Artist: URIAH HEEP
Album: VERY 'EAVY VERY 'UMBLE DELUXE EDIT. (CD)

Release date: 1970/ 2004
EAN/UPS: 5050749204820
Media type: CD

Very 'eavy... Very 'umble is the debut album of British hard rock band Uriah Heep. It was released in the United States as Uriah Heep with alternate sleeve artwork, and with "Bird of Prey" in place of "Lucy Blues."

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. The most famous criticism came from Rolling Stone magazine reviewer Melissa Mills, who began her review, "If this group makes it I'll have to commit suicide. From the first note you know you don't want to hear any more." [1]

The original vinyl release was a gatefold-sleeve, featuring David Byron on the front sleeve, almost unrecognisable beneath the cobwebs - an image that now appears very macabre since his death in 1985.

The album was first released on the Vertigo label in the UK, as was the follow-up Salisbury (album), but both were quickly reissued by Bronze when the band signed to that label.

TRACKLIST:

"Gypsy" (Box, Byron) – 6:37
"Walking in Your Shadow" (Byron, Newton) – 4:31
"Come Away Melinda" (Hellerman, Minkoff) – 3:46
"Lucy Blues" (Box, Byron) – 5:08
"Dreammare" (Newton) – 4:39
"Real Turned On (Box, Byron, Newton) – 3:37
"I'll Keep on Trying (Box, Byron) – 5:24
"Wake Up (Set Your Sights) (Box, Byron) – 6:22

Bonus tracks:
"Bird of Prey" (Box, Byron, Hensley, Newton) – 4:05

Born In A Trunk - (vocal version)
Come Away Melinda - (alternate version)
Gypsy - (alternate extended version)
Wake Up, Set Your Sights - (alternate version)
Born In A Trunk - (instrumental version)
"Dreammare" (BBC session)
"Gypsy" (BBC session)

LINE-UP:

David Byron – lead vocals
Ken Hensley – piano, organ, mellotron, slide guitar, vocals
Mick Box – lead & acoustic guitar, vocals
Paul Newton – bass guitar, vocals
Nigel Olsson – drums, percussion

[edit] Additional musicians
Alex Napier - drums (tracks 1–3, 6–8)
Colin Wood - keyboards ("Come Away Melinda", "Wake Up (Set Your Sights)")
Keith Baker - drums ("Bird of Prey")