Blues Helping [Import, Original recording remastered]

Love Sculpture | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 12, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00000IBHN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,853 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Remastered Digipack Reissue. 2007 digitally remastered edition of this classic debut album the group that brought Dave Edmunds to public attention. This issue was mastered from the original tapes and expanded to include both the A and B-sides of their first two singles.His importance in the history of Welsh rock music can't be understated and his recording career began with this trio. Edmunds emerged as a guitar hero of extreme prowess. The group's first single was released as The Human Beans, but their name was changed prior to the release of this album. The tracks include the stunning "Summertime" and the title track, admired on both sides of the Atlantic. Esoteric

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Sculpture Live, January 10, 2000

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Steve Knight (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blues Helping (Audio CD)

I cannot believe Amazon.com has a CD of Love Sculpture's Blues Helping. Being originally from the UK, I have an original LP of Blues Helping. In 1967 I was lucky enough see Love Sculpture play most the tracks on this CD live, at Essex University, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, England. This is truly great blues guitar music, in fact, Dave Edmunds is the greatest electric guitarist I have ever seen, especially when doing his version of Sabre Dance. A truly fabulous album/CD.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A competitive record to the 1968 John Mayall Blues Breakers, June 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Blues Helping (Audio CD)

After the success of John Mayall's 1968 Blues Breakers release, EMI Parlaphone decided they needed a record to compete with Mayall's. They enlisted Dave Edmunds' Love Sculpture...and did they ever come through. I had (and still have) the original (Imported) LP released in 1968. I felt then, and still do, that it was less commercial than most English Blues LPs of the time. Edmunds really lets loose on "Stumble", "Blues Helping" and "Hip Shake". The record has a very smooth, polished feel to it.. yet it isn't overly produced. Dave Edmunds has done some great recording since Blues Helping, but none that stand out as much as this particular record. I think we would all like to see a Love Sculpture reunion and CD.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Searing blues guitar from Edmunds, July 5, 2001

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Tod C. Armstrong (Rohnert Park, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blues Helping (Audio CD)

Spine-tingling stuff. The solo Dave rips off on Ray Charles' "I Believe to My Soul" is among the finest in blues-rock recordings. Amazing that Edmunds never really ever attempted a followup to this blues masterpiece. I guess perfection needs no encore.