Weed

Kick ass if it was Uriah heep it would probably be one of their better albums

The other guy is wrong! This Ken Hensley disguised solo project wasn't the first...he led The Gods, Toe Fat, and Head Machine before he was the front man for Weed. This is good stuff that would have became either gold or platinum if released by Uriah Heep. Buy it!

This is one of early side-projects of Ken Hensley - a well-accomplished album recorded with short-lived (1970-1971) band of seasoned German rockers: Reinhold Spiegelfeld (bass), Bernd Hohmann (flute, vocals), Werner Monka (guitar), Rainer Schnelle (keyboards), Peter Becker (drums). If I am not wrong, the band had rich performing experience as "Virus".Forget the editorial - it's not Uriah Heep (yet), but it has nothing to do with Status Quo.German prog- and hard-rockers shouldn't be underestimated either (to get an idea, try  Time Ride )...Hensley had already been involved in an obscure side-project - when still with "Gods", he appeared on  Orgasm  next to his bandmate Lee Kerslake (we're talking 1969/1970) - perhaps also not Uriah Heep yet, but one can hear already the sounds of thunder."Toe Fat" -  Two  followed (he is on the first album only).With  Proud Words On A Dusty Shelf  Ken Hensley reached his peak as solo artist, to my most humble opinion it remains his most powerful solo album.Much later Hensley appears also on  Siogo By the way, I would strongly recommend to get "Weed" when it's still around - it's really good

Let's face it: This is the first Ken Hensley solo record--well before Proud Words! It is a bit short--but this is Ken. It is pure and simple Uriah Heep Ken. So buy it.