unless he was resurrected from the dead...
hey, PVR! let's toast some marshmallows over that fire :) can never get enough of that! i doubt that anyone participating in this performance remembers being there anyway, so, in the end probably not even worth discussing/debating. as we all know, John toured with ROXY (and solo Ferry). he even made a few promo vids with them. Viva! Roxy! at any rate, i'm sticking to my guns in believing that JW was more a 'member' of ROXY than he ever was whilst in Heep. but clearly, the Crimson King reigns!
If people can't see Freddie Mercury wasn't influenced by the AMAZING David Byron they must be blind He was clearly a "queen" of rock Rest in peace 🙏🏼 So underrated xx
At around two minutes, the roadie runs out and adjusts the mike in front of the amps. After that point, the audio sounds clearer. The mike must have been moved/kicked earlier which could account for the uneven mix at the start.
Man. Oh man. I never knew Geddy Lee and Freddie Mercury were in Uriah Heep................. Just Joking. But come on, Dave is acting a bit strange on this show. I love Heep. So I glad I found this clip.
She was my girl from 5th avenue in NYC Sweet Lorraine the Contessa huge madam Her real name Elizabeth Spedding she had 300 girl strong brothel on 5th avenue imagine that!! Post Master General as a customer LOL ahhhhhhh Sweet Lorraine 46 years ago wow Inspirational woman !
first off: i love John Wetton. and i have no problem with the man being down on his knees... but not here the man has a stellar resume. this... is... just not adding to it. but i believe he got a house out of this (his tenure with the Heep). so, i guess... sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do...
René Dehue We'll just have to disagree on that. Wetton's playing in King Crimson was ground breaking. Not at the Jeff Berlin or Jaco level, but he covered a lot of ground, was very dynamic and successfully took on more challenging music. If you want to hear Wetton at his best, listen to Starless and Bible Black (especially side two). That said, I learned a lot from Thain too. He was kinda the Jaco of rock. Of the straight ahead rock bands, he was far and away the most skilled bassist.
There are many great bass players, but Gary was super special whatever he did it was driving, melodic, had a certain sense of timing, and fit the music perfectly. Up to now nobody could replace him. If I was Mick I wouldn't let anyone in the band unless they learned Gary's parts note-for-note without that the music that we know loses it's magic. Again, nothing against other great bass players, but it's like singing different words, and melodies for a well known song. It wouldn't fly. Gary's notes are the melody and words all in one.
@@sprh60 You know nothing, Wetton is one of the greatest and can play and sing at the same time. I bet you don´t know nothing about book of saturday or lament, 30 years or starless
What a train wreck of a recording! Would love to hear a cleaned up recorded version of this. It did get nice and funky near the end. Now I know what they mean when they say, "Say no to drugs!"
It make an interesting point, it's just too bad that one of the nights that weren't so good just happened in front of a big festival crowd and was videotaped for posterity. Too bad there's not videotape on UA-cam of the band on one of the better nights.
THIS IS SURELY THE BEST VIDEO THAT EXIST FROM URIAH HEEP! WONDERFUL AND VERY FUNNY!!! JUST LOOK BYRON! great bass work and screams from Wetton! Uriah always had wonderful bass players as trevol bolder and gary thain. I really would like to have this entire concert!!!
Yeah,a little quick on the tempo. But still a great job. It was very shortly after this concert,that David Byron was fired. I still don't understand why. I mean,he looks great here and does a fantastic job. I went to see them in Des Moines,Iowa later in 1976 and David was already gone. They opened for Kiss,and sadly,got booed constantly although,I loved it.
To be fair to Wetton, after dealing with Robert Fripp for several years he probably just wanted to have some fun. Too bad that the only other musician on the stage who seems to want to interact with him is Byron; Ken Hensley's expression is just poisonous throughout this, and Mick Box looks like he's trying to remember if he shut off the gas before he left the house.
great gusto, manic drums, but why is Byron's mic not working, he's a good singer, unfortunately sounds aweful here. I don't think this was one of his better performances far as vocals concerned. much better in 1973 concert.
@glazerguy58 It;s true there were a lot of drugs going on. Drugs, sex, and rock. Thank God some of us lived to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, priests, pastors, mothers and dads!
One of the greatest rock bands on the Earth. My first concert was August 14th 1974. I was in 8th grade. My buddy John was a Gary Thain freak. The opening band was 3 guys from Canada.... They didn't even turn the lights down for them.... Who knew..... Next up.... Manfred Mann...... And the headliner.......the awesome Uriah Heep. When they hit the stage..... The roof of the Civic Arena opened up......And at that moment..... A memory was created that will last 1000 lifetimes.... Rock on people
I was at this festival! 3rd year in a row for me and although this track sounds terrible, it was so much better live! Big Heap fan too! Made it to 4 Pink Pops! Now it's time to go back to the longest running music festival in the World!!!!!!!
