{"product_id":"ken-hensley-the-bronze-years-1973-1981","title":"Ken Hensley - The Bronze Years 1973-1981","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRe-press: CD Originally Released In 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree solo albums from vocalist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKen Hensley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e recorded between 1973 and 1981. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlus a DVD featuring Ken discussing all three albums with renowned rock journalist Malcolm Dome.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFew artists can claim to have had a musical career and pedigree as long, varied and impressive as song writer, keyboard player, guitarist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ken Hensley.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving originally formed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Gods\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in mid-1960s London with future \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMayall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e guitarist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMick Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Following which Hensley made brief appearances with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToe Fat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHead Machine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1969 before joining London's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in time for the band's first album, ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVery 'Eavy… Very ‘Umble\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e', and a swift name change to Uriah Heep. Although no Hensley originals appeared on Heep's debut, all six tracks on their second album ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSalisbury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ were written or co-written by Ken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter five albums with Uriah Heep, where Ken was becoming the principal songwriter, he still had enough material to write and record his first solo album in 1973. Released by Bronze Records, ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProud Words On A Dusty Shelf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ an album was equal to anything recorded by Uriah Heep at their peak.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContinuing to write and record with Uriah Heep, Hensley's second solo album, ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEager To Please\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’, was also released by Bronze Records, and saw Ken joined by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMark Clarke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on bass, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBugs Pemberton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on drums and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB.J. Cole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on pedal steel guitar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDissatisfied with the direction Uriah Heep were taking Ken went solo in 1980 to record the self-explanatory '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFree Spirit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his third and final solo album for Bronze. 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