What do you think of the analogy between Uriah Heep and Spinal Tap?
Well, we’re convinced it’s total. I’m still in touch with the guys who were the road crew for Uriah Heep in the 70s and we occasionally go and watch the movie together. I’d love to know how some of the dialogue was written because it was so true to the stupidities that went on. I mean, I could add to that with Uriah Heep, but it’s very accurate. We’ve always thought that it’s probably Uriah Heep and Black Sabbath one of those two or those two amalgamated, but obviously it wasn’t dead accurate or there’d be a libel suit running around. Who do you consider to have been your best signing? Well there’s no question that Uriah Heep were our biggest seller by far we sold all around the world. Manfred Mann would have come a very close second, but our deal with Manfred Mann and the longevity of it were quite different, we didn’t have Manfred Mann’s rights in America, whereas we did with Uriah Heep, and they sold huge numbers of records in America. So business wise Uriah Heep was much much bigge
