The Magician's Birthday Party

Description

This is the stunning film of one magical evening in London when Uriah Heep were joined on stage by former members Ken Hensley and John Lawton for a unique reunion concert, featuring the very best of Uriah Heep live. Includes "Return to Fantasy," "Logical Progression," "Mistress of All Time" and many more!

Customer Reviews:

Good choice of songs.......2007-03-15

I am fourty two years old, Uriah Heep was my band when I was five !
I love this band from five to twelve years old, even now, I still think they were a very good rock band, and they prove it on this DVD.
The choice of songs is pretty good, "July Morning", "Circle of hands", "The magician's birthday", "Stealin'", "Paradise/The spell" this one is very good. The image quality is not very good, but it is OK, the sound is good but no Dolby surround or DTS here, only a stereo track.
I must leave a three stars rating, good music, image and sound could have been better. Overall, I was very please to see Mr. Hensley, Box and Kerslake because I haven't seen them anywhere before I bought this DVD.
Keep on rocking !

List of songs on this DVD.......2007-02-22

Just thought it would be nice to have the list of songs performed on this fantastic DVD along with the members of the band and guests!!!

Track list
1)STEALIN' (Hensley)
2)RETURN TO FANTASY (Hensley/Byron)
3)TALES (Hensley)
4)SWEET PRETENDER (Bolder)
5)BETWEEN TWO WORLDS (Box/Lanzon)
6)MISTRESS OF ALL TIME (Lanzon)
7)I'LL KEEP ON TRYING (Box/Byron)
8)JULY MORNING (Byron/Hensley)
9)SUNRISE (Hensley)
10)PARADISE / THE SPELL (Hensley)
11)CIRCLE OF HANDS (Hensley)
12)EASY LIVIN' (Hensley)
13)THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY (Hensley/Box/Kerslake)
14)SYMPATHY (Hensley)
15)FREE 'N' EASY (Lawton/Box)
16)LOGICAL PROGRESSION (Box/Lanzon) Bonus track

Band Members

MICK BOX - Guitar and Vocals
LEE KERSLAKE - Drums and Vocals
TREVOR BOLDER - Bass Guitar and Vocals
PHIL LANZON - Keyboards and Vocals
BERNIE SHAW - Lead Vocals

Special guests Ken Hensley, John Lawton, Thijs van Leer
Backing singers Emma Robbins, Kim Chandler, Aileen McLaughlin

Heepsters, Rock fans, Don't ignore this DVD.......2006-08-27

I consider myself extremely lucky to have watched this DVD just weeks after Uriah Heep's concert in Bangalore, India. What an amazing concert on DVD. Having just seen the same five members at Bangalore the DVD was hardly boring. There were songs that they did perform at the concert and then there were great songs that they didn't. One such song is "I'll keep on Trying" from their very first album Very 'eavy very 'umble. I wish they had performed that number at the concert. Mick's guitar solo is one of the finest you'll ever hear in a rock song. Pleasant surprise 1 - Enter Ken Hensley on organ/piano/guitar and who had been a quintessintial part of the band in the seventies. Some great songs follow including "July Morning", and a melodious number when Ken switches to play guitar.

With great vocals from Bernie Shaw he proves he is still the best replacement for all the previous singers of Heap. The highlight of the DVD is a one-of-a-kind guitar-drum solo performed by Mick and Lee Kerslake. I have watched tonnes of solo's but nothing of this kind. When they finally conclude to break into the next song they are joined by pleasant surprise number 2. Enter John Lawton who once used to be the lead vocal of the band. Both singers duet and conclude a fantastic concert.

The concert is not continuous and is nicely interjected with behind the scene footage, interviews, practice sessions of the band etc.

For all you classic rock enthusiasts and Heep fans, this DVD is one you must not be without.

uriah heep ia only getting better.......2004-06-27

after watching thsit made think ofdavid byron so i serched and found dvd collection called classic heep live from the byron era.the two dvds are greatplus abook that came along with it.its120 minutues.if interstesd.the price is64.00 plus s&h.houston203@aol.com

previous fan.......2004-01-13

I WAS A FAN OF HEEP BACK IN THE SEVENTIES IN A BIG WAY BUT LOST INTEREST IN THEM.THEY GOT BORING BUT JUST RECENTLY I PLAYED SOME THEIR STUFF & TWENTY YEARS ON YOU REALISE WHAT A GREAT BAND THEY REALLY ARE .I BROUGHT THE MAGICIANS BIRTHDAY PARTY DVD ABSULUTELY LOVE IT.

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