Minny Pops - Sparks in a Dark Room

January 2003 sees the first ever CD releases by cult Dutch electro pioneers Minny Pops who released four albums & a string of singles on Factory & Plurex between 1979 & 1985. Formed by mainman Wally van Middendorp in 1978 the band released several left-field singles & an album on Dutch label Plurex before joining Factory Records in 1980. After acclaimed singles such as Dolphin's Spurt Secret Story & Time &becoming the first Dutch group to record a BBC session for John Peel, the group released keynote album Sparks In a Dark Room in 1982.

1) Mountain
2) A Feeling
3) Tracking
4) Crack
5) Vital
6) Blue Roses
7) Black Eye
8) Wong
9) Experience
10) Dream
11) Night Visit
12) Trance
13) Time
14) Lights
15) Een Kus
16) Son
17) Secret Story (Demo)
18) Schitterende Ogen (Demo)
19) Time (Demo)
20) Werktitel #7
21) Werktitel #5
22) Werktitel #1
23) Werktitel #8