Saturday, November 7, 2009

Uriah Heep at Reading 1977 & 1988


A rare backstage shot of Heep performance at the Reading Festival back in 1988. Uriah Heep performed earlier at the festival in 1977. All about historical UK festivals can be found on this incredible website.


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Friday, October 30, 2009

Uriah Heep at # 1 Finland oktober 1972

Found on this billboard page . Demons and Wizards on # 1 and Look at Yourself on #9

A clear proof of Heep's popularity in Finland


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THE OFFICAL URIAH HEEP APPRECIATION SOCIETY


THIS LOOK AT YOURSELF PAGE AS PRINTED IN UHAS issue 17 september 1995

ALAN HARTLEY AND DAVE OWEN DID THE BEST JOB THEY COULD DO TO SUPPORT URIAH HEEP AND THE FANS BY STARTING THE UHAS MAGAZINE. ALL ISSUES ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. THE LINK THOUGH IS HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS. ALL MAGAZINES CONTAINS INCREDIBLE HISTORICAL INFORMATION ON THE BAND. SAVE THE PDF'S TO YOUR COMPUTER AS LONG AS IT IS STILL POSSIBLE.

THE INFORMATION BELOW COMES FROM THE TRAVELLER IN TIME USA FANSITE:

Formed in 1991 by David Owen and Alan Hartley, The Official Uriah Heep Appreciation Society gave fans the necessary updated information that was unavailable before the Internet became the main source. The UHAS magazine was published quarterly to provide articles, interviews, rare photos and news clippings to fans during those times when there were no other available access to this type information. Thirty three issues were printed from autumn of 1991 to autumn of 1999, all are a real piece of Heep history and a must read collectors item for any real fan.

Due to their historical value we felt that it was necessary to provide a place to download and read the issues published during those years. Thanks to Alan Edlund for his help in converting these to pdf format. All that is provided below are original scans or files not available before and would not used unless we had obtained written approval beforehand. This is meant to play homage to, not copy. File size ranges from 3 to 6MB, so beware of the time it may take to download and read. All files are in Acrobat Reader Format and if you don't have this program loaded on your computer visit this link to download.


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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Inspirational Uriah Heep cover art


Many of Heep's album covers are an inspiration to artists. The Sonic Origami cover inspired a dutch artist for this monument. It was build for a controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, whose films are critical of the Islamic faith . Theo was killed brutally in Amsterdam in 2004.

On the lighter side Abominog , the succesfull 1982 comeback album also inspired many creators of monsters for movies or Lp covers. This airbrushed version is for sale on marktplaats.nl



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Uriah Heep with Steff Fontaine



Steff fontaine was Singer in Heep for a very brief period of time early 1986. Between Pete Goalby who quitted after the Equator 1985 album and Bernie Shaw who joined the band autumn 1986, Steff did a USA tour with Heep. His early departure according to Mick Box had to do with Steff being not diciplined enough for a professional rockband as Heep. Mick Box :" And then came LA vocalist Stef Fontaine. "He was desperately bad," says Mick. "I couldn't believe anyone could be so unprofessional. He had a great voice but his discipline was something else.

He'd go for a walk during rehearsals and then get lost. He even missed a gig in San Francisco once!" After that American tour it was the boot for Fontaine but that sorry chapter was to be the last real hiccup in Heep's long career.
Steff was a vocalist for a band called Josuha. More videos with Steff are for download here

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Uriah Heep Winterland, San Francisco February 10, 1974 (All photos by David Miller)



A great story and ditto ( to be enlarged ) photos

Click here for the article and photos



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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

UriahBlue.........



Do you have a special edition of any Uriah Heep LP or single ? Send us your scan to louis@uriah-heep.com Thanks to Martti Suhonen

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Uriah Heep 1972 poster



This poster is contributed by Matthew from Canada. The gig took place on October 27th, 1972 at the Agridome, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

For many more posters go to www.rentrock.nl/fotoboek/

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Colin Wood




Colin Wood participated on Heep's first album Very Eavy Very Umble, before Ken Hensley joined the band. Colin never was a true bandmember, he was a so called hired gun. You can watch him here playing the piano at a Jazz concert in Germany. Thanks to Martti Suhonen from Finland.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

National Head Band


Unseen photo of The National Headband 1971 L to R Lee Kerslake ,Dave Paul, Neil Ford, Jan Schelhaas. Thanks to Martti Suhonen.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Unknown single by Spice?


Who knows more about this Spice song. Do you have stored somewhere ? Let us know!
Thanks to Martti Suhonen from Finland.



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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Manchester77


More of this great pictures HERE, thanks to David Slowey


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Saturday, October 10, 2009

A day at the races....



Uriah Heep is not only a great band but also a very talented horse. The owner choose for this name as he is a huge fan of Uriah Heep music. Today Uriah Heep the horse did very well. From the start it runs on 3rd place...till the finish comes in sight...

Watch the video...

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Deep Purple book about Uriah Heep

This Deep Purple book by Dave Thompson was released in 2004. These pages are about their discovery of Uriah Heep. The way John Lord and Roger Clover looked at Heep as a band that copied DP in many ways is interesting... Click on the textparts to enlarge..







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