Sparks v. Sparks

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>They do sound exactly alike to me. Exactly.
>So what you suggest definitely carries a strong possibility of being
>fact...even if it's on the "unedited" LAL "import," for after all the
>"import" was taken from a tape already mixed etc. Someone had taken
>the performance from raw tape to something ready to be edited. It's
>quite possible that Sparks had already been added to the MG jam (if it
>was in fact added at all) before the copy was made.

NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY!  No way is this version of Sparks edited in 
to My Generation.  For starters, the MG Sparks and the Tommy Sparks 
DO NOT sound the same (although they similar).  Secondly, the lead in 
to the MG version is so smooth, there is no way it could have been 
edited in.  If you listen to the rest of the original LAL, all the 
edits are really harsh and "amateurish" (e.g. just before substitute, just before 
Keith(?) says "Put that cigarette out", and the cut just before Pete 
says "Magic Bus" - these are not sophisticated editing techniques.  
The most sophisticated the editing gets on the original LAL is the 
backwards bit on Magic Bus).

Sparks is just one of those 
tunes that is incredibly easy to slip into (I use it as a way of 
warming up) as there are no complex chord changes or solos to worry 
about.  It also must have been the biggest rush on earth for Pete and 
Keith when they were playing it and they were "in the groove", 
and let's face it, they were both always on the look out for 
another rush.  Anyway, that's what I reckon, and I also think that if 
the Sparks had been edited in to My Generation originally, they would 
have restored the original tapes for the re-release.

Perhaps we'll never know.
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