T.Rex - T.rextasy - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

All recordings are alternate versions. All songs by Marc Bolan. T. Rex are Marc Bolan - Guitar & Vocals, Steve Currie - Bass, Mickey Finn - Congas, Bill Legend - Drums. A compilation of carefully chosen tracks which are all alternate versions to the original 1970s released versions as well as some unheard material, to show a cohesive 'Group' vibe that was the classic line-up of T. Rex. Notes by the drummer of the classic T. Rex Line up Bill Legend. Presented in full color gatefold sleeve with printed inner bags. Album Tracks 1. Get It on 2. Mambo Sun 3. Life's a Gas 4. Lean Love (Lean Woman Blues) 5. Planet Queen 6. Rip Off [Instrumental] 7. Electric Warrior [Poem] 8. Electric Boogie [Take 1] 9. Electric Boogie [Take 2] 10. Jam 11. Raw Ramp [Take 1] 12. Raw Ramp [Take 2] 13. Electric Boogie [Mix] 14. Thunderwing 15. Easy Action (Fast Blues) 1. Mystic Lady 2. Rabbit Fighter 3. Chariot Choogle 4. Rock on 5. Buick MacKane (Denmark) 6. Buick MacKane & the Babe Shadow 7. Easy Action (Solid Gold) 8. 20th Century Boy [Full Unedited Version] 9. Left Hand Luke and the Beggar Boys 10. Midnight 11. All My Love 12. Superbad 13. Carsmile Smith 14. Explosive Mouth 15. Look to Your Soul (Painless Persuasion)

Limited five CD set. Having risen to superstardom through 1971, 1972 saw Marc Bolan attain the heights of InchT. RexmaniaInch or InchT. RextasyInch, as the press dubbed the frenzy that took over the UK's music scene. This box set celebrates that year. For the first time, it brings together the 1972 studio recordings, broadcasts and performances made by Bolan and his band, T. Rex, putting the listener into the shoes of a T. Rex fan that year singles, albums, live concerts, radio broadcasts, a film soundtrack and more. The box set contains The Slider album, Live At Wembley The Matinee Show (plus two previously unreleased 1972 mixes from The Evening Show), Born To Boogie - The Soundtrack Album (issued in full for the first time), Marc Bolan's US Radio Sessions, Rex on the BBC in 1972 (featuring rare version of 'Telegram Sam' from the Christmas Top Of The Pops), 1972 B-sides, and the T. Rex Fan Club 1972 Christmas Record flexi-disc plus Illustrated 44 page perfect bound book including essays by Tony Visconti and Mark Paytress. Album Tracks 1. Metal Guru 2. Mystic Lady 3. Rock on 4. The Slider 5. Baby Boomerang 6. Spaceball Ricochet 7. Buick MacKane 8. Telegram Sam 9. Rabbit Fighter 10. Baby Strange 11. Ballrooms of Mars 12. Chariot Choogle 13. Main Man 1. Rosko's Intro [Emperor Rosko] 2. Cadilac 3. Jeepster 4. Baby Strange 5. Spaceball Ricochet 6. Girl 7. Cosmic Dancer 8. Telegram Sam 9. Hot Love 10. Get It on 11. 'One More Time?' [Emperor Rosko] 12. Summertime Blues 13. Baby Strange [Alternate Mix] 14. Hot Love [Alternate Mix] 1. Marc Bolan - Marc's Intro 2. T. Rex - Jeepster 3. T. Rex - Baby Strange 4. Marc Bolan - 'Electric Wind' [Poem] 5. Elton John, Ringo Starr & T. Rex - Tutti Frutti 6. Elton John, Ringo Starr & T. Rex - Children of the Revolution 7. Marc Bolan & Ringo Starr - 'Lo

Japanese only SHM pressing. Includes eight bonus tracks. Universal. 2010.