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.
Tracks 1 to 12 are from the 1982 album (FAC BN 15), tracks 13 and 14 are from a 1982 7" (FBN 11), tracks 15 and 16 are from a 1984 7" (CSBT V.IV), tracks 20 to 23 are taken from the 1982 12" "Werktitels" by the band Smalts. Digitally remastered in 2002.