Uriah Heep - Sweet Lorraine - 1976

[@markteasdale9283]

One of the greatest rock bands on the Earth. My first concert was August 14th 1974. I was in 8th grade. My buddy John was a Gary Thain freak. The opening band was 3 guys from Canada.... They didn't even turn the lights down for them.... Who knew..... Next up.... Manfred Mann...... And the headliner.......the awesome Uriah Heep. When they hit the stage..... The roof of the Civic Arena opened up......And at that moment..... A memory was created that will last 1000 lifetimes.... Rock on people

[@maxrockatansky6416]

With great love from Poland! You're one of my bests since the deep 80'ies! Great band and beautiful song! RIP Ken Hensley, my God, why?

[@daltonlil]

This is so superb! Only one thing that bothers me, the longing for the impossible: to revisit that era again. I still can get into this. I will never forget my first UH concert.

[@thunderdeed1]

Yes. Mine was April '76.

[@jorgevillanuevaarocena2697]

Adoro a URIAH HEEP, con David BYRON....Byron tiene una voz y una imagen INCREIBLE!!.

[@heikokorup1642]

Dave du warst einfach wunderbar!!!

[@BigMoInAZ]

I was at this festival! 3rd year in a row for me and although this track sounds terrible, it was so much better live! Big Heap fan too! Made it to 4 Pink Pops! Now it's time to go back to the longest running music festival in the World!!!!!!! TOT ZIENS!

[@GSF200858]

Classic! David Byron on lead vocals. Uriah Heep great band.

[@aschule5684]

This band was over for me when he left, now he's hangin with Lee and Ken RIP guys thanks for the great music!

[@sergiocepeda6216]

Yeah 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@sergiocepeda6216]

RIP David. Gary.Lee. y Kent

[@vcoaster]

I was in the front row of a 1976 Heep performance a couple months prior to this one. Byron had an identical white scarf around his neck and he tossed it into the audience. I caught it. Then he asked me to give it back to him. No way David!

[@fligemon]

David Byron......whoa Dude! Heep got the top billing for a show in Harrisburg PA in 1973 that had Queen and Aerosmith as 2nd and 3rd acts. Those were the days.....you kiddies today have no idea what an event a rock concert was............

[@robertmurphy440]

DAVID WAS ON HIS WAY OUT AT THIS POINT, SAD END TO A TOP FRONT MAN IN HIS DAY..R.I.P. LADD

[@garrynorris7719]

What gets me this band have sold millions of records worldwide but get no recognition in their home country

[@גדעוןקאופמן]

Love this song

[@paulkramer9666]

Wow! Just WOW! What a trip!! 👍

[@joe-kz4bc]

Flames in the crowd and on stage.

[@Sparkinrailz]

They need to put it back on 33 and a 1/3. JEEEEZ

[@Jakexx01]

Cocaine does that to ya.

[@aschule5684]

I was thinkin crystal meth but yeah that works too

[@dasboot5903]

LP

[@doomsterjohnstoner2828]

Fantastic !Thanks!

[@Olegzyan]

the band kicks ass! they really rock!

[@justinehealey8151]

Fantastic song ❤️

[@volkswagenfanaat]

Geleen had PinkPop NOOIT mogen laten gaan ! ! ! Het was geweldig ! ! ! Iets om NOOIT te vergeten.........

[@AndreOpdam]

excellent, bizar and unique The concert was wonderfull, nice to discover this video

[@SkipperJeffAsbury]

Great footage from a time long gone!

[@pordoklani1]

A lot of funtastic!!!

[@BrianMChampion]

RIP Ken Hensley, who I heard died today. I found out this sad fact as I looked up these lads in response to seeing this video online, after a man I know with the surname "Lorraine" was elected to local office. Funny how these algorithms work. Lovely man and artist, Ken Hensley. This particular number was played at too fast a tempo in my opinion. But that doesn't take anything seriously away from the Heep legacy.

[@theirishhammer9451]

Wetton wasn't capable of playing Gary Thains bass runs, the only way to hide that is to speed it up!!

[@jayaye21]

The show I saw was at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena (Mellon Arena) The opening group was Blue Oyster Cult.

[@startover942]

Simply put: Uriah Heep is just that: Uriah Heep. Forget the quality of the vid and the sound: this is Uriah Heep! Enjoy the Heep! Thank you IVegtamI for blessing us with this vid!

[@גדעוןקאופמון]

great song❤

[@גדעוןקאופמן]

GreT band!

[@garrynorris7719]

Whatever you say of the speed of this version it’s jut a different take on this great song and David Byron is still master of the stage

[@highland2112]

Such a terrific band in their time, and this video is classic stuff. However, it's a bit sad to see David Byron on his spiral to self-destruction, especially so soon after the Thain crash.

