RAGING THROUGH THE SILENCEA video was recorded of a concert at the Astoria Theater in London in 1989. The setlist included a good portion of the new studio album and was entitled "Raging Through the Silence".
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RAGING THROUGH THE SILENCE
A video was recorded of a concert at the Astoria Theater in London in 1989. The setlist included a good portion of the new studio album and was
entitled "Raging Through the Silence".
CENTRAL TV BEDROCK SERIES
On November 29th of 1989, Uriah Heep recorded
a concert for Central TV's late night rock show, Bedrock. At the
time, the chief executive at Central TV was Bob Carruthers. Heep had been Bob's favorite band for nearly 20 years, so he made sure Heep was included in the series. Mr. Carruthers would be a prominent player in
the Uriah Heep story many years later. The Central TV concert was released on video as Live Legends and celebrated Heep's 20th anniversary.
TWO DECADES IN ROCK BOXSET
Additionally, a 3 CD boxset was released to celebrate
the band's birthday. A very nice booklet
accompanied the boxset and is one of the best histories of the band available. Due to the numbering sequence of the tracks,
disc 3 was unplayable on most conventional CD players.
BLOOD RED ROSES
Raging Silence also included a song written by former vocalist Pete Goalby.
Pete attended a Heep gig, where and Mick and Pete caught up after the show.
Mick asked to take a look at some of Pete's new songs. The band
picked "Blood Red Roses" from his songs to record for the new album.
CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH A BEATLE
During the recording of Raging Silence, Paul McCartney was
recording in the same complex. Paul was
impressed with one of Mick's solos so he popped in to see who was playing. Needless to say, the boys were thrilled to meet him!
BOLDER PRODUCES DIFFERENT WORLD
Uriah Heep wanted to use Richard Dodd to produce the Different World album, however he was tied up with other commitments at the time. Richard suggested
the band use Trevor Bolder to handle the production
duties. Although Different World might not
be considered Heep's best album, Trevor did an excellent
job recording the album while under a great amount of pressure from Legacy Records to finish
the album.
ROSS THE BOSS
During the Different World, Trevor Bolder acquired a
new nickname. As the album producer, his mates began to call him "Ross the Boss". I'm sure Rodney Dangerfield knows exactly how Trevor felt.
WINDS OF NO MORE TIME
According to Alan Hartley's interview with Trevor Bolder conducted right
after the completion of the album, possibly the best song from the Different World sessions didn't even
make the final album. Trevor explained to Alan why "Winds of Time" didn't make
the Different World CD. "I saved it until the end to do the mixing,
but I was pressured so much to finish the album that I didn't get round to mixing it. I was told there wouldn't be
time." A rough sounding copy of the recording has made it
to the collector's trading circles. When Different World was remastered, a chance for the song to surface
as a bonus track was missed because Rob Corich
was unable to locate the master tapes.
There is a possibility Trevor will rerecord the song for a
solo album he has in the works.
A FUNNY OLD WORLD
The voice at the end of Different
World saying "It's a funny old world...
but different." belongs to Mick Box.
