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SPARKS BASSIST using 4003 FG on this tour
Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:50 pm
by 12stringbassist
Steve McDonald, who is doing this Sparks tour was spotted toting a 4003 FG this evening at their show at The Lowry in Salford.
An excellent evening.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:37 am
by 12stringbassist
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:59 am
by rickaddict
Its not easy to tell from that photo, but that looks like a skunk-striper 4001. The FG looks like 70's FG.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:42 pm
by chucksimms
I remember thinking the bass player on 'Kimono My House' had the coolest looking Rick, and what a sound! What was his name? They've always had great bands, but those three English albums (Propaganda, Indiscreet and the aforementioned Kimono) are classics. I'd love to have those on cd.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 1:20 pm
by rickcrazy
Yeah, what a sound. Martin Gordon. He only played on 'Kimono' though.
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:45 am
by 12stringbassist
The replacement bassist, Ian Hampton, used a similar (or the same) Ric for the remainder of the Island label albums.
Martin Gordon continued to use the Ric with The Radio Stars and always had a really fabulous sound. check out the track 'Rock and roll (for the time being)'
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:46 am
by 12stringbassist
The albums mentioned above have all been reissued on CD with the b-side tracks added in as extras.
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:07 am
by bob_atherton
My band back in 1975 or '76 did a support for Sparks. I had a '74 JG but I don't remember the Sparks bassist with a RIC...?
Mind you, I wasn't really looking.
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:32 am
by chucksimms
Well, just found 'Indiscreet' on CD, with the very cool addition of their string laden mid 70s disco-fied 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'. I listened to it on the two hour drive back from my gig. Great record! Now to track down the other Island albums...
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 3:59 pm
by rickcrazy
Ian Hampton used a Fender J-Bass, not a Rick.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:45 am
by 12stringbassist
I may be corrected - I have a Music Laden show on VCD and thought it was a Ric he used. Could be wrong, though.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:50 am
by rickcrazy
Sorry. I meant to say Ian Hampton used a J-Bass on record. He could have played a Rick for the Musikladen show.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:32 pm
by cwk
Didn't The Sparks play in Hitchcock's Rollercoaster
movie?That might be something to look at.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:34 am
by 12stringbassist
Yes they did.
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:15 am
by 12stringbassist
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ej1GL9_vb3o
Look looks looks on Supersonic at YouTube.
This looks (looks looks) very much like a Fireglo Ric 4001 to me.
