A full-page Circus Magazine advertisement promoting T.Rex’s album *Light Of Love* and their return to America on Casablanca Records. On their first Casablanca album T.Rex returns to America. Circus Magazine Date: December 1, 1974 Length: 4 min read 📰 Key Highlights • Elegant golden Art Deco-style illustration featuring two rearing horses, a central framed portrait of Marc Bolan performing, and decorative rays • Bold headline announcing the album and T.Rex’s US return

Label: EMI Records Catalogue Number: MARC 9 Format: 7" Vinyl Single (Four‑Prong Centre / Solid Centre; Promo & Commercial) Released: November 1, 1974 (UK) A glam‑rock gunshot of swagger and bounce — Marc Bolan firing off a riff‑driven, high‑energy single that marked his final charting moment of 1974. Released in the UK on November 1, 1974, “Zip Gun Boogie” backed with “Space Boss” appeared as a 7-inch vinyl single on EMI Records (MARC 9). Although issued under the **T. Rex**

A vibrant three-page 1974 Pop Magazine feature exploring why so many major British and American rock acts were choosing to record in Germany, with a special focus on Munich’s famous Musicland Studios. The British and American rock invasion of German recording studios — from T. Rex to Deep Purple and Pink Floyd. Pop Magazine Date: October 28, 1974 Length: 6 min read 📰 Key Highlights • Major report on the boom of international rock bands recording in Germany • Spotlight

A full-page Billboard Magazine advertisement promoting T.Rex’s album *Light Of Love* and their return to America on Casablanca Records. On their first Casablanca album T.Rex returns to America. Billboard Date: September 28, 1974 Length: 4 min read 📰 Key Highlights • Elegant golden Art Deco-style illustration featuring two rearing horses, a central portrait of Marc Bolan, and decorative rays • Bold headline announcing the album and T.Rex’s return to the US • Quote fro

A burst of mid‑’70s pop energy captured in print — this Bravo chart page freezes a moment when glam, bubblegum, and Europop collided on German newsstands. The colours, the stars, the faces: pure 1974. 📰 Publication Details Publication: Bravo Date: 11 April 1974 (Issue 16) Country: West Germany Section / Page: “Bravo‑Disco 16 – Hits der Woche” Format: Music Chart / Reader‑Voted Hit Parade Provenance Notes: Sourced from original Bravo issue; chart dated and visually confirmed

Marc Bolan performed “(Whatever Happened To The) Teenage Dream” on the ZDF television programme *Disco 74*, filmed in Hamburg, West Germany. The appearance promoted the European single release and marked one of Bolan’s key German TV performances of 1974. Publication / Venue: ZDF – Disco 74 (West Germany) Date: April 2, 1974 Format: Television performance Writer: ZDF Production Notes A moment of mid‑’70s glam refinement, European promotion and Bolan’s evolving stage persona

A glam‑rock ghost signal: Bolan’s “Buik Mackane” slipped onto British TV in 1974, turning an Osmonds special into an unexpected moment of electric glam.

A sweeping, emotional Bolan masterpiece receives heavy BBC rotation across February and March 1974, cementing “Teenage Dream” as a defining moment of the Zinc Alloy era.

A brief but revealing Melody Maker update marking Bolan’s return to UK touring and the launch of his ambitious Zinc Alloy era.

Marc Bolan & T. Rex’s Zinc Alloy (1974) — a glam‑funk experiment that pushed Bolan into bold new territory.