T. REXTASY swept out of the concert halls into the record shops

I Don't Give a... So Long as I can Boogie

cover and one-page feature in New Musical Express , January 22, 1972. AT the Boston Gliderdrome on Saturday, T. Rex turned the musical clock back to the early sixties. In scenes of hysteria and confusion unparalleled since the days of Beatlemania, thirty- three people fainted and one girl was taken to hospital after falling off the balcony in her excitement. Extra police were drafted in to cope with the crowd of more than five thousand including some from as far as Cardiff an

T.Rex’s T.Rex Top Years Chart , a cover and one-page feature in New Musical Express , January 1, 1972. T. Rex took a landslide victory in the 1971 NME Points Championship, having amassed almost 50 per cent more points than their nearest rivals. It is the clearest victory since the Beatles' heyday and the biggest points tally since Engelbart Humperdink recorded 1218 four years ago. Based on the weekly Top Thirty published in NME - with 30 points awarded for a No. 1 spot, 29 p

Marc Bolan steps out alone – the boppin' elf goes glam for a good cause! cover insert in Disc & Music Echo, December 25, 1971. More early Bolan solo scoops added weekly

Marc Bolan steps out alone – the elf goes glam for a good cause! New Musical Express, December 25, 1971. More early Bolan solo scoops added weekly. T. Rex Jan concert Bolan solo on benefit album MARC BOLAN of T. Rex is the first contributor to be confirmed for a special triple-album set, which is to be issued as a benefit for last June's Glastonbury Festival. The set is titled "When The Sound Of The Music Changes," and it is planned for February release on the specially-forme

T.Rex cover (front and back) and news article, published in Record Mirror on December 25, 1971, discussing rumors of T. Rex potentially launching their own record label in early 1972 under the EMI banner after leaving Fly Records... T. REX may well have their own record label early in 1972. Since the duo flew from Fly, rumous have abounded concerning their future recording plans, and British disc companies have been queueing up with tempting offers. As RM closed for press on

Marc Bolan & T.Rex’s Ban for T. Rex , a cover and one-page news article in Record Mirror , December 4, 1971.

T. REX Strictly speaking, the story begins more than 65 million years ago. It was during the Cretaceous period that the over fourteen-meter-long dinosaur Tyrannosaurus ruled the Earth as the largest living creature. One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven years after the Common Era, a certain Marc Bolan remembered this prehistoric creature and, together with Steve Peregrin Took, founded a small group with a mammoth name: Tyrannosaurus Rex. Marc Bolan, born on July 30, 1947,

Marc Bolan – the curly-haired messiah who turned folk into cosmic boogie! “Return of the Scream-age Idol”, cover insert and one-page article "Prophet of the New Generation" in Melody Maker, November 20, 1971.