Is The 1972 T. Rex 6 LP Boxset Worth The $$$?

[@Foul_Quince]

I'd crawl over burning hot broken glass naked and covered in pickle brine for T Rex. Bolan was my first, my greatest and my eternal rock God.

[@richardsypniewski9279]

So you're saying you enjoyed him? 🤔😆

[@ts_vinyl]

Haha I love T.Rex but not as much as you!

[@r.martin3494]

@Foul_Quince “b-h-b-g, naked, covered in pickle brine”!!!!😮 Now all y'all don't get started too soon! That sounds like party tolk, wher I come from, bubba! 😊

[@r.martin3494]

​@@richardsypniewski9279 You think? Lol. 😅 Is it just me or was that maybe, too much? 🎉

[@r.martin3494]

​@@ts_vinyl That commenter is scaring me! However there are indeed those who would call that a good Saturday night! 🎉 😅

[@marjian6991]

Ah T Rex. Remember when I was 15, camping out all night one new years eve to get tickets for a T Rex concert at the Glasgow Apollo (formerly Greens Playhouse). It was freezing but worth it to get front row seats!

[@r.martin3494]

Thanks for sharing. I never saw them live but it wasn't always the best experience, by all accounts, right?

[@alv4794]

Any T. Rex box set is essential. One of the great bands of all time!!!

[@r.martin3494]

DEFINITELY! BUT IT CAN BE SUBTLE AS TO HOW.

[@paulmchugh7600]

I was lucky enough to see Marc at the empire in Sunderland, when he forgot the words of Deborah 😂😂 probably stoned , love this man, Carlie smith ❤❤

[@stephenjerome4135]

I love T.Rex. I've been a massive fan of Marc Bolan for many years now and have a lot of his music. This is an awesome box set of recordings from a year when Marc Bolan was at his peak. I ordered my copy on the first day it was released and it didn't disappoint. The coloured vinyls look so cool too. This is definitely a must have for the collection if you love Marc Bolan's music.

[@ericcross7863]

The Slider is one of my favorite albums of all time, I purchased a special version of it with a bonus cd called "Rabbit Fighter" that features acoustic versions of the songs and an interview. Love Marc Bolin and T-REX.

[@r.martin3494]

It's Bolan not Bolin! 😢 Lol. I bet you love that Punk band with Johnny Rattan and love Kylie Minogue - no wait! That doesn't work, that name's already screwed up! 😅😂 Sorry Kylie, we still love you. It's just that.. ..I just can't get you outa my head!

[@r.martin3494]

There's one point missed here by some who discredit the sale of rehashed new reases, but it all helps keep the name Marc Bolan and name T.REX "alive"! Then independent thinkers and quirky folks may become fans of Tyrannosaurus Rex & T.REX. It keeps the names current and new listeners may get introduced and old fans reintroduced! Why does that matter? Well, because they too may eventually enjoy a lifetime of this great music just as I have. Oh man! Those delicious tracks she mentions were so good, the best, and I love them to this day I listen to T.REX every single week as I just love those old songs so much, there's so much in them; Cadillac, Baby Strange, Jitterbug Love, Raw-Ramp, Monolith, Get it on, Rock On, her name-sake - Telegram Sam, so many more, and earlier; Blessed Wild Apple Girl, Summer Deep, Jewel, by The Light of the Magical Moon, Find A Little Wood, (there's a duple entendre if even I've heard one) 😅 so many strong albums and songs. I'm so pleased Marc Bolan was entered into the hall of Music Fame! That's so deserving but Not everything is great, his performance style in most video contains way too much self appreciation, self awareness, over-acting, rather than saying "I'm a rock star, watch if you like and btw - I appreciate you", he was always acted like he was saying; "look what I can do!" And at the end of his career, all that effeminate stuff got so out of hand and he was so overly posey. Early shots and videos of him make him look so much better but not in the movie. We had to remember to make allowances for the zeitgeist of the time, androgyny, with Bowie too and Mick - Rolling Stones, and Rod Stewart, a feather boer wasn't it? Worn around the neck. That's fame and fame equals money and they're all, all about the money and why not, almost every other business is, so why *not* show-business! That novoe referred to with Ringo Starr in it was called Born to Boogie, it was a product to sell to teenyboppers at the local cinemas, Ringo fimed it.and was in it along with Mickey Finn and others folks grotesquly stuffing their faces with jam fruit etc at a banquet picnic out doors in the English countryside, on a field, in the summer. Theres nothing like the vibe of the British countryside in the summer, especially if your high on a dopamine rush from just being with someone you enjoy, being young and happy, but mindfull of others property.

