April 13, 2004

• Some cleanup and addition a link to pictures of Sparks recent Hackney shows - thanks Michelle Robek

March 31, 2004

• Cleanup of the upcoming concert announcements

March 17, 2004

• Ron and Russell will be doing a half hour interview (pre recced Thursday 18th mid-day) at 5pm on Saturday afternoon on LBC 97.3 with Rowland Rivron (thanks Paul Russell, LBC 97.3)

March 12, 2004

• Lil'B DeLuxe Edition release date has been moved to 22 March (thanks David Anderson-Steele)

March 05, 2004

• Sparks play San Francisco, The Independant, 9 April 2004, phone: 415.771.1421 or order by www.ticketweb.com
(warning: no kids, 21+)
• 3rd show in Stockholm at monday 29 March 2004 (www.sodrateatern.com)
• L.A. show (April 10) will be broadcasted on L.A. radio station 89.9 KCRW (more info at www.kcrw.com)
• Supporting act on March 20 in Hackney, Leah Wood (with her band The Fever) is the daughter of that other famous Ronnie.., so who knows who might be in the audience (wodka permitting)

March 04, 2004

• Added another (this one is very well done) midi file made by Peter Tchaynikov: When I'm With You - thanks again Pjotr (track 16: Do Re Mi)

February 25, 2004

• Sparks concert in L.A. announced - Saturday April 10, 2004 at Henry Fonda Theatre (213) 468 1700
• Mojo Magazine will be running a 4-5 page feature in the issue out on March 15th 2004
• 17 announcements of Sparks radio appearances added
• Sparks confirm support acts: Saturday 20th March - Leah Wood, Sunday 21st March - The Egg, plus DJ Paul Hartnoll (Orbital)
• Must read: John Potter interviews James Lowe - at The Fossil Sparks Website !!!

February 21, 2004

• Added a new mp3 file from Stephane Cadieux in collaboration with Peter Tchaynikov: Laisse Moi Tranquile (Great French version of "Barbecutie") - thanks again! (track 16: Do Re Mi)
• Back on popular demand: the 2001 Birmingham Sparks Convention performance of Fred Ekelund (11 acoustic Sparks tracks) back online (track 16: Do Re Mi)

February 16, 2004

• Added 13(!great!) midi files made by Peter Tchaynikov, the whole Propaganda album with bonustracks!!! - thanks again Pjotr (track 16: Do Re Mi)

February 7, 2004

• Sparks will give a 2nd concert at the Ocean, London on Sunday 21 March 2004
  Additional news: at the Ocean London gig, also a vinyl edition of Lil' Beethoven will be available!

February 5, 2004

• Sparks will appear in BBC6 radio program "Dream Ticket" (the best live music), monday 9 February 2004, from 22:00 to 00:00, along with Roxy Music, Human Leage and Japan.
  More info at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/music/dream_ticket.shtml
  (Thanks to David Anderson-Steel)
• Release date of the Special Lil' Beethoven is 12 March 2004

(Thanks to David Anderson-Steel)

February 5, 2004

• UK Deluxe Special Edition of Lil' Beethoven coming out (lots of bonus-tracks)

January 21, 2004

• New Sparks gigs announced for Stockholm, March 27 and 28

January 8, 2004

• Back under the own domain fanmael.net on a new server!

December 15, 2003

• Added a new mp3 file from The Candyguns: a rocking version of "Angst In My Pants" - thanks Jerry Murphy & Lisa Coker of The Candyguns!
  Also take a look at their website: http://www.candyguns.com!
  (track 16: Do Re Mi)

December 8, 2003

• Added 12(! and they sound great!) midi files made by Peter Tchaynikov, in fact the whole Kimono My House album with bonustracks!!! - thanks again Pjotr
  (track 16: Do Re Mi)

December 6, 2003

• Added a new mp3 file from Stephane Cadieux: Adieu (Great French version of "Hasta Manana Monsieur") - thanks again!

December 1, 2003

• Added a new mp3 file from Stephane Cadieux: Notre Mere La Terre (Great French version of "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth") - thanks!

