Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
Singer: Uriah HeepTitle: The Magician's Birthday
Label: Mercury – SRM-1-652, Bronze – SRM-1-652
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
Country: US
Date of released: 1972
Category: Rock
Style: Hard Rock, Prog Rock, Heavy Metal
Size MP3 zip: 1820 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1857 mb
Rating: 5.0✭
Format: MP3 MOD MP1 AUD WAV AAC WMA AU FLAC
- 1857 downloads at 29 mb/s
MP3 version
- 1820 downloads at 32 mb/s
FLAC version
Tracklist
| A1 | Sunrise | 4:04 |
| A2 | Spider Woman | 2:25 |
| A3 | Blind Eye | 3:33 |
| A4 | Echoes In The Dark | 4:48 |
| A5 | Rain | 3:59 |
| B1 | Sweet Lorraine | 4:13 |
| B2 | Tales | 4:09 |
| B3 | The Magician's Birthday | 10:23 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
- Manufactured By – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
- Distributed By – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
Credits
- Bass – Gary Thain
- Design [Cover] – Roger Dean
- Drums, Percussion – Lee Kerslake
- Engineer – Peter Gallen
- Engineer [Assistant] – Ashley Howe
- Guitar – Mick Box
- Keyboards, Guitar, Synthesizer [Moog], Liner Notes – Ken Hensley
- Mastered By – Gilbert Kong
- Photography By – Fin Costello
- Producer – Gerry Bron
- Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Brian Cole* (tracks: B2)
- Vocals – David Byron
- Written-By – Byron* (tracks: A2, B1), Thain* (tracks: A2, B1), Hensley* (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2, B3), Kerslake* (tracks: A2, B3), Box* (tracks: A2, B1, B3)
Notes
Gatefold cover with white DJ promo labels with 12 Mercury logo bubbles.Also came with a lyric insert (see images).
Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, September/October 1972.
Reference to "Happy Birthday To You" is by kind permission of K.P.M. Group, London.
All Songs published by WB Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Mercury Record Productions, Inc. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILPS 9213 | Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday (LP, Album, Gat) | Bronze | ILPS 9213 | UK | 1972 |
| 6396 021 | Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday (LP, Album, Gat) | Island Records | 6396 021 | France | 1972 |
| 812 298-2 | Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday (CD, Album, Unofficial) | Mercury | 812 298-2 | Russia | Unknown |
| SRM 1-652, SRM-1-652, 0598 | Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday (LP, Album, RE, Gat) | Mercury, Mercury, Mercury | SRM 1-652, SRM-1-652, 0598 | US | 1972 |
| none | Uriah Heep | The Magician's Birthday (Cass, Album, Unofficial) | Crystal Records | none | Bulgaria | Unknown |