This is Uriah Heep's 2nd album and was released in 1970. This special picture disc version features frontman David Byron on the front sleeve, almost unrecognisable beneath cobwebs, just like on the original gatefold version.
It was renamed "Uriah Heep" when it was released later on in 1970 by Mercury Records with different sleeve artwork (a centipede type monster), and with the track "Bird of Prey" in place of "Lucy Blues".
The album shows the band trying out various genres – a mix of heavy metal and progressive rock – rather than the hard rock that they would become known for on later albums.
The album was generally panned by the mainstream critical press upon its release, although it has since been acknowledged as an early classic of the heavy metal genre. Canadian music critic Martin Popoff classifies the album as "proto-heavy metal".
Picture Disc Vinyl Pressing
Tracklisting
Side A:
1. Gypsy
2. Walking In Your Shadow
3. Come Away Melinda
4. Lucy Blues
Side B:
1. Dreammare
2. Real Turned On
3. I'll Keep On Trying
4. Wake Up (Set Your Sights)