October 26, 2003

• Added a new mp3 file from Stephane Cadieux: Le Future - Asteoridomix (Great Martian/French version of "In The Future") - thanks!

November 20, 2003

• Sparks will play London, The Ocean, 20 March 2004 - tickets already for sale!
  Check http://www.ocean.org.uk/index.cfm?id=showEvent&activity_ID=637
• Other concerts in 2004 in the planning for Stockholm, Koln (Cologne), Frankfurt, Munich (maybe), Moscow - thanks to Eric Murray for this news

November 11, 2003

• Moved to another server (excuses for the fact that not all scripts are working yet)
• Little more news about the Uncut CD attachment in the December 2004 issue

October 28, 2003

• Added 4 new mp3 files by David Alston: I Wish I Could Dance Like Black People Do, National Crime Awareness Week, This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us and What Would Katherine Hepburn Say - thanks David!
• Added 1 new mp3 file from Stephane Cadieux: Wonder Girl (French version) - thanks!
• Had to remove all mp3 files by Fred Ekelund due to lack of space..
• Added 5 new midi files created by Peter Tchaynikov: At Home At Work At Play, Happy Hunting Ground, Hasta Manana Monsieur, How Are You Getting Home and Thank God It's Not Christmas - thanks as well!
• Added some info about Uncut magazine: Sparks have recorded a version of We Are The Clash that will appear on a CD covermounted
• Added some info about forthcoming gigs in 2004

July 29, 2003

• Some additional info about the NY gig added

June 12, 2003

• Subliminal ad (temporary) placed on frontpage for upcoming July issue of Record Collector

June 04, 2003

• Added the Sparks upcoming free concert in NY Central Park (August 3)

March 11, 2003

• Largest update ever (OK.. I promised this already a long (long,long,long) time ago - thanks for your patience): first set of audio snippets (a huge 58 MB of 256 Kbps HQ MP3's) of the 2001 Birmingham Sparks Convention available now: listen to (and/or download) the whole performance of Fred Ekelund: 11 acoustic Sparks tracks - and... amazingly good!!!
  Track 16: Do Re Mi (I will rotate these MP3's approximately every two months)

March 7, 2003

• Additions on the official discography sections, added the "One Word One Sound" sampler album, it's "Kakadu" track, and the "This Album's Big Enough: Best Of" CD - thanks (again) Jan Artl and Guy Ducos for additional info
  -> BTW: I miss some info about the "This Album's Big Enough" CD: anyone know country/label etc. ?
• Lyrics added of "Auld Lang Syne", "Boris The Spider" and "After Dark" - thanks Ans Kamp-den Besten, Hector Montalvo and Liljan Liljekvist
• Another update on "Auld Lang Syne": the song is also available on the "Get Crazy" soundtrack LP, the whole band playing it, except for Russell (Info from Bengt Nilsson)
• Another "Amazing Discovery": we found a new Sparks compilation: "Sparks Greatest - Music Gallery" (LightHouse Records 2001)... with pictures of a completely other band(!), also a pretty peculiar tracklist...
• A couple of additions (10 new bootlegs) in the "gray section"
• Another help from Ron and Russell: Sparks have helped Marc Moulin (of Telex fame) with his album "Top Secret", Ron can be heard on the "What" track, Russell engineered - thanks (again) Magnus Kaukerat
• Some info added about Vic and Bob: a British comic duo who did a nice imitation of Ron and Russell - check track 04 (Gone With The Wind) - also includes a link to the video itself! - thanks to ChorleyBoy
• Link added to the downloadable video of "Eaten By The Monster Of Love" - thanks Paul@REMOVETHISPART2REDUCESPAMRageTV.com: http://www.virtualsanctum.com/movies/monster.htm
• Link added to a Dutch 1996 interview: Noize Rockmagazine
• Link added to other "impossible discographies": http://home.swipnet.se/skroff/
• Added all credits w.r.t. Lil' Beethoven
• Updates on John Hewlett, Trevor White and Dinky Diamond: in 1981 they were part of "The Four Squares" (with then ex-Dickie Chuck Wagon) - they recorded some 30 plus(!) tracks for an album (which we still haven't seen yet...) - track 04 (Gone With The Wind)
• Some updates on Jet and Martin Gordon - track 04 (Gone With The Wind)
• A small item (trivia!) added related to "Charlie Parker" - track 04 (Gone With The Wind) - thanks Magnus Kaukerat
• A drastic clean-up in the "missing lyrics" list, removed all instrumental tracks (for as far as I have them now..)

