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Uriah Heep: Official Bootleg Live at Sweden Rock Festival 2009

The band was formed the year that Richard Nixon took office. Here 40 years later during the Obama reign they are still going strong. Sure the line-up has seen some major changes and the only surviving member of that original group is the legendary Mick Box on guitar, but you have to give them credit as Uriah Heep still chugs along and is constantly touring Europe and releasing new material.

Well now they have tossed out another live album culled from their appearance at the Sweden Rock Festival in 2009. While they performed their newest studio release Wake The Sleeper in it's entirety that night, only 2 cuts made it on this disc. "Ghost Of The Ocean" and "Angels Walk With You" are exceptional songs but I would have loved to hear more of their newer stuff than the same classics that have been on almost every live disc that they have put out.

Bernie Shaw's vocals are superb throughout and he has taken many of the vintage tunes that preceded his time with the band and put his own touch on them but still, how many times do we need to get a slightly different rendition of "July Morning" or "Gypsy"?

The band is in fine form this night and all of them give outstanding performances with the keyboard work of Phil Lanzon and stick work of Russell Gilbrook really standing out. Add some very heady guitar solos by Mick Box to the mix and this is a very enjoyable but predictable disc.

A true Heepster is going to have to have this disc just for the sake of having it. Casual fans will probably not get enough from the two new songs to make this one a must have. Maybe we will get the rest of the concert at some future point but for now, this is one for the die hard fans only.

Track listing:

1. Sunrise
2. Stealin'
3. Gypsy
4. Look At Yourself
5. Ghost Of The Ocean
6. Angels Walk With You
7. July Morning
8. Easy Livin
9. Lady In Black

Added: March 12th 2010
Reviewer: Scott Ward
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