[@vinylrichie007]

I was fortunate to see T Rex live in 71.

[@rayhollingshad3580]

Love T Rex! Haven’t purchased this but I do have several of their albums.Definitely a nice set!

[@dougthePogingguitarist]

love T.Rex their music is amazing

[@nickmedina4296]

Your right about TRex’s US popularity compared to Great Britain. I think Bang a Gong all over the am radio is what really made Marc Bolin well known here. Good video.

[@melvynrevens7285]

Thanks for this TS, you are clearly passionate about music and very eloquent in your presentation. You are right regarding the slider album, not the best, sounds slightly flat and dry with a hint of graininess in the upper mids, in fact it sounds like an MP3 file sent down the line rather than the warm, detailed, analogue sound it should be. Demon records release some excellent discs but they do appear to have issues with their remastering from time to time, similar issues with the T.REX gold compilation a couple of years ago. The Slider 40th anniversary box set on the same label was superior in many ways, firstly the album was the Tony Visconti 2012 remaster which is far superior to the one you reviewed, the 2012 box set from memory also included 3 singles in their original customised T.REX sleeve, CDs of the album and demos, outtakes etc, 12" hardback book, T.REX carrier bag, photographs, rosette and a poster. My parents bought me this album as a Christmas pressy in 1972 when I was 15, I still have it and it still sounds great, keep up the good work TS, I enjoyed listening to your review.

[@fredmccarroll3476]

Nice video Sam! I have the T Rex - Slider album on 180 gram vinyl. I purchased it years ago when vinyl was a lot cheaper. I paid $16.00 for it at my local record store, "Wild Honey Records" in Knoxville, TN and it was a sealed. I wish I could find the T Rex box set!

[@danidee3156]

Been a fan from just before the 1970 single Ride A White Swan. Got info him after listening to the Tyrannosaurus Rex album, A Beard Of Stars. I was a huge fan right up to the Single Metal Guru 72 and the Slider Album 72. I sadly got out of T.rex for the one and only, Mr David Bowie. For me, the T.rex thing just all got a little too silly. That said, I did get back into Marc Bolan in 1977, after seeing T.rex live in Manchester during the Dandy in the underworld tour. Absolutely fantastic show. I now realise from Albums after the Slider, that he was way ahead of his time. I can also say that David got credited for stuff Marc was doing before him. It is so fantastic that fans from the US are into T.rex and hear you give credit to Marc Bolan. 1972 sure was a fine year for real music!!

[@r.martin3494]

Lovely account, thanks for sharing that. Yes nice to know he's had some renewed interest across the pond. Marc always wanted that.

[@papablue3015]

T-Rex was great I've got 2 albums! I was in 7th grade when I first heard T-Rex! Thanks!

[@broncodeviltexas]

I got Electric Warrior for my 14th birthday in 1971. I bought the Slider after that. Love both of those albums and think those are enough.

