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Help Yourself, known to their fans as "The Helps", were an English rock band of the early 1970s 
whose style developed from "American-flavoured country-rock ... to acid-drenched psych."
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. 
Help Yourself was experiencing some financial difficulties at this time, as were a number of other bands in 
England, so they teamed up with bandmembers from Brinsley Schwarz and moved into a rented house in 
Headley in 1971/1972 called the Grange, where Led Zeppelin had recorded the Symbols album earlier that 
year. While at the Grange, the band recorded the second album Strange Affair, released in early 1972, with 
the addition of Graham and Jonathan (Jojo) Glemser to the band. Graham and Glesmer left during the 
recording of Strange Affair and were replaced by Paul Burton for the completion of the album. The lineup of 
Burton, Morley, Treece, and Charles recorded another album almost immediately, called Beware of the 
Shadow, which was released at the end of 1972. None of the first three albums were big sellers. The Helps, 
as they were called by fans, appealed to a hippie audience and found moderate success in the U.S., where 
they appealed to Deadheads and fans of such bands as Quicksilver. Glam rock was the big rage in England at 
the time, but Help Yourself were found to be a bit too rural for radio play, especially in England so there was 
basically no promotion or support for the band. In 1973, Ken Whaley returned to the band and the Helps 
recorded an album that was appropriately called, The Return of Ken Whaley. The initial release of that album 
contained a "bonus" album called Happy Days, which was recorded live on tour with the Flying Aces. Shortly 
after the release of The Return of Ken Whaley, Help Yourself broke up. Malcolm Morley went on to join the 
Welsh band Man, with Ken Whaley later joining him there. The remaining band members joined Deke 
Leonard's Iceberg and recorded a couple of albums, while Treece later joined George and Martin Ace in the 
Flying Aces. 

1971 - Help Yourself
1972 - Strange Affair
1972 - Beware the Shadow
1973 - The Return of Ken Whaley
1973 - Happy Days
2004 - Help Yourself 5 (8 unreleased 1973 recordings & 3 recorded in 2002/2003)
2014 - Reaffirmation - An anthology 1971-1973 (Remastered, selected tracks from the albums, live track 
           from Christmas at the Patti, plus the Christmas single) 2 CD