The Lansdowne Tapes Spice's live set at the time. Originally intended for an album release, these songs were shelved when Ken Hensley became a member of the band. His influence gave them a distinctive sound in February 1970 this was marked with a name change to Uriah Heep, in time for their first album ..."'Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble"', which was scheduled for May 1970 release. The rest of the album features material taped by the embryonic Uriah Heep line-ups. It includes several takes of old favourites and previously unreleased tracks that were recorded for the first three albums, all taped during 1969-1971. Much
Very Present Tense the Liverpool European Capital of Culture. He performed the work for the second time with Metal at the Village Green Festival on 29 September 2009, this time working with a group of musicians from Southend. Simpson then worked on recording the work. Very Present Tense Very Present Tense is the debut studio album by British actor Christopher Simpson. In 2008, whilst Simpson was artist-in-residence with creative arts group Metal, he completed the song cycle "Very Present Tense". He wrote it over a number of years in response to the death of his mother. The songs which reference musical idioms, including