the magician's birthday ^*

• uriah heep'in çok güsel parçası.
• bir uriah heep albümü ve aynı albümdeki bir şarkının adı.
• 1
  let the bells of freedom king
  songs of love to friday's king
  
  2
  happy birthday to you....
  
  3
  gerilimli bölümlerin sonundaki gitar solosu
  
  4
  love will fly sonrası aaaa lar
  
  bölümleri şaheser olan uriah heep in bi güzel şarkısı
• albümün iç kapağından;
  
  "based loosely on a short story which i wrote during june/july this year 'the magician's birthday' brings us to our fifth album. again we find ourselves saying this is our most important album but they have all been the most important and we will probably say that about the next one and so on....
  since 'demons and wizards' we have been touring really hard and recording this new album has helped us to see how the band has progressed, this being reflected by the new songs and the tightness, togetherness if you like, of the finished product.
  the uriah heep which appeared first on our last album is we feel now in full flight and we are looking forward to the many new adventures that are planned for us. with everyone in the band writing, we have been able to spread out so much more and if you and 1973 are even half as good to us as you were in 1972, it looks like it could be a very good year."
  - ken hensley
  eylül 1972
• 1972 tarihli uriah heep albümü ve albümde yer alan şarkının ismi.
  sunrise
  spider woman
  blind eye
  echoes in the dark
  rain
  sweet lorraine
  tales
  the magicians birthday şarkılarından oluşur.
  
  2001 senesinde heep bu albümün 30 uncu yılı onuruna eski elemanları ken hensley ve john lawton ın da katıldığı bir konser vermiştir. the magicians birthday party diye dvd olarak basılmıştır.
• 1972 çıkışlı aynı albümden olan şarkının sözleri aşağıdaki gibidir:
  
  in the magic garden
  some were singing some were dancing
  while the midnight moon shone brightly overhead
  the stars so gaily glistened
  and the sphinx in silence listened
  to the magician's tale of lives that he had led
  
  let the bells of freedom ring
  songs of love to friday's king
  let's all go to the magician's birthday
  it's in the forest but not so far away
  much to do and so much to say
  while we listened to the orchid orchestra play
  
  happy birthday to you
  happy birthday to you
  happy birthday dear magician
  happy birthday to you
  
  then at the dead of midnight
  as we watched the dancing fire light
  the air grew cold and seemed to dull the flame
  the fire died the music faded
  filled with fear of death we waited
  for now we knew some evil was to blame...
  
  -i challenge you i challenge you all
  for all you own and all you know
  and by all the powers of darkness
  i will steal what is mine
  
  surrender now or face my spite
  i grant you it may be friday night
  but did you know this day
  also numbers thirteen
  
  first i give you fire
  -i turn your fire into a sleepy stream
  -yes but now i give you nightmares
  -but from your horror i'll create a dream
  -you cannot fight me for i have the sword of hate
  -but one thing you can't see: my answer is simply
  an impenetrable fortress of love - love
  
  the fear went as quickly as it came
  the air was clear the fire burned again
  the flames leapt the organ played
  the swan sang to greet the day
  and then we knew that
  love will find love will find love ...
• laylaylom parti havasından gerilimli korku havasına geçiş yapan nefis uriah heep şaheseri
• love will find love will find love will find love will...diye sonsuza kadar bağırma isteği uyandırır bünyede.