Salisbury (album)

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Salisbury
File:UriahHeepSalisburyUK.jpg
Studio album by Uriah Heep
Released December 1970 (US)
February 1971 (UK)
Recorded October–November, 1970 at Lansdowne Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock, heavy metal
Length 37:59
Label Vertigo (UK) (original release)
Bronze (UK) (reissue)
Mercury (USA)
Producer Gerry Bron
Uriah Heep chronology
...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble
(1970)...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble1970		 Salisbury
(1970/1971)		 Look at Yourself
(1971)Look at Yourself1971
Alternative covers
Uriah Heep Salisbury US album cover
Uriah Heep Salisbury US album cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]

Salisbury is the second album by British rock band Uriah Heep. It was produced by Gerry Bron.

Unlike their first album, songwriting credits for fully half of the record were attributed to Ken Hensley alone, as opposed to the collaborative partnership credits of Box/Byron on the debut.

The album was originally released on the Vertigo label, as was the band's debut ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble, but both were soon re-released when the band signed to the new Bronze Records for their third LP.

The front cover of the album depicted a British Chieftain tank, which connects to the title, as Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is a military training area. The original LP release was a gatefold sleeve, with a black-and-white image of a World War I British tank on the inside, over which were printed Hensley's comments on each track. Later reissues would be in a single sleeve. The American release featured a different cover image, as did the original Canadian pressings. Subsequent Canadian pressings used the UK artwork.

About

Salisbury is skewed toward the progressive rock genre, with its 16-minute title track featuring a 24-piece orchestra.[1] One of the album's tracks, "Lady in Black", described as "a stylishly arranged tune that builds from a folk-styled acoustic tune into a throbbing rocker full of ghostly harmonies and crunching guitar riffs",[1] became a hit in Germany upon its re-release in 1977 (earning the band the Radio Luxemburg Lion award). According to Allmusic, the album perfected Uriah Heep's "blend of heavy metal power and prog rock complexity"[1] and was also significant for Hensley's instant rise to a position as main composer of the group's music. Soon after the release, Keith Baker left the band,[2] to be replaced by Ian Clarke (from another Vertigo band Cressida). With Clarke, the band embarked on their first US tour, supporting Three Dog Night and Steppenwolf.[3]

Track listing

UK Release

Side 1
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Bird of Prey"   Mick Box, David Byron, Ken Hensley, Paul Newton 4:13
2. "The Park"   Hensley 5:41
3. "Time to Live"   Box, Byron, Hensley 4:01
4. "Lady in Black"   Hensley 4:44
Side 2
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "High Priestess"   Hensley 3:42
2. "Salisbury"   Box, Byron, Hensley 16:20

US Release

Side 1
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "High Priestess"   Hensley 3:39
2. "The Park"   Hensley 5:38
3. "Time to Live"   Box, Byron, Hensley 4:02
4. "Lady in Black"   Hensley 4:43
Side 2
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Simon the Bullet Freak"   Hensley 3:25
2. "Salisbury"   Box, Byron, Hensley 16:12

1996 Remastered CD

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Bird of Prey"   Box, Byron, Hensley, Newton 4:13
2. "The Park"   Hensley 5:41
3. "Time to Live"   Box, Byron, Hensley 4:01
4. "Lady in Black"   Hensley 4:44
5. "High Priestess"   Hensley 3:42
6. "Salisbury"   Box, Byron, Hensley 16:20

This remastered CD added two bonus tracks and extensive liner notes:

No. Title Writer(s) Length
7. "Simon the Bullet Freak"   Hensley 3:27
8. "High Priestess" (Single Edit) Hensley 3:13

2003 Expanded Deluxe CD

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Bird of Prey"   Box, Byron, Hensley, Newton 4:13
2. "The Park"   Hensley 5:41
3. "Time to Live"   Box, Byron, Hensley 4:01
4. "Lady in Black"   Hensley 4:44
5. "High Priestess"   Hensley 3:42
6. "Salisbury"   Box, Byron, Hensley 16:20

2003 Expanded Deluxe Edition has 7 bonus tracks:

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Simon the Bullet Freak"   Hensley 3:27
2. "Here Am I"   Hensley 7:51
3. "Lady in Black" (Single Edit) Hensley 3:34
4. "High Priestess" (Single Edit) Hensley 3:39
5. "Salisbury" (Single Edit) Box, Byron, Hensley 4:23
6. "The Park" (Alternate Version) Hensley 5:19
7. "Time to Live" (Alternate Version) Box, Byron, Hensley 4:13

Charts

Year Country Peak Ref
1971 Finland 1
Australia 22
Germany 31 [4]
U.S.A. 103 [5]

Release History

Format Country Label Year
LP Germany Bronze 28764 1971
LP Brazil Island 410002 1971
LP The Netherlands Bronze 88184 XAT 1971
LP United Kingdom Bronze ILPS-9152 1971
LP U.S.A. Mercury SR 61319 1970
LP Australia Vertigo 6360 028 1971
LP United Kingdom Vertigo 6360 028 1971
LP Australia Bronze 6357 207 1972
LP Spain Bronze 28.764-I 1972
LP Australia Bronze 24152 1974
LP France Bronze BRO 2006 1974
LP Germany Bronze 85691 XOT 1975
LP Australia Bronze L 36379 1977
LP Bronze BRNA 152 1977
LP Germany Bronze 28 764 ET 1980
CD Germany Bronze 258 295 1985
LP Germany Castle Classics CLALP 106 1986
CD United Kingdom Castle Classics CLACD 106 1988
CD U.S.A. Mercury 811 389-2 1990
CD Russia Victor JPN VICP-2080 1993
CD United Kingdom
Germany		 Essential ESM CD 317 1996
CD Japan Victor JPN VICP-61829 2002
LP Italy Earmark 41025 2003
LP United Kingdom Sanctuary CMRCD643 2003
CD Europe Sanctuary Midline SMRCD049 2004
CD Japan BMG Japan BVCM-37714 2006
CD Sanctuary Midline SMBCD384 2006
SHM-CD Japan Universal Japan UICY-94722 2010
LP Germany Bronze 85 691 ET

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • John Fiddy – Brass and woodwind arrangement on "Salisbury"

Production

  • Produced by Gerry Bron
  • Recorded, engineered and mixed by Peter Gallen
  • Mastered by Tom Coyne

References

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