• Source: Love Sculpture

Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues rock band that was active from 1966 to 1970, led by Dave Edmunds (born 15 April 1944 in Cardiff, Wales), with bassist John David (born 19 January 1946 in Cardiff) and drummer Rob "Congo" Jones (born 13 August 1946 in Barry, Wales).




Career


Love Sculpture were founded in Cardiff in 1966 by former members of the Human Beans. The band mostly performed blues standards, slightly revved-up, but still close to the originals. Their debut album Blues Helping included the songs "Summertime" and "Wang Dang Doodle".
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), which reached No. 5 in the UK Singles Chart in December 1968. The recording was inspired by Keith Emerson's classical rearrangements. "Sabre Dance" became a hit after receiving air play by British DJ John Peel, who was so impressed that he played it twice in one programme. In December 1968, UK music magazine NME reported that Love Sculpture had signed a US recording contract with London Records, guaranteeing £250,000. The band were also given an invitation to perform "Sabre Dance" live on the German Beat-Club television programme of Radio Bremen, being broadcast in monochrome at that time.
Second album Forms and Feelings followed, including the aforementioned "Sabre Dance", and additional 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 US 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 UK version.
They recorded 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 replaced Rob Jones on drums.
Love Sculpture split up in 1970 after a US tour, having recorded just the two albums. Edmunds went on to solo number one hit success with "I Hear You Knocking" later in 1970, and collaborated heavily with ex-Brinsley Schwarz bassist Nick Lowe, eventually forming the band Rockpile with him and Terry Williams.




Band members


Dave Edmunds – lead vocals, guitar (1966–70)
John David – bass, backing vocals (1966–70)
Rob "Congo" Jones – drums, percussion (1966–1970)
Mickey Gee – guitar (1970)
Terry Williams – drums, percussion (1970)




Discography






= Albums

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Blues Helping – (October 1968) – Parlophone

Released in the US in mid-May on Motown's new Rare Earth label (RS-505), with a different cover design.

"The Stumble" (Freddy King, Sonny Thompson) (shown as "Stumble" on cover, "The Stumble" on label)
"3 O'Clock Blues" (B. B. King, Jules Taub)
"I Believe to My Soul" (Ray Charles)
"So Unkind" (Elmore James, Marshall Sehorn)
"Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward)
"On The Road Again" (Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson)
"Don't Answer the Door" (James Franklin Johnson)
"Wang-Dang-Doodle" (Willie Dixon)
"Come Back Baby" (Ray Charles)
"Shake Your Hips" (Slim Harpo)
"Blues Helping" (John David Williams, Dave Edmunds, Rob Jones)



2007 Esoteric Records reissue bonus tracks

"Morning Dew" (Human Beans)
"It's a Wonder" (Human Beans)
"River to Another Day" (Single)
"Brand New Woman" (Single)
Dave Edmunds - guitars, lead vocals, organ, piano
John Williams - bass, backing vocals (3, 5, 6, 8), piano (10)
Bob "Congo" Jones - drums, backing vocals (3, 5)



Forms and Feelings – (December 1969) – Parlophone

Released in the US in 1970 on Parrot (PAS-71035).

"In the Land of the Few" (Mike Finesilver, Pete Ker, Dave Edmunds) – 3:55
"Seagull" (Paul Korda) – 3:28
"Nobody's Talking" (Finesilver, Ker) – 3:37
"Why (How Now)" (Finesilver, Ker) – 7:42
"Farandole" (Georges Bizet, arranged by Dave Edmunds) – 3:42
"You Can't Catch Me" (Chuck Berry) – 3:25
"People People" (Finesilver, Ker) – 3:23
"Mars" (Gustav Holst) – 1:58 (US version only)
"Sabre Dance" (Aram Khachaturian, arranged by Dave Edmunds) – 11:12



2007 Esoteric Records release bonus tracks

"Think of Love"
"Seagull" (Mono Single Version)
"Farandole (Mono Single Version)
"In the Land of the Few" (Mono Single Version)
"People People" (Mono Single Version)
"Sabre Dance" (Single Version)
Dave Edmunds - guitars, lead vocals, keyboards
John Williams - bass, backing vocals, keyboards
Bob "Congo" Jones - drums, backing vocals
Both albums were reissued in May 2008, remastered and with bonus tracks (including the tracks from the two singles listed below).




= Singles

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"River to Another Day" – (1968) – B-side – "Brand New Woman"
"Sabre Dance" – (1968) – B-side – "Think of Love" – UK No. 5




See also


List of blues rock musicians
List of Peel sessions
List of NME covers
List of performers on Top of the Pops




References






External links


Love Sculpture discography at Discogs
Love Sculpture biography at Allmusic website
Mini-biography from makingtime.co.uk
Love Sculpture photographs
• Source: L.O.V.E. (sculpture)

L.O.V.E., commonly known as Il Dito (Italian for 'the finger') is a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan consisting of a hand with all the fingers severed with the exception of the middle finger. The sculpture is located in Piazza degli Affari in (Milan), where the Italian stock exchange is located. The name L.O.V.E. is the acronym of "Libertà, Odio, Vendetta, Eternità" ("Freedom, Hatred, Revenge, Eternity"). The sculpture, built in 2010, was originally exhibited on the occasion of Cattelan's retrospective at The Royal Palace of Milan. After the exhibition closed, the city Councillor for Culture Massimiliano Finazzer Flory proposed the piece to be permanent. The business community objected to the idea but after long deliberations, facilitated by Cattelan's decision to donate the sculpture, L.O.V.E. was eventually given permanent status.
Maurizio Cattelan never disclosed the exact meaning of the sculpture. The two most accepted explanations are that it represents both a critique of the Fascist salute and that it is designed as a protest against financial institutions after the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Indeed, the stock exchange building, Palazzo Mezzanotte, was built during fascism by architect Paolo Mezzanotte and completed in 1932.




History


It was inaugurated on 24 September 2010 by the then mayor of Milan, Letizia Moratti. Initially, it was planned that the sculpture, installed as part of a simultaneous Cattelan exhibition at Palazzo Reale, would remain in the square for only a week; nevertheless, from the very first days discussions began about a possible permanent location: Cattelan himself expressed himself with a letter to the then Milanese councillor for Culture, Massimiliano Finazzer Flory, in which he made himself available to donate the work to the city, provided that «the original spirit of the work was respected. The project was created for Piazza Affari and must remain there, this is my condition».
In the following months, despite some protests from the world of Milanese finance, the display of the Finger was extended from time to time until between 2011 and 2012 the government of Giuliano Pisapia, Moratti's successor at Palazzo Marino, decided on its definitive installation in the heart of Italian finance, thanks to the intervention of the new assessor for Culture, Stefano Boeri.




In mass culture


Since its installation, the work has immediately become one of the symbols of contemporary Milan. As proof of its intrinsic value, it has been chosen as the setting for several events.

On February 23, 2013, during Fashion Week, Greenpeace activists covered the finger with a green glove to ask the fashion industry to pay more attention to environmental issues.
On July 19, 2019, the sculpture was used for the Italian presentation of a series, La casa di carta, partly covered with a mask reminiscent of Salvador Dalí, the same one worn by the protagonists of the series.
On January 15, 2023, activists from Ultima Generazione, a group that fights against climate inaction, covered the base of the finger with washable yellow paint, in order to denounce state funding of fossil fuels.




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