LOVE SCULPTURE Blues Helping LP PARLOPHONE 1968 UK reissue+stereo DAVE EDMUNDS
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LOVE SCULPTURE
DAVE EDMUNDS, JOHN WILLIAMS, BOB 'CONG0' JONES
A British blues-rock band of the late '60s that, despite being very good, would normally
be relegated to footnote status if it were not for the fact that the lead guitarist of this trio
was the soon-to-be-famous Dave Edmunds. Like many similar bands of the times,
Love Sculpture was really a showpiece for Edmunds' guitar-playing talents
(which on the first LP are considerable), and little else. The covers are well-chosen, slightly revved-up,
but mostly reverent versions of blues classics. They had a fluke hit in 1968 with a cover
of the classical piece "Sabre Dance," rearranged for guitar. After two LPs, Love Sculpture split up in 1970.
Edmunds went on to solo success ("I Hear You Knockin'") and a long, sometimes contentious
relationship with ex-Brinsley Schwarz bassist Nick Lowe, which culminated in the great band Rockpile
"BLUES HELPING"
<reissue, originally published in 1968>
Produced by Malcom Jones & Kingsley Ward
LP PARLOPHONE RECORDS PCS 7059 STEREO
MADE IN ENGLAND LATE-70s REPRESSING
This version: Parlophone Black / Silver labels with 2 EMI boxed logos.
Unlaminated Non flip-back cover printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: PARLOPHONE - BLACK/SILVER LABELS - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: (rear only) PCS 7059
Catalog on labels: PCS 7059 (YEX.701 / YEX.702)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): YEX 701-3-1-1-
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): YEX 702-2
On labels: ?1968 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 9 o'clock)
Produced by Kingsley Ward & Malcom Jones
rim text reads "Manufactured in the UK by EMI Records Limited"
On Back Sleeve: Notes by Malcom Jones
?1968
Sleeve Design and Photographs by HIPGNOSIS
Recorded July/August 1968 at the Abbey Road Studios, St. John's Wood
E.M.I. Records (The Gramophone Company Ltd.)
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
tracklisting
Side A: STUMBLE - 3 O'CLOCK BLUES - I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL
SO UNKIND - SUMMERTIME - ON THE ROAD AGAIN
Side B: DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR - WANG DANG DOODLE
COME BACK BABY - SHAKE YOUR HIPS - BLUES HELPING
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE STRONG VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
As hyperkinetic blues albums by white English kids go, this is a good one. Dave Edmunds, armed only
with a 1959 Gibson 335 and a 100-watt Marshall stack, cranks through these recognizable blues covers
(with one original instrumental) with reckless abandon and gobs of technique.
Backup support is handled by bassist John Williams and drummer Bob "Congo" Jones, who do their best
to keep up and provide a rhythmic foundation for Edmunds to wail over.
Edmunds also handled nearly all the vocals, and as blues singers go, he's merely serviceable,
but what makes this album worthwhile is the revved-up guitar playing, especially
when Edmunds shreds both Freddy King's "The Stumble" and Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle."...(AllMusic)
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