John Peel’s show was thrown into a little confusion, when hundreds of people contacted the BBC asking for the track to be replayed. It was such a magic moment. Peel was showcasing Love Sculpture that afternoon and John achieved the aim by getting the track replayed right at the end of the show
Regular performers on the rock group scene in the South Wales valleys. Watched them many times live in my misspent youth in the 60s This number was always on the playlist. Dave is respected highly by many a famous guitarist,. A solid working musician, who learned his craft the proper way.Playing bars and clubs daily for year's. Not like some of today's musicians.
Many a fine artist from south Wales. Unfortunately some didn't get the recognition they deserved. Mickey gee, although well respected as a guitarist isn't well known by the public. Same goes for Cal Ford. Many others too.
Friends, how great to hear this one again. My old post seems to have disappeared so let me add for all you. Peel played this twice on the show, just before the five o'clock news. After the first play he said, in a rather breathy voice, "I still don't really believe that" and then played it again!. That was Sep16, so i see here. A couple of weeks later my family moved to Canada, Toronto area. With the second Traffic album in my bag and regrets aplenty, I arrived to a new high school and fortunately a new friend, Graeme Moffat, who not only had a driving licence but knew all the downtown clubs. Wthin months we had seen The Nice, Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll, Jeff Beck Group (w Rod) and...Love Sculpture! In some tiny club called the Hawk's Next. I can testify that they could play this just as fast and powerfully.
I have a very clear memory of my 15 year old self being in the bathroom one morning before school and my mother shouting for me to turn the volume down on my transistor radio which had accompanied me to the washroom. It was none other than this track that I had cranked up to full volume (presumably being played Mr Blackburn who would then have been hosting the Radio 1 breakfast show)
Bought the single when it came out in 68, and thrashed my air guitar to the tune, still one of my great memories of a great era to have lived through and survived!
Great band and great song! The recorded version made me want to go out at get a Gibson ES-335. Dave got such an amazing tone on this and many other songs. He is an incredibly under rated guitar player (and musical talent in general), but he has made his mark behind the scenes as an excellent producer as well.
If not for Clyde Clifford of KAAY radio's Beaker Street, I would of never heard this or many other great but not played groups and songs. To many radio stations were and still are "Top 40" stations to set in their ways. Thanks to the rare breed of DJ's that expanded our horizons of music.
@Ron Fullerton: Oh, man. I came to TH-cam looking for this song. At the time I heard it, I did not know it was called "Sabre Dance," though it was something I recognized as something from classical music. But I had never heard it like _that._ I was a passenger in the back seat of a car, on a Friday or Saturday night, and we were just cruising. Upon hearing this, I was amazed how the electric guitar transformed this piece. I learned much later what the name of the piece was, when I heard an actual orchestral version of it, and had the album whole piece was on. This shredded version, I heard only _one_ time, that night, on _Beaker Street._ I have never forgotten it. So, I come to TH-cam, which has become _the_ place to go for that hard-to-find thing (or the internet in general; if _you_ remember it, someone else does, too). And here it is. I now know the name of the performer, after all of these years. Man, I love modern times.
I never saw Love Sculpture but was lucky enough to see Rockpile at the old Brentford Red Lion back in the mid 80's and they blew the roof off with this tune. Thanks so much for posting!
Yes, it was posted before. Thanks for commenting again. I'm certainly envious that you saw them live. Also glad they were able to cut the mustard live, as these recordings indicate (see also Farandole live).
I remember hearing this on John Peel and being staggered byit! So was Peel because if my memory is correct he played it again later in the show by which time my reel to reel tape machine was ready to record it! I did buy the single when it was released but this is the better version!
There was some speculation that the studio versions of 'Sabre Dance' &' Farandole' were sped up for the released recordings, but this seems to put that rumor to rest.. Dave Edmunds pretty much kicks ass on Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck on this tune, his peers at the time. His leads are jaw-dropping.
