Sweet Freedom had a number of tracks I could’ve chose for here, but this is the closing cut, love the lyrics – and the good vs evil situation David is singing about being in. Great guitar sound tone played out for the last minute of the track. But, I thought this track really stands out on this record, with it’s acoustic intro and verses, and the heavier chorus with the high backing vocal. Admittedly I have a soft spot for High & Mighty, despite it being less ‘eavy, a commercial flop, and not well liked by many of my fellow Heep die-hard fans. (15) I’ll Keep On Trying (2016 – Remaster) – YouTubeįrom the last album featuring David Byron on vocals.
This track has all of what would become the band’s trademark sounds – the heavy organ and guitar, the big harmony vocals, a few changes in pace…love Alex Napier’s drumming on this track, the over 1 minute intro, loads of energy on this song, sounds like it must’ve been a blast hearing recording this one. But aside from ‘Melinda’ and a few others (well, North American version included “Bird Of Prey” instead of “Lucy Blues”, so I’ll take our version), this is a very heavy album. A very underrated album in the band’s catalogue that boasted the classic “Gypsy” and the ballad “Come Away Melinda”. So I picked 10 favorites that were neither major singles or included on the Live ’73 album, and in many cases not regular returnees to the live set since their release.ĭrop some feedback with a few of your own overlooked Byron era favorites - which won’t include that half dozen hits and set-list staples for the past several decades.įrom Uriah Heep’s debut album in 1970. The Uriah Heep studio albums during the David Byron era featured numerous fantastic – and in many cases often overlooked tracks.
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