Uriah Heep The Magician's Birthday
1972 Vinyl Gatefold
Hard Rock
Prog Rock

Main image
Bronze
bass guitar Gary Thain
design [cover] Roger Dean
drums, percussion Lee Kerslake
engineer Peter Gallen
engineer [assistant] Ashley Howe
guitar Mick Box
keyboards, guitar, synthesizer [moog] Ken Hensley
lacquer cut by Gilbert Kong
liner notes [september 1972] Ken Hensley
photography by [photographs by] Fin Costello
producer [produced by] Gerry Bron
vocals David Byron
Phonographic Copyright (p) Bronze Records Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright (p) Bronze Records (2)
Manufactured By Island Records Ltd.
Distributed By Island Records Ltd.
Published By Sidney Bron Music Co. Ltd.
Printed By Robor Ltd.
Recorded At Lansdowne Studios
Lacquer Cut At Masterdisk
Pressed By The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Original UK release in matte gatefold cover with large Bronze logo inside gatefold left. This was reduced in size for later editions.
Matrix numbers on labels have a dash after ILPS. This was replaced with a dot on later editions.
Printed paper lyrics inner sleeve.

On labels:
• ℗ 1972 Bronze Records Ltd.
• Manufactured and distributed by Island Records Limited
On sleeve:
• All songs published by Sydney Bron Music Co. Ltd.
• Recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, September/October 1972
• Printed in England by Robor Ltd.
On inner sleeve:
• ℗ Bronze Records 1972

Runouts are stamped, except for the 'G. KONG' etching.
except in Variant 8 where the I in ILPS is etched
Matrix / Runout: ILPS-9213-A (Side A label)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS-9213-B (Side B label)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9213 A-1U OV G. KONG (Side A runout variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9213 B-1U O11 G. KONG (Side B runout variant 1)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9213 A-1U GO G. KONG (Side A runout variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9213 B-1U GO G. KONG (Side B runout variant 2)
Matrix / Runout: ⅠLPS 9213 A-1ᴝ G. KONG GH (Side A runout variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: ⅠLPS 9213 B-1u G. KONG 2 GH (Side B runout variant 3)
Matrix / Runout: ⅠLPS 9213 A-1ᴝ G. KONG 3 LD (Side A runout variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: ⅠLPS 9213 B-1u G. KONG 4 D TA (Side B runout variant 4)
Matrix / Runout: ⅠLPS 9213 A-1ᴝ G. KONG GR (Side A runout variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: ⅠLPS 9213 B-1u G. KONG 2 RD (Side B runout variant 5)
Matrix / Runout: ⅠLPS 9213 A-1ᴝ G. KONG GL (Side A runout variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: ⅠLPS 9213 B-1u G. KONG 2 RD (Side B runout variant 6)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9213 A-1ᴝ O O 2 G. KONG (Side A runout variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9213 B-1u HR 2 G. KONG (Side B runout variant 7)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9213 A-1ᴝ 2 G. KONG A R (Side A runout variant 8)
Matrix / Runout: ILPS 9213 B-1u G. KONG M G 2 (Side B runout variant 8)



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