[Mael-list] Sparks reissues

Thu Sep 14 11:47:11 PDT 2006

Can someone please reiterate, or paste from an old message the story behind 
Cigarettes & Politics?

I have it, but have no idea where I got it.  Sure sounds like Sparks tho.

Then again, when I was ten years old, I thought "Balroom Blitz" sounded like 
Sparks.

>From: Jay Bond <jcbond at sympatico.ca>
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>The 'Island Masters' cds of the mid-70's albums are no longer in  print, so 
>for newer fans that don't have those with the extra tracks  these are a 
>good deal, and it's good to see them available again. For  us old-timers 
>though, live versions of Barbecutie, Lost and Found,  and an interview are 
>not enough to get me to fork out for another  copy of Kimono, e.g.  I would 
>have preferred the unreleased tracks on  a separate album (The Hell 
>Collection vol 2?), mainly because I think  Kimono, Propaganda, and 
>Indiscreet are perfect as they are, and I  think the listening experience 
>of Kimono My House in particular is  hurt by tacking on Barbecutie and Lost 
>and Found after the stunning  curtain closer Equator (I'm referring to the 
>Island Masters version).
>What I would really like to see is Introducing released on CD, as  well as 
>the Halfnelson demos along with some of the earlier stuff  like Cigarettes 
>& Politics and Computer Girl.
>Still, we can't complain- the stuff they have released has provided  us 
>Sparks fans with a disproportionate amount of joy compared the  that of 
>non-Sparks fans  : )
>Jay in Toronto
>
>On 12-Sep-06, at 7:59 AM, Gary Moore wrote:
>
>
>So, I see Sparks are re-releasing their old albums once more on CD.   I've 
>just been on 101cd.com and found the mid-70's albums.  They all  have the 
>original albums' tracks but with different extras.  Some of  these are 
>"Live at Fairfield Hall" whilst Big Beat has Confusion  (previously 
>unreleased) and Looks Aren't Everything (previously  unreleased).
>
>Now call me an old cynic but why would I want to purchase CDs that I  
>already have just for a couple of live bonus tracks?
>
>Why not just release 1 album of the extras we don't already have?
>
>I for one won't be going out to buy an album when I already have 80%  of 
>the tracks on the original CD release.
>
>What does everyone else think?
>
>Gary
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