Their new album Chaos & Colour just came out. 50+ years later and they're still rockin' out like they're teenagers. Amazing stuff that the new breed just don't seem to be able to match. Long live the Heep!

Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep in my opinion wrote the blueprint for hard rock & metal with an influence for prog. Uriah Heep deserves to be mentioned with them.

Uriah Heep.........53 years and counting!! The new album "Chaos & Color" is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!

Traveller in Time, Easy Livin', Lady In Black, Rain, Salisbury... So many directions you could go with this band

Have been a massive Heep fan since 1973, their new album Chaos and Colour is simply freaking amazing, to release an album of this magnitude in their 53rd year is unbelievable…..long live Heep….

Their Demons & Wizards album is holy grail. Love the Wizard song. What a bad ass album cover, too.

saw heep half dozen times back in the 70s, along with zep and the who probably one of the loudest bands i saw, magic nights, i was blessed to grow up in the 60s and 70s..in the uk we didnt have stadiums so all bands played small provincial theatres, first saw zep in a 2000 seat theatre in southampton, england, every one was dancing in the aisles, magic times... peace Tim

Keyboardist Hensley was a very important part of the band. this is the beginning of prog metal, not the simple pop/ rock structure. The band is iconic in many countries.

Heep still plays this song in one of their sets to this day.

The first time I ever took acid aged 15 I went to see Uriah Heep at a local small venue. The year was 1971 The experience was unforgettable. This song was the encore accompanied by heavy strobe lighting. Try listening to "July Morning" by them. Definitely worth your while.

Right channel-organ, left side- Guitar. That's what they called stereo. Music is great, because everyone can have a favorite band. David Byron was a great underrated singer. My mother, born 1927, love Byron's singing. My father (1921?) Loved Billy Bobham...

The lead singer Byron is on the cover of the album.

There there before everyone great live music and sound great great album

My first album ever bought. Saved my mony just to do that in 1973. Still have it and that will be the case until my dying day. Thanks for this genuine reaction guys. Rock on! 🤘🤘🤘

Hammond organ and Leslie speaker, are a what you are hearing, a classic rock combination. I had this album in my collection before any Lad Zeppelin.

I am 68, I grew up with many genres and non-genres of music, lol....but Uriah Heep was like some special place , very mystic like, wizards and such...with all the music goin during that time period, at my age many of us wanted something not quite so mainstream, even tho mainstream back then was pretty trippy...and the Heep filled that desire, just pure fantasy stuff, was great and interesting time

Dropping late to the party, the odd sound on the Hammond Organ is the Leslie Speaker, which has rotating heads and the speed of the rotation is controlable. If you come back to them, July Morning or Rainbow Demon are great tracks.

was front row at one of their concerts last year and even caught the drummers drumstick. Amazing times

Early 2 channel stereo mixing had instruments coming out of only one speaker. Early Van Halen mixed their albums the same way, with the guitar coming from only one speaker.

You gotta remember that this was 1970! No Pro-Tools, no refined fuzz-busters, all analog-- this was hard rock in its infancy. So many great songs by Uriah Heep-- check out the songs from Abominog. Russ Ballard's "On the Rebound" was on that album and my favorite song by Uriah Heep (probably because of MTV rotation) "That's the Way that It Is". "Easy Livin'", was another great classic from these guys. There's a great evolution to this band. Check out more from them...

The rhythm guitar was in the left channel the organ in the right. Organ solo was also in the right channel. The organ solo's length was partly made to put you in a trance. Hypnotic heavy music is what they were going for. Uriah Heep's best known track in Easy Livin' from the album Demons And Wizards (1972) which is considered by most fans to be their best album. Other songs to check out are Look At Yourself, the epic July Morning, Stealin', The Wizard, Sunrise, Sweet Lorraine, and Circle Of Hands.

Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake played on Ozzy's 1st 2 solo albums with Randy Rhoads on guitar. Bob Daisley who played bass and wrote the lyrics on the 1st 2 Ozzy albums (+ more), played in Uriah Heep after Randy Rhoads died.

One thing that might amuse you. Uriah Heep was the headline act. The under was the groups, Nazarath, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath.

They are one of the best groups ever. Very influential. Hear them in many, many others.

Might be the loudest concert I ever attended: DEEP PURPLE, URIAH HEEP ,MOUNTAIN.5 'TH ROW.This dude had one hell of a voice!

