HELP YOURSELF Beware The Shadow LP UNITED ARTISTS 1973 US orig DUCKS DELUXE-MAN
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HELP YOURSELF
MALCOM MORLEY, RICHARD TREECE, PAUL BURTON, DAVE CHARLES, THE SHADOW
Help Yourself was formed in the London area of England in 1970 initially as a backup band
for Malcolm Morley, who was signed as a solo act under the management of the Famepushers
whose acts Brinsley Schwarz and Ernie Graham had also secured contracts
with the U.K. division of United Artists/Liberty Records.
The band consisted of Richard Treece (guitars/vocals/harmonica), Dave Charles (drums/percussion/vocals),
Ken Whaley (bass), and of course Malcolm Morley (guitars/keyboards/vocals).
Help Yourself recorded their debut self-titled album in early 1971.
The songs on that album were completely written by Morley. Ken Whaley left the band after
the debut to be replaced by Ernie Graham (guitars), who had just released his solo album on Liberty.
After their demise, Malcolm Morley had a spell with Man (and Ken Whaley,
departed for Ducks Deluxe, later joined him there). The rest of the band joined
Deke Leonard's Iceberg, and Treece was later in The Flying Aces
"BEWARE THE SHADOW"
Produced by Help Yourself
1973 LP UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS UA-LA079-F
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
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LABEL: UNITED ARTISTS - BROWNISH LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) UA-LA079-F
Catalog on labels: UA-LA079-F (Side 1 / Side 2)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): T UA-LA-079-F-1-A BB
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): T UA-LA-079-F-2-B BB
On labels: Produced by Help Yourself
Published by Wellchart Music ASCAP
?1972 United Artists Records Inc.
rim text reads "Made in U.S.A."
On Back Sleeve: ?© MCMLXXIII United Artists Records Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.
tracklistingSide A: ALABAMA LADY - REAFFIRMATION - CALAPSO
Side B: SHE'S MY GIRL - MOLLY BAKE BEAN
AMERICAN MOTHER - PASSING THROUGH
gradingRECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
On Help Yourself's third album, the band kept on exploring its quietly entertaining fusion between the trippier
and rootsier sides of its personality, a bar band for those who liked to spend their days baking in the sun.
The most affecting song is the closer, the beautiful "Passing Through," a gentle acoustic ballad that
has the same regret-tinged melancholy of prime Nick Drake but, thanks to the higher singing register,
comes across as a quiet anthem, well worth the hearing...(AllMusic)
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