Uriah Heep: The Best Of...Part 1 (1996) & Part 2 (1997)

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Uriah Heep: The Best Of…Part 1 (1996) & Part 2 (1997)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & M4A(Tracks) & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | Castle Communications | ~ 1008 or 1013 or 363 Mb | Scans(png, 600dpi) -> 425 Mb
Hard Rock


Uriah Heep: The Best Of…Part 1 (1996) Repost
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & M4A(Tracks) & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Castle Communications, ESMCD 418 | ~ 466 or 468 or 177 Mb | Scans(png, 600dpi) -> 250 Mb
Hard Rock

Castle Communications chose to call this set, mostly compiled from recordings of various editions of the band, The Best Of, but it's a misnomer. That's not to say David Byron, the band's classic vocalist in its best era, is not here. He appears in live and studio places, but this collection is so ragged, and some of the live material is so unflattering to one of the great melodic heavy rock bands, that it basically should be avoided – unless you are one of those Heepsters who must absolutely have everything. And even then, most of the material, if not all of it, has been released elsewhere and better. That said, Vol. 2 is much better – start there, and then come here if you dare.

by Thom Jurek, AMG

Tracklist:

01. Gypsy
02. Bird Of Prey
03. Lady In Black
04. Salisbury
05. July Morning
06. Look At Yourself
07. Easy Livin'
08. The Wizard
09. Sweet Lorraine
10. Stealin'
11. Suicidal Man
12. Return To Fantasy
13. Misty Eyes
14. Easy Livin' (Live)
15. Stealin' (Live)

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Uriah Heep / The Best of… Part 1

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foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-02-26 17:46:36

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DR11 -1.00 dB -13.67 dB 4:14 02-Bird of Prey
DR11 -2.00 dB -14.96 dB 4:45 03-Lady in Black (single edit remix)
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR12

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
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Bitrate: 897 kbps
Codec: FLAC


original ripper - alonzo
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Uriah Heep: The Best Of…Part 2 (1997) Repost
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & M4A(Tracks) & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Castle Communications / Sony/BMG, 82876 65949 2 | ~ 542 or 545 or 186 Mb | Scans(png, 600dpi) -> 175 Mb
Hard Rock

This is a companion compilation to The Best of…Part 1, which was originally released in 1975 as simply The Best Of… and reissued in an expanded, remastered version in the mid-'90s. The Best of…Part 2 chronicles the band's post-Byronic efforts, sampling everything from Firefly to Different World, with a pair of unreleased live tracks from 1980 thrown in for good measure. (Equator is skipped over because of a licensing issue.) It's no secret that Uriah Heep's albums after David Byron's departure were uneven, a problem exacerbated by frequent lineup changes (including four vocalists: John Lawton, John Sloman, Peter Goalby, and Bernie Shaw). The Best of…Part 2 minimizes that problem by drawing the best tracks from those albums, some of which (Firefly, Abominog) are enjoyable in their entirety, and others (Raging Silence, Fallen Angel) which have more valleys than peaks. The Lawton era balances between ballads ("Free Me," "Come Back to Me") and scorching rockers ("Free 'n' Easy"), plus three great cuts from Firefly, hiding the precipitous decline in product that transpired from Firefly to Fallen Angel (the lone track from Live in Europe 1979 is beyond salvaging, however). The much-maligned Conquest gets two representatives, while Ken Hensley's swan song appears in a pair of live tracks from 1980, including a powerful version of "Suicidal Man." Like Firefly before it, Abominog found Uriah Heep recharged and ready to rock, evidenced on "That's the Way That It Is" and "Think It Over" (a live version of "Too Scared to Run" drawn from Live in Moscow confirms that). Though the next few albums (Head First, Raging Silence, Different World) found the band's recaptured energy waning, each album had its small share of guitar-led nuclear assaults, notably "The Other Side of Midnight" and a cover of Argent's "Hold Your Head Up." The remastered sound makes a difference in some cases (the tracks from Fallen Angel, in particular, benefit from a newfound clarity), while the single edit versions offered here really don't. The Best of…Part 2 probably won't help listeners sort through Heep's later catalog – here it all sounds good, and that's just not the case in reality – but if you want to indulge the fantasy that the band remained a tight-fisted rock juggernaut in the late '70s and '80s, this is the disc to help you do it.

by Dave Connolly, AMG

Tracklist:

1. The Hanging Tree (Williams, Hesley) 3:42
2. Sympathy (Hesley) 4:45
3. Wise Man (Single Edit) (Hesley) 4:26
4. Free Me (Hesley) 3:34
5. Free 'N' Easy (Lowton, Box) 3:06
6. Come Back to Me (Hesley, Kerslake) 4:20
7. Love Or Nothing (Hesley) 3:00
8. Woman of the Night (Live) (Hesley) 3:15
9. Carry on (Single Edit) (Hesley) 2:58
10. Feelings (Single Edit) (Hesley) 3:33
11. Easy Livin' (Live 1980) (Hesley) 3:25
12. Suicidal Man (Live 1980) (Box, Byron) 3:55
13. That's the Way That It Is (Bliss) 4:08
14. Think It Over (Bolder, Sloman) 3:36
15. Stay on Top (Jackson) 3:38
16. The Other Side of Midnight (Box, Daisley) 3:57
17. Too Scared to Run (Live in Moscow) (Box, Daisley) 4:05
18. Blood Red Roses (Goolby) 4:12
19. Hold Your Head Up (Argent, White) 4:34
20. Blood on Stone (Bolder) 4:38

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Uriah Heep / The Best Of…Part 2

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log date: 2014-02-26 17:47:00

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DR9 -1.17 dB -11.99 dB 4:45 02-Sympathy
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DR12 0.00 dB -13.54 dB 3:55 12-Suicidal Man (Live 1980)
DR10 -0.93 dB -12.87 dB 4:09 13-That's The Way That It Is
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DR11 -1.04 dB -13.96 dB 3:38 15-Stay On Top
DR11 -0.50 dB -13.05 dB 3:57 16-The Other Side Of Midnight
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Official DR value: DR10

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Channels: 2
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Bitrate: 947 kbps
Codec: FLAC