''Take No Prisoners'' is the debut solo album of British

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singer

David Byron David Garrick (29 January 1947 – 28 February 1985), better known by his stage name David Byron, was a British singer, who was best known in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist with the rock band Uriah Heep. Byron possessed a powerful oper ...

. It was released while he was still vocalist for Uriah Heep, and features Heep bandmates

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and

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, as well as

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and

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on select tracks.

Track listing

* Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–10 on CD reissues.

Personnel

*David Byron – voice, producer *

– guitars *Lou Stonebridge – keyboards *Denny Ball – bass *

– drums * Pete Thompson – drums (tracks: 2–4, 6) *

– acoustic guitar (track 10) *

– mellotron (tracks: 1, 5) *

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– backing vocals *Martha Smith – backing vocals *Neil Lancaster – backing vocals *Chas Mills – backing vocals *Russ Stone – backing vocals *Peter Gallen and David Byron ;Technical *Ashley Howe – engineer *Dave Harris – assistant engineer *Trevor Hallesy – assistant engineer *John Gallen – assistant engineer *Dell Roll – equipment * Pete Gibbs – equipment

References

David Byron albums 1975 debut albums Bronze Records albums Repertoire Records albums Albums recorded at Morgan Sound Studios Mercury Records albums {{progressive-rock-album-stub