Genre: pop
Rating: 1 star *
Title: Make Her Remember
Company: Guinness
Catalog: GNS
36020
Year: 1977
Country/State: US
Grade (cover/record): VG / VG+
Comments: cut top right corner
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 5689
Price: $25.00
You would think that there would be dozens of reviews covering releases by a collectable label like Guinness. Naturally that's not the case. In fact good luck finding anything on namesake Ron Sparks. Assuming he's out there somewhere, he's done a pretty good job of fading into the background.
As is typical for tax scam releases, 1977's "Make Her Remember" didn't reflect a great deal of performance information. Among the few biographical tidbits you could discern, the collection was produced by Don R. Smith who was also credited with writing about half of the material. Namesake Sparks was responsible for the rest of the material. To be blunt, musically this was pretty lame pop. Sparks had an okay voice that sounded a bit like the late Roger Miller crossed with a lounge act version of Jimmy Buffett. His vaguely Southern drawl didn't have a great deal of vocal range and Sparks occasionally fell back on what was best described as a flat monotone - check out the title track. Elsewhere tracks like 'Sunday Girl'', 'Thank You Lord' and 'A Lady When She's Sleeping Never Lies' displayed a modest country-tinge complete with female backing singers and pedal steel arrangements. 'Sunday Girl' and 'Getting High On Love' were more top-40 commercial oriented, though none had a truly memorable hook to save them from oblivion. Fitting for a Guinness release, this one struck me as more musical product than art.
Stand out track ... um, there wasn't one.
"Make Her
Remember" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Where Do You Go (Don R. Smith) - 2:34
2.) Sunday Girl (Don R. Smith - Jennifer Smith - Ron Sparks) - 2:31
3.) Thank You Lord (Don R. Smith) - 2:32
4.) Make Her Remember (Don R. Smith) - 2:11
5.) Try It (Ron Sparks) - 1:59
(side
2)
1.) A Lady When She's Sleeping Never Lies (Don R. Smith) -
2:11
2.) I Never Meant To Love You (Ron Soarks) - 3:07
3.) I'm a Dreamer (Ron Sparks) - 3:07
4.) Getting High On Love (Ron Sparks) - 2:31
5.) Put Me Down Easy (Ron Sparks) - 2:20