HELP YOURSELF Help Yourself LP LIBERTY 1971 UK orig LBS 83484 MAN-DUCKS DELUXE

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HELP YOURSELF

 MALCOM MORLEY, RICHARD TREECE, KEN WHALEY, DAVE CHARLES

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

"HELP YOURSELF"

Produced by Help Yourself and Dave Robinson

1971     LP     LIBERTY RECORDS      STEREO   LBS 83484

MADE IN ENGLAND    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

Released in a fully laminated cover

Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  LIBERTY -  BLACK LABEL & BOXED LIBERTY - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear): LBS 83484  

Catalog on labels: LBS 83484 (Side 1 / Side 2) 

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): LBS 83484A-1U

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): LBS 83484B-1U

On labels: rim text reads "....A Product Of Liberty/UA Records Ltd. England'"

Produced by Help Yourself and Dave Robinson

A Down Home Productions

?1971 on both labels (on the labels the release year appears at 3 o'clock)

Rights Society: Wellchart Music

On Back Sleeve: Produced by Help Yourself & Dave Robinson

Published by Wellchart Music

A Down Home Production

Recorded at Olympic Studios

Liberty Records Mortimer House 37/41 Mortimer Street London W1

A Product of Liberty-United Artists Records Ltd. London, England

Printed and Made by the Upton Printing Group

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: I MUST SEE JESUS FOR MYSELF - TO KATHERINE THEY FELL

YOUR EYES ARE LOOKING DOWN - OLD MAN

Side B: LOOK AT THE VIEW - PAPER LEAVES

RUNNING DOWN DEEP - DEBORAH - STREET SONGS

  grading

RECORD VG+ but (please, also read above description) 

SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)

There's no question that Help Yourself's debut album was a product of its times -- something about the whole easygoing boogie vibe 

and gentle psych-inspired trippiness, the way of singing, the production, and more just screams early-'70s non-metal and non-glam rock & roll. 

Look at it one way and Help Yourself was just a cut above incipient bar band culture but, heard with fresh ears years after its release,

 it strikes a great balance between entertaining the crowd and exploration. Call the band a more down-to-earth Pink Floyd or Hawkwind set 

somewhere in the English countryside without specifically owing anything to either band. Morley, who takes vocal lead throughout, 

shows a fine voice similar to Neil Young's, with just that hint of twang while not sounding quite so cracked and strained. 

At some points the resemblance is overwhelming -- check out the chorus of the wistful "Old Man" (in fact not a cover of Young's own standard,

 though that would have been perfectly appropriate). As a unit, the four-piece, which finished up the album in a week's time, 

comes across as seasoned without being overly pro or polished -- the curse of "tasty licks" is generally avoided in favor 

of relaxed understatement, solos smoothly fitting into the songs rather than dominating them. 

The more immediately singalong numbers, like "I Must See Jesus for Myself" and the lovely "Paper Leaves," 

as perfect a late summer evening ramble and sigh as one could ask for, still sneak up on a listener, entrancing 

without trying too hard to do so. There are some darker numbers worthy of note -- "To Katherine They Fall" is the most space rock 

of the bunch, keeping the right head-nodding vibes while not tripping out completely, 

while "Deborah" is a flat-out lovely piano ballad, Morley's wounded voice the perfect accompaniment...(AllMusic)