HELP YOURSELF Strange Affair LP UNITED ARTISTS 1972 UK orig ERNIE GRAHAM-MAN
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HELP YOURSELF
MALCOM MORLEY, RICHARD TREECE, PAUL BURTON,
DAVE CHARLES, ERNIE GRAHAM, JOJO GLEMSER
Help Yourself was formed in the London area of England in 1970 initially as a backup band
for Malcolm Morley, who was signed as a solo act under the management of the Famepushers
whose acts Brinsley Schwarz and Ernie Graham had also secured contracts
with the U.K. division of United Artists/Liberty Records.
The band consisted of Richard Treece (guitars/vocals/harmonica), Dave Charles (drums/percussion/vocals),
Ken Whaley (bass), and of course Malcolm Morley (guitars/keyboards/vocals).
Help Yourself recorded their debut self-titled album in early 1971.
The songs on that album were completely written by Morley. Ken Whaley left the band after
the debut to be replaced by Ernie Graham (guitars), who had just released his solo album on Liberty.
After their demise, Malcolm Morley had a spell with Man (and Ken Whaley,
departed for Ducks Deluxe, later joined him there). The rest of the band joined
Deke Leonard's Iceberg, and Treece was later in The Flying Aces
"STRANGE AFFAIR"
Produced by Help Yourself and Anton Mathews
1972 LP UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS UAS 29287
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
on UA "BROWNISH" LABEL
Unlaminated single cover + inner sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: UNITED ARTISTS - BROWNISH LABEL with ARTWORK - BROWN TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) UAS 29287
Catalog on labels: UAS 29287 (UAS 29287 A /UAS 29287 B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): UAS 29287 A-1U
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): UAS 29287 B-1U
On labels: rim text reads "All Rights.......A Product of Liberty-United Artists Records Ltd."
All compositions by M. Morley
Published by Wellchart
Produced by Help Yourself and Anton Mathews
STEREO
(on Side A only): except* by E. Graham
On Inner Sleeve: Notes by Sean Tyler
On Back Sleeve: Printed in England by The Upton Printing Group
tracklisting
Side A: STRANGE AFFAIR - BROWN LADY
MOVIE STAR - DEANNA CALL AND SCOTTY
Side B: HEAVEN ROAD - THE ALL ELECTRIC FULL TRAPPER
MANY WAYS OF MEETING
grading
RECORD VG(+) but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
An excellent second album from a band that, familial comparisons to Man notwithstanding,
was always closer to the British pub rock ideal than many of the movement's better-feted icons ever could be.
And that despite the best of Help Yourself's bluesy barroom rock predating any but the earliest birds
of the beer and sawdust circuit -- departing guitarist Ken Whalley's Ducks Deluxe included.
Opening with the hefty chimes of the title track, Strange Affair moves on through a kaleidoscope
of moves and movements, ranging from the gently and certainly Beatles-ish "Deanna, Call & Scotty,"
and onto a clutch of songs that would not have sounded out of place on the American West Coast,
a touchstone that, again, would soon become a pub rock ideal.
The album's peak, however, has to be the nine-minute "The All Electric Fur Trapper,"
a lush and lovely epic that conjures images of a faintly country-flavored Pink Floyd
as it moves through a series of distinct phases that climax with a semi-funky, deeply fuzzy burst
of JoJo Glemser guitar savagery. Accompanied by a wryly flowery essay from Ducks Deluxe
frontman Sean Tyla, "The All Electric Fur Trapper" stands not only among Help Yourself's greatest
achievements, but also among the highlights of the entire early-'70s British underground...(AllMusic)
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