March 2, 2003

• Mew concert added: March 26, 2003: Sparks play Lisbon, Portugal for the first time ever! Tickets available NOW

March 1, 2003

• Added a shameless plug: Martin Gordon (ex-Sparks) has released a solo album: "The Baboon In The Basement".
  More info at www.eggtoss.co.jp/index.e.htm and at www.martingordon.de where you can also find more info about the legendary "Music For The Herd Of Herring" album (incl. other Spark Trevor White and a fantastic cover of "Barbecutie").
• New link added to Alex Konstantinov's Sparks website: www.sparks-alex.narod.ru (far away in Russia)

February 20, 2003

• News added: release of the new single in the UK: "Suburban Homeboy" - 2 different editions - at March 24, 2003
• News added: Ron and Russell will show up as guest-panellists at BBC's popquiz "Never Mind The Buzzcocks.." - March 17, 2003 (9PM) (pre-recorded)
• News/link added: listen to a 3-hour Sparks radio show (WFMU, NY/USA) - why no one in the US knows about Sparks - also contains some rare audio-snippets from early demos and other rare material!!!

December 19, 2002

• Just confirmed: Sparks also play Stockholm, Sodra Teatern, Sunday 23 March 2003, and Monday 24 March 2003. BE THERE AS WELL!!!
  For details on tickets, call the Sodra Teatern Box office at: Tel: 468 556 97230.

December 18, 2002

• News added: Sparks return to the London Royal Festival Hall, Friday 21st March 2003 8pm, no support-act (so it will be extra long): Lil'B in it's entirety + some golden oldies + surprises!!! BE THERE!!!
  Tickets available NOW here (more info: Sparks - a tough act to follow).
  Rumours: additional concerts are planned for Stockholm and Edinburgh (beware: nothing officially confirmed yet).

November 17, 2002

• Good news: Lil' Beethoven is in the shops right now (at least in the UK) ! - thanks David Anderson

November 13, 2002

• Seems that Lil' Beethoven is postponed to next year - several sources have confirmed this (shit!)
• Link to http://www.chez.com/enola/rosebud.htm has been replaced, the new one is http://www.chez.com/indiscreet/index.htm (take a look) - thanks Christophe Horlin

October 22, 2002

• All lyrics of Lil' Beethoven added - thanks Gesine Friedmann
• Another great review of the RFH concert added - thanks Steve Murray
• Link added: http://www.vcdbtournai.com - incl. pics of the RFH concert - thanks jean-paul dussart
• Link added: http://www.austrohungaro.com/hidrogenesse/sparks incl. pics of the RFH concert - thanks carlos y genis
• Information about Les Bohem updated - thanks Neil
• Information about Page updated (Track 04 & the Covers by Others section) thanks Hans Jonsson
• Information added about "PUTTIN ON THE HITS" (Track 04 & the Covers by Others section) - thanks Rebecca

October 22, 2002

• Some restyling done;
• Review of the 2002 London gig added;
• Inclusion of Lil' Beethoven in all lists/overviews (incl. pic);
• Inclusion of another Sparks unreleased rarity: "Intrusion";
• Addition of Dean Menta in the Sparks hall of fame;
• News page refurbishments;
• Some links added;
• Counter / Guestbook / Tradelist repaired;
• Order pages modified, no more Dutch Guilders...;
• All links to sparksofficialwebsite.com changed into allsparks.com.....;
• Addition of new links to on-line radio interviews w.r.t. Lil' Beethoven:
  http://pages.sbcglobal.net/dante/last - Chris Hawkins BBC interview
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/ram/gc_sparks_1.ram - Chris Hawkins BBC interview part I (alternate link)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/ram/gc_sparks_2.ram - Chris Hawkins BBC interview part 2 (alternate link)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/insideldn/dannybaker/archive1_clipoftheday.shtml - Danny Baker Radio London interview
  (thanks to Steve Murray and Ian Beach)

