Blues Helping

Blues Helping Artist: Love Sculpture
Label: EMI Int'l
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 724349941625
EAN: 0724349941625
ASIN: B00000IBHN


Release Date: 1999-02-12

Blues Helping


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Tracks:

  1. Stumble
  2. 3 O'Clock Blues
  3. I Believe To My Soul
  4. So Unkind
  5. Summertime
  6. On The Road Again
  7. Don't Answer The Door
  8. Wang Dang Doodle
  9. Come Back Baby
  10. Shake Your Hips
  11. Blues Helping

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Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of the 1968 debut album by this blues/ prog outfit Dave Edmunds played with prior to his solo career. 11 tracks. Also featuring the original cover art. 1999 release.

Album Details

Remastered Digipack Reissue.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Electric British Blues at its finest.......2006-07-13

While I know why so many of you rated this 5 stars, I feel like you're a bit too attached to 60's music which makes you nostalgic for this record. I agree with the fact that Dave Edmunds is one of the underated guitar players of the era. I also agree that technically he is a fine player. However, I have to disagree with the characterizations that this is one of the best blues albums of all time. When you stack it up to the Chess sessions, it pales. Sure, compared to Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and Alvin Lee, Edmunds failed to garner much popularity (for some unkown reason), but I'm afraid he's not on the same page with BB King or Muddy Waters.

That said, though, this is a nice collection of frenetic electric guitar blues. It is mostly cover material with that nice 60's psychedelic edge. Its a good collection of blues rock with some spectacular pyrotechnics, as well as choice licks. If its lacking, its in that polished soulful phrasing that the blues greats have in buckets. The tune selection shows he's done his homework on the blues classics - Freddy King's "The Stumble" (which if for no other reason you have to hand it to him for attempting when Peter Green does a wonderful job of with the original Fleetwood Mac), a couple of Ray Charles staples and Slim Harpo's "Shake Your Hips" all standout. It all sort of sounds dated now, though, doesn't it?

A very hip collection indeed. Well worth investigation if you're a blues rock fan.

5 out of 5 stars Great Guitar Work, Great Blues Album.......2006-02-18

This is one of the first blues albums I heard, and I've been a fan ever since. Dave Edmunds guitar work is amazing. Many people have no idea that this guy can play. Though mostly covers, they really smoke, with Dave's guitar virtuosity. Ray Charles, Canned Heat and the others they cover must be proud. I've never met anyone who's heard this album and didn't like it. Well worth the money if you're a blues fan.

5 out of 5 stars Dave Edmunds, The "Unknown" Guitar Hero.......2001-10-29

It's surprising to me (and probably everyone familiar with his work) that Dave Edmunds wasn't put on a pedestal and hailed as not only the best guitar phenom to come out of England in the 60's, but the best guitar phenom to come out of the 60's, PERIOD! When you listen to this CD, you're immediately struck over the head from the get-go with Edmunds' fast, fluid blues-rock leads on "The Stumble", and you wonder, "who IS this guy??" At the risk of committing sacrilege, not even the guitar heroes of the day back then (Beck, Clapton, Page, and dare I say, even Hendrix) played with as much passion, skill and bravado as Edmunds; and yet, if you ask every current guitarist who Dave Edmunds is, you get blank stares and hear things like "Who's Dave Edmunds?" or "I've never heard of him"!

Once Edmunds' fiery leads on "The Stumble" have commanded your attention, then he and Love Sculpture run through other blues/soul standards such as B.B. King's "3 O'Clock Blues", Ray Charles' "I Believe To My Soul" (which has a wonderfully loud, searing guitar solo), and my favorite track, George Gershwin's "Summertime" (which was covered again in 1970 by the group "Brainbox", which featured guitarist Jan Akkerman and vocalist Kaz Lux). The sound of this remastered version is wonderful, and when you listen to it for either the first time (or even for the first time in a long time), you will hear the true genius of this overlooked guitar hero--England's best-kept secret returns!

5 out of 5 stars Searing blues guitar from Edmunds.......2001-07-06

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.

5 out of 5 stars

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