I'm a fan of Uriah Heep since 1970 (yes, I'm that old), but in my personal top 50 songs of Heep Gypsy is No 51 :) What I mean is: this song was not the best choice to learn how brilliant they are! Great stuff from the early years (Byron era) is Time To Live, Shadows Of Grief, Look At Yourself, The Wizard, Echoes In The Dark, Circle Of Hands, Wonderworld, Stealin', Here Am I, Weep In Silence, Lady In Black and the beautiful ballads Why Did You Go and Rain. And there are many many more great songs!

They were huge in the 70s. Loved them. Got to see them twice.

The track Salisbury from their second LP are their master piece (in my ears).

I had an 8-track, "Uriah Heep Live". This track was smokin' live.

A glorious mix of Prog/Space/Psychedelic Rock all mixed together.

That's the legendary David Byron on vocals with Ken Hensley on Hammond organ By the way Uriah Heep were the forerunners of heavy metal progressive music in 1969/1970 the others followed. Uriah Heep were a huge group in the 1970s with a big following and I am surprised you have never heard of this legendary progressive British group. Try listening to their other well known outstanding tracks 'Look at Yourself', July Morning, Sunrise, Pilgrim,Rainbow Demon,The Wizard,Birds of Prey,Easy Living,Circle of Hands, Salisbury,just to name a few their versatility of music there are so many

Their live album from 73 is sublime

I first heard this record in 1971 as a seven year old. My older brother (10 years older) used to play this all the time. Set me on the Hard Rock/Metal path. They are the same time period as Purple and Sabbath, maybe not as successful but a lot longer lasting. They are a great band, one of their weirder songs is a ballad called "Come away Melinda" off the same record. It used to freak me out when I was a kid.

This is was not one of my favorite but it still rocked, go for Stealin, Easy Livin, July Morning and there are many more. They were a Vietnam era band .

That sound that got you so confused is a Hammond Organ going through a Phase Shifter effect into a guitar amplifier. ✌😉

It was just an Hammond organ on the left and a guitar on the right. They played it live yesterday at Wacken 03.08.2023 (check the stream recording, second last song). Imagine that they had probably only an 8 track tape machines in 1970 for recording that album and studio technology was quite limited compared to today. The hard instrument panning was pretty popular back then. Anyway, thanks for this video😁

For a more dynamic track, try ”The Spell”, ”The Magician’s Birthday” or my all-time favourite ”Pilgrim”.

Easy Livin' is their most popular song, a banger.....

I listened to a little of it before you did it live. It's pretty good but "Stealin'" is more their signature tune. I wasn't big fan but "Look At Yourself " and "July Morning " are outstanding tracks. .Highly recommended.

We just listened to the improvisation from Uriah Heep😄

Wow, this takes me back I'll tell ya. This stuff was on the go when I was playing Jr. Hockey and we would travel on the road listening to their 8-tracks ( I know , right ! ) man could they rock out ....Peace and Love

Listen to URIAH HEEP LIVE!!! Possibly the BEST Live album ever!!!!

This album was put out in the year of my birth. My friends older brother loved the early 70s.. Kiss Kansas Cooper and of course Uriah. This music sounded great on the equipment of the day. Huge speakers literally shook the house. Yes I believe drugs were a large part of it. But the Beatles and the Stones also pushed the musical envelope. Just imagine an acid trip to this.. Enough said..

One of their most classic tunes from one of my absolute favourite Heep albums. But the latest album that came out this year is actually also really good!

Uriah Heep is my favorite band ever. I loved your review of Camel "Lady Fantasy ", so....

Wow, that was heavy....... More Uriah Heep please

Easy Livin’ is probably their best known song 🎶

I think you guys would like Stealin'

Well boys as a 16 year old in 1970, it was far-out man. The whole album hooked me and I've been a fan ever since. Over the years they have been a progressive, hard rock band with more than a few softer rock ballads always featuring great vocals and harmonies. This album followed by Salisbury (the title track is a master piece), Look at Yourself, Demons and Wizards, Magician's Birthday, were part of what many say/see as their hay-day. But they are still making great music 53 years later. Check out Chaos and Colour.

I love Uriah Heep!

Listen to Magicians Birthday !!

The fact that you played this, got me to subscribe.

Demons and Wizards Easy Livin'....💥💥💥

This is black light on staring at your tapestries in your room high as a kite..like my older sis woild be haha

Well done. A good breakdown and conclusion.