I didnt see them there, but at leytonstone in 1968. I went to a lot of stuff at the lyceum, perhaps the best being an all nighter with peter hammill, keith relfs renaissance, yes, and the nice. I probably heard this on radio at the time. also remember having a near miss by the guns jaguar at gants hill essex where they lived.
yes, I used to go to the sunday implosions. saw the who and elton john there december 1970. saw jimmy hendrix at albert hall 1969 with soft machine, and isle of wight 1970. also was going to see him 1967 at forest gate, but decided I looked too young to be 18. its too late to go back and try again though..
those were the days when the who were loud, im glad you saw hendrix, you are also lucky to have seen him, by the way i was at the royal albert that day sitting at the front row on the left side of the stage, regards.
I saw Love sculpture at the Marquee club, they were excellent, they did a great version of Day in the life ( Beatles) they had a lot of echo on the vocals for that and it sounded great, they ended with sabre dance!, Great band. Oh by the way someone mentioned Hendrix!, I saw Jimi three times all in London!, twice at the Uppercut club in Forest gate and the first time at the Ram jam club in Brixton where we went to see John Mayall with Peter Green, Mayall brought the experience up on stage to do three numbers! I was hooked for life!!
The drummer was Terry Williams, played later on with Dave Edmunds at Rockpile, and, most of all, he was the drummer of the Dire Straits from 1982 till 1988.
Sabra Dance er fra Love Sculptures "Form and Feelings" fra 1969 .Nummeret på LPen varer 11 minutter Gruppen var på en USA tour men kom hurtigt hjem til England igen.
The only video I know is the Beat Club version of Sabre Dance which is on youtube and which I got a number of screen captures for my video. I was always a fan and would have loved to have seen them live as you did. I also loved Race with the Devil that you mentioned in your other post. In fact any song with great lead guitar I loved.
thats coincidence you were at the albert hall.I went to the feb 18th night. I remember seeing someone who looked like pye hastings in the lift of south kensington tube that night, but caravan were at the marquee that night and he got an electric shock there. richard sinclair told me about 10 years ago that the gun were supporting them that night, though he doesnt like too much reminiscing he said.
@audiophobe1978 I recall "dear old dad", bassist, saying in a short NME article back then that he could only play Sabre Dance live when he had the right amount of sweat on his fingers. Saw the band live in Toronto 69 and they were great! wordofgord
nice to hear from you, the good old days, with all night shows, did you ever go to the roundhouse at chalk farm ? i saw the who and hendrix there in 1969.
you know your music ! i saw this played live at the lyceum ballroom london back in 1969, also on the bill were "the gun" who played "race with the devil " if your intrested there is video on youtube.
thanks for this wilson! did you post it before? i recall making comments but there's none here. someone else posted? this version very clean and roaring. Peel played it twice on original broadcast, so impressed was he. perhaps you know. those were the days! wordofgord
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If Dave had been an American, this would have been a sensation. LS didn’t make a ripple across the pond. This is greatly at odds with Dave’s career, built around 3 minute songs with little indulgence.
@thewordofgord It would be tough going keeping up that pace on the bass! Do you know if there are any tapes of the band playing live, other than the BBC stuff? I also wish a journalist would interview your Dad and the other members about the band, and their history. I would love to know some of the background to some of the songs off Forms and Feelings.
@veda1954 Led Zep indeed. I have never forgiven myself for missing Zep playing Bromley Tech College in March 1969. The reason being that my girlfriend was a Tamla Motown fan and didn't fancy it. I should have put my foot down very firmly....
oh, sorry i took so long to reply, anyway, a friend of mine reminded me that the gun were first on the bill that night at the lyceum ballroom i completley forgot to mention, the order was,,, the gun, fleedwood mac, love sculpture, if anyone else was there that night. please email me,
I saw them live in a small venue in 1968, very good. its a shame dave edmunds went a bit middle of the road, but thats the way the music scene was going by the 70s, Im afraid
Late February 2021 and I've just rediscovered one of my favourite tunes from the late '60's!
Anyone else???
John Peel’s show was thrown into a little confusion, when hundreds of people contacted the BBC asking for the track to be replayed. It was such a magic moment. Peel was showcasing Love Sculpture that afternoon and John achieved the aim by getting the track replayed right at the end of the show
Regular performers on the rock group scene in the South Wales valleys.
Watched them many times live in my misspent youth in the 60s
This number was always on the playlist.
Dave is respected highly by many a famous guitarist,.
