Sparks!

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

1970 studio album by Melvin Sparks

Sparks!

Studio album by

Melvin Sparks

Released| 1970
Recorded| September 14, 1970
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre| Jazz
Label| Prestige
PR 10001
Producer| Bob Porter
Melvin Sparks chronology
|  | Sparks!
(1970)  | Spark Plug
(1971)

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

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

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

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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

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* Melvin Sparks \- guitar
* Virgil Jones - trumpet
* John Manning, Houston Person (tracks 3 & 4) - tenor saxophone
* Leon Spencer \- organ
* Idris Muhammad \- drums

### Production

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* Bob Porter \- producer
* Rudy Van Gelder \- engineer

## References

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1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed May 22, 2013
2. ^ a b Unterberger, R. Allmusic listing accessed May 22, 2013.