SATURDAY'S SINGLES : URIAH HEEP and QUEENSRYCHE

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Good morning gang and welcome to the return of Saturday's Singles, a Birthday edition. First up we take you back to the year 1947 in Epping, Essex, England, when future Uriah Heep vocalist,  David Byron. He would have celebrated his 75 Birthday today, but he passed away in 1985, age 38  of alcohol-related complications, including liver disease and seizures. He was with the group he co founded from 1969–1976 and sung on ten albums, including their seventh one Wonderworld, which birthed the single, "Something Or Nothing" . The tune was released May 10, 1974 on Bronze Records and produced by Gerry Bron, who was the former manger of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. It peaked at #45 in Germany, #25 in Finland, and #6 in Norway. The track was originally paired with "What Can I Do" as it's B-side, but our copy is a Promotional copy with "Something Or Nothing" on both sides. 

Mick Box – lead guitars
David Byron – vocals
Ken Hensley – organ, guitar
Lee Kerslake – drums
Gary Thain – bass

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Our second Birthday belongs to Texas born bassist, Eddie Jackson, best known for his work in progressive metal band, Queensrÿche. Eddie was born in 1961 and is celebrating his 61st Birthday today. Happy Birthday Eddie ! The group's 4th studio album Empire spawned four singles ; the title track, "Silent Lucidity", "Jet City Woman" and today's feature, "Best I Can". "Best I Can" was released December of 1990 on EMI America and produced by Peter Collins. It peaked at #36 in the UK and #28 on the Mainstream Rock charts. Our copy is a little boxset bought from Jesse Carl Vinyl at Lakeland's first annual, Punk Rock Flea Market. It was  imported from England and  comes with a full color banner poster of the band, a button and a 10" 45 rpm with the following track list :

1."Best I Can" (LP version) 5:30

Side B

2. "I Dream in Infrared" (1991 acoustic remix) 4:01
3. "Prophecy" (live in Tokyo)

Geoff Tate – lead vocals
Chris DeGarmo – lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards
Michael Wilton – rhythm guitar
Eddie Jackson – bass guitar, backing vocals
Scott Rockenfield – drums

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