US newspaper archives Goldmine !

The US newspaper archives are a goldmine for heepdiggers. What to say about this great article from 1972 : URIAH HEEP WAS THROWN TOGETHER.

This unseen photo of David Byron with Mark Clark is a real gem too.



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David Byron Lost and Found 2 cd rereleased

The 2 cd Lost and found by David Byron and Robin George is rereleased by Angel Air Records


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Stealin # 3 Crime song !

Leading dutch rock magazine Revolver releases the best crimesongs
according to the readers. Uriah Heep at #3 ! Yes!!



1 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Hey Joe
2 Eric Clapton/Bob Marley I Shot The Sheriff
3 Uriah Heep Stealin'
4 Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues
5 Supertramp Crime Of The Century
6 Thin Lizzy Jailbreak
7 Bob Dylan Hurricane
8 Talking Heads Psycho Killer
9 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue Where The Wild Roses
Grow
10 The Clash / Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law



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Bob Daisley chat

Bob Daisley - Lee Kerslake - Ozzy - Randy Rhoads copied from blabbermouth.net
Legendary bassist Bob Daisley (OZZY OSBOURNE, RAINBOW, BLACK SABBATH, URIAH HEEP) will take part in a question-and-answer session via a live webcam chat on December 11, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. EST at the RandyRhoads.us web site.

RandyRhoads.us, the only web site endorsed by the Randy Rhoads family, no longer requires a membership fee to access. There is a video from Randy's brother, Kelle, on the homepage welcoming you to the site. Former QUIET RIOT bassist Kelly Garni is the main contributor and shares many pics and memories about Randy. There are many other features on the site as well.

In May 2004, the Supreme Court refused to consider the appeal of Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake, who sued OZZY OSBOURNE in 1998 seeking royalties for their work on albums "Blizzard of Ozz" and "Diary of a Madman".

Los Angeles attorney Nate Kraut said his musician clients had been denied credit for writing songs that were being used in television commercials and during NFL games.

In 1982, Rhoads, the then-lead guitarist for OZZY OSBOURNE, and two others were killed at Flying Baron Estates, just outside Leesburg, Florida, when their small plane struck Osbourne's tour bus, then crashed into a mansion.
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Paul Newton archive part 2

Click on this link for far better resolution scans then posted a few days ago. Rare photos and articles from the days of Spice and early Heep. Thanks to Paul Newton and Martti Suhonen.

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1972 poster London Ontario USA

This rare poster is found on the net by Martti Suhonen. Thank you Martti, another great item of Heeps legacy


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Paul Newton's Story

And here's Paul Newton says his own life Paul's Gallery here.

Well, a little bit of history of the days up to Spice:

I first started playing when I was about 14 years old. I grew up in a house where my parents always had music playing and my mother had loads of trad jazz records and then became a great Lonnie Donegan fan - she used to send me to the record shop as soon as a new Lonnie record came out! When I was at school a lot of my friends bought guitars and played rock 'n roll, Elvis, Cliff Richard, Shadows etc and we used to go and see all tth bands when they were touring in our area. My Dad bought me Watkins Rapier guitar and I joined up with a few lads and we used to go to each others houses and learn songs and play the odd little gig at youth clubs and chuch halls. I found myself playing all the bass lines and so decided to buy a bass guitar as nobody seemed to want to play bass - I changed my guitar for a Hofner Artiste bass and soon found I could play bass better than guitar and got more gigs because there were not many bass players in our area. When I left school I trained for a couple of years as a Quantity Surveyor, whilst playing three or four gigs a week. Eventually I turned professional and formed a band called "Shinn" which was a four piece band, Hammond organ, drums, singer and me on bass and guitar. The drummer was Brian 'Blinky' Davison who went on to play with Keith Emerson in "The Nice" before Emerson Lake and Palmer. This lasted about six months (our music was a little ahead of it's time I think). We had been working through an agency in London that handled a band called 'The Gods' who had just split up, as Mick Taylor, the guitarist had left to join John Mayall's Bluesbreakers so I got to know Ken Hensley and we recruited Lee Kerslake, who I knew from Bournemouth. We went through a couple of guitarists until we found a Polish guy called Joe Konas.

I stayed with them for about twelve months in London, but as we were not earning much money I left and got a job with a construction company, but decided to give music another chance. I answered an advert in 'Melody Maker' and went to audition with a band who turned out to be 'Spice' and moved back to London to join them. The line-up was David Garrick (later Byron), Mick Box, myself and a drummer called Nigel Pegrum (who went on to play with Steeleye Span and the Barron Knights when replaced by Alex Napier.

Sice became a very busy band in th UK and we got a recording deal with United Artistes where we recorded the stuff you asked me about. My father was managing the band at the time and he eventually got us a deal with Gerry Bron and we started recording an album with him. As we were using a session keyboard player on a lot of tracks we decided to add one permanently for the live work. I had kept in touch with Ken who was by then working with Lee in a band called Toe Fat with Cliff Bennet (of Rebel Rousers fame) and after talking to him he played with us at rehearshal and joined the band. By this time we were looking for a change of name, as Gerry was getting work for us in the USA and we ended up with 'Uriah Heep' a Charles Dickens character (it was Dicken's centenary year in 1970 so Gerry thought it was a good marketing idea........



the rest is history!



Regards - Paul

Thanks to Marrti Suhonen for his great help.

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www.david-byron.com

David & Gaby with Uriah Heep at the Chateau d'Heronville in France during the Sweet Freedom recordings 1973.

The great artist DAVID BYRON deserves his own website. We are working on it right now. It is far from ready but with your help we can build it up to a huge monument for the man who enriched our lives with his fantastic voice and stage performances. Have a look.

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Uriah Heep - August 16th, 1975 The Scope, Norfolk, VA

Another serie of great photos. As a Uriah Heep fan from the seventies one get thrilled by seeing David Byron and Mick box that close together on stage. 23 year later 'Between two worlds' was written.

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Uriah Heep - June 4th, 1977 Palace Theatre, Albany, NY, USA

A great serie by Paul Freehauf. Thanks to Konstantinos Takos for his additional help.

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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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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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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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