Label: Esoteric Recordings (Europe), ECLEC 2015
Style: Rock, Blues Rock
Country: Cardiff, Wales
Time: 52:32
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 320 Mb
Love
Sculpture were founded in Cardiff in 1966 by former members of the
Human Beans. The band mostly performed blues standards, slightly
revved-up, but still close to the originals. Their debut album Blues
Helping included the songs "Summertime" and "Wang Dang Doodle". They are
best known for their 1968 novelty hit in the UK Singles Chart, a
high-speed cover version of the classical piece "Sabre Dance" by Aram
Khachaturian, released on the Parlophone label (R 5744), which reached
No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1968. The recording was
inspired by Keith Emerson's classical rearrangements. "Sabre Dance"
became a hit after receiving air play by British DJ John Peel, who was
so impressed that he played it twice in one programme. In December 1968,
UK music magazine NME reported that Love Sculpture had signed a US
recording contract with London Records, guaranteeing ?250,000.
The
band were also given an invitation to perform "Sabre Dance" live on the
German Beat-Club television programme of Radio Bremen, being broadcast
in monochrome at that time. Second album Forms and Feelings followed,
including the aforementioned "Sabre Dance", and additional songs
including , "In The Land of the Few", "Farandole", "People People",
"Seagull (West Coast Oil Tragedy)", written by Paul Korda, and the
equally fast cover of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me". The US version
of the album also featured a recording of "Mars" from Gustav Holst's
The Planets, but Holst's estate refused to license the tune for the UK
version. They recorded for BBC Radio 1's John Peel sessions in 1968
(twice) and 1969. In 1970 Mickey Gee joined the band as a second
guitarist, and Terry Williams replaced Rob Jones on drums.
Love
Sculpture split up in 1970 after a US tour, having recorded just the two
albums. Edmunds went on to solo number one hit success with "I Hear You
Knocking" later in 1970, and collaborated heavily with ex-Brinsley
Schwarz bassist Nick Lowe, eventually forming the band Rockpile with him
and Terry Williams.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Sculpture)
01. The Stumble (03:03)
02. Three O'Clock Blues (05:08)
03. I Believe To My Soul (03:47)
04. So Unkind (02:56)
05. Summertime (04:02)
06. On The Road Again (03:35)
07. Don't Answer The Door (06:02)
08. Wang Dang Doodle (03:31)
09. Come Back Baby (02:45)
10. Shake Your Hips (03:19)
11. Blues Helping (03:46)
12. Morning Dew (Take Me For A Walk) (02:52)
13. It's A Wonder (02:41)
14. River To Another Day (02:36)
15. Brand New Woman (02:21)