[@r.martin3494]

They're the best! However, I had a friend who had many T.REX if not all the main released albums at the time and I couldn't afford them so he let me record them all on cassette tape right through from Marc's Tyrannosaurus Rex times without electric guitar. Some of those tracks are haunting and I still play them and love them. Words to describe them... ...A rich tapestry of musical historic vibe honed into a unique sound and theme. Choosing one word - always tough but definitely it would have to me... ....Intimate! Remarkably intimate. Warm, woody, dark, ethereal edgy yet inviting spooky yet safe because you're on the ride with him through the songs. Marc was unique and there seems through all the shallowness of celebrity there was an original element of mystery about him, he would say songs just come to him it's easy for him, well until you've listened to all that worthy of a listen from an artist, you don't really know them, so appraising Marc on only his later work is not ideal even though his best three albums came out then. His acoustic work as Tyrannosaurus Rex was also brilliant. As a musician composer, singer, writer, he was a shining star, I still love him. T.REX music is in my blood and the friend who introduced me seemed to let it go! But then, he let me go, too! Maybe because I still liked T.REX! 😂😅😊 However, if so, then that was a trade-off I should probably be very content with. Anyway, it never hurts to feel you know someone's real name - "Telegram Samantha"? I'm so pleased that of all the artists and their vinyl you have on the walls around you, T.REX has a special place in your heart as it does for me. I am vindicated for my fanship of the 'prancing pixie'. Sam, I love, and you may too, Mustang Ford, Black and White Incident, etc then later; Great Horse, A Day Laye, Diamond Meadows, oh and my goodness Pilgrims of Summer! Pavilions of Sun, so many others from that acoustic period all precious gems! later too gave us true gold like Tenement Lady and Broken Hearted Blues, later still Venus Loon and Think Zinc. Maybe you're only into the electric period. That's cool too, whatever workz. It's funny but the more access we now have to music and music videos, the more I find I'm appreciating songs I've heard all my life but not heard so clearly before, and with an ever growing understanding of music and it's nuances (as it's a language when deeply complex and composed well), the more I'm getting out of older music, right now it's like - I never quite got the 50's "pop" as it was just too far back for some younger than I the acoustic T.REX may be seen the same way, but we should never shut ourselves off from.musoc based on that alone, it's good to expose yourself to a little.of what you don't really like, it broadens the appreciation range in time. Watching the Wanderer by Dion in Black & White, on KZbin, is a wild experience and what an expert performer he was, I didn't even know the name of the singer until last month. The subtle way he harmonises some intermediate sounds with the backing singers and uses those sounds to join his words creates a certain extra musical rhythm, an effect actually, one that melds with the music, he has such an ear for music to be doing that, maybe I do and that's why I hear it, get it, and love it, it's genius. Neat every word is extended, or has a simply "a" after it, it's almost like an early precursor to Michael Jackson adding his own style of emotional flourishes like, eee hee, ooo, ah, da, and owe all over the place in particular songs. I had no idea The Wanderer was so good. The rolling rhythm is killer, the words are great too, the subject matter leaves a lot to be desired in this politically correct, and rather oddly conservative yet daring at the same time, "bizaroworld" period we're in today. 😌😏🥴

[@carltwidle9046]

I loved T- Rex, back in the 1970s. He put out good music. Songs like Ride a white Swan, Hot Love, and his last pop hit in 1976 I love to Boogie. He was part of the British Glam rock scene. Get it on was a hit in the USA. I have a couple of cds of his music. A collection of hits, and his album Electric Warrior. He liked Punk rock ,and sadly died in a car accident in 1977. I was 17 years young that year. I like that box set that you have. Thanks for this posting. From Carl in New Zealand.

[@twisttrax]

The Slider is my all time fav album by anyone. it still stands up well even now.

[@treaclesmith]

Great video !!! I was a big fan of Marc Bolan & T.Rex since ride a white swan when I was 13 years old. I have lots of his vinyl that I bought at the time & this box set is on my wantlist 👍

[@jfdblues]

Omg, I highly recommend that you go out and buy the deluxe dvd set of born to boogie, not only does it have the original movie, but also has the Wembley afternoon and evening concert in their entirety! You might just be able to find all that stuff on KZbin, but owning the dvd set is totally worth it, imho! So great to see a kindred marc Bolan super fan! Rock on telegram sam!

[@DavidInSugarLand]

No inner sleeves? Wow, not a great decision... I have the first three T. Rex LPs and two CD compilations ("The A Sides" and the 2 disc "Greatest Hits" from 2007). I will recommend all these for your $$$.

