Boxset / Compilation · 1993
Tracklist
Sparks! (1970):
01. Thank You (08:11)
(S. Stewart)
02. I Didn't Know What Time It Was (06:40)
(Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
03. Charlie Brown (05:56)
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
04. The Stinker (07:03)
(Leon Spencer)
05. Spill The Wine (11:15)
(Papa Dee Allen, Harold Ray Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott)
Akilah! (1972):
06. Love The Life You Live (05:39)
(Gene Redd, Kool & the Gang)
07. On The Up (06:01)
(Melvin Sparks)
08. All Wrapped Up (04:45)
(Melvin Sparks)
09. Akilah (04:43)
(Melvin Sparks)
10. Blues For J.B. (07:09)
(Melvin Sparks)
11. The Image Of Love (06:50)
(Melvin Sparks)
Line-up/Musicians
Sparks!:
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Organ – Leon Spencer, Jr.
Saxophone [Tenor] – Houston Person, John Manning
Trumpet – Virgil Jones
Akilah!:
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Flute – Dave Hubbard (tracks: 6), Hubert Laws (tracks: 6)
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Organ, Piano – Leon Spencer
Percussion – Buddy Caldwell
Saxophone [Alto] – George Coleman (tracks: 4), Sonny Fortune (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Saxophone [Tenor] – Dave Hubbard (tracks: 3), Frank Wess (tracks: 1, 2, 4)
Trumpet – Ernie Royal (tracks: 4), Virgil Jones (tracks: 1, 2, 4)
About this release
BGP CDBGPD 064 (UK)
Digitally transferred from original analogue master tapes
Thanks to snobb for the addition