Sparks

~ Work

Relationships

composer:Pete Townshend (of The Who) (in 1969)
publisher:ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”)
Eel Pie Publishing Ltd.
Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!)
Songs of Windswept Pacific
Towser Tunes, Inc.
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/123173 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0005021062 [info]
referred to in medleys:Overture (for celebration of music by Pete Townshend and The Who) (order: 3)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1969-08-17Sparks (live, 1969-08-17: Woodstock Music and Arts Fair, NY, United States)liveThe Who3:01
1969-09-29My Generation (live, 1969-09-29: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)live and medleyThe Who14:42
1969-09-29Sparks (live, 1969‐09‐29: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands)liveThe Who4:28
1969-10-22Sparks (live, 1969-10-22: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA)liveThe Who4:35
1969SparksliveThe Who2:49
1970-02-14Amazing Journey / Sparkslive and medleyThe Who7:55
1970-02-14SparksliveThe Who4:22
1970-02-14Sparks (live, 1970-02-14: University of Leeds, UK)liveThe Who3:26
1970-02-14SparksliveThe Who4:23
1970-02-15Sparks (live, 1970-02-15: Hull City Hall, UK)liveThe Who4:14
1970-07-07Amazing Journey/SparksThe Who?:??
1970-08-29Sparks (live, 1970-08-29: Isle of Wight Festival, East Alton Farm, Isle of Wight, England, UK)liveThe Who5:10
1971-12-12Sparks (live, 1971-12-12: The Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveThe Who5:24
1987-04-29Sparks (live bootleg, 1987‐04‐29: Nectar’s, Burlington, VT, USA)cover and livePhish2:32
1987-08-21Sparks (live bootleg, 1987-08-21: Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron, NY, USA)cover and livePhish6:13
1989-06-27Sparks (live, 1989-06-27: Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY)liveThe Who3:11
1989-08-24Sparks (live, 1989-08-24: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveThe Who4:36
1990-09-13Sparks (live bootleg, 1990-09-13: The Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY, USA)cover and livePhish2:49
1993-04-17Sparks (live bootleg, 1993-04-17: Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor, MI, USA)cover and livePhish2:30
1993-08-02Sparks (live, 1993-08-02: Ritz Theatre, Tampa, FL, USA)cover and livePhish2:12
1993-08-14Sparkscover and livePhish2:39
1994-05-07Sparks (live, 1994-05-07: The Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX, USA)cover and livePhish2:41
1994-05-07Sparks (live, 1994-05-07: The Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX, USA)cover and livePhish?:??
1994-10-29Sparks (live, 1994-10-29: Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, Spartanburg, SC, USA)cover and livePhish4:27
2002-07-31Sparks (live, 2002-07-31: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)liveThe Who5:35
2002-08-25SparksliveThe Who3:14
2002-08-28Sparks (live, 2002-08-28: Polaris Amphitheater, Columbus, OH, USA)liveThe Who3:10
2002-09-14SparksliveThe Who3:09
2002-09-15SparksliveThe Who3:07
2002-09-24SparksliveThe Who3:03
2002-09-27SparksliveThe Who?:??
2004-03-22SparksliveThe Who3:13
2004-03-24Sparks (live, 2004-03-24: London, UK)liveThe Who4:40
2004-03-29Sparks (live, 2004-03-29: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK)liveThe Who3:28
2004-06-07Sparks (live, 2004-06-07: National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, UK)liveThe Who4:55
2004-06-12SparksliveThe Who?:??
2004-06-12SparksliveThe Who3:09
2004-06-12Sparks (live, 2004-06-12: Isle of Wight Festival, Seaclose Park, Newport, UK)liveThe Who3:09
2004-06-12SparksliveThe Who3:10
2004-07-28Sparks (live, 2004-07-28: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia)liveThe Who?:??
2004-07-31Sparks (live, 2004‐07‐31: Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia)liveThe Who3:09
2006-07-02Amazing Journey/Sparkslive and medleyThe Who8:28
2006-11-10Amazing Journey / Sparks (live, 2006-11-10: Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA)live and medleyThe Who9:45
2007-05-16Amazing Journey / Sparkslive and medleyThe Who9:36
2007-06-01Amazing Journey/Sparks (live, 2007-06-01: Liberty Stadium, Swansea, UK)live and medleyThe Who?:??
2007-06-19Amazing Journeylive and medleyThe Who11:58
2007-06-23Amazing Journey / Sparks (live, 2007-06-23: Knowsley Hall, Knowsley, UK)live and medleyThe Who9:30
2011-09-02Sparkscover and livePhish2:17
2011-09-02Sparkscover and livePhish2:17
2014-12-11Amazing Journey / Sparkslive and medleyThe Who10:21
2015-06-23Amazing Journey / Sparks (live, 2015‐06‐23: 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland)liveThe Who9:37
2015-06-26Amazing Journey / Overture / Sparks (live, 2000-06-26: Hyde Park, London, UK)live and medleyThe Who9:16
2015-06-26Amazing Journey / Overture / Sparks (live, 2000-06-26: Hyde Park, London, UK)liveThe Who?:??
2016-12-30Sparkscover and livePhish2:37
2017-03-30 – 2017-04-01SparksliveThe Who3:25
2017-04-01Sparks (live, 2017-04-01: Royal Albert Hall, London, Uk)liveThe Who3:24
2018-07 – 2019-02Sparkscover and liveRoger Daltrey2:12
2019-11-30Sparks (live, 2019-11-30: Tarrytown Music Hall, Tarrytown, NY, USA)cover and liveThe Smithereens4:16
2020-09-18I’m Free / Sparks (live, 2020-09-18: New Life Fellowship, Cross Plains, TN, USA)cover, live and medleyThe Neal Morse Band6:29
Amazing Journey / SparksmedleyThe Who7:09
Amazing Journey / Sparkscover and instrumentalThe Section7:16
Amazing Journey / SparksliveThe Who7:36
Amazing Journey / Sparks (Almost Famous version)medleyThe Who7:27
I’m Free / Sparkscover and medleyNeal Morse6:35
I’m Free / Sparkscover and medleyMorse Portnoy George6:36
SparksliveThe Who3:20
SparksThe Who2:05
SparksThe Who3:45
SparksThe Who3:06
SparkscoverThe Smithereens3:31
Sparkscover and liveIconoclasta5:36
SparksliveThe Who5:31
Sparks (live, 1969-10-22: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA)The Who4:39
SparksThe Who3:49
SparksliveThe Who?:??
Sparks (live, 1969-09-29: Amsterdam Opera House, Amsterdam, Netherlands)The Who2:43
Sparks (live, 1969)The Who2:49
Sparks (2013 5.1 mix)The Who2:05
SparksThe Who4:15
SparksThe Who3:45
Sparks (original studio mix)The Who2:43
SparkscoverThe English Theatre, Frankfurt2:33
SparksThe Who8:54
SparksThe Who3:16
SparksThe Who2:14
SparksThe Who2:05
SparksThe Who2:05
Sparks (live bootleg, 1994‐10‐29: Memorial Auditorium, Spartanburg, SC, USA)cover and livePhish?:??
SparksLondon Symphony Orchestra3:17
SparksThe Who1:48
Sparks (1996 remix)The Who3:47
Sparks (live, 2023‐07‐12: The O₂ Arena, London, UK)liveThe Who4:01
Sparks (5.1 mix)The Who2:05
Sparks (demo)Pete Townshend7:39
Sparks (reprise)The Who1:54
Tommycover, live and medleyBlue Devils11:27