Uriah Heep Live

Uriah Heep Live
Live album by
Uriah Heep
ReleasedApril 1973 (US)
11 May 1973 (UK)[1]
Recorded26 January 1973
VenueTown Hall, Birmingham, England
GenreHard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal
Length77:17
Label
ProducerGerry Bron
Uriah Heep live chronology
Uriah Heep Live
(1973) 		Live in Europe 1979
(1986)
Singles from Uriah Heep Live
  1. "July Morning"
    Released: May 1973 (US) [2]
  2. "Love Machine"
    Released: July 1973 (Japan) [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]
Record Collector[6]

Uriah Heep Live is a double live album by British rock group Uriah Heep, released in April 1973 in the US by Mercury Records, and in May 1973 in the UK by Bronze Records. It was the band's first live album. The album was recorded by the Pye Mobile Unit, with Alan Perkins as engineer.

In addition to a live version of the band's hit "Easy Livin'", the record included live cuts such as "Sweet Lorraine", "Sunrise" and an extended live version of "July Morning". While the band was on tour in the United States, the album reached No. 23 in the UK Albums Chart.[7]

The original album packaging, as typical in early 1970s rock music, featured a gatefold sleeve and centre pages featuring photographs of the band members.

Uriah Heep Live was certified gold by the RIAA on 12 October 1973; it was the band's third US gold album.[8]

Mercury initially re-released the album on CD in 1989 without the medley, due to time constraints.[9] This was restored on all later editions, including the reissues in 1990 by Castle Communications; remastered and expanded 2003/2010 by Sanctuary Records.[10]

  1. ^ "BPI certifications for Uriah Heep".
  2. ^ "Uriah Heep singles".
  3. ^ "Uriah Heep singles".
  4. ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Uriah Heep - Live: January 1973 review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  6. ^ Jones, Tim (August 2010). "Uriah Heep - Live 73: Deluxe Expanded Edition". Record Collector. No. 378. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Uriah Heep Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  8. ^ "RIAA Database: Search for Uriah Heep". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Uriah Heep – Uriah Heep Live (1989, CD)". Discogs.
  10. ^ "Uriah Heep - Uriah Heep Live". Discogs.