I'd like to introduce you to another genre of music, if you're interested "Carly Simone - Coming Around Again (Live at Grand Central - Official Video)" this is Pop, soft rock music. Very commercialized Carly has some hits that I feel sure you will hear the song and recognize some part of a song in a movie, tv show or commercial. for example, here's one of her songs that's hugely connected to the Heinz Ketchup commercial. "Carly Simone - Anticipation 1995" this is a massive hit. But the thing about Carly is that she has a beautiful voice and she is a very talented songwriter. She has written songs for other artists too. Moreover, she had the gift to smoothly cross over into blues and jazz, she has an incredible ability to carry this off so smoothly it's pleasantly surprising, just how luscious and sultry her vocals are to listen too. Here's one of her jazz tunes "Carly Simone - Alone Together (Live on The Queen Mary 2)" Hope you'll give her a listen...this is simply beautiful stuff guys be ready to groove out🎶🕺🕺🕺🏾

I was a Keyboard Player in the 70s but I think there best song is Easy Livin' from Demons & Wizards from 1972

This song “LIVE” is much better! It’s one of my favorites!

Love Uriah Heep bring more please !

I'm a massive fan of Uriah Heep.... And I can say there's at least 40 songs much better than Gypsy, from their whole career... 😎 Try: "Lady in Black", "Come away Melinda", "The Magician's Birthday" and many, many more to see their storytelling power... Cheers!

In my own very heavy, very humble opinion, Uriah Heep's first album was mostly experimental. The group had to discover what instrumental direction to take. The band improves significantly in their progression through the next few albums.

This album came out while I was a freshman in High School, I fell in love with this group and had to have everything they released until the late 70's. Most of their songs are a little more "cohesive" than this song. Amongst my Friends, we listened to Led Zepplin, Grand Funk, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, the Moody Blues and Uriah Heep. All are pretty famous even now, except for Uriah Heep and Grand Funk. They always had some very unusual songs, but they have popular songs as well. Two more radio friendly songs were "Easy Livin" and "Stealin". The most incredible drum solo (mostly), that I ever heard was in the song "Look at Yourself". Good reaction, try some others.

Hi Guys, from my time but I never really got into these ! Please try another AL , this time Alvin Lee , 'The Bluest Blues' with George Harrison playing steel guitar. This is the 'Blues at its Best. you would love it my friends.

This is what you get when you have Larry, Curly and Moe do the music reaction.

Hensley elbowed the keyboard. That's the sound you're talking about.

The organ was distorted thru an amp - as on a lot of their songs. The keyboard player also played the slide solo in the middle. They had so many great songs - many of them more accessible.

I'm excited that SOMEONE is doing the Heep, but I'm a bit trepidatious about the first album, the one where the reviewer for Rolling Stone said if the group became a success, she would kill herself. (She didn't. Liar.) That album's a bit less accessible than what followed. "July Morning" and "Look at Yourself" are musts, but there's plenty to discover. I don't see any mentions for "The Park", so I'll throw that one in there, too. (And yeah, the drums are a bit plodding without Lee Kerslake behind the kit, it's true.) And Todd Heap has the wrong spelling. You're looking for Danny Heep. (Wow, that's a big clue how old I am…) Hang in there; you'll appreciate this more when you've heard them at their best.

Like a few others in the comments, I recommend their song "Stealin'

Uriah Heep didn't do hard rock as good as Zep, metal as good as Sabbath or prog as good as Yes, but they wrote some decent music - had their place in rock n' roll back in the day.

couple of suggestions for you - Dr Feelgood "Going Back Home" and The Smiths "This Charming Man - both quintiscentially English

Organ in the right ear and guitar in the left. Don't let this one drive you away from this band. "Dreamare" is a rocker. And the song "Salisbury".

Famously, a reviewer wrote: If this group makes it, I'll commit suicide - silly chap. Saw them live in South Africa in 1995.

Great choice - btw the way that keyboard solo wasn't over when you stopped it... he starts to pull the drawbars on the keyboard to make it feedback and freak out.... BTW this was recorded in late '69.

If you want to see their range and great vocals try playing 'Rain' by Uriah Heep. Peace!

Please do a reaction to "Modjo - Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" This song is one of the most popular house music in the early 2000's

In early 1970s Britain there was a sort of Holy Trinity of rock bands comprised of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple. However, there were many that thought there should be a fourth member - Uriah Heep. Musical taste is obviously very personal. To my taste, this band has been thoroughly under rated. By the way, don't know why everything was going into your right ear! My sound was perfect stereo to the point that I could pick out some nuances in the construction of the music that I had never noticed before. I saw Uriah Heep live at Preston guild hall in I think late 1975. They were very good and Dave Byron's vocals were every bit as clear as on this studio track. I would class Uriah Heep as more like Deep Purple than Black Sabbath because, like Deep Purple, they are more of an organ driven and 5 piece band. Black Sabbath are very much a guitar driven band ( and only 4 piece as they don't have to accommodate an organ player). 'Gypsy' was one of Uriah Heep's popular tracks at that time. There are many others that I would recommend giving a listen. 'The Magician's Birthday', 'Sunrise', 'Sweet Lorraine', 'Lady In Black' , 'Stealin' (that's not a typo) are all popular amongst the group's followers. But I guess their sort of Zeppelinesque 'Staiway To Heaven' moment is probably considered to be ''July Morning'. I prefer 'Magician's Birthday' but I think most would disagree with me. Anyway, thanks for this video. Enjoyed it and it was interesting to hear the thoughts of people to whom this band were not contemporary.

