July 12, 2013 Playlist

"Look At Yourself" by Uriah Heep (1971)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Uriah Heep  "Look At Yourself"  1971 (UK)
This week's classic album is by one of the less appreciated "second tier" heavy British bands of the 1970's. Contemporaries of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, Heep's point of distinction from their peers was a more dramatic and fantastical presentation supplied by David Byron's operatic vocals, Ken Hensley's swords and sorcery lyrics, and some nifty album covers by Roger Dean. Their guitarist Mick Box is also an unsung wizard able to play scorching leads, proggy riffs and even some nasty slide. Look At Yourself was their third album, and the first of their most classic run of LPs (continuing with their two most popular Demons And Wizards from 1972, and The Magician's Birthday from 1973). Though they only ever scored one Top 40 hit in the states, and did not have many more chart hits in their homeland, their constant touring kept them in demand across the globe. Apparently, their all-time peak in popularity was in Germany in the late 1970's!
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
White Fence Pink GorillaCyclops Reap (N)2013 (Castle Face)USA
The Black Angels War On Holiday
Indigo Meadow (N)2013 (Blue Horizon)USA
Thee Oh Sees Toe Cutter/Thumb BusterFloating Coffin (N)2013 (Castle Face)USA
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds The Rad Lord
   / The Rad Lord's Return
Haunted Head (N)2013 (In The Red)USA
Melvins Timothy Leary Lives (Pop O-Pies)Everybody Loves Sausages (N)2013 (Ipecac)USA
Die KreuzenAll WhiteDie Kreuzen1984USA
Hum MachineDon't Say Please (Die Kreuzen)Lean Into It: A Tribute To Die Kreuzen2005USA
 
 
Uriah Heep
July Morning (with Manfred Mann)
Look At Yourself
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1971
UK
Uriah Heep
Tears In My Eyes
Look At Yourself
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1971
UK
Uriah Heep
Look At Yourself (with Osibisa)
Look At Yourself
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
1971
UK
   
 
Wolf People
NRRFain (N)2013 (Jagjaguwar)UK
Meat Puppets SweetRat Farm (N)2013 (Megaforce)USA
Firewater Feeling No PainInternational Orange! (N)2013 (Bloodshot)USA/Turkey
Eleanor FriedbergerWhen I Knew
Personal Record (N) 2013 (Merge)USA
Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) 21st Century BluesThe Low Highway (N)2013 (New West)USA
Father John Misty Tee Pees 1-12Fear Fun (N)2012 (Sub Pop)USA
   
 
Rotary ConnectionTeach Me How To FlyAladdin1968USA
Steve Miller BandSteve Miller's Midnight Tango
   / Industrial Military Complex Hex
Number 51970USA
Wet WillieFool On YouWet Willie1971USA
Gabor SzaboPretty Girl Why (Stephen Stills)Magical Connection1972Hungary/USA
LumeriansKoman Tong
The High Frontier (N)2013 (Knitting Factory)
USA
The AutomatorCartoon Capers (with Kool Keith)A Much Better Tomorrowrec. 1996, rel. 2000USA
Del Tha FunkyhomosapienCatch A Bad OneNo Need For Alarm1993USA
Quasimoto (Madlib) Youngblood
   / Astronaut
Yessir, Whatever (N)2013 (Stones Throw)USA
 
 
The Stark Reality Cooking
Acting, Thinking, Feeling (N - reissue box set)rec. 1970 (2013 Now Again)USA
Daphni Cos-Ber-Zam Ne Noya
Jiaolong (N)2013 (Merge)Canada
Matmos Mental Radio
The Marriage Of True Minds (N)2013 (Thrill Jockey)USA
Daft Punk Get Lucky (featuring Pharrell Williams)
Random Access Memories (N)2013 (Columbia)France
 
  
Emerson Lake & PalmerThe Barbarian (based on Bela Bartok)Emerson Lake & Palmer1971UK
EggLong Piece No. 3 (parts 3 & 4)The Polite Force1971UK
TriumviratThe March To The Eternal City
   / Spartacus
Spartacus1975Germany
      
   
   
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