Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday

Genre:	Rock
Singer:	Uriah Heep
Title:	The Magician's Birthday
Short-info:	Label: Mercury ‎– SRM-1-652, Bronze ‎– SRM-1-652 Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Presswell Country: US Date of released: 1972 Category: Rock Style: Hard Rock, Prog Rock, Heavy Metal
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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Sunrise Written-By – Hensley*	4:04
A2	Spider Woman Written-By – Byron, Thain, Kerslake, Box	2:25
A3	Blind Eye Written-By – Hensley*	3:33
A4	Echoes In The Dark Written-By – Hensley*	4:48
A5	Rain Written-By – Hensley*	3:59
B1	Sweet Lorraine Written-By – Byron, Thain, Box*	4:13
B2	Tales Written-By – Hensley*	4:09
B3	The Magician's Birthday Written-By – Hensley, Kerslake, Box*	10:23

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios
Mastered At – Columbia Studios
Pressed By – Presswell
Manufactured By – Phonogram, Inc.
Distributed By – Phonogram, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Phonogram, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
Produced For – Hit Record Productions
Published By – WB Music, Inc.

Credits

Bass – Gary Thain
Design [Cover] – Roger Dean
Drums, Percussion – Lee Kerslake
Engineer – Peter Gallen
Engineer [Assistant] – Ashley Howe
Guitar – Mick Box
Keyboards, Guitar, Synthesizer [Moog], Other, Liner Notes – Ken Hensley
Lacquer Cut By – G.K.*
Photography By – Fin Costello
Producer – Gerry Bron
Steel Guitar [Pedal] – Brian Cole* (tracks: B2)
Vocals – David Byron
Written-By – Byron* (tracks: A2, B1), Thain* (tracks: A2, B1), Hensley* (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B2, B3), Kerslake* (tracks: A2, B3), Box* (tracks: A2, B1, B3)

Notes

Pressing variation with different label text (see photos). Presswell from PR in runouts.

LP housed in company catalog sleeve. "Bronze" logo appears on label and cover.

Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, September/October 1972.
Reference to "Happy Birthday To You" is by kind permission of Summy Birchard Company
All Songs published by WB Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Mercury Record Productions, Inc. 35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): SRM-1-652 A-PR7 MS PR
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): SRM-1-652 A-PR7 MS PR
Matrix / Runout (Mastering Initials): G.K.
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, Variant 1): SRM-1-652A-PR7 MS11-11 G.K. PR D[Cursive]
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, Variant 1): SRM-1-652B-PR7 MS11-1 G.K. PR D[Cursive]
Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 9213	Uriah Heep	The Magician's Birthday ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bronze	ILPS 9213	UK	1972
6396 021	Uriah Heep	The Magician's Birthday ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Island Records	6396 021	France	1972
812 298-2	Uriah Heep	The Magician's Birthday ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Mercury	812 298-2	Russia	Unknown
SRM 1-652, SRM-1-652, 0598	Uriah Heep	The Magician's Birthday ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Mercury, Mercury, Mercury	SRM 1-652, SRM-1-652, 0598	US	1972
none	Uriah Heep	The Magician's Birthday ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	Crystal Records	none	Bulgaria	Unknown