The album was eventually released in 2004.
and the album was finally completed in 2002/2003 by Morley, Treece and Whaley, with Kevin Spacey on drums, as Charles had other commitments.
Morley released his solo album Aliens in 2001
The fourth album did not sell well either, and the band were not getting many gigs, so they were surprised when United Artists asked them to record another album, which they started recording in July 1973, with a line-up augmented by Sean Tyla. The album was to be called 5…
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In 1973, the band proposed touring with Roger Ruskin Spear , the Flying Aces and Vivian “Spiv” Morris, in a vaudeville show called “Happy Days”, which was to be held in a circus tent. They started recording material for this in January, but Burton was unhappy with the proposed theatrical…
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In December 1972, Help Yourself with Leonard and B. J. Cole , played at Man’s Christmas Party. The double 10″ album, Christmas at the Patti recorded at this concert, contains far more of their performance (24’) than their hosts (11’30’’). Ducks Deluxe also played this concert, but Whaley had already…
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The new line-up of Morley, Treece, Charles and Burton appeared on their first Peel Session in April 1972 and recorded the next album Beware The Shadow almost immediately. Sean Tyla, who had been the band’s roadie , helped with some of the songwriting during this period, notably “American Mother,” and…
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Beware The Shadow was released in late 1972, but none of the first three albums sold well. The Helps appealed to a hippie audience such as fans of Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service so they were moderately successful in the U.S. but never toured there.
Help Yourself, Ernie Graham (vocals, guitar) and his guitarist Jonathan “Jojo” Glemser, moved into Headley Grange in 1971, shortly after Led Zeppelin IV had been recorded there. The line-up was amalgamated to include both Graham (who had just released his eponymous solo album backed by Help Yourself and Brinsley Schwarz)…
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Help Yourself formed in London in 1970, originally as a backing band for singer-songwriter Malcolm Morley , who had been signed as a solo act by Famepushers. The band was assembled by John Eichler who, as well as working for Famepushers, was production manager at Strand Cosmetics, where he hired…
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