T.REX- ELECTRIC WARRIOR-FLY HIFLY.6 1971 WITH INNER
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T.REX- ELECTRIC WARRIOR TYPE SINGLE LP-STEREO LABEL FLY with 1ST PRESS PICTURE LABEL CATALOGUE NUMBER HIFLY 6 YEAR 1971 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE SINGLE-GARROD & LOFTHOUSE INSERTS/EXTRAS PICTURE INNER
GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)EXCELLENT (A NICE CLEAN RECORD with MINIMAL playwear and JUST A FEW VERY LIGHT handling and storage marks. PLAYS WELL WITH CRISP AND CLEAR EMI SOUND AND A GREAT STEREO REPRODUCTION)
LABELSEXCELLENT+ (CLEAN LABELS with NO rips tears stickers or removal marks with VERY LIGHT spindleusage and VERY LIGHT overall handling storage and ageing marks)
SLEEVE Front board.Inner gatefold EX-CLEAN SLEEVE with NO writing rips tears stickers or remains: Front board cover is clean with a bit of light ring pressure marking small edge creases and a small surface scuff upper right
Rear Board EX Rear board is much as the front with LIGHT overall wear and ageing, but without the scuff Flipbacks N/A N/A Spine EX- Spine is complete with unworn sniped ends small edge creases Top & front edges EX Top and Bottom edges have light wear only Opening EX Opening is straight with minimal usage and very light wear Corners EX Corners have LIGHT wear only. INNER /EXTRASPICTURE INNER: EX (Clean and complete with NO rips tears writing etc, and NO edge splits, with LIGHT overall wear and creaing.)
DETAILSThe album that essentially kick-started the U.K. glam rock craze, Electric Warrior completes T. Rex's transformation from hippie folk-rockers into flamboyant avatars of trashy rock & roll. There are a few vestiges of those early days remaining in the acoustic-driven ballads, but Electric Warrior spends most of its time in a swinging, hip-shaking groove powered by Marc Bolan's warm electric guitar.
The music recalls not just the catchy simplicity of early rock & roll, but also the implicit sexuality -- except that here, Bolan gleefully hauls it to the surface, singing out loud what was once only communicated through the shimmying beat. He takes obvious delight in turning teenage bubblegum rock into campy sleaze, not to mention filling it with pseudo-psychedelic hippie poetry.
In fact, Bolan sounds just as obsessed with the heavens as he does with sex, whether he's singing about spiritual mysticism or begging a flying saucer to take him away. It's all done with the same theatrical flair, but Tony Visconti's spacious, echoing production makes it surprisingly convincing. Still, the real reason Electric Warrior stands the test of time so well -- despite its intended disposability -- is that it revels so freely in its own absurdity and willful lack of substance. Not taking himself at all seriously, Bolan is free to pursue whatever silly wordplay, cosmic fantasies, or non sequitur imagery he feels like; his abandonment of any pretense to art becomes, ironically, a statement in itself.
Bolan's lack of pomposity, back-to-basics songwriting, and elaborate theatrics went on to influence everything from hard rock to punk to new wave. But in the end, it's that sense of playfulness, combined with a raft of irresistible hooks, that keeps Electric Warrior such an infectious, invigorating listen today.
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