I have put up some pics from HV2000 for you all to see. I will write a full report when I have come down from a very BIG high.

I just cannot put into words at the moment my feelings. Please allow me a little time. I know that Graham and John also had not been able to sleep for a week prior to HV.

Sorry the pics are a little on the large side,but I wanted you to see them in all their glory.

Needless to say everyone who was there will NEVER forget these last two days and nights.

Alan.

http://www.proweb.co.uk/~davis/report.htm

The heepster jam band did a killer version of Why!!  You should have heard
Mike Taylor on bass on that one!!  Oh, a quick memory from Hensley-Lawton,
on the last song, Gypsy,  Paul Newton picked up Mike Taylors bass and played
it.

I got to see most of the places mentioned in Heep History, thanks to Mike
Taylor and Pete Wharton.

Friday, I visited Salisbury with Mike and saw the infamous Alex's Disco.
Mike also drove us by his old house in Andover and showed us where Paul
Newton used to live.  They really were neighbors in Andover!!!

On Sunday, Mike showed me the building on Oxford Street where Bron used to
have his headquarters, he also showed me the place where the Raging in
Silence video was recorded.

Today, Pete took me back to the airport  (he wanted to make sure I left
England)  and we stopped at the Hanwell Community Centre, where Heep had
some of their early rehearsals with Deep Purple in the same building.

All these places looked like buildings, yet it was cool to know that they
were part of Heep history.`

Well, I haven't been home long and am suffering from Jet Lag.  I have lots
and lots of stories and antecdotes, but am really tired.  Plus I had to plow
through 4 days of posts.  Before I retire for the evening I have something
to say.

First of all I want to thank Graham and Lynn, Alan and Margaret, Mike and
Denise, John and Iris for all the hard work they put in to make this the
greatest event in history!!  They worked their butts off.  I thoroughly
enjoyed meeting them too!!!

I personally want to thank Pete Wharton for picking  us up at the airport on
Thursday.  He got us and Alex.  Pete even took Jan and I back to the airport
today.  He went above and beyond the call of duty, and I really appreciate
it!!  Pete is the nicest, warmest guy you can ever meet, and the legend is
true.  He can drink those Ales all day, all night and still keeps on
smiling!!  I even said to him Friday evening at the Prince Alfred pub,  "I
love you man"  Pete said "sorry Bob, you ain't getting my Guiness"
(Amercian Joke) hee hee!!

I want to thank Mike Taylor and Denise for meeting Jan and I in Salisbury on
Friday, and taking us on the tour.   The Salisbury Cathederal is awesome and
so was Stone Henge.  Mike and Denise also took us into town on Sunday for
some more site seeing.   A lovely couple who also went above and beyond the
call of duty.

So thanks to the Whartons and Taylors for making our stay so enjoyable.

Also a special thanks to Janine and Denise, they made my life so much easier
for Hv2k by looking after Janice (the wife) for me.



Bob Winward

Thanks for the kind words Bob. We too had a great time. It was great visiting
Salisbury again, seeing so many familiar places. Denise had never been there
before so it was just as new to her as it was to you and Janice. Stonehenge
brought back just as many memories mainly surrounding the rock festivals held
there around the summer solstice in the late 70's. They were great times.

>  Friday, I visited Salisbury with Mike and saw the infamous Alex's Disco.
>  Mike also drove us by his old house in Andover and showed us where Paul
>  Newton used to live.  They really were neighbors in Andover!!!

The Alexandra rooms as they were called in Alexandra house. From the outside
you would never have thought that there was a reasonably large
"disco"/nightclub inside. The building looks so unlikely. It is now a
municipal building holding the local magistrates court.
 
>  On Sunday, Mike showed me the building on Oxford Street where Bron used to
>  have his headquarters, he also showed me the place where the Raging in
>  Silence video was recorded.

Back in 1974 I was in London with a friend and we went to the Bron offices in
Oxford st, mainly to complain as we had not received our goodies after
joining the Heep fan club. When we got there the whole band were there for a
meeting with Gerry Bron. Naturally we had a chat and got autographs etc.
 
> The heepster jam band did a killer version of Why!!  You should have heard
> Mike Taylor on bass on that one!!  Oh, a quick memory from Hensley-Lawton,
> on the last song, Gypsy,  Paul Newton picked up Mike Taylors bass and played
> it.

Thanks again for the kind words Bob but I have to say after reviewing my
video that Denise took I couldn't hear my bass but what I could hear of
everyone else was great. Dale's vocals with John L doing alternate verses
were loud and clear and I loved the last verse where they harmonised
together, Dave White's always excellent guitar, Madman's truly superb
drumming,  and to me the star performer was Alex with his excellent keys. He
was right next to me and It was fantastic to hear that Hammond singing away.

Despite all the time problems, a lot of jams did take place and I have to say
everyone was superb. Having not been to a HV before I didn't know what to
expect, but without exception everyone was fantastic.

