T Rex - first album after name change - HIFLY 2
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Bought from new soon after release, rarely played after 1974 when I discovered reggae, Supposedly marked the change to a more pop based culture for Marc Bolan
The sleeve design was unusual, requiring a sideways look to unfold the cover, or to have the artwork sideways to remove the LP. Contains original inner sleeve. Part of my collection that has been stored in cool conditions throughout, and will need a good clean before you play it. Photo is of actual cover. Record will be dispatched in a Vinyl LP Record Box Mailer, corrugated and strong, to prevent damage.
The album continued in the vein of the duo's previous album A Beard of Stars, with an even further emphasis on an electric rock sound and the addition of strings on several tracks.[citation needed] Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, aka "Flo and Eddie", sang backup vocals for the first time on a T. Rex song, "Seagull Woman". They would go on to sing on most of the group's subsequent string of hits.
The album contained electric reworkings of two old Tyrannosaurus Rex songs, one of which, "The Wizard", was originally recorded even earlier than Bolan's pre-T.Rex band John's Children. The second was an electric version of the second Tyrannosaurus Rex single, "One Inch Rock", with an intro of scat-singing by Bolan and Finn. The remaining short songs, however, were new material.
The album was bookended by a track called "The Children of Rarn", which was part of a longer piece known as "The Children of Rarn Suite". A Tolkienesque children's story in several movements, it was recorded only in demo form at the time, although instrumentation was added posthumously by Visconti for its release on the 1998 compilation The Words and Music of Marc Bolan.
Tracklist
A1 The Children Of RarnA2 Jewel
A3 The Visit
A4 Childe
A5 The Time Of Love Is Now
A6 Diamond Meadows
A7 Root Of Star
A8 Beltane Walk
B1 Is It Love?
B2 One Inch Rock
B3 Summer Deep
B4 Seagull Woman
B5 Suneye
B6 The Wizard
B7 The Children Of Rarn
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