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SPARKS Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins hails from 2019 and is a LP/2CD. Twenty-five years after its original release, Sparks' 1994 studio album Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins is reissued on vinyl LP with newly remastered audio! Originally issued in November 1994 following an unprecedented six year hiatus, Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins marked a return to the commercial success that had alluded the band for much of the '80s, delivering the fan favorite single, "When Do I Get To Sing "My Way"." Their matchless flair for the avant garde and contemporary experimental ever present, Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins presented another reinvention in sound and style so typical of Sparks' uniquely extra-ordinary career. NME called the record one of "their finest moments," Q declared it a "triumph" and Melody Maker hailed it as "a precious box of jewels." Surprise and delight for the new unashamedly European dancefloor sound full of ‘style and wit' was evident.

LP

Gratuitous Sax

When Do I Get to Sing "My Way"

(When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing

Frankly, Scarlett, I Don't Give a Damn

I Thought I Told You to Wait in the Car

Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil

Now That I Own the BBC

Tsui Hark

The Ghost of Liberace

Let's Go Surfing

Sensless Violins

CD 1

Mixes and versions

1.        National Crime Awareness Week (Complete Psycho) produced by Finiflex
2.        When Do I Get To Sing “My Way” (The Grid Radio Edit) Remixed by The Grid
3.        (When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing [Bernard Butler’s Fashionable World Of Fashion Mix] remixed by Bernard Butler
4.        Now That I Own The BBC (Live BBC Acoustic Version)
5.        When Do I Get To Sing “My Way” (Vince Clarke Remix)
6.        She’s An Anchorman
7.        Little Drummer Boy Unreleased studio version
8.        Beat The Clock (Live in Concert) Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, London. 17 November 1994
9.        National Crime Awareness Week (13 Minutes In Heaven) produced by Finiflex
10.     When Do I Get To Sing “My Way” (Sticks & Stones Remix) remixed by Keith Marantz & David Longoria at The Steamroom
11.     (When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing [The Beatmasters’ Full-Blown Dub] Remixed by The Beatmasters
12.     Now That I Own The BBC (Motiv 8 Extended Vocal Mix) remixed by Motiv 8
13.     When Do I Get To Sing “My Way” (Pro-Gress Mix) Remix & additional production by Pro-Gress for D.E.F.
14.     National Crime Awareness Week (The Janet Leigh Mix) remixed by Steve Bates

CD 2

Unreleased demos     

1.        Where Did I Leave My Halo?
2.        She’s Beautiful (So What)
3.        Mid-Atlantic
4.        The Farmer’s Daughter
5.        This Angry Young Man Ain’t Angry No More
6.        Bob Hope
7.        She’s An Anchorman (Demo)
8.        Love Can Conquer All
9.        That’s What I Call Paradise
10.     This Angry Young Man Ain’t Angry No More (Ron Vocal Version)
11.     Mid-Atlantic (Ron Vocal Version)
12.     That’s Entertainment (feat. Les Bohem)

Unreleased tracks from Christi Haydon EP
(with vocals by Christi Haydon)

13.     Katharine Hepburn
14.     Titanic
15.     Othello
16.     Holiday
17.     Boris The Spider