SPARKS • PROPAGANDA • Live at Carling Academy 20 May 2008—Complete Show, New Edit / Re-Construction

So in the spring / summer of 2008 the most adventurous and constantly intriguing band Sparks embarked upon the unthinkable: performing every single one of their (at the time) 20 albums live in their entirety to lead up to the premiere of their (at the time) new album ‘Exotic Creatures of the Deep.’ This all took place in England and I’m forever jealous of those who were lucky enough to attend. I myself had literally just graduated high school in the States and could in no feasible way be there; however, those of who weren’t lucky enough to be there in person were thankfully able to watch the shows via live stream. Most of us have still been holding out hope for an eventual “official” release of these shows, where several of the songs performed were surely done so for the first and only time, but 13 years later…it doesn’t look promising. I got a little tired of waiting myself and had been wondering recently if it would be at all possible to edit a complete show from the fan-shot videos and so forth we have available thus far, and so this crazy project began.

‘Propaganda’ is most definitely, and has been for quite some time, my absolute favorite album of all time, so I myself am absolutely overjoyed not only to finally have the full, complete live performance but also to have been gifted with such a clear and wonderful audience audio recording to serve as the basis of the audio mix you’ll hear here. Thanks again to another anonymous source for the full webcast (again with a few video freezes throughout, and an unfortunate skip near the beginning of “Who Don’t Like Kids” which has been covered here by a few photographs taken by fans at the show) and of course for the YouTube uploads from dcee73, Sparksfannr1, debaswas, Danny Box, and LillyCumming.

No copyright infringement intended, all rights belong to their respective owners. I make no money from this project and it is merely a new edit by a longtime fan FOR the fans. Please enjoy and let me know what you think! All my best xxtyler

PROPAGANDA
Originally released 1974
Performed live at Carling Academy 20 May 2008


SET LIST:
00:00:00 - (Introduction)
00:00:50 - Propaganda
00:01:12 - At Home, At Work, At Play
00:04:43 - Reinforcements
00:09:22 - B.C.
00:12:22 - Thanks But No Thanks
00:16:47 - Don’t Leave Me Alone With Her
00:20:13 - Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
00:23:14 - Something for the Girl With Everything
00:26:10 - Achoo
00:30:48 - Who Don’t Like Kids
00:35:59 - Bon Voyage
00:41:20 - (Band Intro / Intermission)
00:47:10 - Lost and Found
00:50:30 - (Exit)


BAND:
Russell Mael (vocals)
Ron Mael (keyboards)
Steve MacDonald (bass)
Steven Nistor (drums)
Jim Wilson (guitar & backing vocals)
Marcus Blake (guitar & backing vocals)