Sparks • Get in the Swing (Promo Film 1975 / 2020 Restoration)

Sparks performing “Get in the Swing“ in 1975, director and location unknown. Written by Ron Mael, from the album ’Indiscreet.’ So here you have my first new attempt at a Sparks video “restoration,“ and while it’s nowhere near as perfect as I would hope for it to be, I’m sure everyone understands I simply had to work with what *was* available to me and make the most of it. The video itself is a combination of three different sources: (1) YouTube upload by GuildfordGhost; (2) YouTube upload by exclusivevids1000; and (3) a surprising find at , which though terribly faded and with an unfortunate watermark superimposed as well as timestamps on the top and bottom (until a fellow fan wants to pay the at least £250 to license the clip from the company) actually featured a full end section I had never seen myself. The audio track (the beginning obviously shortened quite a bit) is the extended single version, directly taken from my own personal copy of the 1991 compilation ’Profile: The Ultimate