Uriah Heep
are delighted to announce that the band has signed a new,
exclusive worldwide recording deal with
Sanctuary Records.
Uriah Heep are delighted to
announce that the band has signed a new,
exclusive worldwide recording deal with Sanctuary Records.
Heep will commence recording their first new album for nine
years since 1998’s ‘Sonic Origami’, during March/April and
going into pre production rehearsals in February.
The as yet untitled album - which will be Heep’s 21st
official studio album - is
scheduled for release during late summer and will feature at
least ten new tracks, produced by
Mike Paxman
::
MICK BOX
::
LEE KERSLAKE
::
BERNIE SHAW
::
PHIL LANZON
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TREVOR BOLDER
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Mike Paxman played guitar, wrote and recorded with singer
and
songwriter
'Judie
Tzuke' from the late seventies, co-writing many
of
her early successes including the single 'Stay With Me 'Till
Dawn',
and the album 'Welcome To The Cruise'. Mike went on to tour
with
Judie's band until the mid-eighties, producing, writing and
playing
on a further 12 albums.
Having developed a preference for the studio over the stage,
Mike
and Judie's partner Paul Muggleton established Big Ocean
Studios in
Surrey. Throughout the eighties they worked developing and
making
albums with a series of artists of varying styles, including
three
albums with Nick Kamen including the single 'I Promise
Myself' which
achieved #1 in six territories worldwide, the album 'Under a
Southern Sky' and the single 'I Got You' with Australia's
Paul
Norton, 'Independent Love Song' and the album 'Naked' with
UK girl
group 'Scarlet', albums and tracks with UK jazz band 'First
Light',
singers 'Francis Rufelle', 'Jimmy Nail' and Germany's
'Thomas
Anders' and many others, as well as writing and producing
music for
film and TV.
Since 1997 Mike has made five albums with UK rock band
Status Quo,
including 2002's Heavy Traffic, widely acclaimed as putting
the
'rock' back into Quo's studio output. He has most recently
produced
the audio for their recent Live DVD 'Just Doin' It',
released in November 2006.
Mike says he saw Uriah Heep at the very first gig they
played under
the name Uriah Heep at Salisbury Tech College on March 20th
1970, so
he was there at the beginning! He says he is honored to be
asked to
work on the new studio album and he promises to make it a
stormer.
Comments Uriah Heep manager Simon Porter
'We thought
very carefully
about the new deal before deciding that Sanctuary is the
natural
home for the band at this moment in time.
They know the band
well
and have done an extremely good on marketing the back
catalogue.
More importantly, they are extremely enthusiastic about the
band and
can't wait to get their teeth into a new album. I also
believe that
Mike Paxman will add a 'back to basics with a 21st century
twist'
approach to the recording process which will result in a
welcome
return to the classic Heep sound from which the success of
the band
was originally built'.
Comments Mick Box
'We are very pleased to be able
to make this
announcement as we have been waiting for this as much as the
fans.
There is much excitement in the Heep camp and we hope to put
an 18
month world tour planner around the new album. We are
pleased to
have Mike Paxman wear the producer's hat as he has a varied
producer's record which we think will benefit our music. He
has
already spent some time with Phil and I going over the songs
already written and there is a good buzz with what we have
thus far
and we have been exchanging ideas to get the best out of
each song.
Trevor is presently finishing off the building of his home
studio
and will bring his songs to the table too. I am presently in
Australia and then will be moving on to New Zealand on a
much needed
holiday with my family. I return mid January and Mike and I
have
arranged to meet up and make the important choice of studios
we want
to use. He has investigated this already and we have had
discussions
about this but we just have to find the right studio we feel
will
help us get the results we are looking for and then book it.
So you
can see there are exciting times ahead and I want to thank
each and
every one of you reading this for your continued support and
faith
that in the end we will have a new CD.
Onwards and upwards 'Appy Days!
Mick'.
Comments Jonathan Richards -
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records are delighted to continue their
association with Uriah Heep and are very much looking
forward to releasing their brand new album in 2007. It has
been both an honour and privilege to work with the band and
their rich recorded legacy over the years and we're eager to
continue our partnership into the new millennium with new
music from one of the UK's greatest hard rock bands.
