Spark Plug (album)

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Released 1971 Artist Melvin Sparks Producer Bob Porter Genre Jazz		Spark Plug(1971) Akilah!(1972) Release date 1971 Label Prestige Records

Recorded March 1 & 8, 1971Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Similar Akilah!, Legends of Acid Jazz, Sparks!

Spark Plug is the second album by soul jazz guitarist Melvin Sparks which was recorded for the Prestige label in 1971.

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Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "It's more relaxed, funky, occasionally bluesy jazz with guitar and organ to the fore, very much of a piece with the Prestige soul-jazz "house" sound circa 1970".

Track listing

All compositions by Melvin Sparks except as indicated

"Who's Gonna Take the Weight" (Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Claydes Charles Smith, Dennis Thomas, Richard Westfield) - 9:20
"Spark Plug" - 8:50
"Conjunction Mars" - 8:11
"Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 4:14
"Dig Dis" - 6:45

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio in Englewwod Cliffs New Jersey on May 1 (track 1) and May 8 (tracks 2-5), 1971