This long-overdue book charts the career of Sparks from 1969 to 1979. Every album and every song is examined, including some which are still officially unreleased.

Beginning with their early recordings as Halfnelson/Sparks, the band ended the 1970s on a high note with the Gorgio Moroder collaboration, No. 1 In Heaven.

Many who worked on their records have shared their thoughts in the book (including Dean Detrick, Simon Draper, Harley Feinstein, Martin Gordon, Ian Hampton, Rupert Holmes, Paul Rudolph, Richard Digby Smith, Karl Stoecker, and Muff Winwood).

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Chris Sutton has been a Sparks fan since their legendary debut on Top Of The Pops in 1974. His favourite album by them is their second, A Woofer In Tweeter’s Clothing. He manages Smethwick Heritage Centre museum, for whom he has written several publications and he has also written several plays. This is his fifth book on music, following on from books on Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath and AC/DC. He also writes for Power Play magazine, and has contributed to a documentary on Alice Cooper.