Salisbury  by Uriah Heep

In January 1971, the British band Uriah Heep released their second album titled Salisbury. Uriah Heep had not yet settled on the sound that would establish them as one of the notable British hard rock bands of the early 1970s, although they provided hints of it with songs like Time To Live.

Musically, Salisbury stands somewhere between progressive rock and hard rock. The major success that characterized the album is the song Lady In Black, which was rightly selected as the second single from the record. The album closes with the sixteen-minute track Salisbury, an extremely progressive composition. Gerry Bron produced the record. The album's title comes from the region in England with the same name. Salisbury is an area where the British army used it as a training center. Thus, the cover image with the FV4201 Chieftain tank is connected to the album title.

The release of the album in the U.S. led Salisbury to reach No.103 on the Billboard, not something remarkable, but apparently, it was enough for them to be invited to perform with Steppenwolf and Three Dog Night on their first tour in America.