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Boxset / Compilation · 1996

Filed under Soul Jazz
By MELVIN SPARKS

Tracklist

1. Thank You (Falettin' Me Be Mice Elf Again) (8:11)
2. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (6:40)
3. Charlie Brown (5:57)
4. The Stinker (7:03)
5. Spill the Wine (11:14)
6. Who's Gonna Take the Weight (9:24)
7. Spark Plug (8:51)
8. Conjunction Mars (8:14)
9. Alone Together (4:19)
10. Dig Dis (6:47)

Total Time: 76:40

Line-up/Musicians

Drums – Idris Muhammad
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Organ – Leon Spencer (tracks: 1-6), Reggie Roberts (tracks: 7-10)
Tenor Saxophone – Grover Washington, Jr. (tracks: 6-10), Houston Person (tracks: 3, 4), John Manning (tracks: 1-5)
Trumpet – Virgil Jones

About this release

Prestige ‎– PRCD-24171-2 (US)

Recorded at Englewood Cliffs, NJ; September 14, 1970 (#1-5), March 1, 1971 (#6), and March 8, 1971 (other selections). #1-5 originally released as Sparks! (Prestige 10001); #6-10 as Spark Plug (Prestige 10016).

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