April 2001 - October 2002

• Not that much, except for the addition of real news on the frontpage

June 8, 2001

• Some additional info added about the forthcoming convention (track 02: So Important) - thanks Adam Gerdes, Rhonda Kerry, Ruud Swart, Steve Murray and Fredrik Ekelund;
• Addition of all known Sparks UK tour info (track 22: Tearing The Place Apart) - thanks (again) Simon Majury;
• (English translation of the Japanese) Lyrics added of "Kimono" (Sparks with Pizzicato 5), and info about a hidden track (after track 2) on the Pizzicato 5 album "Ca Et La Du Japon" (Track 02: So Important) - thanks (again) Chris Devonshire-Ellis;

May 7, 2001

• Update on James Thaddeus Lowe (tracks 03 and 04): he was also singer of the "Electric Prunes" - thanks (again) Stef;
• Update on Harley Feinstein (tracks 03 and 04): nowadays he plays in a band with other attorneys: "The Associates" - thanks (again) Ruud;
• Addition of Rosemary Clooney in the Hall of Fame (track 04): she wrote a song "Come on-a my house"... - thanks (again) Stef;
• Addition of a mispressed Australian "My Way" CD-single (+ picture) in the discographies (Track 07: Pulling Rabbits) - thanks (again) Christophe Horlin;

May 2, 2001

• Link added to Martin Gordon (himself!)'s website (lots of interesting stuff): http://www.geocities.com/martinjjgordon (track 12: Let's Go Surfing) - thanks (again) Martin;
• New midi track added: "This Town Ain't Big Enough By Both Of Us" - by Leelee Heselton (track 16: Do Re Mi) - thanks Leelee;
• Two "objects d'art" added: artwork by Alex Konstantinov (track 23: The Louvre) - thanks (again) Alex;
• Change in the address of Larry Graves "Sparks In Cyberspace" website, it is now http://www.geocities.com/ronandrussellmael (updated and well, so take a look) - thanks (again) Larry;
• Lots of additions (French pressings) in the discographies (track 07: Pulling Rabbits - vinyl albums) - thanks (again) Xavier Lorente;
• Promo added of the Australian Balls - incl. picture (track 07: Pulling Rabbits - CD albums) - thanks (again) Christophe Horlin;
• A couple of Canadian vinyl pressings added (+ a big beat UK promo) - (track 07: Pulling Rabbits - vinyl albums) - thanks (again) Christophe Horlin;
• 2nd edition of the Japanese "When Do I Get To Sing My Way" CD single added - incl. picture - (track 07: Pulling Rabbits - CD singles) - thanks (again) Guy Ducas;
• Catalog info of the Japanese "Gratuitous Sax" CD album added (track 07: Pulling Rabbits - CD singles) - thanks (again) Guy Ducas;

April 22, 2001

• Addition of 3 new CD bootlegs (incl. a new song: a version of Sinatra's "My Way");
• English translation added of the lyrics of "Yo Quiero Mas Dinero" - thanks (again) Alex Konstantinov;
• Lyrics added of "Concerto In Koch Minor" (+ English translation for those who really need it...) - thanks (again) Rainer Baersdorf;
• Correction made in "Covers by Others": it was Billy MacKenzie who covered "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth", NOT Billy Ray Martin - thanks (again) Benoit de Fleurac;
• Nice story added: Sparks at Universal Studios - (track 20: Cool Places) - thanks Bobby Muir;
• The Sparks Family Tree (Track 03: Rock'n'Roll People...) updated, added "Urban Renewal Project", Pizzicato 5, Mark Hammerman, Three Day Blues and Gunther Koch;
• Update of the "Hall Of Fame" (Track 04: Gone With The Wind): addition/updates of Billy MacKenzie, Mark Hammerman, Jim Mankey and Todd Rundgren - thanks Stef;
• Removed the "Flo and Eddie" story ("covers by others" and "hall of fame"): they played "Roger" in their radio-show, it was not a cover by themselves - thanks Ella Black;
• Addition of the Japanese "Plagiarism" album and a vinyl Australian "Music That You Can Dance To" in the discographies - thanks Christophe Horlin (again);
• Catalog info added of the "HTV Music History" (was Sparks 2000 Music History) in the discography section - thanks (again) Stef;

