Day 2: A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing

A sepia tinted picture of five men with early 1970s hair. The one with the small moustache is blurred, as if he exists at a different speed to the rest of them.

Sparks' second LP was 'A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing'. Released in February 1972, it wasn't particularly successful in the US or elsewhere, but a residency at the Marquee in London increased interest in the UK. The LP starts with 'Girl from Germany' and 'Beaver O'Lindy', a single that sounds more like it was from 1979 than 1972 with echoes of New York No Wave. Like all Sparks at their best it sounds out of time.