With regard to Paul Newton using my Bass, my video ran out of tape about 10
seconds before the end of the regular set so I didn't get anything of Gypsy,
so if anyone has pictures of Paul using my bass please, please, please can
they let me have a copy.

Mike
IOW

Hello my friends,

Just a short note to say thank you to all that put on the "Experience of a
Lifetime", and to say "Hi" once again to all the people that I can now say
that I have had the immense pleasure of meeting !

I am emotionally drained, and the flight back alone from the UK was filled
with memories, and relived emotions.

The entire weekend was the best of times.

I will try to put it all into words later today, but I doubt if any words
could adequately describe the weekend.

Cheers to you all,

Dave White

I came home from London late on Monday(8/5) and I´m
still tired. The HV was great. Bob has somehow managed
to find all the words I haven´t been able to find to
describe the feeling and atmosphere at the HV and I
think his review is great. It was really nice to see
so many people from the list I only knew the name of.
 
I went to London 5/5 -alone, without company. That
was the first time I´ve going somewhere by plane and I
was very nervous about it. I´d made some tapes with my
fave Heep songs on, that I called "Traveler In
Time"(because I was going to travel in time;) ). Some
of you that I spoke to know that I didn´t include
"Flyin´ High" and that it had nothing to do with what
I think of the song(I´m sure you understand why I
didn´t include it). If something can cheer you up and
make you forget your problems and fears it´s Heep´s
music. After all I was going to a HV. Apart from the
SO t-shirt I also wore my Heep necklace(think I´m
famous for it now!!??)that I can´t take off even if I
want to :)(too worn out. It will fall into pieces if I
do).
    I arrived in London late and got a little lost
when
I tried to find my hotel but managed to get to the pub
where we were going to meet before they closed. My
hearing wasn´t too good after the flight and I had
problems with hearing what people said to
me(fortunately it was normal the next morning). When I
came close to the entrance I heard some Heep music and
knew I´d come to the right place. Inside I saw a lot
of people wearing Heep T-shirts and other Heep things.
What a wonderful sight! I met some Heepsters that I
talked to and the Heepsters I´d been in personal
correspondence with. A nice start on an unforgettable
weekend...

Saturday was a hot day -at least for someone from
Sweden where the trees in my part of the country only
had buds. I was going out trying to find a shop but
got totally lost and walked around for hours before I
found an underground station. I was very tired when I
came to Queen´s Park. I had to ask a man that worked
there at the station where The Corrib Rest was. He
told me he had seen at least 50 people going in the
same direction and asked me what was going to take
part that night and I told him. A little further down
the road I passed by a restaurant where some people
sat outside. I heard someone say: "Oh no, there comes
another one" and then addressed to me: "You´re on the
right way. Just go a little further down the road..."
Later on when I sat outside CR three guys walked up to
me and asked me why there were millions of people
wearing Heep t-shirts. I don´t think anyone could
have missed to notice us there.(Maybe something to
think of next time Heep´s on tour?).
    Again I met a lot of people which also included
Ken Hensley, John Lawton, Paul Newton, Iain Clarke(so
I missed a couple) and also Ken´s brother Trevor and I
asked them all for their autographs. This day included
the first high light of these two days. It was when
the Hensley/Lawton band was playing and Ken at one
time played on the organ so "violently" so the legs
were moving. WOW!!! I´ll never forget that! What a
performance!!! To a young Heep fan like me it was a
strange feeling to sit there watching ex members of
Heep that I never thought I would see playing live or
even meet. I talked to Ken a little and he treated me
very nice, nicer than I´d expected. He talked to me ms
Nobody!!!! I hope I didn´t bother him too much(and if
I did I apologize Ken). But this was a great
opportunity to tell him some things I´ve wished to
tell him for years. I also told him I´d liked his
playing and especially that part mentioned above. My
English is bad so I hope he understood what I meant
-seemed like he did. I talked with Paul Newton as well
and told him what a good bass player he is.
     When I woke up on Sunday I first thought I´d
become drunk while sleeping till I realized it was the
floor in my hotel room that was sloping. I spent some
time looking in some shops before it was time to
return to CR.
This was a great day as well. The high light was Ken´s
story about a Christmas party...
I heard GunHill for the first time and to me they
sounded good. It was really sad to leave everyone and
know it will take some time before I meet  you  all
again.
 
It felt so unreal to me to be in London that when I
woke up every morning I thought yesterday had  just
been a dream. I still can´t believe I´ve really been
there. I´ve looked at the pictures that are out on the
net now and if I´ve been dreaming there are a lot of
people out there that have had the same dream as I
have and taken pictures of it.
These two days were two of the longest days in my life
and that wasn´t because it was boring -it was because
so much happened!!!! It feels like I´ve been gone for
a long time and it was just four days!!!!

I would like to thank everyone involved in the
organization of the HV(can you start to relax
now?),the ex Heep members for having patience with us
all and that you came, all other
musicians(Heepsters/non Heepsters) and to all the
Heepsters from near and far for making this weekend
one of the best weekends of my life. Thank you all!!!
 
Jenny