April 12, 2001

• First International Sparks Convention coming up: BIRMINGHAM on 21ST JULY 2001 at the MERRITTS BROOK PUB - check the news page - thanks Rhonda Kerry for organizing this;

February 24, 2001

• Another unreleased track discovered: Boris The Spider - recorded with Christi Haydon, original by The Who - thanks Simon Majury (again);
• Another cover added: Billy Ray Martin covered "Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth" - thanks Benoit de Fleurac (again);
• Lots of info added about Noel - she's now a mom, and lives in Southern California - thanks Stephen Lennon (again);
• Two new links added: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/sparkstheband (Interactive community) and http://desert.net/ww/02-15-99/alibi_tunes.html (Nice review of the Oglio Sparks catalogue) - Thanks to Larry Graves and Ruud Swart (again and again);

February 5, 2001

• More Sparks comic strips!!! added (track 23: The Louvre) - thanks (again) Xavier Lorente;

February 3, 2001

• News section cleaned (concerts are done);
• News section updated with release dates and additional info w.r.t. "Gunther Koch" and the UK "The Calm" single - thanks Jan Artl and Simon Majury;
• New link added: http://www.chez.com/enola/rosebud.htm - Christophe Horlin's "Best Of Sparks" page;
• Some update on the Australian "Balls": there seem to be 2 different releases, one with and one without "Now That I Own the ABC";
• Picture (a small one also on the news page) added of the Japanese Balls sticker - thanks Christophe Horlin (again);
• Links to recent Australian interviews added: http://beat.com.au/beatinterview.html and http://www.inpress.com.au;
• Added "A Fun Bunch Of Guys" to the mighty list (simply forgotten..) - thanks Alex Konstantinov;
• Corrections w.r.t. some people's email addresses (Hi Thomas!..);

January 15, 2001

• Sparks art (incl. comic strips!!! CHECK IT OUT!!!) added (track 23: The Louvre) - thanks Xavier Lorente;
• Review of Sparks first ever Australian concert (12 January 2001) - thanks Rafael Wynn (again);
• Removed some old news;
• New cover discovered: there is a (horrible..) Polish version of "Now That I Own The B.B.C." on a cassette "1996 Radioshow plugged" on Jesus Records (Thanks to Stef Streur!);
• A new "Best Of" discovered (French copy), also the picture added - thanks Michel Roman;
• Picture added of the French "Singing In The Shower" single - thanks Michel Roman again;
• Additional lyrics for "The Angels" - in the German single Sparks sing "they are a pale picture of you" instead of "Because you look so fucking good" - thanks Andreas Hüne (again);
• New compilation CD discovered: "Sparks 2000 Music History" - 2000 Halahup Records, ZE10084 - thanks Bart van den Hoogen (again);
• Another cover discovered: Finnish band "The Matthews" covered "Wonder Girl" - thanks Petteri Aro;
• New link: http://www.like.com/music/interviews/01/10354.htma - about the likes and dislikes of Ron and Russell - thanks David Anderson (again);
• Re-established the link to the official website - they have a nice chat feature now;
• A new version of "Now That I Own The ABC" added - there is one recording with and one without the ABC signature tones..;
• Catalog number of "The Angels" CD single added;
• Updated all links to Johns Children: it's now www.johnschildren.com (well worth a visit!);
• Link added to a review of Sparks recent Munich concert: http://www.e-lectric.de/berichte/181200/sparks.htm - thanks Nirgal;
• A whole series of new links provided by Ruud Swart (haven't catalogued/verified all of them yet):
  http://www.roadkill.com/todd/review/album2/halfnelson-bs.rev
  http://prodigy-music.excite.com/artist/biography/-8413
  http://www.imperium.lenin.ru/CEBEP/arc/1/khazaria/current.htm
  http://www2.osk.3web.ne.jp/~buggle/sparks.html
  http://www.5years.com/briansands.htm
  http://wiem.onet.pl/wiem/001b78.html
  http://web.pdx.edu/~psu14927/zolo.html
  http://www.babysue.com/LMNOP-Reviews-Sept-00.html
  http://melodie.in4.sk/M7_Sparks.html
  http://www.sound.de/interviews/sparks.html
  http://www.octopusmediaink.com/Sparks.html
  http://rocknpop.com/TheSparks.htm