Great band, but not the best song to form an impression of them with. Next time, try "The Wizard" , "Paradise/The Spell" , "Sunrise", or "The Magician's Birthday". If you want a "playlist song" then you should do a reaction video to "Drivin' Wheel", by British band, Foghat. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fKl0h5OUtNqonok.html

Agree with some comments guys, you should try circle of hands or Easy living.. or any of the songs from Live 73 álbum..

Not an Organ. It's called a Moog Synthesizer. Uriah Heep was cutting edge. Remember, this was the first song on the first album. Try Sweet Lorraine, Easy Livin', Stealin', July Morning, Circle of Hands, Lady in Black, Sunrise... Trust me, you guys will love The Heep!

Great reaction guys. Funny thing about the Heep. I love the band and have enjoyed listening to them for the past 50 years, but the only album I ever purchased from them was Uriah Heep Live - 1973. It’s so good that it’s pretty much the only album of theirs that I listen to. Nuff said.

Your very close . I saw them for the first time in 1970 opening for Deep Purple and the Acid I was on really seat it off .

A couple of days ago the best composer,songwriter and pianist America produced, Burt Bacharach, sadly died.He had a plethora of amazing songs.Would it be possible to pay homage to the great man by reacting to one of his songs?

The Three Fools should know that when this song was written they were projected to be born! And this song will be heard in another 100 years because it is great!

They should'a called The Unfinished. Ahm sill waiting on Part 2; "Return of the Gorger :)

Everyone in the comments keep saying listen to Easy Living or Stealin’. Do that if you must, but I beg you to go off the beaten track. They have some great hidden gems: Circus, Magicians Birthday, Paradise The Spell, Sucicidal Man, Salisbury, High Priestess, and my favorite is Pilgrim which is super epic.

Like the guys voice. Also, you can tell that Iron Maiden, Dio, and others were influenced by this. You can hear the similarities.

Kudos for starting at the beginning. I would suggest staying with them in order because there is a definite progression in sound through their first albums. Even many of their fans like myself sort of disregard this album. I started with Salisbury and my favorite track is the title song, but they definitely take a different turn with albums 2 - 5 that was most popular at the time. I was around when they started but haven't kept up with the twenty-some albums they've (or at least Mick Box has) released since the seventies.

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Circle of Hands or Easy Living would be better choices.

Unbelievable, that Uriah Heep and Deep Purple are ready for 2023 and they produce really good Albums. There are a lot of great Heep-Songs, very dramatic, very melancholic ones... Sunrise, July Morning, Return To Fantasy is the first Speed Metal-Song, The Spell, The Pilgrim sounds great. I listened as very young kid to the old records and "The Spell" influenced me, it was the same Feeling like Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar with Ian Gillan on vocals. the same melodramatic epic flair. the funny thing is, that the most famous song lady in black is without david byron on vocals.... very old stuff, but i like it... this old vocals, they sounds so great, you can listen that the mikros are too bad for this epic vocal screaming, today with autotunes it is completly different

Great track. I'm more into jazz fusion and prog rock, and think the last cut from the album fits that mold perfectly. I'd be curious to see what you think of " Wake up, Set your sites". Definitely won't hurt your ears..

You should listen to Stealing also from Uriah Heep.

Europa ❤❤❤❤

Try their "Stealin', and "Look at Yourself" or "Easy Livin" for more traditional rock n roll.

You'll want the LIVE ALBUM from 1973 era!!!

Uriah Heep was always hit or miss, but they've got a few really good tunes. This one is middle of the pack. But check out Stealin' and/or Easy Livin'...pretty sure you'd like both of those.

Check out July Morning. One of the greatest tracks of all time.

The song "Salisbury" from their second album of the same name is very progressive, also a great guitar solo towards the end of the song. Uriah Heep is in my top 5 favorite bands, Zeppelin, Zappa, Heep, King Crimson and Jethro Tull. I don't listen to this song much either, I usually skip it when it comes up on random play.

Great band, should have been as big as the other bands from across the pond.

Time to go back to Steely dan.......Reelin in the years....