TOT ZIENS!
With great love from Poland! You're one of my bests since the deep 80'ies! Great band and beautiful song! RIP Ken Hensley, my God, why?
This is so superb! Only one thing that bothers me, the longing for the impossible: to revisit that era again. I still can get into this. I will never forget my first UH concert.
Yes. Mine was April '76.
Classic! David Byron on lead vocals. Uriah Heep great band.
This band was over for me when he left, now he's hangin with Lee and Ken RIP guys thanks for the great music!
Yeah 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
RIP David. Gary.Lee. y Kent
I was in the front row of a 1976 Heep performance a couple months prior to this one. Byron had an identical white scarf around his neck and he tossed it into the audience. I caught it. Then he asked me to give it back to him. No way David!
Dave du warst einfach wunderbar!!!
David Byron......whoa Dude! Heep got the top billing for a show in Harrisburg PA in 1973 that had Queen and Aerosmith as 2nd and 3rd acts. Those were the days.....you kiddies today have no idea what an event a rock concert was............
They need to put it back on 33 and a 1/3. JEEEEZ
Cocaine does that to ya.
I was thinkin crystal meth but yeah that works too
LP
Fantastic !Thanks!
Fantastic song ❤️
Love this song
Adoro a URIAH HEEP, con David BYRON....Byron tiene una voz y una imagen INCREIBLE!!.
the band kicks ass! they really rock!
Wow! Just WOW! What a trip!! 👍
Flames in the crowd and on stage.
Great footage from a time long gone!
What gets me this band have sold millions of records worldwide but get no recognition in their home country
excellent, bizar and unique
The concert was wonderfull, nice to discover this video
The always amazing John Wetton on Bass.
real hard drivin
The show I saw was at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena (Mellon Arena) The opening group was Blue Oyster Cult.
God I love this song. God that was horrifying.
horrible
They were starting to fall apart about here David looks bad... Gary thain not well either oh hell that's not Gary. This was just after he died. Yeah this is a bad one
Double is right! Saw them 1975, Public Hall CLEVE. OH ... Tubes - Manfred Mann - UH they all sounded GREAT .. Yes, I was a White Punk On Dope, I was Blinded By The Light and I did the Ranchers Daughter that night! What a GREAT NIGHT, what a GREAT CONCERT!
Geleen had PinkPop NOOIT mogen laten gaan ! ! !
Het was geweldig ! ! !
Iets om NOOIT te vergeten.........
so heavy on my heart
keep on rocking
GreT band!
A lot of funtastic!!!
Simply put: Uriah Heep is just that: Uriah Heep. Forget the quality of the vid and the sound: this is Uriah Heep! Enjoy the Heep!
Thank you IVegtamI for blessing us with this vid!
DAVID WAS ON HIS WAY OUT AT THIS POINT, SAD END TO A TOP FRONT MAN IN HIS DAY..R.I.P. LADD
Such a terrific band in their time, and this video is classic stuff.
However, it's a bit sad to see David Byron on his spiral to self-destruction, especially so soon after the Thain crash.
From what I read the band's record sales were down, problems with management, and inner turmoils with the band. And David couldn't cope with it and found "solace in the bottle ". The band didn't seem to mind when there was no shows but you start to get drunk before going on and of course performances were affected by that. Sadly Ken gave the ultimatum either he goes or I go. Gerry Bron has said it was a very hard dilemma but they made a decision and he has said it was a very poor decision.
Reading comments,hmmm,this was the 70.s folks,thats just the way its was done!!
Yes..John Wetton is on Bass...Gary had passed away by then, dying on December 8th 1975 at age 27...sighs.
Unfortunately .... MASTER base guitar Gary Thain was already not alive at that time :o(
He's a member of the '27 club'. One of the best bass players in the world!
Great Byron RIP
RIP Ken Hensley, who I heard died today.
I found out this sad fact as I looked up these lads in response to seeing this video online, after a man I know with the surname "Lorraine" was elected to local office. Funny how these algorithms work.
Lovely man and artist, Ken Hensley. This particular number was played at too fast a tempo in my opinion. But that doesn't take anything seriously away from the Heep legacy.
Wetton wasn't capable of playing Gary Thains bass runs, the only way to hide that is to speed it up!!
Whatever you say of the speed of this version it’s jut a different take on this great song and David Byron is still master of the stage
Sweet Lorraine, enlightened rain, she makes mine eyes leak, god damnit to Hell! I miss that one.
