Sparks!

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Sparks!

1970 studio album by Melvin Sparks

This article is about the debut album by guitarist Melvin Sparks. For other uses, see Sparks.

Sparks! is the debut album by soul jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks recorded for the Prestige label in 1970.[1]

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The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars calling it "A solid soul-jazz outing that looks to commercial material for the bulk of the set, but doesn't unduly compromise itself in a pop direction... commercial choices, to be sure, but executed with relaxed grit".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Sly Stone) - 8:08
  2. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:35
  3. "Charlie Brown" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 5:55
  4. "The Stinker" (Leon Spencer) - 7:00
  5. "Spill the Wine" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Ray Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott) - 11:10

Personnel

Production

References

  1. [1]
    Prestige Records discography accessed May 22, 2013
  2. [2]
    Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 22, 2013.
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