- Painstakingly remastered by Andy Pearce these 2CD sets also include previously unreleased alternative mixes that excite, reignite and rejuvenate. There are also extensive liner notes penned by best-selling author Joel McIver which tell the story of the band’s ascent to the very top and are accompanied by new and revealing accounts of the time from Mick Box and Ken Hensley.
Created with the full collaboration of Heep themselves and curated by guitarist and founder member Mick Box, the original LP is on CD1 re-mastered by renowned engineer Andy Pearce of Lou Reed and Black Sabbath fame and complete with liner notes by the bestselling rock author Joel McIver. Box and Heep’s sometime member Ken Hensley, composer of many of the band’s best-known songs, contribute to each album’s notes.
Disc One – The Original 1970 Album (Re-Mastered):
1. Gypsy
2. Walking In Your Shadow
3. Come Away Melinda
4. Lucy Blues
5. Dreammare
6. Real Turned On
7. I’ll Keep On Trying
8. Wake Up (Set Your Sights)
Disc Two – An Alternate Very ‘Eavy, Very ‘Humble (Expanded Edition/All Previously Unreleased):
1. Gypsy
2. Real Turned On
3. Dreammare
4. Come Away Melinda
5. Born In A Trunk
6. Wake Up (Set Your Sights)
7. I’ll Keep On Trying
8. Walking In Your Shadow (Alternative Version)
9. Lucy Blues
10. Born In A Trunk
11. Magic Lantern
12. Bird Of Prey (U.S. Alternate Mix)
All Tracks On CD2 Previously Unreleased