[@MsKalachakra]

Very cool boxset ! Recently I found a CD with 18 rarities like radio recordings and demos for Electric Warrior and The Sliderr called Get it On. I have Electric Warrior, The Slider and Tanx on vinyl, would love to find the next few albums he did in the 70's before his passing like Zinc or Dandy in the Underworld, take care !

[@ts_vinyl]

That Get It On record sounds really interesting, I'll have to keep an eye out for it

[@r.martin3494]

​@@ts_vinylYeah, well it's dirty and sweet, clad in black and a collector's item for sure!

[@denniswood1437]

Great presentation. I have many Tyrannosaurus Rex & T.Rex recordings . It looks like a beautiful set as far as the packaging goes but the sonic dynamics of the Slider album not as good as previous releases. I would like tto get one maybe for the book. The BBC acoustic concert was released on CD in the 1990s.

[@Pinerocks]

T. Rex, my all time favorite band. Though I don’t buy reissues, but this looks nice. Great channel!! 👍🏼❤️

[@kryptonson]

I just bought a 2 LP version of this. Great album.

[@liamodonovan6610]

You are awesome Sam always love hearing about the different musical interests love you sam and love your tastes in different music

[@r.martin3494]

You can't have her! Ha ha ha.

[@liamodonovan6610]

@@r.martin3494 no interest in her or anyone iam asexual and aromantic

[@peteormond3565]

Massive Trex fan and love that your username is Telegram Sam(great song, btw). Thanks for the insight, one of the few bands that I would consider buying material that I already own.

[@cbond1c113]

Great work! I had seen a Marc Bolan 1972 out there but only glanced at it casually, as I was more so interested in finally purchasing both "Slider" & "Electric Warrior." I must say... those 2-LPs made me an immediate T-Rex fan, but I've been admittedly stumped in regards to what I'd like to purchase next. This Box-Set might just do the trick. As a side-note: Marc Bolan seems to me what Syd Barrett would've been like if he didn't come unraveled. Also, the two men bare a strong resemblance to one another hmmmm.

[@r.martin3494]

Hummmm! Lol. It's just the hair and perhaps wonderful Jewish ancestry.

[@cbond1c113]

Laughs. If you look at the earlier pics when he was just a male model without the luxurious looks, his personal beauty still shines through. Both he and Syd Barrett just had it... and then 'well' lost it!@@r.martin3494

[@DavidInSugarLand]

I've thought it would be awesome to ask Slash to autograph the Slider LP cover. He seems to have taken to the stovepipe hat with curly long hair look.

[@r.martin3494]

Yes he so did! But he always looks dirty, like in need of a shower! I don't know why! I'm sure he smells of the finest exotic bath oils most of the time in reality.

[@gchristyer]

Bought all variations vinyl box set CD set & double vinyl big fan ! 😁

[@jean-lucpernel2202]

hi sam, happy to discovered you (sorry my english is "poor") , nice collection !, my favorite : the 1st album !indeed .

[@r.martin3494]

If you are a music of T.REX lover then your English language doesn't need to be any better here. 😊🎉

[@dansteely9906]

I'm a Howling Wolf!

[@moonuni]

Now I'll have to fossick around and see what t rex I have floating around.

[@r.martin3494]

