July 01 - (???) (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 02 - Birmingham Town Hall (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 03 - Liverpool Stadium (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 04 - Hanley Victoria Hall (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 05 - Portsmouth Guildhall (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 07 - Middlesbrough Town Hall (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 08 - Manchester Free Trade Hall (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 09 - Nottingham Albert Hall (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 10 - Barry Memorial Hall (w/ Paladin and Sna na na)
July 24 - Southend Football Ground (w/ Yes, Colosseum, Family and others)
July 25 - Bexley Black Prince
 

August 10 - Rimini, Italy
August 18 - Malagna, Spain
August 22 - Groovesville
August 26 - Marquee, London
August 27 - Swansea University
August 28 - The Brickhouse, Hull
August 29 - Kendal Festival (w/ Colosseum)
August 30 - Winter Gardens, Malvern
 

September 01 - Winning Post, Twickenham
September 02 - The Greyhound, Fulham
September 04 - The Attic, Doncaster
September 05 - Kilmalcolm Festival
September 08 - Big Brother, Greenford
September 09 - Cloves Club, Derby
September 10 - Rhodes Center, Bishop's Stortford
September 11 - Roundhouse, London
September 12 - Southend Palace Theatre, Westcliffe {billed as "An evening w/ Uriah Heep". 2 and a half hour set which included a 40-minute acoustic set}
September 13 - Electric Garden, Glasgow
September 15 - Lafayette Club, Wolverhampton
September 16 - York
September 17 - Jone's Ballroom, Ayr
September 18 - Burn Island Palms, Glasgow
September 19 - Redcar Jazz Club
September 21 - Hamburg, Germany (w/ Paladin)
September 26 - Konz, Germany - A
 

UK Dates
October ?? - Mardi Gras Club, Liverpool
October 15 - Woolaston Nags Head
October 16 - Letchworth Sevens Club
October 17 - Royal Albert Hall (w/ Colosseum)
October 18 - Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn
October 19 - Crawley Starlight
October 21 - Wallington Public Hall
October 22 - Cardiff University
October 23 - Plymouth Van Dike
October 24 - Bexley Black Prince
October 25 - Surrey Room, Oval Kennington (w/ Thin Lizzy)
October 28 - Leicester Polytechnic (w/ Danta)
October 29 - Scarborough Penthouse
October 30 - Stoke, Tunstall Golden Torch
 

November 09 - London Marquee
November 11 - Birmingham Kinetic Circus
November 12 - Lowestoft Tech College
November 14 - Kenilworth Chesford Grange
November 19 - Waltham Technical College
November 20 - Durham University
November 21 - Greyhound, Croydon
November 22 - Poole College, Poole
November 27 - Imperial College Ents.
 

December 01 - Blackburn Public Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 02 - Reading Town Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 03 - Plymouth Guild Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 04 - Folkestone Lea's Cliff Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 05 - Bristol Colston Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 06 - Guildford Civic Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 07 - Portsmouth South Pier (w/ Bullet)
December 08 - Chatham Town Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 09 - Southampton Guild Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 11 - Bridlington Spa Ballroom (w/ Bullet)
December 12 - Redcar Coatham Hotel (w/ Bullet)
December 13 - Glasgow Electric Garden (w/ Bullet)
December 14 - Derby King's Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 15 - London Lyceum (w/ Bullet)
December 16 - Norwich St Andrew's Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 17 - Newcastle City Hall (w/ Bullet)
December 18 - Dagenham Village Roundhouse (w/ Bullet)
December 20 - Chester Quaintways
December 22 - Tolworth Toby Jug
December 28 - Paradiso Club, Trieste, Italy
 
 

A story by Howard Cox - is he correct ? Tell us at louis@uriah-heep.com

I see from the web page gig list the following entry is missing.
In January 1971 at the ripe old age of 18 and 4 months I attended my first Heep gig.
I was looking forward to it so much.
I'd bought Very 'eavy in the July of 1970 whilst 17 and 10 months, just before leaving school.
By January 1971 I was working and had to attend an Engineering training course in England.
I was concerned that I may not be able to get back home to Wales in time for the gig.
The course started Monday 18th Jan and finished on FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY 1971
The gig was to be held at UWIST (University of Wales Institute of Science & Technology) at North Road in CARDIFF.
I'm 99.99999r sure the Fiday was the gig date. Pretty sure it wasn't Saturday 23rd, but may defer to someones better knowledge.
Salisbury was about to be released and the guys played many numbers from it, together w/ a mixture of Very 'eavy tracks.
I'm not sure if Nigel Olson or Keith Baker was the drummer at the gig.(too early for Iain Clarke) I even wrote to the band asking who he was.
I remember having a written reply from Ken, but can't remember what he said. Funny how the mind has selective memory blanks.
However it was a very memorable night that has stayed w/ me to this day. I also saw the July 10th gig at the Memorial Hall Barry (my home town) where they supported Sha Na Na (can you beleive that?) The same year on September 12th I travelled to eastern England to their gig at The Palace Theatre, Southend-on Sea. I sat front row, right in front of Mick Box...awesome, even though I was a huge Paul Newton fan, he being the reason I took up bass guitar.

I'm still a huge Heep fan, and still play their albums regularly on CD and vinyl, though for me their heyday was the first three albums. I know their later stuff was more successful but I think one's favourite era is where one starts off admiring the band, and for me , it was right at the beginning. I'm proud to have been there and long may they continue. Someone once said "NEVER APPROACH YOUR HEROES" and since their 3rd album I've never seen them since. Too scared, I'm happy w/ the memories, and I never want to loose that.

Sorry for the ramblings of a 50+ old geezer, but happy to put it in writing.

w/ very kind regards
Howard Cox 

PS> Damn !!! Just read an entry that says the Cardiff gig was Friday 15th January 1971. (a week before my recollections)
Now I'm beginning to have doubts about my own memory of 22nd January. Interesting to see if anyone else remembers the actual date.

Take a tip......don't ever get old, the mind starts to go.
Cheers, Howard

URIAH HEEP had one gig at Paradiso Club,in Trieste ,north-east of Italy in the winter 1971 december 28th they had the "Look at yourself" LP
out to be promoted.The set-list was great,w/ an astonishing and lenghty version of "Why",and they were at the top!
BIRD OF PREY
I WANNA BE FREE
JULY MORNING
WHY
TEARS IN MY EYES
GUITAR SOLO incl. SUNSHINE
CAT'S SQUIRREL
LOOK AT YOURSELF
GYPSY