View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the CD release of Squeezing Out Sparks on Discogs. Label: Arista - ARCD • Format: CD Album • Country: US • Genre: Rock, Blues • Graham Parker & The Rumour* - Squeezing Out Sparks (CD) | Discogs/5(5).

Graham Parker & The Rumour* Squeezing Out Sparks Sell This Version: UICY Graham Parker & The Rumour* Squeezing Out Sparks ‎ (CD, Album, RE, RM, Pap) Vertigo: UICY Japan: Sell This Version: ARCD Graham Parker And The Rumour: Squeezing Out Sparks ‎ (CD, Album, Club) Arista: ARCD US: Unknown: Sell This.

Mar 10,  · Details: I recently bought a second-hand copy of Squeezing Out Sparks by Graham Parker And The Rumour. While the actual cover, labels, and matrix (AB SA/AB SB) seem identical to the record listed under Arista – AB , there is a small, white, wrap-around white sticker applied to the top left of the front cover (continuing around /5().

Label: Arista - • Series: The Arista Masters • Format: CD Album, Club Edition, Reissue, Remastered • Country: US • Genre: Rock • Style: New Wave, Power Pop, Pop Rock Graham Parker & The Rumour* - Squeezing Out Sparks & Live Sparks (CD) | Discogs/5(6).

Quake Records, in association with Graham Parker, is proud to present a new edition of Graham Parker's classic album Squeezing Out Sparks. Featuring never before released bonus tracks recorded live at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle in Voted Album of the Year by the Village Voice # in Rolling Stone's Greatest Albums of All Time/5().

The album was recorded as a contractual obligation album as Parker had already signed with Arista and was preparing "Squeezing Out Sparks" for that label. The album was longer than a traditional record and Mercury elected to release it as a double album. The single "Hey Lord Don't Ask Me Questions" was a re-recording of a song from the first.

In , after releasing three albums in the United States through Mercury Records that earned rave reviews but minimal sales, Graham Parker signed with Arista Records for the American market, and the label was determined to break Parker in the U.S. Parker's first album for Arista, Squeezing out Sparks, was immediately hailed as a masterpiece and his supporting concert .

The first track on Parker's highly acclaimed album Squeezing Out Sparks, this song was inspired by his extensive travels, which he quite sioxamanaconpo.klepenpomavasbulirestopktendpope.co a Songfacts interview with Graham Parker, he explained: "What people don't know is that me and the Rumour had made two albums in '76 and my career was already well in gear before something called punk and .