SPARKS

Updated all sections of the discography on FanMael.
https://fanmael.nl/discography

Please let me know if you think I missed any release.

Recently, I had a conversation with Monte Mallin about the upcoming book about Sparks that I'm currently working on.

The first part is with the publisher, and the second part is currently being fin ...

I just found out that Ron and Russell co-wrote this song for the duo Chrissy & Hawley, in 2016. Hadn't heard of that before.

https://open.spotify.com/track/59uF8MzN2YiwfK2lxIMT04

For those interested; I have just signed the (adjusted) contract for the publication of the book about Sparks. Because I could not fit everything into one edition, there will now be two consecutive ed ...

For those interested, I have just published a new page on the website where I document the history of FanMael and my personal journey as a fan. To spice things up a bit, several special photos and a s ...

The two Bearsville albums were released as "Two Originals of Sparks" in March 1976, both in the UK and Germany, long before they appeared on cd.

For those interested, I've published a new chapter on the FanMael's website section The Albums Project. It concerns a prequel to the first official recordings, 1966-1971.

https://www.fanmael.nl/t ...

Hello OuterSpace,

Thanks very much for your list. I also received a similar one from another member of this list so I've really been helped a lot. I intend to use this list, together what I have ga ...

Some time ago, someone put a list of all gigs known to have been played by Sparks from Halfnelson to today. I'm compiling my own list and would like to compare some of the gigs I'm not sure about. Doe ...

"Spitant", (not ante spit) is a Flemish word not very widely used in Holland, although we do speak the same language. It means "bubbly", "lively" and not surprisingly; &q ...

I just found this link. Are they playing in Sweden?

http://www.ticnet.se/checkout/event.php?eventId=LUS0807E&&language=nl-nl

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your clearing reply. Of course my message wasn't to you in the first place. I just remember the thousands of guilders and days of work put into my efforts to promote Sparks in t ...

Much obliged, Sparkette, but I happen to live in the centre of the Dutch tulip fields.

Forgive me my slight cynicism. I suppose things will have changed over the years..

I've been running a Sparks fan club from 1974-1989 and from 1994 until it was merged in the Fan Mael site. In those day, I was always worked against by the US fanclub. Will this still be the case?

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