From about 4:03 to 4:30 - massively awesome Hammond with guitar wah wah going on. I miss Ken Hensley. He was the other voice of Heep, a fine singer in his own right and a fantastic song writer and bottle neck guitarist. (I always wanted his hair!) I saw parts of his reunion with Heep, but he did not sing. I hope his voice is okay. Can anyone recommend his latter day albums, The Last Dance or Cold Autumn Sunday?
I saw them in Largo Md on that tour, Atlanta Rhythm Section was supposed to open but cancel, they made the announcement and people cheered, lol, that show Mick Box had a cast on his arm
I used to sew patches on my jeans especially in the rear nice post
The great Ken Hensley, Mr Heep himself. Drinking his drinks while remaining on the keyboards with one hand ha ha!
GREAT stage live performance of "Uriah Heep" as a working band !!!!
Unfortunately, without MASTER Gary Thain on the base guitar :o((
Gary Thain was a master at bass indeed!! My favorite by far.
@@theirishhammer9451 You name it .... SURE he was the master of the base guitar for so many !!!!
@@dasboot5903 he played melody around the entire song, no matter what song it was! I seen him in late 74, and his stage presence was as big as David Byron! Thanks for the response.
@@theirishhammer9451 >> I could only sometimes listen to his play with Uriah Heep from the vinyl records or audio tapes. In 70's & 80's I was living behind so-called the "Iron Curtain" ... where everything was so limited - especially the music from the West !!!!
Un grupo grande con un sonido único como la mayoría de los gruoos de esa época. Algunos dicen que fueron infravalorados, no lo creo, las imágenes contradicen eso...y el hecho que muchas personas sigan escuchando su música
that dude freaking out on the fence @ 5:08 RULES!!!
we whant more!!!!!!!
Quiche Lorraine, let the party carry on. You are made from Ham and Cheese
Glad I'm not the only one that sings this when I'm in that section of ASDA
DICKFACE
😂🤘🏻
Greg Brooks, no cheese nor ham in the real quiche lorraine (pas de jambon, du lard, pas de fromage)
knowing a very special person whose name is Lorraine, this song got my atttention to "Uriah Heep' and "Magician's Birthday albumn. Someone needs to fire the tech, David Byron's voice is fantastic, so why does his mic suck! It isn't raining! Kenslake's drum's merge into a single sound, amazing and ferocious temp with the cymbol/drum melody. Ken Hensly's signature synthisieer is otherworldly awesome! and anyone that says different doesn't know music.
Not even a bit.
Fantastic this fast as well as at the original pace.
It's only good to have this kind of variations live.
Yes it is Wetton playing on this video. Gary Thain played the bass on the studio version, but he died in 1975 so unless he was resurrected from the dead...
If memory serves me right David Byron said something similar to that at a concert I went to in Pittsburgh. I believe it was in 1975.
hey, PVR! let's toast some marshmallows over that fire :) can never get enough of that! i doubt that anyone participating in this performance remembers being there anyway, so, in the end probably not even worth discussing/debating. as we all know, John toured with ROXY (and solo Ferry). he even made a few promo vids with them. Viva! Roxy! at any rate, i'm sticking to my guns in believing that JW was more a 'member' of ROXY than he ever was whilst in Heep. but clearly, the Crimson King reigns!
John Wetton at his best with UH !
Does anybody know about more stuff from this festival?(besides July morning)
If people can't see Freddie Mercury wasn't influenced by the AMAZING David Byron they must be blind
He was clearly a "queen" of rock
Rest in peace 🙏🏼
So underrated xx
I was there....and it was great....the sound is to fast in this video,..not right .....they played it at normal speed..
At around two minutes, the roadie runs out and adjusts the mike in front of the amps. After that point, the audio sounds clearer. The mike must have been moved/kicked earlier which could account for the uneven mix at the start.
Man. Oh man. I never knew Geddy Lee and Freddie Mercury were in Uriah Heep................. Just Joking. But come on, Dave is acting a bit strange on this show. I love Heep. So I glad I found this clip.
Fucking great video ever...Thanks to juu!!!
Spinal Tap director would love this
R.I.P....John
Ah.....70s rock. What were we thinkin ? :)
Party on !
The show you saw may very well have been the one Ken was talking about. He said it was an American football stadium show.
She was my girl from 5th avenue in NYC Sweet Lorraine the Contessa huge madam Her real name Elizabeth Spedding she had 300 girl strong brothel on 5th avenue imagine that!! Post Master General as a customer LOL ahhhhhhh Sweet Lorraine 46 years ago wow Inspirational woman !
Ha! yeah, at this tempo the entire groove is lost.
5:12 deeply impressed!!! :D
This is way to fast and killed the groove.
This is one of my favourite songs from Heep too...damn!
