Sparks – Propaganda

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Label:	Island Records – ILPS 9312
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	Oct 1974
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1	Propaganda	0:22
A2	At Home, At Work, At Play	3:01
A3	Reinforcements	3:46
A4	BC	2:07
A5	Thanks But No Thanks	4:04
A6	Don't Leave Me Alone With Her	2:55
B1	Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth	2:24
B2	Something For The Girl With Everything	2:13
B3	Achoo	3:25
B4	Who Don't Like Kids	3:28
B5	Bon Voyage	4:42

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Island Records Ltd.
Published By – Island Music Ltd.
Printed By – Robor Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
Pressed By – EMI Records

Credits

Bass – Ian Hampton
Concept By, Photography By – Monty Coles
Drums – Dinky Diamond
Engineer [Recording] – Bill Price, Richard Digby-Smith*, Robin Black
Guitar – Adrian Fisher, T. White*
Keyboards – Ron Mael
Producer – Muff Winwood
Remix – Bill Price
Vocals – Russell Mael
Written-By – Ron Mael (tracks: A1 to B5), Russell Mael (tracks: A3, A5, B5)

Notes

Issued with pink-rimmed Island label, a fully laminated sleeve, and black & white photo / lyrics card inner sleeve. Inner sleeve may or may not have 1 or 2 trimmed corners.

℗ 1974 Island Records Ltd.

Month of release from Record Collector Magazine Nov 1994 p.99

Runouts are stamped, except for variant 3 side A which is stamped + etched.
For the other UK, pink-rimmed release - with different, etched runout matrix and without STERLING stamp, visit Sparks - Propaganda.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Label A-side): ILPS.9312-A
Matrix / Runout (Label B-side): ILPS.9312-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side variant 1): ILPS 9312 A-1U STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side variant 1): ILPS 9312 B-1U STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side variant 2): ILPS 9312 A-1U R STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side variant 2): ILPS 9312 B-1U AG STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side variant 3): ILPS 9312 A-1U O STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side variant 3): ILPS 9312 B-1U H V STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout A-side variant 4): ILPS 9312 A-1U A 1 STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Runout B-side variant 4): ILPS 9312 B-1U MH 1 STERLING

Other Versions (5 of 60)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Propaganda (LP, Album)	Island Records	88 379 IT	Netherlands	1974
Recently Edited	Propaganda (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Island Records	6396 036	France	1974
New Submission	Propaganda (LP, Album)	Island Records	ILPS 19312	Italy	1974
Recently Edited	Propaganda (LP, Album, Santa Maria Press )	Island Records	ILPS 9312	US	1974
Recently Edited	Propaganda (LP, Album, Stereo)	Island Records	88 425 XOT	Germany	1974

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Reviews

Retroreality May 29, 2024
Edited 2 days ago
Mojo (362-Jan 2024) featured Sparks as that months "How to Buy" top ten as voted by Mojo readers, including this album. I love all of Sparks albums (some more than others of course) but was surprised at some of those that made the top ten.

1 - Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins
2 - Kimono My House
3 - Music That You Can Dance To
4 - Lil' Beethoven
5 - Propaganda
6 - Hello Young Lovers
7 - Introducing Sparks
8 - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
9 - No. 1 In Heaven
10 - Big Beat
derekgentry Sep 7, 2022
These pink-rim Island UK pressings are fantastic. Great sound, and quiet surface.
Mercurys_cat Jul 2, 2020
Many people are aware of Kimono my house but a lot less are familiar with Propaganda . In many ways it’s equally as good if not better . Never turn your back on Mother Earth is probably more appropriate now than ever . An album full of pace , wit and wisdom that rocks out .