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Uriah Heep - The Ultimate Collection (2003)
Full title - Easy Livin' - Ultimate Collection. A comprehensive 34 track collection of the best of Heep's career from 1970 to 1991, remastered from original tapes & packaged in a slipcase.
I usually despise releases like this... I've seen (and purchased) so many best of, anthology, collections, millennium, very best compilations that keep deceiving me, either because of track selection, but more generally because record labels still think that putting more than 40 minutes of music on those will hinder sales of their back catalogue, that I wasn't really looking forward to this "Ultimate Collection". And URIAH HEEP already have dozens of retrospectives, so why would anyone pick up this one? Well, here's why:
1) This 2CD-set contains 34 tracks, with 158 minutes of music (those discs are packed!!!);
2) the remastering job is fabulous;
3) the tracks are presented chronologically;
4) all tracks are full-length versions (NO edits!!!)
5) you get all facets of the band, from the heavy "Gypsy" to the soft "Come Away Melinda", the kaleidoscopic "Magician's Birthday", the haunting "Wonderworld", the anthemic "Easy Livin'", the hair-raising "Blood Red Roses", and then some (actually, 28 more!!!)
And no, I'm not a member of the band or an unconditional fan...
This anthology covers the first 20 years of their recordings (1971-1991), and it's not focused only on "commercial" or radio-friendly material (ever heard the full length version of "July Morning" on the radio?).
To the novice, this set is THE best place to start without spending a fortune; to the initiated, over 2 and a half hours of cherished material covering a wide spectrum of genres so loved by many Heepsters. I just HAVE to play it again...E. Eoflove
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 362 MB
Genre : Hard Rock
Cover: Front
Tracklist:
CD 1
01. Gypsy 6.40
02. Come Away Melinda 3.49
03. Bird Of Prey 4.14
04. Lady In Black 4.44
05. Look At Yourself 5.10
06. July Morning 10.33
07. The Wizard 3.00
08. Easy Livin' 2.37
09. Sunrise 4.06
10. Magician's Birthday 10.21
11. Sweet Lorraine 4.16
12. Stealin' 4.51
13. Sweet Freedom 6.36
14. Wonderworld 4.31
15. Something Or Nothing 2.55
CD 2
01. Return To Fantasy 5.51
02. Prima Donna 3.10
03. On Way Or Another 4.39
04. Wise Man 4.41
05. Free Me 3.33
06. Free 'N' Easy 3.05
07. Come Back To Me 4.19
08. Fallen Angel 4.59
09. Feelings 5.19
10. Too Scared To Run 3.49
11. On The Rebound 3.12
12. Think It Over 3.37
13. That's The Wat That It Is 4.07
14. The Other Side Of Midnight 3.55
15. Stay On Top 3.38
16. Hold Your Head UP 4.32
17. Blood Red Roses 4.10
18. Blood On Stone 4.35
19. Different World 4.12
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Post je objavljen 30.12.2008. u 01:27 sati.