Saddest thing is the animosity that was building up between Ken and David was going to come to ahead very soon.
first off: i love John Wetton. and i have no problem with the man being down on his knees... but not here
the man has a stellar resume. this... is... just not adding to it. but i believe he got a house out of this (his tenure with the Heep). so, i guess... sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do...
Great song, just played at the wrong speed! Maybe i'm on to something here? SPEED?
I played it at 80% and it didn’t sound much better.
Mick box number one!!
this would have been one of Byron's last gigs with Heep i'd say
Coolness :) QC
Heep were lucky to get Wetton after Thain. That's like getting Jeff Beck after losing Jimmy Page.
Gary Thain is one a the greatest bassplayers I've ever heard. John Wetton is good, but no more than average.
René Dehue We'll just have to disagree on that. Wetton's playing in King Crimson was ground breaking. Not at the Jeff Berlin or Jaco level, but he covered a lot of ground, was very dynamic and successfully took on more challenging music. If you want to hear Wetton at his best, listen to Starless and Bible Black (especially side two). That said, I learned a lot from Thain too. He was kinda the Jaco of rock. Of the straight ahead rock bands, he was far and away the most skilled bassist.
I kinda agree.....Wetton was very good, but Thain was phenominol and fit Heep's sound better, especially on this song.
There are many great bass players, but Gary was super special whatever he did it was driving, melodic, had a certain sense of timing, and fit the music perfectly. Up to now nobody could replace him. If I was Mick I wouldn't let anyone in the band unless they learned Gary's parts note-for-note without that the music that we know loses it's magic. Again, nothing against other great bass players, but it's like singing different words, and melodies for a well known song. It wouldn't fly. Gary's notes are the melody and words all in one.
@@sprh60 You know nothing, Wetton is one of the greatest and can play and sing at the same time. I bet you don´t know nothing about book of saturday or lament, 30 years or starless
per Byron è l'ultimo concerto con gli Uriah, se non sbaglio
John Wetton (King Crimson, UK, Asia ...) on the bass ;)
What a train wreck of a recording! Would love to hear a cleaned up recorded version of this. It did get nice and funky near the end. Now I know what they mean when they say, "Say no to drugs!"
It make an interesting point, it's just too bad that one of the nights that weren't so good just happened in front of a big festival crowd and was videotaped for posterity. Too bad there's not videotape on UA-cam of the band on one of the better nights.
THIS IS SURELY THE BEST VIDEO THAT EXIST FROM URIAH HEEP!
WONDERFUL AND VERY FUNNY!!!
JUST LOOK BYRON!
great bass work and screams from Wetton!
Uriah always had wonderful bass players as trevol bolder and gary thain.
I really would like to have this entire concert!!!
Bryon taught Mercury a few tricks,
RIP Lee Kerslake
Them and UFO would have been a killer concert.
A REALLY COOL SOUND MICK CAN GET DOWN
What happened here? Why so fast?
And what to think of UK with Eddie Jobson on keyboard and Zappa's drummer Terry Bozzio. Wetton did this before Asia.
Yeah,a little quick on the tempo. But still a great job. It was very shortly after this concert,that David Byron was fired. I still don't understand why. I mean,he looks great here and does a fantastic job. I went to see them in Des Moines,Iowa later in 1976 and David was already gone. They opened for Kiss,and sadly,got booed constantly although,I loved it.
The fact that Mick Box is sporting a Ron Jeremy mustache makes 2:34-2:47 that much creepier.
To be fair to Wetton, after dealing with Robert Fripp for several years he probably just wanted to have some fun. Too bad that the only other musician on the stage who seems to want to interact with him is Byron; Ken Hensley's expression is just poisonous throughout this, and Mick Box looks like he's trying to remember if he shut off the gas before he left the house.
The scooby doo synth!
great gusto, manic drums, but why is Byron's mic not working, he's a good singer, unfortunately sounds aweful here. I don't think this was one of his better performances far as vocals concerned. much better in 1973 concert.
Don't know what's going on starting at 2:50, don't want to know.
Wow, dig David Byrons flaming stage attire! What the funk?
Can they possibly go any faster?
Does Lee Kerslake have short hair during this particular performance?
I agree, Gary Thain was great, however by this time he had already died
This is John Wetton playing bass, also great
@corky2290 HaHa Corky-I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Too fast!
show this to gary
Well he did some "slumming" with the greatest
sonic art expession to this date(and beyond).
Technical ability?:).
@glazerguy58 It;s true there were a lot of drugs going on. Drugs, sex, and rock. Thank God some of us lived to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, priests, pastors, mothers and dads!
Long live Spinal Tap... eh... I mean... Uriah Heep. :D
This was the day John Wetton introduced the band to crystal meth 😂🤘🏻
i want to feel like the dude at 5:08
One of the weirdest recordings EVER