[@thunderdeed1]

From what I read the band's record sales were down, problems with management, and inner turmoils with the band. And David couldn't cope with it and found "solace in the bottle ". The band didn't seem to mind when there was no shows but you start to get drunk before going on and of course performances were affected by that. Sadly Ken gave the ultimatum either he goes or I go. Gerry Bron has said it was a very hard dilemma but they made a decision and he has said it was a very poor decision.

[@dasboot5903]

GREAT stage live performance of "Uriah Heep" as a working band !!!! Unfortunately, without MASTER Gary Thain on the base guitar :o((

[@theirishhammer9451]

Gary Thain was a master at bass indeed!! My favorite by far.

[@dasboot5903]

@@theirishhammer9451 You name it .... SURE he was the master of the base guitar for so many !!!!

[@theirishhammer9451]

@@dasboot5903 he played melody around the entire song, no matter what song it was! I seen him in late 74, and his stage presence was as big as David Byron! Thanks for the response.

[@dasboot5903]

@@theirishhammer9451 >> I could only sometimes listen to his play with Uriah Heep from the vinyl records or audio tapes. In 70's & 80's I was living behind so-called the "Iron Curtain" ... where everything was so limited - especially the music from the West !!!!

[@scytherius90210]

God I love this song. God that was horrifying.

[@lorraineadelphi4158]

horrible

[@synergetic4d]

They were starting to fall apart about here David looks bad... Gary thain not well either oh hell that's not Gary. This was just after he died. Yeah this is a bad one

[@watchusandthem]

Double is right! Saw them 1975, Public Hall CLEVE. OH ... Tubes - Manfred Mann - UH they all sounded GREAT .. Yes, I was a White Punk On Dope, I was Blinded By The Light and I did the Ranchers Daughter that night! What a GREAT NIGHT, what a GREAT CONCERT!

[@epicmeade]

The always amazing John Wetton on Bass.

[@markonousiainen8430]

real hard drivin

[@ronaldpayne896]

Reading comments,hmmm,this was the 70.s folks,thats just the way its was done!!

[@ParanormalLight]

Yes..John Wetton is on Bass...Gary had passed away by then, dying on December 8th 1975 at age 27...sighs.

[@dasboot5903]

Unfortunately .... MASTER base guitar Gary Thain was already not alive at that time :o(

[@Pellefication]

He's a member of the '27 club'. One of the best bass players in the world!

[@macarchers]

keep on rocking

[@MrStratcaster]

so heavy on my heart

[@ardrack1]

Great Byron RIP

[@1drumgod55]

I used to sew patches on my jeans especially in the rear nice post

[@wardka]

From about 4:03 to 4:30 - massively awesome Hammond with guitar wah wah going on. I miss Ken Hensley. He was the other voice of Heep, a fine singer in his own right and a fantastic song writer and bottle neck guitarist. (I always wanted his hair!) I saw parts of his reunion with Heep, but he did not sing. I hope his voice is okay. Can anyone recommend his latter day albums, The Last Dance or Cold Autumn Sunday?

[@JuanHernandez-rk4xp]

Un grupo grande con un sonido único como la mayoría de los gruoos de esa época. Algunos dicen que fueron infravalorados, no lo creo, las imágenes contradicen eso...y el hecho que muchas personas sigan escuchando su música

[@nazzare79]

THIS IS SURELY THE BEST VIDEO THAT EXIST FROM URIAH HEEP! WONDERFUL AND VERY FUNNY!!! JUST LOOK BYRON! great bass work and screams from Wetton! Uriah always had wonderful bass players as trevol bolder and gary thain. I really would like to have this entire concert!!!

[@fucheduck]

Sweet Lorraine, enlightened rain, she makes mine eyes leak, god damnit to Hell! I miss that one.

[@gregbrooks4116]

Quiche Lorraine, let the party carry on. You are made from Ham and Cheese

[@MuttleyVonErich00]

Glad I'm not the only one that sings this when I'm in that section of ASDA

[@ericwood2466]

DICKFACE

[@aschule5684]

😂🤘🏻

[@tatozy]

Greg Brooks, no cheese nor ham in the real quiche lorraine (pas de jambon, du lard, pas de fromage)

[@theofficialandylaytonjames]

If people can't see Freddie Mercury wasn't influenced by the AMAZING David Byron they must be blind He was clearly a "queen" of rock Rest in peace 🙏🏼 So underrated xx

[@verkortewegrocknroll]

The great Ken Hensley, Mr Heep himself. Drinking his drinks while remaining on the keyboards with one hand ha ha!

