Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday

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.

• Produced For – Hit Record Productions
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
• Manufactured By – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
• Distributed By – Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
• Recorded At – Lansdowne Studios
• Published By – WB Music, Inc.

Credits

• Bass Guitar – Gary Thain
• Design [Cover] – Roger Dean
• Drums, Percussion – Lee Kerslake
• Engineer – Peter Gallen
• Engineer [Assistant] – Ashley Howe
• Guitar [Guitars] – Mick Box
• Keyboards, Guitar [Guitars], Synthesizer [Moog] – Ken Hensley
• Lacquer Cut By – G.K.*
• Mastered By [Mastering] – Gilbert Kong
• Pedal Steel Guitar – Brian Cole* (tracks: B2)
• Photography By [Photographs] – Fin Costello
• Producer – Gerry Bron
• Sleeve Notes – Ken Hensley
• Vocals – David Byron

Notes

Terre Haute pressing with variant 12-logos red labels from another Terre Haute pressing: additional caption at the bottom.
Different pressing plant and/or labels from the other issues in database.

Gatefold sleeve.

First catalog number on the sleeve, second on the labels.

© 1972 Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

All songs published by WB Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, September/October 1972.

℗ 1972 Mercury Record Productions, Inc.

Reference to "Happy Birthday To You" is by kind permission of Summy Birchard Company.

Mercury Record Productions, Inc.
35 E. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): SRM-1-652A CT1 MS 1T G.K.
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): SRM-1-652B CT2 MS 1T G.K.
• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): SRM-1-652-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): SRM-1-652-B
• 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

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