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Melvin Sparks - Sparks! (1970) & Akilah! (1972) [1993, Reissue]
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Melvin Sparks - Sparks! (1970) & Akilah! (1972) [1993, Reissue]
Soul-Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Blues | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:14:12 | 438,79 Mb
Label: BGP Records (UK) | Cat.# CDBGPD 064 | Released: 1993-01-25 (1970/1972)
Soul-Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Blues | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 01:14:12 | 438,79 Mb
Label: BGP Records (UK) | Cat.# CDBGPD 064 | Released: 1993-01-25 (1970/1972)
Sparks! is 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. Sparks was one of the bluesiest soul-jazz guitarists, and his tart tone shares space here with deep grooves from Leon Spencer on organ. The brass, handled by Virgil Jones (trumpet) Houston Person (tenor sax), and John Manning (tenor sax), is usually secondary to the guitar-organ riffs. Sparks remakes Sly Stone's "Thank You," and the Coasters' "Charlie Brown," and Eric Burdon & War's "Spill the Wine" as lengthy instrumentals - commercial choices, to be sure, but executed with relaxed grit. Rounding out the program is a Rodgers-Hart cover and a Leon Spencer original. BGP's reissue also includes Sparks' 1972 effort Akilah!
~Review by Richie Unterberger
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Melvin Sparks - Sparks! (1970) & Akilah! (1972) [1993, Reissue]
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Melvin Sparks - Sparks! (1970) & Akilah! (1972) [1993, Reissue]
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Release of those albums: "Sparks!" - 1970 [LP Prestige, Cat.# PR 10001, US; "Akilah!" - 1972 [LP Prestige, Cat.# PR 10039, US]
Release of this CD: 1993, January, 25 [CD BGP Records (UK), Cat.# CDBGPD 064 / UPC: 029667276429]
℗ Fantasy, Inc., © 1993 Fantasy, Inc.
The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Fantasy, Inc. and is licensed to Ace Records Ltd.
Made in the United Kingdom
Notes: Digitally transferred from original analogue master tapes.
Credits:
~Sparks!~
Producer - Bob Porter
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Organ – Leon Spencer, Jr.
Recorded By – Rudy Van Gelder
Saxophone [Tenor] – Houston Person, John Manning
Supervised By – Bob Porter
Trumpet – Virgil Jones
~Akilah!~
Producer - Ozzie Cadena
Drums – Idris Muhammad
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Flute – Dave Hubbard (tracks: 6), Hubert Laws (tracks: 6)
Guitar – Melvin Sparks
Orchestrated By – Billy Ver Planck
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)
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)
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010
EAC extraction logfile from 30. April 2012, 20:05
Melvin Sparks / Sparks/Akilah
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Defeat audio cache : Yes
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Read offset correction : 48
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Track 4
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Track 5
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Track 6
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Track 7
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Track 9
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End of status report
EAC extraction logfile from 30. April 2012, 20:05
Melvin Sparks / Sparks/Akilah
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Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : Yes
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : No
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Not detected, thus appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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Additional command line options : -6 -V -T "ARTIST=%a" -T "TITLE=%t" -T "ALBUM=%g" -T "DATE=%y" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%n" -T "GENRE=%m" -T "COMMENT=%e" %j–picture="%i"%j %s -o %d
TOC of the extracted CD
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Analyzed: Melvin Sparks / Sparks/Akilah
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
DR13 -0.30 dB -15.70 dB 8:11 01-Thank You For Letting Me
DR13 -0.61 dB -17.19 dB 6:40 02-I Didn't Know What Time It Was
DR13 -1.22 dB -16.74 dB 5:56 03-Charlie Brown
DR14 -1.18 dB -18.28 dB 7:03 04-The Stinker
DR14 -1.04 dB -17.48 dB 11:15 05-Spill The Wine
DR15 0.00 dB -16.27 dB 5:39 06-Love The Life You Live
DR14 0.00 dB -15.70 dB 6:01 07-On The Up
DR13 0.00 dB -15.22 dB 4:45 08-All Wrapped Up
DR13 0.00 dB -15.13 dB 4:43 09-Akilah
DR14 -0.01 dB -17.53 dB 7:09 10-Blues For Jb
DR13 0.00 dB -15.29 dB 6:50 11-The Image Of Love
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 794 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: Melvin Sparks / Sparks/Akilah
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.30 dB -15.70 dB 8:11 01-Thank You For Letting Me
DR13 -0.61 dB -17.19 dB 6:40 02-I Didn't Know What Time It Was
DR13 -1.22 dB -16.74 dB 5:56 03-Charlie Brown
DR14 -1.18 dB -18.28 dB 7:03 04-The Stinker
DR14 -1.04 dB -17.48 dB 11:15 05-Spill The Wine
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DR13 0.00 dB -15.22 dB 4:45 08-All Wrapped Up
DR13 0.00 dB -15.13 dB 4:43 09-Akilah
DR14 -0.01 dB -17.53 dB 7:09 10-Blues For Jb
DR13 0.00 dB -15.29 dB 6:50 11-The Image Of Love
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Number of tracks: 11
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 794 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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