December 18, 2001

• New link: http://www.like.com/music/interviews/01/10354.htma - about the likes and dislikes of Ron (the other link was for Russell) - thanks Brigitte Blaeser (again);
• Added a link to the official Sparks chat on the frontpage - like it..

December 17, 2001

• More info about the Pizzicato 5 collaboration added (news page);
• More info about the Australian Balls ("Now That I Own The ABC" as bonus) added;
• A couple of Russian links added - thanks Alex Konstantinov (again);
  http://www.poseti.ru/ever/music/ehm_2000_12.html#am
  http://www.filearea.co.il/rus/music/relis/17/index.html
  http://www.mnogo.ru/news.html?newsid=586
  http://afisha.ru/cd-review.phtml?id=83154
  http://www.m21.ru/reviews/2000-09/20/more143.html?type=nrevs
  http://www.utro.ru/articles/culture/2000/09/21/2000092108122031522.shtml
  http://www.zvuki.ru/A/P/2353/
  http://mega.km.ru/rock/encyclop.asp?TopicNumber=1538&search=sparks#srch0
  http://www.nestor.minsk.by/mg/mg98/37/mg83712.htm

December 13, 2000

• More details known now about the new German "The Angels" release;

December 12, 2000

• Picture added of Tammy posing with Ruud's daughters (track 22: Tearing The Place Apart - first Köln review) - thanks Ruud;
• Recording of "Now That I Own The ABC" confirmed - has been played on Australian radio - thanks Rafael Wynn;

December 11, 2000

• First 2 reports about one of the German 2000 gigs (albeit from the Fan Mael crew... - track 22: Tearing The Place Apart);
• (already far in advance.. - can not mention any sources this time..) Tracklist published for the 31 Dec 2000 Berlin Brandenburger Tör performance (Track 02: So Important);

December 06, 2000

• Berlin 4-song performance (31 Dec - 500.000 audience / 6 million TV viewers expected) seems to be confirmed;
• Sparks will collaborate with Japanese band "Pizzicato 5" on a song "Kimono" - planned release date: 1 January 2001;
• Release date of Australian "Balls" confirmed to be 5 Dec 2000;
• Release date of "Gunter Koch Revisited" confirmed to be 1 March 2001;
• Ron Mael has contributed to a German book "Vas Ich Davon Holte" by Dr. Ekhardt Nickel;
• Catalog info of Japanese "Balls" adjusted - there is only a black one;
• Catalog info of Swedish "Balls" adjusted - there is none (was the imported German release);
• German CD single "The Angels" will have slighly different lyrics;
• New cover discovered - Belgium group "Daan" covered "Hospitality On Parade" - thanks Christophe Horlin (as usual);
• Most German concerts will be opened by Psyche;
• Japanese concerts will be opened by Salon Music;
• Non-confirmed rumour: upcoming re-release of "Now That I Own The BBC" in Australia: title and lyrics adjusted to "Now That I Own The ABC";

December 03, 2000

• Major restyling done;
• Moved some old news to the archives (e.g. Adrian Fisher);

