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🎶 To commemorate the @edgarwright film #TheSparksBrothers about @sparksofficial here is a massive thread of cuttings I kept for about 50 years thinking Twitter might happen one day.
This one was on my bedroom wall circa 1974 - 1980 …
#Sparks
🎶 To commemorate the @edgarwright film #TheSparksBrothers about @sparksofficial here is a massive thread of cuttings I kept for about 50 years thinking Twitter might happen one day.
This one was on my bedroom wall circa 1974 - 1980 …
#Sparks
This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us was written in Purley & Tooting obviously 🎶
Hairdresser & Restaurant content
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Best Newcomers 1975 (after 4th album)
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Imagine the scene. Teenage boy on Bristol, England, goes into newsagent to buy Jackie Magazine for ahem…(non-existent) sister…
Sparks Fan Club address below of you want to send a birthday card to Russell Mael on October 5th ✍️
Greatest living songwriter (body of work category) on the right, with crossword puzzle
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Sweater
Swoon
Including Dinky Diamond, Adrian Fisher, Ian Hampton who is in @SparksBrothers (or is that Martin Gordon of Radio Stars bottom right?) & Trevor White with Ron & Russell. Probably the Propaganda line-up, maybe Kimono My House. Circa May ‘74 I’d say ….
I’d read this if I were you. Insightful. @sparksofficial
Cricket vibes 🏏
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1974
Mael puns
Mael puns
Variation on “Bright Sparks” headline from 1974 again
That’s all….
A small indication on how @sparksofficial broke Britain in 1974 and were bloody MASSIVE
I’d really advise you see the @edgarwright @SparksBrothers film which will make these cuttings make sense. It’s really brilliant.
#TheSparksBrothers 🎥
A small indication on how @sparksofficial broke Britain in 1974 and were bloody MASSIVE
I’d really advise you see the @edgarwright @SparksBrothers film which will make these cuttings make sense. It’s really brilliant.
#TheSparksBrothers 🎥
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