TYRANNOSUARUS REX / T.REX... ...They're the best! However, like everyrhing, how wide a period of Marc's music you aopreciate depends on how wide your musical repetoire extends, how long you've been exposed to music and how wide the variety you've been exposed to, perhaps in the background, by people of various eras and generations. - Every other day, listen to one of two songs you find least offensive from an era you do, and keep that up your whole life, and I bet it would grow your appreciation of music. - I had a friend who had many T.REX if not all the main released albums at the time. I couldn't afford them but he let me record them all on cassette tape right through from Marc's Tyrannosaurus Rex period and a bit before, acoustic guitar. Some of those tracks are haunting and I still play them and love them so much. Words to describe them? - A rich tapestry of musical historic vibe, honed into a unique sound and theme. Choosing one word is always tough, but it would definitely have to be... ...Intimate! Remarkably intimate. Warm, woody, dark, ethereal, edgy yet inviting, spooky yet safe because you're on the ride with Marc through his songs and he's a master of the realm. Marc was unique and there seems through all the shallowness of celebrity, that there was an original element of mystery about him, I'm sure P. J. Fallon would agree, no doubt. Marc would say songs just come to him, "it's easy for me". Well, at that moment in time it seems they did. Until you've listened to all that is worthy of a listen from an artist, you don't really know them as well as you could, so appraising Marc only on his later work is not ideal, even though his "best" or at least most exciting 2 or 3 albums came out later but his acoustic work as Tyrannosaurus Rex was also brilliant, beautiful. As a musician, composer, singer, writer, he was a shining star, I still love him. T.REX music is in my blood and the friend who introduced me ti it seemed to just let it go! But then, he let ME go, too! Maybe because I still liked T.REX! 😂😅😊 However, if so, then that was a trade-off I should probably be very content with. It never hurts to feel you know someone's real name - "Telegram Samantha"? 😮 I'm so pleased that of all the artists and their vinyl you have on the walls around you, T.REX has a special place in your heart as it does for me. I am vindicated for my fanship of the 'prancing pixie'. Sam, you may like the following songs as much as I do, I wonder if you're familiar with them; Mustang Ford, Black and White Incident, Menthol Dan, etc then later; Great Horse, Dragon's Ear, A Day Laye, (“Don't ever worry cos-a I'm your friend, oh yeah) beautiful song. Diamond Meadows, oh and my goodness- Pilgrims of Summer! Pavilions of Sun, so many others from that acoustic period all precious gems! Later too gave us true gold like Tenement Lady and Broken Hearted Blues, later still Venus Loon, Crimson Moon, 😂and Think Zinc. Maybe you're only into the electric period. That's cool too, whatever workz. It's funny but the greater access we now have to music and music videos, the more I find I'm appreciating songs I've heard all my life but not heard so clearly before, and with an ever growing understanding of music and it's nuances (as it's a language when deeply complex and well composed) the more I'm getting out of older music, right now it's like - I never quite got the 50's "pop" as it was just too far back, so I can imagone how for some younger than I the acoustic T.REX may be seen the same way, but we should never shut ourselves off from music based on that alone, it's good to expose yourself to a little of what you don't fancy, in time, it broadens the appreciation range. Example, watching The Wanderer by Dion in Black & White, on KZbin, is a wild experience and what an expert performer he was, I didn't even know the name of the singer until last month. The subtle way he harmonises some intermediate sounds with the backing singers and music, he uses those sounds to join his words and it creates a certain extra musical rhythmic filmer, an effect actually, one that melds with the music. He clearly has such an ear for music to be doing that, maybe I do too and that's why I hear it, get it, and love it, it's genius. Nearly every word is extended, or has a simple "a" after it, it's almost like an early precursor to Michael Jackson adding his own style of emotional flourishes like, eee hee, ooo, ah, da, and owe all over the place in particular songs. I had no idea The Wanderer was so good. The rolling rhythm is killer, the words are great too, the subject matter leaves a lot to be desired in this politically correct, and rather oddly conservative yet daring at the same time, "bizaroworld" period we're in today. 😌😏🥴

[@billphelps5611]

Nice video! I'm a huge T REX fan....I figured you were with the name Telegram Sam! I think I am going to get the double LP highlights because I have everything that is in here in other forms. The sound track LP would be cool by itself but the 3 main things I like off of it, the two Elton jams and the tea party are on the double LP. That is a sweet box set though.

[@jeffcapra6401]

Spaceball Richocet was written about Bolan's neighbor who was a little boy that would bounce a metal pin ball against a wall to entertain himself. At least that what Nolan Bolan told me...

[@r.martin3494]

Oh you name dropper you!

