Finally 'Salisbury', a composition by Box, Byron and Hensley with bass and woodwind arranged by John Fiddy that present the best organ performed by Hensley. That is one of most successful cavalcade of Heep.
Is a very catchy song, despite the distorted guitars and a Rock Byron really dominate the song. Sure 'Lady In Black' is a true hymn of 70's music! (P.s.: I must say again how is great David Byron?). And the best song of 'Salisbury' because in this album is the song aged better. The acoustic ballad 'Lady In Black' is another dramatic song for atmospheres. 'Time To Live' is the more Heavy Metal song of 'Salisbury' and a another perfect track for David Byron's voice. In my opinion Byron and Hensley here create the 'Child In Time' of Uriah Heep! I love Byron's vocal lines in 'The Park', but also the acoustic rhythmic guitar by Mick Box is extreme exciting! More Heavy is 'Time To Live' with another great organ parts and wah wah guitar. 'The Park' is a dramatic acoustic ballad for organ and voice. Really spontaneous! Certainly that 'Bird Of Prey' is a pure Power Metal (but in 1971 is correct to speak of Power Metal?) but it sounds more substantial than the songs of 'Very 'eavy. And frankly 'Salisbury' is also one of the first Prog album that I bought and loved! Ken Hensley finally can shout his organ, David Byron can use your voice as a musical instrument and Mick Box can do the minstrel. In any case 'Salisbury' is the first absolute masterpiece of Uriah Heep. "'Salisbury' is certainly the most Prog album (if not the only one) that Uriah Heep has produced. The second disc includes alternate versions of both album and non-album tracks and some live material, as well as a big booklet of liner notes. It's really, really good vocalist David Byron has that early 70s high vocal hard rock thing really down and the harmonies are also really good, as is the entire band (most notable are the guitar and organ work). I don't know much about Heep, but I kept hearing that this was their best and most progressive album.
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