Uriah Heep Fan Conventions and Conventioneers

Esa Ahola's Blog (30)

Salisbury Live - by URIAH HEEP 1971!

Tapio Minkkinen writes on the Travelers in Time mailing list: The show was then verified as The Greyhound in Croydon on 21st of November 1971 on the Look At Yourself tour. The recording is ca. 30 minutes longs, it includes only two songs but these are among the longest and most legendary Heep Songs: Salisbury & July Morning. [...] This is a signicant find bec… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on September 29, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Easy Livin' in Salo 2009: Videos!

Several videos from Salo have been posted by Tapio Minkkinen and Radio Kontula -- check them out if you haven't already. Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on September 4, 2009 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Photo Updates 30-Aug-2009

30-August-2009

Added images to Main Event album Added John Lawton Shreds His Set List album

29-August-2009

Ken Kensley Past Present & Future @ On The Rocks (Helsinki) & meet-… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on August 29, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

WANTED: Shots that I missed

Anybody get a good "curtain call" shot from the audience? The guys lined up perfectly, but there was no way I could make it to the middle of the floor for the shot.
I missed all of Deiggj band's sets! :-( I was in Helsinki for Hensley-on-the-R

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Added by Esa Ahola on August 26, 2009 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Men at Work

Note the photographer's silly grin, and the slightly inaccurate caption "Uriah Heep played the following songs in Salo."

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Added by Esa Ahola on August 25, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Photos of the Day

Here come the photos from Easy Livin' in Salo - a few samples are up, the rest to follow over the next several days (hopefully not weeks.) Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on August 24, 2009 at 6:26am — No Comments

Lively Legends

Back in the U.S.A from Salo, sleep-deprived and jet-lagged but exhilarated - what a weekend! I have a HUGE amount of pictures to sort through and process, but here are three shots that give an idea of the main event venue. Attendance was excellent -- the main event was heavily… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on August 23, 2009 at 3:30pm — 4 Comments

Easy Livin' in Salo 2009: Arrival Photos

Lee Kerslake and Paul Newton have arrived in Salo. Ken Hensley, on the other hand, is leaving Salo for the night to perform Past, Present & Future in Helsinki. John Lawton is arriving on Friday. I'm shooting Ken Hensley's Helsinki show tonight, which means I won't have any shots from the opening meet-and-greet cel… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on August 20, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Ken Hensley: Past Present & Future in Salo

Ken Hensley performed a well-received "Past Present & Future" solo acoustic show night before the main festivities kick-off. Here are a few pictures before I pass out - more to come.

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Added by Esa Ahola on August 19, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Off to Easy Livin' in Salo

Leaving on a jet plane to visit relatives and some easy livin' in Salo. Watch this space for pictures next week!

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Added by Esa Ahola on August 13, 2009 at 5:30am — 1 Comment

Last known live shots of Gary Thain

Seen on the Travellers in Time mailing list, originally from melodicrock.com:

Archivist Konstantinos Takos from Greece found this great unseen series of 1974 concert photos of Uriah Heep, with the last known s

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Added by Esa Ahola on May 23, 2009 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Easy Livin' In Salo, Finland: official web site is LIVE

http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/
http://easy-livin-in-salo.com/in_english

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Added by Esa Ahola on March 28, 2009 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

Easy Livin' In Salo, Finland

Finnish Heepsters are planning a Heep event in Finland for August 20-23 2009. Tapio Minkkinen writes on the Travellers i… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on March 5, 2009 at 5:30am — 3 Comments

New gallery: Circle Of Hands

Circle of Hands performed Salisbury, live!!! Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on October 9, 2008 at 1:30pm — No Comments

New Galleries: Heepster Jams

Added to albums: Heepster Jams parts one, two and three. Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on October 5, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Gallery updates: Q&A Session; HLKND

Added new gallery from HV2008 Q&A session with John Lawton, Lee Kerslake, Ken Hensley, Paul Newton, and Jan Dumee. Added 20 additional images to the… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on October 3, 2008 at 9:00pm — No Comments

New Galleries

Heepsters and only Heepsters, parts one two three and four (there's a limit to 100 images per album.) These are mostly candids and "stolen" poses. Heepster jam shots will be po… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on October 1, 2008 at 2:30am — No Comments

Site update: messaging between members

Ning (the web platform that this site runs on) has ch… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on September 28, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

Brief hiatus - back next week

I had good intentions to complete my HV2008 photo processing and uploading before this weekend when I'm photographer for a local music festival (and end up with even MORE pictures to process), but that didn't happen -- apologies. On the other hand, everyone else is doing a great job uploading theirs. Keep up the good work! Back Sunday with more photos. In the meantime, I challenge everyone to wr… Continue

Added by Esa Ahola on September 26, 2008 at 8:00am — No Comments