[@jeffcapra6401]

@@r.martin3494 i worked at Chaser Merchandising as a designer and we had T-Rex...all work related jibberjabber

[@jasonhoffer9017]

Born To Boogie is worth searching out. A movie of it's time but awesome - especially if your name is Telegram Sam. :)

[@moonuni]

Well it had to be done, looks like all of his hits on on comp the weird album he done was grey alloy and the hidden riders of tommorow strange but satisfying album.

[@ATMFC]

Great review Telegram Sam. Thank you.

[@DarthScorpion]

I didn’t buy it as the reviews were not very good regarding the overall packaging and issues with non playable cds. I love Marc and trex but couldn’t justify the cost vs reviews. I have a 80s multi lp of trex which I think is 3 or 4 albums. Love it.

[@mikecoffee100]

A Good place to be on a Sunday night before bed is by watching another video by Telegraaaaam Sam.. Awesome Review by the way.

[@jismism9515]

Thx 4 postin!!! Didn't know Visconti took the Slider pic (as credited to Ringo???); U mean to tell me Tony 'remembers' all those little details to write that many words? Questionable. In some ways (to me) Bolan was like Miles Davis / ie: 50% genius v. 50% throwaway; BTW: The Slider in my all time 'Top 50' - We miss ya Marc...

[@r.martin3494]

​@ts_vinyl First he was in Pink Fairies, then John's Children, or is that reverse order? Anyway, after these two he was in Tyrannosaurus Rex which was all acoustic guitar and percussion, then to Marc the switch to Electric for the purpose of keeping up with the times he dumped the airy fairy hippy folk vibe and donned glam clothes creating or at least running with and taking charge of Glam Rock followed my Bowie, Sweet especially and many others. Then with wife driving a little British Leyland Mini Clubman, he hit a now infamous tree and went through the windscreen/windshield. No more music no more daddy for son; Rolan Bolan, no more hubby and security for Gloria and family. Very very sad day for all. I could hardly believe it. I needed to share my feelings with my parents but felt silly to do so but ai did a bit and they were surprisingly understanding, no big fuss, just matter of fact. I cried a little in private. That's how intimate pop.music can be to young people. Music is so emotionally powerful isn't it?

[@davidellis5141]

Hi Sam - My decision on purchasing this was definitely going to be determined by your review. I have ultimately decided to .. purchase the 💿 version from Amazon who will take it back should I encounter difficulty. Thanks for the excellent & unbiased review 😀 ! Have an excellent week ✌️

[@ts_vinyl]

Hey David! Glad I could give you some good insight on the boxset and hopefully you don't have any problems with the CD version. But thank God Amazon has a great return policy!

[@the_atomshop]

Edsel milking every last drop from their T.Rex contract ...it's all been previously released many times ....No thanks.

[@andrewmatthews5477]

Wow! Are you a John's Children person? Their appearance on the Nuggets comp is cool, but they are a solid group all around!

[@ts_vinyl]

I know that was the band Marc was in before he made T.Rex but I don't think I've listened to any of their work yet

[@bigdunc1313]

Erm has anybody said. ..I’ve got a Rolls Royce. Cause its good for my voice..

[@bigedhaaheo]

Aloha Sam, Great Review 👍. I don't have that box set,. But I do have 1or 2 of his record albums somewhere, . In the 1970's he wasn't heard on the radio that much here in Hawaii, I did have his lp electric warrior & Slider at one time. I know I have " "Light of love" & either "a beard of stars" or "Unicorn". Thanks again for sharing your box set. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Mahalo Ed

[@ts_vinyl]

Thanks Ed!

[@martinosborne2842]

Keep a little Marc in your heart❣❣👍👍

[@stevenpyron3406]

🎶 Whoop Whoop, new Telegram Sam Drop....Whoop Whoop, new Telegram Sam Drop 🎶 It's a little song and dance I do, by myself....in my room. As always, getting posted on String Theory Radio on Facebook! Which, by the way, if you're uncomfortable with me doing so, I will absolutely stop, no hurt feelings whatsoever. Rude of me to not ask beforehand. Much Love!!!

