>Mary Hopkin has a new CD "Valentine"  of recordings made between  1972-80 
>with her husband Tony Visconti.
>There's a cover of Sparks Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth...

Wow! Another Sparks cover?!?!
They must be on the cusp of some bigger recognition...hell
in line with recent threads: a tribute album.
Justin Hawkins of the Darkness has recorded a version of 
"This Town Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us" which isn't
bad, although there seems to be a buttload of technology applied to the vocals(ie:harmonizers and pitch correction)
There's a video on youtube for those interested.

I hope that Sparks get their due.  I've gotten all 22 albums since my 
first posting/query about them and I can honestly say that even 
music genres I don't really like can be made listenable, and even likable, 
by the Brothers Mael. There's a charm and a charisma that translates blah music 
into something zesty.  I love Sparks, my new favorite band.
Yeah!



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