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David Byron
Man of Yesterday: The Anthology
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Metal

Track Listings (31) - Disc #1
1. Bird Has Flown
2. Witchi Tai To
3. Born In A Trunk
4. Celebrate
5. Gypsy
6. July Morning
7. Wizard
8. Easy Livin'
9. Rain
10. Stealin'
11. So Tired
12. Rock 'N' Roll Medley: Roll Over Beethoven/Blue Suede Shoes/Mean Woman Blues/Houn
13. Man Full Of Yesterday
14. Sweet Rock 'N' Roll
15. Steamin' Along
16. Silver White Man
17. Love Song
18. Midnight Flyer
19. Saturday Night
20. Roller Coaster
21. Stop (Think What You're Doing)
22. Hit Me With A White One
23. Prince Of Darkness
24. Rock 'N' Roll
25. Seasong
26. Hobo
27. Baby Faced Killed
28. Heaven Or Hell
29. I Remember
30. How Do You Sleep
31. Piece Of My Love

CD Details

All Artists: David Byron
Title: Man of Yesterday: The Anthology
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Castle Music UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/1/2005
Album Type: Import
Genres: International Music, Pop, Rock, Metal
Styles: Europe, Britain & Ireland
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 5050749411655

Synopsis

Album Details

Man of Yesterday is the First Ever 2-disc Appraisal of the Ex. Spice and Uriah Heep Frontman's Musical Career and Includes Tracks from his Rare Solo Albums Recorded During and after Byron Left Heep in '76. Starting the Collection Are Tow Tracks He Recorded as a Session Vocalist for the John Schroeder Album, Witch Tai to in 1971. Disc One also features Two Tracks from Byron's Pre-hepp Days as Spice with Mick Box, 'born in a Trunk' and 'celebrate'. The Remainder is Taken-up with Seven of the Most Popular Byron Era Heep Tracks, Including 'gypsy', the Wizard' and 'easylivin' and is Rounded off by 'rock 'n' Roll Medley' from Uriah HEEP'S Ever Popular Live '73 Album. Disc Two Concentrates on the Album Byron Recorded as a Solo Artist, Beginning with Take No Prisoners (Featured Here in Its Entirety), his First Album Recorded Whilst Still a Member of Heep which Accounts for the Presence of Fellow Members, Mick Box, Ken Hensley and Lee Kerslake. After his Departure from Heep in '76 Byron Put Togethe

CD Reviews

Man of Yesterday but with an Eternal Voice

B. Worth | 07/21/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"In my opinion, David Byron was the greatest hard rock vocalist ever. He deserves a comprehensive collection, unfortunately this isn't it. This release promised much but delivered little and could easily have been so much better. For starters, the final running order contains only one previously unreleased song ("What's Going On"). Why the advertised "Prince of Darkness" never made it on here has never been answered. Curiously, nothing was included from 'Rough Diamond', David's high-profile supergroup, immediately following his departure from Uriah Heep and has never officially been made available on CD.

These anthologies invariably aim to please everyone but end up satisfying no one. Sanctuary got really lazy and stingy with both the tracklisting (probably due to licensing issues?) and the oft-repeated artwork in the booklet (laziness?). Any music fan owning Byron-era Heep reissues, will undoubtedly be familiar with every image and printed word that appears in this package.

Its a shame that legendary material like his pre-Heep Avenue recordings, the Take No Prisoners outtake "Prince of Darkness", 'Rough Diamond' and the 1984 demos he recorded just prior to his death (with John Rabbit Bundrick), were completely and criminally overlooked. These would have fulfilled Sanctuary's alleged objective of a comprehensive overview of this under-rated performer.

There is so little available from the great man's career outside of Heep and this is a huge missed opportunity to put this right."