{"product_id":"graham-parker-and-the-rumour-squeezing-out-sparks-1979","title":"Graham Parker And The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the Canadian pressing of Squeezing Out Sparks on Arista, catalogue number AB 4223, pressed in 1979, the year the album was released. It is a Canadian original pressing. The deadwax carries the AB-prefixed matrix, AB4223-AS on side A and AB4223-BS- on side B, each followed by a STERLING stamp and the etched initials GC. Other copies of this Canadian issue carry an AL-4223 matrix instead, which makes the AB prefix the detail that places this one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne black 12-inch LP, played at 33 1\/3 RPM. The grey and blue Arista labels show AB 4223 with the side codes AB 4223 SA and AB 4223 SB, a production credit for Jack Nitzsche and a 1979 Arista Records, Inc. copyright line, and they carry no North Spur Productions credit. The STERLING stamp and GC initials are the marks of Greg Calbi, who cut lacquers at Sterling Sound from 1976. The jacket uses the Arista cover photograph: Parker in sunglasses and a red patterned shirt against a blue backdrop, with the name and title in yellow script.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album came out in March 1979, on Arista in North America and Vertigo in Britain. This Canadian issue keeps the American AB 4223 catalogue number, and its labels state that it was manufactured and distributed in Canada by Capitol Records-EMI of Canada Limited. In Canada the album reached number 79 on the RPM albums chart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSqueezing Out Sparks is the fourth studio album by Graham Parker and the Rumour, recorded at Lansdowne Studios in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscovering Japan (3:30)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocal Girls (3:44)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNobody Hurts You (3:40)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Can't Be Too Strong (3:24)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePassion Is No Ordinary Word (4:25)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaturday Nite Is Dead (3:15)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLove Gets You Twisted (3:00)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProtection (3:55)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaiting for the UFO's (3:09)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Get Excited (3:06)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Arista","offers":[{"title":"VG \/ G","offer_id":67906246738078,"sku":"EVP-DBF4528E-VG-G-7A6A9D45","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/squeezing_hi.jpg?v=1793671589","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/graham-parker-and-the-rumour-squeezing-out-sparks-1979","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}