A solid working musician, who learned his craft the proper way.Playing bars and clubs daily for year's.
Not like some of today's musicians.
Many a fine artist from south Wales. Unfortunately some didn't get the recognition they deserved. Mickey gee, although well respected as a guitarist isn't well known by the public. Same goes for Cal Ford. Many others too.
Friends, how great to hear this one again. My old post seems to have disappeared so let me add for all you. Peel played this twice on the show, just before the five o'clock news. After the first play he said, in a rather breathy voice, "I still don't really believe that" and then played it again!. That was Sep16, so i see here. A couple of weeks later my family moved to Canada, Toronto area. With the second Traffic album in my bag and regrets aplenty, I arrived to a new high school and fortunately a new friend, Graeme Moffat, who not only had a driving licence but knew all the downtown clubs. Wthin months we had seen The Nice, Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll, Jeff Beck Group (w Rod) and...Love Sculpture! In some tiny club called the Hawk's Next. I can testify that they could play this just as fast and powerfully.
I can't imagine why Dave Edmunds is not more famous than he is.
I know, it's tragic that he isn't.
I have a very clear memory of my 15 year old self being in the bathroom one morning before school and my mother shouting for me to turn the volume down on my transistor radio which had accompanied me to the washroom. It was none other than this track that I had cranked up to full volume (presumably being played Mr Blackburn who would then have been hosting the Radio 1 breakfast show)
A great piece of relaxing Classical music.
one of THE greatest records EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting.
Very underrated as a guitarist and an artist. And he seems a good bloke.....👍
My dad, of 62 years of age, remembers this bc of his older brothers
I watched this group live decades ago. At the end of performing this they were "spent", such effort, it was remarkable.
Wow, don't think I've heard this song in at least 40 years. Forgot about Love Sculpture.
Well shame on you
Bought the single when it came out in 68, and thrashed my air guitar to the tune, still one of my great memories of a great era to have lived through and survived!
Great band and great song! The recorded version made me want to go out at get a Gibson ES-335. Dave got such an amazing tone on this and many other songs. He is an incredibly under rated guitar player (and musical talent in general), but he has made his mark behind the scenes as an excellent producer as well.
Dave Edmunds IS GOD!
The blistering song that made them famous !
magic, i had no idea that Dave played with this band,thank you Wilson.
Oh yes 🎶
I didn't learn about this til after the advent of Rockpile. Great band. Love Dave E.
Absolutely brilliant!! 👍
LOVE LOVE LOVE This!!!!
If not for Clyde Clifford of KAAY radio's Beaker Street, I would of never heard this or many other great but not played groups and songs. To many radio stations were and still are "Top 40" stations to set in their ways. Thanks to the rare breed of DJ's that expanded our horizons of music.
@Ron Fullerton: Oh, man. I came to TH-cam looking for this song. At the time I heard it, I did not know it was called "Sabre Dance," though it was something I recognized as something from classical music. But I had never heard it like _that._ I was a passenger in the back seat of a car, on a Friday or Saturday night, and we were just cruising. Upon hearing this, I was amazed how the electric guitar transformed this piece. I learned much later what the name of the piece was, when I heard an actual orchestral version of it, and had the album whole piece was on. This shredded version, I heard only _one_ time, that night, on _Beaker Street._ I have never forgotten it. So, I come to TH-cam, which has become _the_ place to go for that hard-to-find thing (or the internet in general; if _you_ remember it, someone else does, too). And here it is. I now know the name of the performer, after all of these years.
Man, I love modern times.
Lovely. Reminds me of my late teens........
still got the single I purchased when it was out, just think performers who could stand on stage and do this live
I saw them perform this live at the Students' Union in the late sixties - amazing. Waited months to buy the single; still got it!
The best of the best. Thank you.
Great work !!
I never saw Love Sculpture but was lucky enough to see Rockpile at the old Brentford Red Lion back in the mid 80's and they blew the roof off with this tune. Thanks so much for posting!
Rockpile was just a memory by the mid-80's and to the best of my knowledge they NEVER did anything that Love Sculpture did.
All Dave did was gold but he never got the golden records ors lines
My fav still is Edmunds and whatever he did in music
Many thanks for posting this rare never before heard be me version.
