Salisbury (album)

Salisbury
Studio album by Uriah Heep
Released	January 1971 (US) February 1971 (UK)
Recorded	October–November, 1970 at Lansdowne Studios, London
Genre	Hard rock, psychedelic rock, heavy metal, progressive rock
Length	37:59
Label	Vertigo (UK) (original release) Bronze (UK) (reissue) Mercury (USA)
Producer	Gerry Bron
Uriah Heep chronology
Very 'eavy... Very 'umble (1970) Salisbury (1971) Look at Yourself (1971)
Alternative covers
Uriah Heep Salisbury US album cover

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Salisbury is the second album released by British rock band Uriah Heep.

Although the majority of tracks are clean hard rock, more so than on the previous Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble, the album features forays into both jazz-fusion on "The Park", whose tune is borrowed from a traditional Andean/Bolivian song "Nacimiento", and square progressive rock on the band's first foray into large–scale composition, the 16–minute title track featuring a 24–piece orchestra. It also includes the largely acoustic ballad "Lady In Black." The hard rock sound, quite prominent here, would be transferred over to their next release, which was to be dominated by this genre.

Unlike their first album, songwriting credits for fully half of the record are 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 had been 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 connection of the artwork to the title is readily explained. Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is an Army training-area. On the front of the album sleeve is a British Chieftain tank. The original LP release was a gatefold-sleeve, with a b/w picture inside of a British tank of the First World War, over which were printed Hensley's comments on each track. Later reissues would be in a single sleeve.

Track listing

• All Songs Copyright Dick James Music, Inc. (BMI)

UK Release

Side 1

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

1. "High Priestess" (Hensley) – 3:42
2. "Salisbury" (Byron, Hensley, Box) – 16:20

US Release

Side 1

1. "High Priestess" (Hensley) – 3:42
2. "The Park" (Hensley) – 5:41
3. "Time to Live" (Box, Byron, Hensley) – 4:01
4. "Lady in Black" (Hensley) – 4:44

Side 2

1. "Simon the Bullet Freak" (Hensley) – 3:27
2. "Salisbury"(Byron, Hensley, Box) – 16:20

1996 Remaster

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" (Byron, Hensley, Box) – 16:20

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

7. "Simon the Bullet Freak" (Hensley) – 3:27
8. "High Priestess" (Single Edit) (Hensley) – 3:13

2003 Expanded Deluxe Edition

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 expanded deluxe CD added seven bonus tracks and extensive liner notes:

7. "Simon the Bullet Freak" (Hensley) – 3:27
8. "Here Am I" (Hensley) – 7:51
9. "Lady in Black" (Single Edit) (Hensley) – 3:34
10. "High Priestess" (Single Edit) (Hensley) – 3:39
11. "Salisbury" (Single Edit) (Box, Byron, Hensley) – 4:23
12. "The Park" (Alternate Version) (Hensley) – 5:19
13. "Time to Live" (Alternate Version) (Box/Byron/Hensley) – 4:13

Personnel

• David Byron – lead vocals
• Ken Hensley – slide & acoustic guitar, vocals, piano, harpsichord, organ, vibraphone
• Mick Box – lead & acoustic guitar, vocals
• Paul Newton – bass guitar, vocals
• Keith Baker – drums, percussion

• John Fiddy – string and brass arrangements

Production

• Produced By Gerry Bron
• Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Peter Gallen
• Mastered By Tom Coyne