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Biography

Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues - rock music|rock band (music)|band of the late 1960s, led by Dave Edmunds (born David Edmunds, 15 April 1944, Cardiff , Glamorgan , South Wales ), plus bassist John Williams - stage name John David (born John David Williams, 19 January 1946, Cardiff , South Wales ) and drummer Rob 'Congo' Jones (born Robert Jones, 13 August 1946, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry , Glamorgan , South Wales ).

Career

Love Sculpture formed in Cardiff in 1966 out of the remnants of another local band called The Human Beans, and disbanded in 1970, although Edmunds went on to enjoy solo (music)|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 standard s, slightly revved-up, but still largely reverent to the originals, releasing their debut album , Blues Helping with such song s as " Summertime (song)|Summertime ", " Wang Dang Doodle " etc.

They are best known for their 1968 novelty record|novelty hit single|hit in the UK Singles Chart , a high speed cover version of the classical music|classical piece " Sabre Dance ", by Aram Khachaturian , released on the Parlophone record label|label (R 5744), which reached #5 in the UK singles chart in December 1968. 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 people|British disc jockey|DJ John Peel . In December 1968, the United Kingdom|UK music magazine, NME , reported that Love Sculpture had signed a United States|U.S. recording contract with London Records , guaranteeing £250,000. The band were also given an invitation to perform "Sabre Dance" live, on the Germany|German Beat-Club television program me of Radio Bremen , being broadcast in monochrome at that time.

This was followed by a second album Forms and Feelings , with 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 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 tune for the U.K. version.

They recorded three times 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 (drummer)|Terry Williams replaced Rob Jones on drums."Mannerisms II - Man and roots/offshoots" by Michael Mycock, published June 1995, page 108

Love Sculpture split up after a U.S. tour, having sound recording and reproduction|recorded two albums. Edmunds shortly went on to further Chart-topper|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) - Parlophone

*" The Stumble " ( Freddy King|King , Sonny Thompson|Thompson )

*"3 O'Clock Blues" ( B. B. King|King , Taub)

*"I Believe to My Soul" ( Ray Charles|Charles , Learner)

*"So Unkind" (Sehorn)

*" Summertime (song)|Summertime " ( George Gershwin|Gershwin , Ira Gershwin|Gershwin , DuBose Heyward|Heyward )

*" On the Road Again (Canned Heat song)|On The Road Again " (Jones, Alan Wilson (musician)|Wilson )

*"Don't Answer the Door" ( Jimmy Johnson (musician)|Johnson )

*" Wang Dang Doodle " ( Willie Dixon|Dixon )

*" Come Back Baby " ( Ray Charles|Charles )

*" Shake Your Hips " ( Slim Harpo|Moore )

*"Blues Helping" (Edmunds, Jones, Williams)

(released in the US in mid-1969 on Motown's (then) new Rare Earth label (RS-505), with a different cover design)

Forms and Feelings - (January 1970) - Parlophone

*"In the Land of the Few" (Finesilver, Ker, Edmunds)

*"Seagull" ( Paul Korda|Korda )

*"Nobody's Talking"

*"Mars" ( Gustav Holst|Holst ) (US version only)

*"Why (How Now)"

*"Farandole" ( Georges Bizet|Bizet )

*" You Can't Catch Me " ( Chuck Berry|Berry )

*"People People" (Finesilver, Ker)

*" Sabre Dance " ( Aram Khachaturian ) (#5 http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php)

(released in the US in 1970 on Parrot (PAS-71035)

Both albums were re-issued in May 2008, remastered and with bonus tracks (including the tracks from the two Singles listed below).

Singles

"River to Another Day" - (1968) - B-side - "Brand New Woman"

"Sabre Dance" - (1968) - B-side - "Think of Love" - UK Singles Chart|UK #5

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