I ' ve got the 2 LPs but never knew that this version existed.
This is great.
For those surprised by Edmund's guitar playing, you should check out Love Sculpture's "Blues Helping".
Absolutely fabulous album
Was never mad on forms and feelings, but blues helping is superb
Yes, it was posted before. Thanks for commenting again. I'm certainly envious that you saw them live. Also glad they were able to cut the mustard live, as these recordings indicate (see also Farandole live).
Saw them live in Scotland in late 60s. Wow! saw Dave with Jules Holland live in Thetford forest but not so much impact.
I remember hearing this on John Peel and being staggered byit! So was Peel because if my memory is correct he played it again later in the show by which time my reel to reel tape machine was ready to record it! I did buy the single when it was released but this is the better version!
He did. Like you I was staggered. Remember a gloomy and wet winter's Sunday afternoon in a Pennine town. Awesome!
Dave said he didn’t like the LS version, so he redid it on one of his later solo records, Plugged In.
I was listening at the time and my memory is that he played it again immediately (as I told radio 3 yesterday!)
l saw them play this upper frog St. Tenby west Wales 1966 ,7. ridout.🎉
Dave Edmunds WAS/IS THE BEST!
Gorgeous dave xx
Beautiful...
Wish Radio Bremen would release the Beat Club version of this clip
There was some speculation that the studio versions of 'Sabre Dance' &' Farandole'
were sped up for the released recordings, but this seems to put that rumor to rest..
Dave Edmunds pretty much kicks ass on Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck on this tune, his peers at the time. His leads are jaw-dropping.
They were sped up a half step.
I didnt see them there, but at leytonstone in 1968. I went to a lot of stuff at the lyceum, perhaps the best being an all nighter with peter hammill, keith relfs renaissance, yes, and the nice. I probably heard this on radio at the time. also remember having a near miss by the guns jaguar at gants hill essex where they lived.
Love Sculpture,Blue Cheer,Jimi Hendrix and Cream are where heavy metal music began.
Don't forget Vanilla Fudge.
So,It is young Dave tearing His guitar apart.
Go Dave go.
Holy s***! Amazeballs 😍
yes, I used to go to the sunday implosions. saw the who and elton john there december 1970. saw jimmy hendrix at albert hall 1969 with soft machine, and isle of wight 1970. also was going to see him 1967 at forest gate, but decided I looked too young to be 18. its too late to go back and try again though..
those were the days when the who were loud,
im glad you saw hendrix, you are also lucky to have seen him,
by the way i was at the royal albert that day sitting at the front row
on the left side of the stage,
regards.
I saw Love sculpture at the Marquee club, they were excellent, they did a great version of Day in the life ( Beatles) they had a lot of echo on the vocals for that and it sounded great, they ended with sabre dance!, Great band. Oh by the way someone mentioned Hendrix!, I saw Jimi three times all in London!, twice at the Uppercut club in Forest gate and the first time at the Ram jam club in Brixton where we went to see John Mayall with Peter Green, Mayall brought the experience up on stage to do three numbers! I was hooked for life!!
Perfect...
way to ROCK...
The drummer invents grindcore, d-beat and drum'n'bass simoltaneously
The drummer was Terry Williams, played later on with Dave Edmunds at Rockpile, and, most of all, he was the drummer of the Dire Straits from 1982 till 1988.
@@helmutwerner4602 thanks!
Sabra Dance er fra Love Sculptures "Form and Feelings" fra 1969 .Nummeret på LPen varer 11 minutter Gruppen var på en USA tour men kom hurtigt hjem til England igen.
thanks for publishing it!
Now This Is LIVE! To Bad there is NO Video of them Playing!
awsome guitar work. I just can't believe that Dave ended up like a tired bar-musician. He could give us a lot more excellent tunes such as this one.
The only video I know is the Beat Club version of Sabre Dance which is on youtube and which I got a number of screen captures for my video. I was always a fan and would have loved to have seen them live as you did. I also loved Race with the Devil that you mentioned in your other post. In fact any song with great lead guitar I loved.
