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• FOR FANS OF URIAH HEEP.
• Three solo albums from vocalist Ken Hensley recorded between 1973 and 1981.
• Plus a DVD featuring Ken discussing all three albums with renowned rock journalist Malcolm Dome.
Few artists can claim to have had a musical career and pedigree as long, varied and impressive as song writer, keyboard player, guitarist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ken Hensley.
Having originally formed The Gods in mid-1960s London with future Stones and Mayall guitarist Mick Taylor. Following which Hensley made brief appearances with Toe Fat and Head Machine in 1969 before joining London's Spice in time for the band's first album, ‘Very 'Eavy… Very ‘Umble', and a swift name change to Uriah Heep. Although no Hensley originals appeared on Heep's debut, all six tracks on their second album ‘Salisbury’ were written or co-written by Ken.
After five albums with Uriah Heep, where Ken was becoming the principal songwriter, he still had enough material to write and record his first solo album in 1973. Released by Bronze Records, ‘Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf’ an album was equal to anything recorded by Uriah Heep at their peak.
Continuing to write and record with Uriah Heep, Hensley's second solo album, ‘Eager To Please’, was also released by Bronze Records, and saw Ken joined by Mark Clarke on bass, Bugs Pemberton on drums and B.J. Cole on pedal steel guitar.
Dissatisfied with the direction Uriah Heep were taking Ken went solo in 1980 to record the self-explanatory 'Free Spirit, his third and final solo album for Bronze. Guest musicians include Deep Purple's Ian Paice, Heep and Bowie bassist Trevor Bolder and The Who and Faces' Kenney Jones.
Tracklist
DISC ONE
PROUD WORDS ON A DUSTY SHELF
1. WHEN EVENING COMES
2. FROM TIME TO TIME
3. KING WITHOUT A THRONE
4. RAIN
5. PROUD WORDS
6. FORTUNE
7. BLACK-HEARTED LADY
8. GO DOWN
9. COLD AUTUMN SUNDAY
10. THE LAST TIME
BONUS TRACKS
11. FROM TIME TO TIME (EDITED SINGLE)
12. FROM TIME TO TIME (MONO)
13. WHEN EVENING COMES (EDITED SINGLE)
DISC TWO
EAGER TO PLEASE
1. EAGER TO PLEASE
2. STARGAZER
3. SECRET
4. THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD
5. PART THREE
6. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
7. WINTER OR SUMMER
8. TAKE AND TAKE
9. LONGER SHADOWS
10. IN THE MORNING
11. HOW SHALL I KNOW
BONUS TRACK
12. WHO WILL SING FOR YOU (SINGLE)
DISC THREE
FREE SPIRIT
1. INSIDE THE MYSTERY
2. NEW YORK
3. THE SYSTEM
4. WHEN
5. NO MORE
6. BROWN EYED BOY
7. DO YOU FEEL ALRIGHT
8. TELEPHONE
9. WOMAN
10. NEW ROUTINE
BONUS TRACK
11. INSPIRATION (B-SIDE)
DISC FOUR - DVD
DVD VIDEO - KEN HENSLEY IN CONVERSATION with MALCOLM DOME
1. KEN HENSLEY DISCUSSES PROUD WORDS ON A DUSTY SHELF (22:20)
2. KEN HENSLEY DISCUSSES EAGER TO PLEASE (18:31)
3. KEN HENSLEY DISCUSSES FREE SPIRIT (21:30)
DVD5
NTSC REGION: 0
ASPECT RATIO: 16:9
AUDIO: 48/16 LPCM
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 1:02:21