FROM MICK BOX

Well I do apologise for this information coming late but we have been waiting for the contractual business side to be taken care of before we made the announcement.

We saw a window of opportunity to go into the studio and do some recording to celebrate our upcoming 40th Anniversary. We have re-recorded some of the classic Heep tracks, added 2 new songs written by Mick & Phil and we are looking at a short bonus DVD of songs that we recorded when we headlined the first day at this years Sweden Rock Festival. Ioannis has jumped at the opportunity to create the cover artwork and we are very happy that he is involved and it will be a continuation of the quality of work that he showed us on Wake The Sleeper.

The 14 tracks (12 old & 2 new) were recorded in 8 days in Leighton Buzzard at Martin Darvill our managers studio. Once again we used the template of playing the tracks live. This enabled us to record the tracks in the allotted time as playing them live really speeds up the recording process and I feel the band is at its best when we are firing on one pulse. Plus it gives the right balance of excitement and vibe that was required for this project. Mike Paxman picked up the baton once again and has taken on the Producer responsibilities and he has done a wonderful job of capturing the band in full flight.

We are all very excited about this CD and feel it is a good launch pad to celebrate our 40th Anniversary and a product that I hope the fans new and old will love. It will be released on the Edel label.

‘Appy Days!
Mick

The album, named Celebration, will be relaesed on September 21, 2009, in 3 different editions, Standard (CD only), Deluxe (CD+DVD), and Collectors (CD+7in vinyl, signed by the band).

CD track list: 1. Only Human (new song) 2. Bird Of Pray 3. Sunrise 4. Stealin' 5. Corridors Of Madness (new song) 6. Between Two Worlds 7. The Wizard 8. Free Me 9. Free And Easy 10. Gypsy 11. Look At Yourself 12. July Morning 13. Easy Livin' 14. Lady In Black

DVD track list: 1. Sunrise 2. Stealin' 3. Gypsy 4. Look At Yourself 5. July Morning 6. Easy Livin' 7. Lady In Black Collectors Edition: Two bonus tracks