[@ts_vinyl]

Haha thanks Steven! And I'm totally okay with you sharing my videos on Facebook, I really appreciate it!

[@stevenpyron3406]

@@ts_vinyl Thank you so much and I appreciate and Love what you do so so much! Much Love

[@stevenpyron3406]

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[@hubtunes9607]

Awesome box ! I’ve never seen this. May have to purchase it. Thanx Sam 🎶☮️🎶

[@brucybabyy7355]

as may i !

[@ts_vinyl]

The only way I heard about it was through T.Rex's official Instagram page, but it's a great summary of one of the greatest years for the band and for the early beginnings of glam rock.

[@ronkersey1712]

I dont know if you still listen to CDs, but there is an 8 disc series called "T.Rex unchained" which has some great unreleased material from 70 to 77. Home demos and unreleased studio recordings. Unfortunately you have to buy all the discs to get about an album and a half of great rare bolan material. There is a best of the unchained series CD that was put out but they missed out on a lot of the great stuff on it so I would not recommend it. It would be best to seek out the best in the individual C d's from the series.. I believe they released a box set if them all on vinyl but kind of rare now and pricey. Here are a few example of the essential gems from the series. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2XXiGt3qairjaM kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXzUloFujJ2aqas kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHOshqqbrauJmdU

[@hungryman1811]

I have every album of Marc Bolan except for this as Marc is my hero but this sure ain't worth the money just robbing the fans

[@bradc32]

i would like to have that one

[@JohnMacRae23]

Nice box and review Sam

[@ts_vinyl]

Thanks John!

[@FogAndLime]

i've loved T. Rex for many years but man i am sick of his back catalogue getting milked over and over again for reissues. AWFUL. They just keep doing this. The albums are all brilliant.....can't get myself to buy the rest of this reissue nonsense.

[@howardburton5]

Agreed, there is a limit to how far you can go with it. It wouldn't be so bad but the cost of this stuff is ridiculous, Also how much unreleased is left? I have a load of Fan Club releases and barrel scraping is sometimes an understatement.

[@satka2mau487]

Exactly..i dont buy any of it....

[@r.martin3494]

There's one point missed here, it all helps keep the name Marc Bolan and name T.REX "alive"! Then independent thinkers and quirky folks may become fans of Tyrannosaurus Rex & T.REX. It keeps the names current and new listeners may get introduced and old fans reintroduced! Why does that matter? Well, because they too may eventually enjoy a lifetime of this great music just as I have. Oh man! Those delicious tracks she mentions were so good, the best, and I love them to this day I listen to T.REX every single week as I just love those old songs so much, there's so much in them; Cadillac, Baby Strange, Jitterbug Love, Raw-Ramp, Monolith, Get it on, Rock On, her name-sake - Telegram Sam, so many more, and earlier; Blessed Wild Apple Girl, Summer Deep, Jewel, by The Light of the Magical Moon, Find A Little Wood, (there's a duple entendre if even I've heard one) 😅 so many strong albums and songs. I'm so pleased Marc Bolan was entered into the hall of Music Fame! That's so deserving but Not everything is great, his performance style in most video contains way too much self appreciation, self awareness, over-acting, rather than saying "I'm a rock star, watch if you like and btw - I appreciate you", he was always acted like he was saying; "look what I can do!" And at the end of his career, all that effeminate stuff got so out of hand and he was so overly posey. Early shots and videos of him make him look so much better but not in the movie. We had to remember to make allowances for the zeitgeist of the time, androgyny, with Bowie too and Mick - Rolling Stones, and Rod Stewart, a feather boer wasn't it? Worn around the neck. That's fame and fame equals money and they're all, all about the money and why not, almost every other business is, so why *not* show-business!

[@dixielandfarm]

My pet peeve is not reissuing albums with their original cover art. A bummer The Slider doesn't sound so great.

[@r.martin3494]

If producers don't care what quality they're dishing out yet still expect fans to jump on the product, it's a bl@#&y insult! Why should we buy them! I think we should boycot that one!

