M- UK PARLOPHONE LOVE SCULPTURE BLUES HELPING 1968

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          The LOVE SCULPTURE

                 BLUES HELPING

                                             UK - (silver & black) PARLOPHONE - PCS 7059

Very clean ((M-)) UK PARLOPHONE collectible, an older vintage issue for sure having the heavily laminated front sleeve (later 70's issue has a flat non laminated sleeve) ...

The first of two strong albums by the LOVE SCUPTURE, a British guitar trio fronted by Dave Edmunds...

And here is something to listen to at nights. A blues album that is full of feeling. A guitar that sings almost in every second of this magnificent album, a robust rhythm section and a voice that is more than appropriate for this kind of music.

Dave Edmunds cut his teeth with the long-lost British blues-rock outfit Love Sculpture. Formed in 1966 in response to England's ongoing love affair with the blues, and inspired by the popularity of John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Love Sculpture was an early power trio consisting of Edmunds on vocals and guitar, John Williams on bass, and drummer Bob "Congo" Jones.

Signed to the UK Parlophone label, the band released its 1968 debut album into a thriving British blues-rock scene that included Cream and Savoy Brown, among many other bands. A collection of blues and R&B standards, with a lone original song in the title track, Blues Helping was designed as a showcase for Edmund's underrated six-string heroics. With his instrument slung low, Edmunds leads the band through a breakneck version "The Stumble," the sped-up track proves the guitarist's mettle and fretboard dexterity. The set includes the smoky "I Believe To My Soul" that features bassist Williams belting out the vocals, accompanied by Edmunds' stinging leads. "So Unkind" is provided a Chicago blues-styled rhythm and Edmunds' spry guitarwork.

An odd cover of the George Gershwin song "Summertime" provides one of those hippy-dippy 1960s flashback psych-pop moments, with lush instrumentation, echoed vocals, and delicate, tho' decidedly un-bluesy guitarplay. The old blues chestnut "On The Road Again" was based on Canned Heat's cover of the song earlier in the year, and it even sounds like Bob Hite, Al Wilson, and crew save for Edmunds' distinctive guitar tone and blistering solos. Otherwise, from the vocals down to the potent, driving rhythm, you'd swear that you were listening to the boogie kings from California. An inspired take on "Wang Dang Doodle" lopes along at an acceptable tempo, Williams' sly vocals peppered by shards of swaggering fretwork and supported by a hearty bassline as sticky and wide as two lanes of freshly-paved blacktop. Going back to the deep blues well "Come Back Baby" is a smoldering R&B bonfire with Jones' subtle brush-and-cymbal work and one of Edmunds' most dynamic solos. The album's title track, "Blues Helping," features heaps of six-string notes that fly by with the speed and power of a tornado.

Still, Blues Helping is a rockin' album of spirited bluesrockers with plenty of verve and more than enough guitar-wrangling to please even the most diehard British 60's blues fans. It's also a lot of fun, the band loose-limbed and brash in their musical aggression, playing off the power trio aesthetic with a recklessness and joy that they'd never find again. Edmunds' fretwork is a thing of amazement, and it makes one wonder what might have been if he'd followed Clapton down that lost highway towards the crossroads.

"The Stumble"
"3 O'Clock Blues"
"I Believe to My Soul"
"So Unkind"
"Summertime"
"On The Road Again"
"Don't Answer the Door"
"Wang Dang Doodle"
"Come Back Baby"
"Shake Your Hips"
"Blues Helping"

 

CONDITION: The heavily laminated cover is really nice, clean, stiff and sharp, M-

The vinyl is all glossy clear, M-

       

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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