Ken Hensley – keyboards, backing vocals. Mick Box – lead guitar, acoustic guitar. Official Bootleg Vol.5: Live in Athens, Greece - 2011. Uriah Heep Official Bootleg: 19.12.9 Gusswerk - 2011. Bird of Prey: Best of Uriah Heep - 2006. Revelations: The Uriah Heep Anthology - 2004. Remasters: The Official Anthology - 2001. Radio Caroline Calling 70's Flashback - 2001. 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Uriah Heep - 2001. Very 'Umble, Salisbury, Look at Yourself - 1998 King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Uriah Heep in Concert - 1997. Platinum: The Ultimate Collection - 1995. The song has been appeared on many Uriah Heep live, compilation and studio albums and videos. Polish band Kult covered this song on remastered version of their album Kaseta. Until his death in 2021, John Lawton performed the song at these events, backed by the Bulgarian band BTR. During the event people often sing "July Morning". Every year on 30 June in Bulgaria, people from all over the country travel to the Black Sea coast to watch the sunrise on 1 July. On BBC Radio's Friday Rock Show, Tommy Vance played "July Morning" in tribute of David Byron. German heavy metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell recorded this song on his album The Masquerade Ball in 2000. Hideki Saijo西城秀樹(1955~2018), a Japanese singer and an actor performed the song in his solo stadium concert『BIG GAME '80』in Tokyo and Osaka in Japan. Soviet group VIA Iveria recorded the song on their 1975 album Iveria. Uriah Heep's manager Gerry Bron thought Manfred Mann not only played an important part in the original studio recording, but also played a crucial role in its development. 
In 2009 the band released a new version of the song on the album Celebration. The live version from Uriah Heep Live was released as a single in the US. The Venezuelan single split the song across both sides of the 7", while the Japanese single featured an edited version of the song, which was later released on the band's greatest hits album Your Turn to Remember in 2016. "July Morning" was first released on the Look at Yourself album and as a single in Japan and Venezuela.
ĪllMusic contributor Dave Thompson described the song as the best produced by Uriah Heep, with a "magnificent arrangement and performance", and in 1995, Radiomafia added "July Morning" to their list of "Top 500 Songs". There is a guitar bridge between the first and second parts of the song. The song has four verses and four choruses, featuring an organ introduction and a guitar solo. The song is written in the key of C minor. The song was written in July 1970 by the band's keyboardist Ken Hensley and lead singer, David Byron. It is the third track on their 1971 album Look at Yourself. " July Morning" is a song by the English rock band Uriah Heep.
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