![]() In 2016, Sanctuary Records released a two-disc deluxe edition. ![]() Salisbury was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1996 with two bonus tracks, and again in 2003 in an expanded deluxe edition. The album was reissued by Bronze Records later in 1971 after the band signed to that label for their third album. Subsequent Canadian pressings used the UK artwork. The American release on Mercury Records featured a different cover image (a man tearing out of his own skin), as did the original Canadian pressings. Later reissues would be in a single sleeve. The original LP release was a gatefold sleeve, with a black-and-white image of the underside of a Chieftain tank on the inside with the turret facing the rear, over which were printed Hensley's comments on each track. The front cover of the album depicted a British Chieftain tank, which connects to the title, as Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is a military training area. Salisbury is skewed toward the progressive rock genre, with its 16-minute title track featuring a 24-piece orchestra and was also significant for Hensley's instant rise to a position as main composer of the group's music. With Clark, the band embarked on their first US tour, supporting Three Dog Night and Steppenwolf. ![]() Soon after the release, drummer Keith Baker left the band, replaced by Ian Clark (from another Vertigo band, Cressida). Unlike their first album, songwriting credits for fully half of the record were attributed to Ken Hensley alone, as opposed to the debut's collaborative partnership of frontman David Byron and guitarist Mick Box. Salisbury is the second studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released in January 1971 by Vertigo Records.
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