[@bigdunc1313]

Wow just found you. Just subscribed. You look amazing. 70s. But fresh Modern Retro Babe. Best stop there. . Hope you like Zappa. … hope you love Animals 🐑🐄🐖 by Pink Floyd . Gonna check out your videos 👍 you’ve got music brains,,,

[@lucalone]

I can't understand why Visconty signed a picture of Marc Bolan... I know he's the producer of the album but he ain't Marc^

[@redmaple2088]

Visconti and Marc are inseparable when discussing T Rex’s most loved output. Those records sounded so wonderful due to Visconti’s input to the process. For example the string arrangements, Visconti!

[@lucalone]

@@redmaple2088 no doubt about it that Visconti is great producer but why did he signed a Pic of Marc and not of himself??? Or a picture of him with Marc??? Still that makes no sense to me.

[@kevinweaver1270]

Been a Bolan fan for nearly 50 years, and I'm sick of the reissue's coming out, nothing new on this, born to boogie sound tracks again. They could have spent some money tidying up T.Rex gig from Newcastle in 72, and I think Manchester, but, that would cut their profit margins.

[@theflipside-vinylcommunity]

Awesome video

[@ts_vinyl]

Thanks JC!

[@barriespencer8969]

Bolan Legend Love t rex

[@mikecoffee100]

There's more than Bang A Gong ?? lol Cool better then alot of the today stuff like Beiber.

[@brucybabyy7355]

i was fortunate to see T Rex in ,74 unfortunately for them blue oyster cult opened, and destroyed the place. marc was good but they were no match.

[@shepmathe]

Saw T. Rex at the Hollywood Paladium in '72. Played w/the Dooby Bros. Not sure who came up w/these bills but T. Rex n Marc blew them away! Saw them again in about '76 or '77 at Long Beach Auditorium w/Gloria on Keyboards. It was for Don Kershner's Rock Concert's on TV. Think one of last shows here. Can find on You Tube. Thanks for the review. I'd love to get my hands on the acoustic vinyl. Have most originals but don't unusually buy these re issues.

[@brucybabyy7355]

@@shepmathe nice.

[@shepmathe]

@@brucybabyy7355 Blue Oyster Cult in '74 must have been something see! For an American audience at time they would have been a hard act to follow. Still, I'll bet T. Rex won over some fans. Marc's label or management sure didn't do him any favors picking these tours.

[@brucybabyy7355]

@@shepmathe yes they just released " secret trieties ".

[@brucybabyy7355]

Actually it was in Calgary Canada.

[@williamfisher5749]

Own them all

[@SamMonad]

Hi Sam

[@nickolarockola69]

I have been a marc bolan fan since 1972 and I met him and Steve currie back stage at the Manchester free trade Hall in the early 1970s he was really nice guy and took the time to talk to myself and some friends and I think this box set great and is going to be a true collectors item in a very short time space thanks for your review sam it was a very helpfull

[@samuelblinne6040]

Awesome

[@yeager1888]

I love marc

[@heavybliss]

As with anything, if it's worth it to you, then it's worth purchasing. For me, I'd rather spend the $ on other lps, since I don't have or feel a connection with the band or their music. Peace.

[@ts_vinyl]

Totally understandable!

[@r.martin3494]

​@@ts_vinylI can't argue with that logic either, Sam! 😂 Frankly it was nice of them to drop by to a website that's about so many bands and albums and ONE record she or he doesn't like! 😊

[@thinkbeatles]

I love Marc Bolan T Rex yeah everybody on Amazon reviews it and say bad things about the CD box set I wanted to get it but now I’m not going to get it because I’m scared that it’s gonna be a waste of money bummer but you should check out my KZbin channel I got one on there that T Rex one that shows the CDs so short video almost all my videos are short how do you check it out anyway you might like it thanks

[@grahamspafford4355]

All the stuff on these albums are already out on other vinyl & CDs or it's another Ripp off . How come you never heard of the Born to Boogie film ' The total soundtrack was released on yellow vinyl few years back as I have it,

[@alanburleigh48]

Love marc but to many rip offs now