November 29, 2000

• New bootleg CD discovered: "Sparks - Live At Shephards Bush Empire 20-12-1995 - thanks Christophe Horlin (again);
• Front page news added: John's Children concert at 30 Dec 2000 - thanks Martin Gordon (again);
• New unreleased song discovered: Sparks covered "Auld Lang Syne" - Santa Monica Civic Center, 31 Dec 1976 - thanks Craig Unkrich;
• New sparks website added: http://www.geocities.com/rimtastic/POPULARITY.html;
• New cover (well...): DJ Hell sampled Sparks for his latest album - thanks Robin Parfitt;
• New 1-track "No. 1 Song In Heaven" promo CD-single discovered - thanks Christophe Horlin (again);
• Balls - now also out in Sweden - thanks Magnus Kaukerat;
• More info added about the new German "Angels" single release (Track 02: So Important);
• More info added about the new Australian "Balls" release (Track 02: So Important);
• Australian venues and ticket info added;

November 12, 2000

• New bootleg CD discovered: "Sparks - Live At The Whiskey, Hollywood, CA, USA 1982 (contains the "BBC Rock Hour" LP) - thanks Tim Brooks (again);
• "Crackerjack" added to the list of known covers and in the "Gone With The Wind" section - thanks Dr. Colin G. Black (again);
• Front- & News page adjusted w.r.t. concerts and new German "The Angels" single coming out - with a production by Tony Visconti;
• New link added: http://www.octopusmediaink.com/Sparks.html - article from the Hamilton Spectator 1995 - thanks Ruud Swart (again);
• New link added: http://home.att.net/~xcott/xparkspace.html - Xcott's Xparks Xpace (Sparks Art) - thank Xcott;
• John's Children / Jet / Radio Stars "Music For The Herd Of Herring" live CD not to be released on Fan Mael Records;
• Fan Mael Records page cleaned up - old news removed;

November 05, 2000

• Link to new Sparks Community added: The Sparks MaelBros Club;

November 02, 2000

• Some news about a new Sparks remix by Andy Bell and a couple of Nov. 2000 German TV performances (Track 02: So Important) - thanks Jan Artl (again and again);
• "Balls" will also appear in Australia (5 Dec 2000) - different package... (Track 02+07);
• Probably a Sparks performance at New Year's Eve in Berlin at the Brandenburger Tör - for a huge 500.000 people audience (also some other bands will perform..) - to be broadcasted live on SAT1 (Track 02: So Important);
• Lyrics added of "The Farmer's Daughter" - thanks Yvonne Sanders;
• Lyrics added of "Computer Girl" - thanks Charles Brucaliere;
• John Thomas played the honky tonk at "A Cute Candidate" - (Tracks 03+04) - thanks Christophe Horlin (again and again);

October 31, 2000

• Lyrics added of "Baby Come Back" - thanks to Tim Brooks (again) and Hal Brandenburg;

October 30, 2000

• Lyrics added of Lio's "Housewife Of The Year" and "Party For Two" - thanks Ola Martinsson (again);

October 27, 2000

• 2 new entries in the "gray area" - new bootlegs of Sparks on "Radio Cité" 1984 announcing their favourite records, and Sparks acoustic live at BBC Radio 1 (1994 and 1995) - Thanks Christophe Horlin (again) for these discoveries;

October 23, 2000

• Email address added for ordering the Japanese "Balls" (track 02: So Important) - thanks Eugene Otsuka;
• Bonus tracks known for the Japanese "TCBTS" (track 02: So Important) - thanks Eugene Otsuka;
• Added all Japanese "Balls" catalog info, including the black promo (track 06: Pulling Rabbits) - thanks Eugene Otsuka;
• Extra concert info added: Les Rita Mitsouko also plays in London in December... - thanks Benoit de Fleurac (again);
• Some more "Balls" promos added - thanks Auke Lenstra (again);
• Minor change in the java-scripts: warning added if javascript not enabled;

October 17, 2000

• Midi file added of "(When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing" - track 16: Do Re Mi - thanks Peter König (again);

October 16, 2000

• Swedish concert cancelled, but two Australian and one New Zealand show added(!);
• New compilation CD "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" added - thanks Auke Lenstra (and Christophe Horlin for the picture);
• New bootleg discovered: Live at the Sun Theatre 08-26-2000;
• Added the middle names of Ron and Russell - info from the latest "Best of";
• Minor corrections in the lyrics of Chile Farm Farney - thanks Yvonne Birchall;

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