Very 'eavy... Very 'umble
Album by Uriah Heep
Released	June 1970
Recorded
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	40:07
Label	Mercury Records
Producer(s)	Gerry Bron
Professional reviews
Uriah Heep chronology
	Very 'eavy... Very 'umble (1970)	Salisbury (1971)

US issue Uriah Heep

Very 'eavy... Very 'umble is the debut album of British rock band Uriah Heep. It was released in the United States as Uriah Heep with alternate sleeve artwork, and with "Bird of Prey" in place of "Lucy Blues." An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his novel David Copperfield. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with a length of 30 days The month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his novel David Copperfield. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Salisbury (1971) is the second album released by British rock band Uriah Heep. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Uriah Heep is a British rock band, officially formed in 1969 in England, when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley (previously a member of The Gods and Toe Fat) to join Spice, a band signed to his own Bronze Records label. ...

Track Listing

• "Gypsy" (Box, Byron) – 6:37
• "Walking in Your Shadow " (Byron, Newton) – 4:31
• "Come Away Melinda" (Hellerman, Minkoff) – 3:46
• "Lucy Blues" (Box, Byron) – 5:08
• "Dreammare" (Newton) – 4:39
• "Real Turned On" (Box, Byron, Newton) – 3:37
• "I'll Keep On Trying" (Box, Byron) – 5:24
• "Wake Up" (Set Your Sights) (Box, Byron) – 6:22

US Release Only

• "Bird of Prey" (Box, Byron, Hensley, Newton) – 4:05

Personnel

Band members

• David Byron – Lead vocals
• Ken Hensley – Piano, Organ, Mellotron, Slide, Vocals,
• Mick Box – Lead & Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
• Paul Newton – Bass guitar, Vocals
• Ollie Olsson – Drums, Percussion

David Byron (January 29, 1947- February 28, 1985 real name David Garrick ) was the original lead vocalist (1969-1976) for British rock band Uriah Heep (and their immediate precursor, Spice (1967-1969)). Gifted with a phenomenal vocal range (paired with an unparalleled sense of dynamics), and a charismatic stage presence... Simon Le Bon lead singer of Duran Duran in concert, 2003. ... Ken Hensley (born 24 August, 1945, London, England) is a keyboard (especially Hammond organ) player and guitarist. ... This article is about the modern musical instrument. ... The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is one of the oldest musical instruments in the western musical tradition, with a rich history connected with the Christian religion and civic ceremony. ... Mellotron MK II The Mellotron is an electromechanical polyphonic keyboard musical instrument originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... A Fender Jazz Bass Bass guitar (also called electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply bass) refers to an electric bass or an electric/acoustic string instrument with a similar appearance to the guitar, but with a larger body, commonly four strings, longer scale neck and tuned an octave lower... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Percussion instruments are played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped. ...

Additional musicians

• Alex Napier - Drums (tracks 1–3, 6–8)
• Colin Wood - Keyboard ("Melinda", "Wake Up")
• Keith Baker - Drums ("Bird of Prey")