Talk:The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

covers
Covers need citations. I listen to panic and phish cite it. I am going to move this to a covers section because there is a badass gov't mule cover.

Burnedfaceless (talk) 19:57, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

I did what I"m going to do. I if you want to say numerous you need to put at least three citations, that's too much work for me. Check out the mule version I linked everything from low spark to Spanish Moon is amazing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Burnedfaceless (talk • contribs) 20:12, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (song)
Proposing a merger of these two articles. While the song has a degree of notability, it does not meet the criteria of WP:Song. Karst (talk) 11:50, 4 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Agreed, I'll do it myself if no one opposes it soon. SamWilson989 (talk) 22:50, 7 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Disagree. It's been covered by several performers and has an interesting story to it. Blackfyr (talk) 01:01, 4 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Strongly disagree. This song was an FM-radio staple in both North America and Europe, an enduring classic à la "Tupelo Honey" by Van Morrison (likewise a still-popular if lengthy title track). As significantly, it still receives regular radio airplay: e.g. the Canadian DJ, 'Kid' Jensen, has played it twice in recent weeks on his weekly 'Jensen's Dimensions' show on UK radio, featuring music he first played on his Radio Luxembourg show of the same name in the late 60s and early 70s. (But for its length, the song would/should have been a mainstream-radio classic as well. It was never released as a single.) I respectfully suggest that this proposal's box-header be deleted from both the song and the album's main wiki pages (while retaining the second box on the song page, the one soliciting additional citations / more research). Birdman euston (talk) 19:50, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

"Original", "standard", "canonical" track order
The evidence I've found suggests that the album was originally (1971) released in many or ALL parts of the world in LP format with "Light Up or Leave Me Alone" as the 3rd song (last song on Side 1) and "Rock n Roll Stew" as the 4th song (1st song on Side 2). Certainly it was released in the US in this way. It may be that it was released this way on LP even in the UK-- Even though several listings on Discogs seem to claim "Rock n Roll Stew" as the 3rd song, an actual check of the covers and label photos listed have the same listing as in the US.

Some accounts https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/traffic-low-spark-of-high-heeled-boys-song-order.84157/ say that it wasn't released in standard LP format with "Rock n Roll Stew" as the 3rd song until a much later (1980's) re-release, and this was an error due to using a rescrambled 8-track master for the reissues.

Can anyone find sources that Wikipedia approves of which will put this matter to rest? I think the current explanation in the article is misleading and even inaccurate, although a brief mention is made of the differing versions.

Sojambi Pinola (talk) 12:12, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

Track order was changed in the article only relatively recently -- March 2021, and by an unnamed user who was seemingly attempting accuracy with good intentions. Still, as I said, I think this could be more accurate and clearer. Sojambi Pinola (talk) 12:20, 16 December 2021 (UTC)

reviews-poor selections
These should feature contemporary reviews, even by the much-reviled Rolling Stone. Creem, New Musical Express, etc. are much more relevant; tripe like Allmusic that came so much later isn't notable. 2603:6080:21F0:7EE0:E961:9FBD:F32A:5DBB (talk) 17:30, 31 January 2023 (UTC)