Cheap Trick were Fuse before they became Cheap Trick - Tom and Rick - with an LP on ATCO I think. They did this song live.
thats coincidence you were at the albert hall.I went to the feb 18th night. I remember seeing someone who looked like pye hastings in the lift of south kensington tube that night, but caravan were at the marquee that night and he got an electric shock there. richard sinclair told me about 10 years ago that the gun were supporting them that night, though he doesnt like too much reminiscing he said.
@audiophobe1978 I recall "dear old dad", bassist, saying in a short NME article back then that he could only play Sabre Dance live when he had the right amount of sweat on his fingers.
Saw the band live in Toronto 69 and they were great!
wordofgord
nice to hear from you, the good old days, with all night shows,
did you ever go to the roundhouse at chalk farm ?
i saw the who and hendrix there in 1969.
loved this since I was a kid. I'm almost 78. But they have massacred it!
Ich geh da Dakor mit Lemmy! Das is mal schnell👍…und Saugut🤘
HAAAA QUE MARAVILHA!
you know your music !
i saw this played live at the lyceum ballroom london
back in 1969, also on the bill were "the gun" who played "race with the devil "
if your intrested there is video on youtube.
He did it on Jules Holland Hootenanny 2009.
Ian Paice uses an identical shuffle on the live versions of Space Truckin'.
Saw them play this.
thanks for this wilson! did you post it before? i recall making comments but there's none here. someone else posted? this version very clean and roaring.
Peel played it twice on original broadcast, so impressed was he. perhaps you know.
those were the days!
wordofgord
Those old Selmer amps kicked ass,when you find one today,they want a fortune for it.They were a bit hotter than the Vox's back then.
🎯 I played a Selmer 50 watts RMS Treble 'n' Bass amp during my time with Blues 'n' Trouble, early 1980s (I was the bass player ...). I converted a Marshall cabinet containing 4 x 12" 30 watts RMS Celestions to 4 x 12" 80 watts RMS Celestions. The Selmer never compromised; enhanced all frequencies and drive. Stay free, N. R 😎 🍻
Aww my uncle Rob:)
Who is also my sister's Godfather!
Jeeeeeeeeez !
Lemmy sent me here. Woah 😳
Yes, I think he produced one of Motorhead's albums. As Lemmy said in his bio "White Line Fever".
That's the version I heard in 1968 talented musicians millennials take note
If Dave had been an American, this would have been a sensation. LS didn’t make a ripple across the pond. This is greatly at odds with Dave’s career, built around 3 minute songs with little indulgence.
@thewordofgord
It would be tough going keeping up that pace on the bass! Do you know if there are any tapes of the band playing live, other than the BBC stuff? I also wish a journalist would interview your Dad and the other members about the band, and their history. I would love to know some of the background to some of the songs off Forms and Feelings.
I saw it live late 60s.
Didn't seem to be a problem.
@veda1954 Led Zep indeed. I have never forgiven myself for missing Zep playing Bromley Tech College in March 1969. The reason being that my girlfriend was a Tamla Motown fan and didn't fancy it. I should have put my foot down very firmly....
Dave Edmunds Is GOD!
oh, sorry i took so long to reply,
anyway, a friend of mine reminded me that the gun
were first on the bill that night at the lyceum ballroom
i completley forgot to mention, the order was,,,
the gun,
fleedwood mac,
love sculpture,
if anyone else was there that night. please email me,
I saw them live in a small venue in 1968, very good. its a shame dave edmunds went a bit middle of the road, but thats the way the music scene was going by the 70s, Im afraid
Was Congo in Sassafrass?
Wow back when people play the guitar😮
Try and track down Bill Liesegang's version, it's sensational.
are there any moving videos of love sculpture?
The. Original. 45 it was recorded all on go. Just one take how. Many guitarist can do that
live at the Marquee, way back
Cheap Trick do a mighty fine version of this as well.
this was in a scooby doo episode
Wow, 68, you. say . something in the. water. then, perhaps?
1968 was a defining year for me! The rest of my life influenced! (See my small picture )
One for posterity.
What about the drum work!!!
Proto-metal music
Sculptures don't move...sorry.
Poor drummer
Can You Feel His Pain?
+ fietsvriend Poor comment.