Though some hardcore fans have grumbled online about the absence of any rarities, demos, outtakes, or more live material. The band's live set features the classic tracks from the '70s and is a musical journey from the band's beginnings to the present day.Weighing over five pounds, 50 Years in Rock features 18 CDs containing the band’s entire 24 studio album discography, another CD of their 1973 live record, and four additional CDs of material curated by original or classic lineup bandmembers Box, Ken Hensley, Lee Kerslake, and Paul Newton, for a total of 23 discs. They constantly tour the world, playing up to 125 shows a year to more than 500,000 fans. URIAH HEEP debuted in 1970 with the release of one of hard rock's milestones, "Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble", and has since sold in excess of 40 million albums worldwide. He, vocalist Bernie Shaw and keyboardist/vocalist Phil Lanzon have formed the nucleus of the band for more than 35 years and released 17 albums together. The LP was helmed by Ruston, who has previously worked with ANTHRAX, STONE SOUR and STEEL PANTHER, among others.īox is the original guitarist and sole remaining founding member of URIAH HEEP. "Living The Dream" was released in September 2018 via Frontiers Music Srl. And the record company, they come in and allow us to go in and record and do that, so you have to play ball with them."
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But sometimes your hands are tied for a reason. "In today's market, let's put it this way, if we play a song on stage, before I've got the jeans off and showered and poured a drink, it's recorded and up on YouTube and Facebook and everything else… So it's highly unlikely - for those reasons. "We'd not be allowed to by the record company, as much as we would be tempted," he explained. This past February, Box told Danny Stoakes that URIAH HEEP won't play any new songs on tour before the upcoming album is released. So we don't really have a say in it, but they'll find a place to release it when they feel best. "So they'll release it when they feel that with their investment they'll get the best reward - is a nice way of putting it, I guess. "As you well know, we're in the music business, and we do the music and they care of that side," he continued. We're with a company called Silver Lining, and it's our first album with them.
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Then that'll get presented to the record company and, to be honest, it'll be decided by them. Regarding when fans can expect to see the new URIAH HEEP album released, Box said: "At the moment, we're in the process of choosing titles, choosing the artwork and all those sort of things. It's got all the elements that HEEP's known for and all the musicality and the lyrics and everything else. So to get an album like that 50 years on and get those sort of accolades, we kept with the same team. We used Jay Ruston, the producer that produced the last album, 'Living The Dream', which, for us, was marvelous because it was revered by both the media, the press as well as the fans and also is one of the best of our career. "At the moment, we've recorded a new album," he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). During an appearance on the "In The Trenches With Ryan Roxie" video podcast, URIAH HEEP guitarist Mick Box spoke about the progress of the recording sessions for the legendary progressive rockers' 26th LP.