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Steve Davies (Columbus, Ohio, USA) writes, "Very tasty, finally getting a hold of some of the early stuff is a treasure. If only you could find more of the Spice tapes!!!! Every tune a soulfull rock adventure."
Roger Gößmann (Schweinfurt, Germany) writes, "Years ago I bought The Lansdowne Tapes because I'm a big fan of URIAH HEEP-related music. And as it turned out I was not disappointed. It is fun listening to the origins and have them on CD. The mix is OK but I think there is too much reverberation on the drums. I like it a bit drier. But it is really a pleasure to have these songs brought to CD by Robert Corich. The other thing I don't like is the folded booklet (the label RPM favours those kinds of booklets), because it gets worn out easier if you take it too often in your hand. On the following releases of the original albums plus bonus tracks and the 4 CD compilation A Time Of Revelation I can also hear differences in the new mixes from the original multitracks. And again it shows that on the drums is too much reverberation. They are well done, and I am glad to have them, but they cannot match the original mixes. Uriah Heep must have spent a lot of time in doing the final mixes on every album in the Hensley-era. I think they have created a unique sound. Every time I listen to any Heep album I discover new bits and pieces which is buried in a song."
Todd Pence (Fairfield, VA) writes, "This charming anthology of curios (early-Uriah Heep and Spice outtakes) is a treat to true-blooded Heep fans who have always wondered about the dim origins of the group. Many of Spice's songs presented here are, I think, superior to a lot of the material that was eventually released on VEVH. The collection as a whole gives us an idea of Spice's diversity, as they play everything from a vintage-sixties physchadellic epic called Magic Lantern to an energetic and excellent cover of Three Dog Night's Celebrate. The highlight, however, is a Hensley-written Uriah Heep tune, the magnificent ballad What's Within My Heart (later to appear on the remastered version of Look at Yourself). Both Simon the Bullet Freak and Lucy Blues are thoughtfully included for the benfit of most fans who are missing one or the other depending on whether they have the U.S. or U.K. versions of the first two albums. A true labor of love."
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