[@fled25]

I saw them in Largo Md on that tour, Atlanta Rhythm Section was supposed to open but cancel, they made the announcement and people cheered, lol, that show Mick Box had a cast on his arm

[@liquidlena]

that dude freaking out on the fence @ 5:08 RULES!!!

[@fucheduck]

knowing a very special person whose name is Lorraine, this song got my atttention to "Uriah Heep' and "Magician's Birthday albumn. Someone needs to fire the tech, David Byron's voice is fantastic, so why does his mic suck! It isn't raining! Kenslake's drum's merge into a single sound, amazing and ferocious temp with the cymbol/drum melody. Ken Hensly's signature synthisieer is otherworldly awesome! and anyone that says different doesn't know music.

[@davidlisowski5245]

At around two minutes, the roadie runs out and adjusts the mike in front of the amps. After that point, the audio sounds clearer. The mike must have been moved/kicked earlier which could account for the uneven mix at the start.

[@liquidlena]

hey, PVR! let's toast some marshmallows over that fire :) can never get enough of that! i doubt that anyone participating in this performance remembers being there anyway, so, in the end probably not even worth discussing/debating. as we all know, John toured with ROXY (and solo Ferry). he even made a few promo vids with them. Viva! Roxy! at any rate, i'm sticking to my guns in believing that JW was more a 'member' of ROXY than he ever was whilst in Heep. but clearly, the Crimson King reigns!

[@thunderdeed1]

Saddest thing is the animosity that was building up between Ken and David was going to come to ahead very soon.

[@19800bon]

Great song, just played at the wrong speed! Maybe i'm on to something here? SPEED?

[@DialecticKaos]

I played it at 80% and it didn’t sound much better.

[@gethsenamane]

Man. Oh man. I never knew Geddy Lee and Freddie Mercury were in Uriah Heep................. Just Joking. But come on, Dave is acting a bit strange on this show. I love Heep. So I glad I found this clip.

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

Heep were lucky to get Wetton after Thain. That's like getting Jeff Beck after losing Jimmy Page.

[@sprh60]

Gary Thain is one a the greatest bassplayers I've ever heard. John Wetton is good, but no more than average.

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

René Dehue We'll just have to disagree on that. Wetton's playing in King Crimson was ground breaking. Not at the Jeff Berlin or Jaco level, but he covered a lot of ground, was very dynamic and successfully took on more challenging music. If you want to hear Wetton at his best, listen to Starless and Bible Black (especially side two). That said, I learned a lot from Thain too. He was kinda the Jaco of rock. Of the straight ahead rock bands, he was far and away the most skilled bassist.

[@zoltan1215]

There are many great bass players, but Gary was super special whatever he did it was driving, melodic, had a certain sense of timing, and fit the music perfectly. Up to now nobody could replace him. If I was Mick I wouldn't let anyone in the band unless they learned Gary's parts note-for-note without that the music that we know loses it's magic. Again, nothing against other great bass players, but it's like singing different words, and melodies for a well known song. It wouldn't fly. Gary's notes are the melody and words all in one.

[@pablomalaga4676]

@@sprh60 You know nothing, Wetton is one of the greatest and can play and sing at the same time. I bet you don´t know nothing about book of saturday or lament, 30 years or starless

[@mobrules29]

Don't know what's going on starting at 2:50, don't want to know.

[@fbendz]

Yes it is Wetton playing on this video. Gary Thain played the bass on the studio version, but he died in 1975 so unless he was resurrected from the dead...

[@supermario5861]

per Byron è l'ultimo concerto con gli Uriah, se non sbaglio

[@watanenn]

Fucking great video ever...Thanks to juu!!!

[@liquidlena]

first off: i love John Wetton. and i have no problem with the man being down on his knees... but not here the man has a stellar resume. this... is... just not adding to it. but i believe he got a house out of this (his tenure with the Heep). so, i guess... sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do...

[@peterrezba995]

She was my girl from 5th avenue in NYC Sweet Lorraine the Contessa huge madam Her real name Elizabeth Spedding she had 300 girl strong brothel on 5th avenue imagine that!! Post Master General as a customer LOL ahhhhhhh Sweet Lorraine 46 years ago wow Inspirational woman !

[@duosuiren4169]

R.I.P....John

[@georgefassuliotis5745]

What a train wreck of a recording! Would love to hear a cleaned up recorded version of this. It did get nice and funky near the end. Now I know what they mean when they say, "Say no to drugs!"

[@liberalmind8680]

Spinal Tap director would love this

[@charleshall3372]

That singers outfit is groovy

[@michaelcraig9449]

What happened here? Why so fast?

