Uriah Heep (1972) Traveller in Time - LOST 70s GEMS

One of Uriah Heep's most famous songs, it starts with a crushing blend of descending, wah wah guitar phrases that end in clashing open chords. Then some drums settle in with a neat beat as David Byron's flawless clear toned falsetto that was godly cuts through in soothing vocal line alongside more squelching/bullfrog wah wah guitar . The aching beauty in his voice is operatically delivered in the sparkling verses before the striding chorus and a return to the crashing wah wah chords again. The ending is a pure rave up, a call and response between a rampaging 'lunatics-out-of-the-asylum' beat and some truly scorching lead guitar runs; they are some of the most spellbinding guitar fills like scurrying hammer ons, foghorn sustains, The blaring alarm sounding guitar/organ riff of the ending, the crashing downward wah wah chord progression; it all sounds like a spaceship hurtling down to earth though this is from their breakthrough album Demons and Wizards which has a more Swords and Sandals/fantasy theme as indicated by the cutout figures on the album cover.