Blues Helping – LOVE SCULPTURE***

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

Blues Helping was the only LP from the Cardiff blues rock band Love Sculpture. Unfortunately it excludes their frenzied cover of the classical Sabre Dance which reached No. 5 on the UK singles chart. Guitarist Dave Edmunds would enjoy a very successful solo career in the 1970s.

"Dave Edmunds gives our ears the full treatment with his flaming guitar work. The songs are pretty much just basic blues rock but Dave's guitar gives a big boost to every single song here.”

“Most of these songs are cover versions but this album still works. Very guitar driven blues rock recording with lots of awesome tracks, one after another. There are slow blues songs which are just fantastically in balance with the more fast-paced blues rockers. If you consider yourself a blues rock fan then this album is definitely worth giving a try. Some of the finest blues covers can be found here.”

“Few can deny that Dave Edmunds is a very talented guitarist, and his handiwork is on display here. Most of the material presented is blues rock, both heavy and fast, as well as some traditional blues. But all tracks feature Edmunds' burnin' guitar passages.”

“The album is a great example of blues-rock with solid performances and exceptional guitar soloing by Edmunds. The material comprises mostly blues standards written by famous American blues artists, with one instrumental co-written by the band members and a wonderful version of George Gershwin's Summertime. This is a notable debut, which shows the band already at full strength. A memorable document of the British blues revival, which was at its peak at the time.”

“Hackneyed blues rock. Lots of 60s bands 'borrowed' (cough) blues riffs and themes and incorporated them into their rock music. A smaller number of 60s bands played flat out, note-for-note blues songs, but with fuzzy guitars. This is the latter.”

“Absolutely stunning album by Dave Edmunds who had never played blues before. He totally immersed himself in blues records and came out with this amazing piece of work. If you love the blues, it would be worthwhile to seek this one out.”