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| From | Steve Schiavo <steveschiavo@mac.com> |
| Subject | Help Yourself (was Re: Quiver (was: Who is this band?) |
| Date | Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:10:16 -0600 |
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On Jan 9, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Ronald Sanchez - Career Records wrote:
> Just now listening to the first album. It reminds me a lot of the
> first couple of Help Yourself albums. I'm sure it's party a sign of
> the times. The first Home album is also in the same vein. If
> pressed, I'd have to say Help Yourself is the far better of the
> three. Malcom Morley is clearly a superior song writer and
> singer... While Renwick is a great guitarist, Ricky Treece from the
> Helps is a lot more inventive, Malcolm is a great guitarist too. If
> these sound interest you, I'd have to suggest you seek out the
> double with the first and third Helps on one disc. The first album
> is exquisite, and I would think would go over well with many of
> you. The Garden Of Delights book dismisses it as "Pub rock,
> avoid". This is just not true. Imagine if The current version of
> Wilco made a record in 1970, and it was all killer, no filler.
Help Yourself is sorta like Man (and there is crossover between the
bands) in that three albums have a longish kinda spacerock songs
along with the pop and country rock-ish tracks. As Ronald says, the
guitar playing is very fine.
Reviews often mention that they would have fit in well with the West
Coast scene at the time they were active, and I think that's a fair
assessment.
- Steve
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