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📰 Unusual Name, Unusual Music – News: Apr. 1968
A warm, lightly amused tone runs through this late‑’60s profile, capturing Tyrannosaurus Rex at the moment they first began to attract wider attention. The atmosphere is one of curiosity and discovery — two young musicians emerging from London’s underground scene with a sound and identity unlike anything else in the pop pages of the time. “‘Tyrannosaurus Rex’ means ‘King of the Lizards.’” “Their music is as unusual as their name.” 📰 Publication Details Publication: Widnes We

Tyrannosaurus Rex
Apr 19, 19683 min read


📰 Deborah– Single Review: Apr. 1968
A brief, wry introduction to Marc Bolan and Steve Took as they step out of the underground and into the public eye — strange name, stranger music, and a debut single already marking them as something different. 📰 Publication Details Publication: Manchester Evening News Date: April 19, 1968 Country: United Kingdom Section / Page: Page 13 Format: Single Review / Small Article 📰 What the Clipping Shows The article appears under the headline “Biggest ever”, presented in a co

Tyrannosaurus Rex
Apr 19, 19682 min read


📰The Lost Night Ride Session – Mar. 1968
A lost broadcast from the earliest days of Bolan and Took — six songs, one interview, and a vanished moment of psychedelic folk alchemy.

Tyrannosaurus Rex
Mar 14, 19683 min read
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