[@rubberdu]

we whant more!!!!!!!

[@djwak59]

Ah.....70s rock. What were we thinkin ? :) Party on !

[@andrjiable]

Not even a bit. Fantastic this fast as well as at the original pace. It's only good to have this kind of variations live.

[@gidikaufman850]

Mick box number one!!

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Ha! yeah, at this tempo the entire groove is lost.

[@Kohntarkosz]

The show you saw may very well have been the one Ken was talking about. He said it was an American football stadium show.

[@jayaye21]

If memory serves me right David Byron said something similar to that at a concert I went to in Pittsburgh. I believe it was in 1975.

[@emanueleforesti4987]

Ultimo tour di Tom in olanda 1976 , troppo fuori per continuare😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@robschrooten9863]

I was there....and it was great....the sound is to fast in this video,..not right .....they played it at normal speed..

[@PeterVonRock]

5:12 deeply impressed!!! :D

[@MJL3764]

Bryon taught Mercury a few tricks,

[@mariancvik5192]

John Wetton (King Crimson, UK, Asia ...) on the bass ;)

[@k0sta5]

This is way to fast and killed the groove. This is one of my favourite songs from Heep too...damn!

[@fucheduck]

great gusto, manic drums, but why is Byron's mic not working, he's a good singer, unfortunately sounds aweful here. I don't think this was one of his better performances far as vocals concerned. much better in 1973 concert.

[@jerrikj]

John Wetton at his best with UH ! Does anybody know about more stuff from this festival?(besides July morning)

[@sallymick27]

this would have been one of Byron's last gigs with Heep i'd say

[@imunchienandalusia]

i want to feel like the dude at 5:08

[@entercontainment]

I agree, Gary Thain was great, however by this time he had already died This is John Wetton playing bass, also great

[@michaelscott1658]

Wow, dig David Byrons flaming stage attire! What the funk?

[@jackal59]

To be fair to Wetton, after dealing with Robert Fripp for several years he probably just wanted to have some fun. Too bad that the only other musician on the stage who seems to want to interact with him is Byron; Ken Hensley's expression is just poisonous throughout this, and Mick Box looks like he's trying to remember if he shut off the gas before he left the house.

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

Coolness :) QC

[@garyunsworth726]

RIP Lee Kerslake

[@Kohntarkosz]

It make an interesting point, it's just too bad that one of the nights that weren't so good just happened in front of a big festival crowd and was videotaped for posterity. Too bad there's not videotape on KZbin of the band on one of the better nights.

[@nisseblixtonline4405]

Best band ever....... horrifying version of a great song tho..............

[@vicp6828]

+NisseBlixt Online i agree , dave looked a little fucked up ..:(

[@surferbri5346]

One of the weirdest recordings EVER

[@irishsetterarchie]

@glazerguy58 It;s true there were a lot of drugs going on. Drugs, sex, and rock. Thank God some of us lived to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, priests, pastors, mothers and dads!

[@dirtnelson7306]

Can they possibly go any faster?

[@aschule5684]

This was the day John Wetton introduced the band to crystal meth 😂🤘🏻

[@jackal59]

The fact that Mick Box is sporting a Ron Jeremy mustache makes 2:34-2:47 that much creepier.

[@HHWijste]

And what to think of UK with Eddie Jobson on keyboard and Zappa's drummer Terry Bozzio. Wetton did this before Asia.

[@danielmachado8382]

Magic David byron simplesmente

[@ИринаУльянова-т1э]

Согласна, магия голоса, манера поведения на сцене, все в Дэве сочетается чётко классно!!! Помним восхищаемся!!! Таких исполнителей мало!!

[@lysyrg251911]

Yeah,a little quick on the tempo. But still a great job. It was very shortly after this concert,that David Byron was fired. I still don't understand why. I mean,he looks great here and does a fantastic job. I went to see them in Des Moines,Iowa later in 1976 and David was already gone. They opened for Kiss,and sadly,got booed constantly although,I loved it.

[@rocco777777]

They should have called it a day when they fired Gary Thain. He gave them a whole other level musically and vibe-wise. They *swung* like crazy with Gary on bass--and can you imagine him letting Dave crawl between his legs looking like a bricklayer in drag the way Mick does? This band had a classic lineup ('71 - early '75) and aside from that they are nothing special, I'm afraid. Gary Thain RiP

[@kingofthedeep]

Them and UFO would have been a killer concert.

[@boselecta308]

Crikey...did they all do some speed backstage...woefull

[@BILLYLAMB76]

+Rudy Shown you are an idiot, i'm sure you were there....try growing up asswipe.

[@69zenos1]

They did rails off of the singers ass crack