I first encountered a Uriah Heep’s recording back in 1976. It was a bad mono copy (which sounded faster than the original) of “Dreams”. There was something interesting about the arrangement, especially the choir in the middle of the song. A little bit later there was another mono one-channel tape copy of “Salisbury”. I was really enchanted. It was something I had never heard before, a world of its own. The continuation of my story was more or less descriptive of many people who like Uriah Heep. Between 1976 and 1980 I was surprised by the changes in the music of the band from “Look At Yourself” and “Magician’s Birthday” to “Innocent Victim” and “Conquest”. My impression of the changes and reaction to them was, probably, quite typical. However, the songs that drew my attention from the very beginning were the unpopular ones: “We Got We”, “A Year Or A Day”, “Spider Woman”, “Dreammare”, “One Day”, “Traveller In Time”, “Time To Live” and some others.

Listening to “The Spell / Paradise” piano solos I started learning to play keyboards though I have never had any formal education in music. One of the highlights of my Uriah Heep journey has been meeting with the band and fans. I was lucky to take part in Heepvention ’02 in Lawrence, NJ.

I have been an electrical engineer for about 18 years albeit a graduate student at the moment.