The Magician's Birthday
1972 studio album by Uriah Heep / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Magician's Birthday is the fifth studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in November 1972 by Bronze Records in the UK and Mercury Records in the US. The concept was "based loosely on a short story" written by keyboardist Ken Hensley in June and July 1972.[3]
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Released | November 1972 | |||
Recorded | September–October 1972 | |||
Studio | Lansdowne (London) | |||
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Length | 37:34 | |||
Label | Bronze | |||
Producer | Gerry Bron | |||
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Singles from The Magician's Birthday | ||||
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The original vinyl release was a gatefold sleeve, the front designed again by Roger Dean. The inner fold had pictures of the band, with the album itself housed in a liner on which were printed the lyrics.
The single "Sweet Lorraine" / "Blind Eye" reached No. 91 in the US Hot 100 chart.[4] The single "Spider Woman" reached No. 14 in Germany.[5] The Magician's Birthday was certified gold by the RIAA on 22 January 1973.[6]
The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1996 with two bonus tracks, and again in 2003 in an expanded deluxe edition. In 2017, Sanctuary Records released a two-disc version.