Love Sculpture

:"(For the LOVE sculpture, see LOVE (Sculpture) or Robert Indiana)."Love Sculpture was a British blues-rock band [ [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=LOVE|SCULPTURE&sql=11:f9fwxq85ld6e~T1 All Music Guide biography citation] ] of the late 1960s, led by Dave Edmunds (born David Edmunds, 15 April 1943, Cardiff, South Wales), plus bassist John Williams (born John David Williams, 19 January 1946, Cardiff, Wales) and drummer Rob 'Congo' Jones (born Robert Jones, 13 August 1946, Barry, South Wales).

Career

Love Sculpture formed in Cardiff in 1966 out of the remnants of another local band called The Human Beans [ [http://www.makingtime.co.uk/lovesculp.html makingtime.co.uk biography] ] , and disbanded in 1970, although Edmunds went on to enjoy solo success in the 1970s. The band itself was essentially a showpiece for Edmunds' considerable technical ability on the guitar. Love Sculpture mostly performed blues standards, slightly revved-up, but still largely reverent to the originals, releasing their debut album, "Blues Helping" with such songs as "Summertime", "Wang Dang Doodle" etc. 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). The recording was inspired by Keith Emerson's classical rearrangements.Rick Clark, liner notes from "The Dave Edmunds Anthology (1968-90)", Rhino Records R2 71191 (1993)] "Sabre Dance" became a hit after garnering the enthusiastic attention of British DJ John Peel.

This was followed by a second album "Forms and Feelings", with songs including: "In The Land of the Few", "Farandole", "People People", "Seagull" and the equally fast cover of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me". The U.S. version of the album also featured a recording of "Mars" from Gustav Holst's "The Planets", but Holst's estate refused to license the song for the U.K. version.

They recorded three times for BBC Radio 1's John Peel sessions in 1968 (twice) and 1969. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/l/lovesculpture/ John Peel sessions dates] ]

Love Sculpture split up after a U.S. tour, having recorded two albums. Edmunds shortly went on to further number one hit success with "I Hear You Knocking", and collaborated heavily with ex-Brinsley Schwarz bassist Nick Lowe, eventually forming the band Rockpile with him.

Discography

Albums

*"Blues Helping" - (December 1968) - Polydor
**"The Stumble" (King, Thompson)
**"3 O'Clock Blues" (King, Taub)
**"I Believe to My Soul" (Charles, Learner)
**"So Unkind" (Sehorn)
**"Summertime" (Gershwin, Gershwin, Heyward)
**"On The Road Again" (Jones, Wilson)
**"Don't Answer the Door" (Johnson)
**"Wang Dang Doodle" (Dixon)
**"Come Back Baby" (Charles)
**"Shake Your Hips" (Moore)
**"Blues Helping" (Edmunds, Jones, Williams)

*"Forms and Feelings" - (January 1970) - Polydor
**"In the Land of the Few" (Finesilver, Ker, Edmunds)
**"Seagull" (Korda)
**"Nobody's Talking"
**"Mars" (Holst) (US version only)
**"Why (How Now)"
**"Farandole" (Bizet)
**"You Can't Catch Me" (Berry)
**"People People" (Finesilver, Ker)
**"Sabre Dance" (Aram Khachaturian)

ingles

*"River to Another Day"
*"Sabre Dance" - (1968) - UK #5 cite book
first= David
last= Roberts
year= 2006
title= British Hit Singles & Albums
edition= 19th
publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
location= London
pages= p. 331
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5]

ee also

*List of Blues-rock musicians
*List of Peel Sessions
*List of NME covers
*List of performers on Top of the Pops

External links

* [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=LOVE|SCULPTURE&sql=11:f9fwxq85ld6e~T1 Love Sculpture biography] at Allmusic website
* [http://www.makingtime.co.uk/lovesculp.html Mini-biography from makingtime.co.uk]
* [http://www.redferns.com/propxt/main/search_string~artid:16303::/ltext~LOVE%20SCULPTURE Love Sculpture photographs]

References