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Marc Bolan & T.Rex: (Hit Warriors)
He started as a bearded elf, ended as a sequin god-Ride a White Swan switched glam on, Get It On made guitars sexy. Every riff a feather-boa, every wink a chart-topper. The Electric Warrior who let the seventies boogie. More cosmic bops dropping weekly.


T.Rex: "The Slider" Album Advert (1972)
T.Rex’s The Slider , a one-page advert in Sounds Music Newspaper, August 19, 1972.

T.Rex
Aug 18, 19721 min read


T.Rex: "Slide'er T. Rex" Advert (1972)
T.Rex’s "The Slider" , a one-page advert in Melody Maker , August 19, 1972.

T.Rex
Aug 18, 19721 min read


Bravo for Marc
Marc Bolan's One-Page Cover Bravo Magazine, August 16, 1972.

T.Rex
Aug 15, 19721 min read


T.Rex: "The Marc Bolan Story" Article (1972)
T.Rex cover and two-page article, titled "The Marc Bolan Story," published in Romeo magazine on August 12, 1972.

T.Rex
Aug 11, 19721 min read


Marc Bolan: They Call it Rexmainia Cover Article (1972)
Marc Bolan’s They Call it Rexmainia , a cover and four-page article in Hit Parader Magazine , August 1, 1972.

T.Rex
Jul 31, 19721 min read


T.Rex: "Music for Pleasure" Advert (1972)
T.Rex’s Music for Pleasure album advert, published in Melody Maker music newspaper on July 22, 1972.

T.Rex
Jul 21, 19721 min read


T.Rex: "Has His Time Now Come?" Feature (1972)
T.Rex’s "Has His Time Now Come?" , a one-page feature in New Musical Express , September 23, 1972.

T.Rex
Jul 6, 19721 min read


Bolan Boogie Album News Article : 1972
Fly Records cash in on T.Rextasy – Bolan Boogie incoming! Bolan Boogie – the cheeky title chosen by Fly Records, former T. Rex label, for a new album of Marc Bolan material released next month. The move follows Fly’s reissue of the four-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex classic “Debora,” currently storming the charts. One-page article in Disc music paper, April 29, 1972. More T.Rex cash-ins unearthed weekly. "Bolan Boogie," out May 5, contains all Fly smashes never before released o

T.Rex
Apr 28, 19722 min read


T.Rex: "Marc Bolan to Release New T.Rex Single" Article (1973)
T.Rex’s "Marc Bolan to Release New T.Rex Single" , a one-page article in New Musical Express , 1973.

T.Rex
Apr 14, 19721 min read


T.Rex: "T.Rex Get it On in LA" Article (1972)
T.Rex’s "T.Rex Get it On in LA" , a one-page article in Melody Maker , February 26, 1972.

T.Rex
Feb 26, 19721 min read


T.Rex: "T. Rex to Storm States" Article (1972)
T.Rex & Marc Bolan’s "T. Rex to Storm States" , a one-page article and poster in Melody Maker , February 12, 1972. MARC BOLAN and T. Rex...

T.Rex
Feb 12, 19721 min read


T.Rex: Bolan A Weird Kid Cover Feature (1972)
T. Rex’s Bolan A Weird Kid, a cover inset and two-page feature in New Musical Express, February 12, 1972. I was a bit hung-up with my...

T.Rex
Feb 12, 19722 min read


T.Rex: T. REXTASY Cover Article (1972)
T.Rex’s T. REXTASY , a cover and one-page article in Melody Maker , February 5, 1972.

T.Rex
Feb 5, 19721 min read


T.Rex: Single & Album Second Only (1972)
T. Rex's "Telegram Sam" and "Electric Warrior" at number two position in their respective UK charts - Melody Maker, February 5, 1972

Charts
Feb 5, 19721 min read


Marc Bolan: So Long as I can Boogie Cover Article (1972)
Marc Bolan’s So Long as I can Boogie , a cover and one-page article in New Musical Express , February 5, 1972.

T.Rex
Feb 5, 19721 min read


T.Rex: "Sam's Giant Sales" Article (1972)
T.Rex’s "Telegram Sam Number Three" , a one-page article in Record Mirror , February 5, 1972.

T.Rex
Feb 5, 19721 min read


Mickey's Illness
An autograph session was planned for T. Rex at the Schallplatte record shop in Hamburg, attracting about two thousand fans on January 31,...

T.Rex
Jan 31, 19721 min read


Telegram Sam Advert: 1972
Bolan's First T.Rex Wax Co. Maxi Single Promo Published in the UK on January 22, 1972, Melody Maker’s one-page advert promoted T. Rex’s “Telegram Sam” — Marc Bolan’s first single on his newly launched T.Rex Wax Co. label (distributed by EMI). The ad featured the single’s sleeve design, highlighted the stereo 45 RPM format, and listed the running time as 3:45. It was backed with “Cadilac” and “Baby Strange” (double B-side), and described as the “NEW MAXI SINGLE OUT NOW ON T-RE

T.Rex
Jan 22, 19721 min read


Telegram Sam Single Review: 1972
Melody Maker, January 22, 1972 . NEW POP SINGLES BY CHRIS WELCH T. REX: "Telegram Sam" (T. Rex Wax Company). Like all T. Rex singles, by the third play you get it on. At first hearing, one tends to say: "Gosh chaps, Marc's newie sounds a bit of an oldie." But press the head- phones a little closer and one begins to convulse in a not all together unpleasant fashion. Boley piles on the guitar riff and the strings topple around him with rocking menace. According to Beep, Marc's

T.Rex
Jan 22, 19721 min read


T.Rextasy! Feature: 1972
Bolan's Boston Starlight Hysteria Published in the UK on January 22, 1972, Melody Maker’s one-page feature article “T.Rextasy!” by Michael Watts reported on a literally hysterical gig by T. Rex at the Starlight Rooms, Boston, Lincolnshire, on Saturday (January 15, 1972). The piece captured the explosive spark of T. Rextasy — the frenzied fan reaction, Marc Bolan’s charismatic command of the stage, and the undeniable confirmation of T. Rex as a cultural phenomenon. Watts descr

T.Rex
Jan 22, 19724 min read
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