• Sparkle – Six Million Steps
    • Sparkle – You
    • Sparkle – Let Yourself Go
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    • 1. Six Million Steps
    • 2. You
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    Cultures of Soul reissue Sparkle’s mega-rare, self-titled album which, many disco afficionados would agree, delivers the goods from start to finish!

    Sparkle was a female vocal trio from Connecticut, assembled by the producer Harold Sargent, erstwhile drummer of the sterling funk band Wood, Brass & Steel, and creator of manifold drum breaks that would go on to be sampled for decades. Originally released in 1979 and every tune a winner!

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