This version of "Help Me" uses the backing track of Ray Sharpe's "Help Me" (with Jimi Hendrix on guitar) but speeded up and with new vocals by Owen Gray (or "Owen Grey", two different spellings are being used for the artist).
Released in UK
Title: Help Me / Incense - 7" single
Composers:
Help Me - "King" Curtis Ousley, Ray Sharpe, Cornell Dupree
Incense - Miller, Fallon
Release date: 13 January 1967? 1
Label: Island
Catalog number: WIP-6000
Exists in 2 different versions:
- Stock copy in a pink Island sleeve
- White label
SOURCES
1 a 13 January 1967 release date for the single is listed on 45cat.com. According to the notes on the page:
Release date from Record Retailer Jan 12,1967.
Record Retailer review Jan 12, 1967.
I haven't however been able to find the Record Retailer issue in question so that I could have confirmed this, the 1966 date on the single label is confusing. If anyone can confirm the release date with scans of the magazine that would be most appreciated.