⭐ Tanx & Zinc Alloy (4CD + DVD Deluxe): Mar. 2014

Demon Music Group issued a major archival restoration of Tanx (1973) and Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974), presenting both albums in newly remastered form by original producer Tony Visconti alongside mastering engineer Ted Jensen.

The deluxe edition arrived as an 80‑page hardback book containing rare photographs, international 7" single sleeves, sheet music, press clippings, and extensive new liner notes by Tony Visconti and Mark Paytress.

The set captures Marc Bolan at a moment of transition: Tanx expanding the T. Rex sound with new studio textures, and Zinc Alloy embracing American soul, R&B, and funk influences absorbed during Bolan’s 1973 U.S. tours. The collection reframes this era as one of Bolan’s most creatively restless and misunderstood periods.

🔘 Variants

Standard Deluxe Edition: 4CD + DVD hardback book

• Deluxe Fan Bundle (limited to first 300 pre‑orders):

  
  

• Tote bag

• Digital redemption of audio

• Ultimate Fan Bundle (limited to first 150 pre‑orders):

• Tote bag

• Digital redemption

• Exclusive coloured vinyl 7" single:

• “Solid Gold Easy Action” b/w “The Groover”

• Replica Japanese sleeve

🔘 Context & Notes

Pre‑orders placed before January 13, 2014 were printed in the book’s fan‑credit section.

The set includes:

• Tanx (2014 remaster)

• Zinc Alloy (2014 remaster)

• Period A/B‑sides

• Extensive demos and outtakes

• A DVD of TV performances and promo films from 1972–1977

The Zinc Alloy material highlights Bolan’s shift toward soul‑infused arrangements, a direction that puzzled UK audiences at the time but has since gained critical appreciation.

🔘 Visual Archive

⭐ TRACK LIST

T. Rex — Tanx + Zinc Alloy Deluxe Edition (4CD + DVD)   Edsel / Demon Music Group — BLN 500240   Released: March 3, 2014

DISC ONE — Tanx (2014 Remaster)

1. Tenement Lady

2. Rapids

3. Mister Mister

4. Broken‑Hearted Blues

5. Shock Rock

6. Country Honey

7. Electric Slim and the Factory Hen

8. Mad Donna

9. Born to Boogie

10. Life Is Strange

11. The Street and Babe Shadow

12. Highway Knees

13. Left Hand Luke and the Beggar Boys

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DISC TWO — Tanx Era A/B‑Sides + Demos & Outtakes

A & B‑Sides (2014 Remasters)

1. Children of the Revolution

2. Jitterbug Love

3. Sunken Rags

4. Solid Gold Easy Action

5. Xmas Riff

6. 20th Century Boy

7. Free Angel

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Demos & Outtakes

8. The Pepsi Jingle

9. Mister Motion

10. The Street and Babe Shadow

11. Free Angel

12. Rapids

13. Life Is Strange

14. Mister Mister

15. Jitterbug Love

16. Country Honey

17. Highway Knees

18. Mad Donna

19. Electric Slim & The Factory Hen (alias “You Got The Look”)

20. Left Hand Luke

21. Free Angel (alternate version)

22. Fast Blues – Easy Action

23. Sunken Rags (solo acoustic version)

24. Xmas Fan Club Flexi (full version)

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DISC THREE — Zinc Alloy (2014 Remaster)

1. Venus Loon

2. Sound Pit

3. Explosive Mouth

4. Galaxy

5. Change

6. Nameless Wildness

7. Teenage Dream

8. Liquid Gang

9. Carsmile Smith and the Old One

10. You’ve Got to Jive to Stay Alive – Spanish Midnight

11. Interstellar Soul

12. Painless Persuasion v. The Meathawk Immaculate

13. The Avengers (Superbad)

14. The Leopards Featuring Gardenia and the Mighty Slug

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DISC FOUR — Zinc Alloy Era A/B‑Sides + Demos & Outtakes

A & B‑Sides (2014 Remasters)

1. The Groover

2. Midnight

3. Truck On (Tyke)

4. Sitting Here

5. Satisfaction Pony

Big Carrot Single

6. Black Jack

7. Squint Eye Mangle

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Demos & Outtakes

8. Geraldine & The Mighty Slug

9. Change (solo electric)

10. The Avengers (Superbad) (solo electric)

11. Galaxy

12. Carsmile Smith & The Old One

13. Spanish Midnight

14. Sitting There/Here

15. Look to Your Soul

16. The Leopards Featuring Gardenia and the Mighty Slug

17. Groover (solo acoustic)

18. Truck On (solo acoustic with Gloria Jones)

19. Saturday Night

20. Dance in the Midnight

21. Down Home Lady

22. Saturation Syncopation

23. Delanie

24. All My Love

25. Hope You Enjoy the Show

26. Saturday Night (alternate version)

27. Interview (Radio, January 1974)

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DVD — TV Performances & Promo Films

1. Children of the Revolution (Top of the Pops, 14 September 1972)

2. Solid Gold Easy Action (Top of the Pops, 7 December 1972)

3. Mad Donna (Cilla Black Show, 27 January 1973)

4. The Groover (Movie promo)

5. Teenage Dream (Top of the Pops, 7 February 1974)

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Bonus

6. Children of the Revolution

T. Rex — Tanx + Zinc Alloy Deluxe Edition (2014), Demon Music Group.

🔘 Related Material

Tanx (1973)

• Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974)

• 20th Century Boy (1973 single)

• The Groover (1973 single)

• Teenage Dream (1974 single)

🔘 Discography

Tanx (1973)

• Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow (1974)

• Tanx + Zinc Alloy Deluxe Edition (2014)

🔘 Mini‑Timeline

• 1973: Tanx released

• 1974: Zinc Alloy released

• 2013: Remastering sessions completed

• Jan 13, 2014: Cut‑off for fan‑name inclusion

• Mar 3, 2014: Deluxe Edition released

🔘 Glam Flashback

This deluxe edition captures Bolan at his most experimental — a period where glam glittered, cracked, and reformed into something stranger and more soulful. Tanx and Zinc Alloy reveal an artist pushing beyond the confines of his own legend, chasing new sounds with fearless curiosity.

🔘 Closing Notes

The 2014 deluxe edition reframed this era as a creative high point rather than a commercial dip, restoring the depth, ambition, and restless imagination of Bolan’s mid‑70s work.

🔘 Sources & Copyright

Demon Music Group (2014).

Spirit Music Publishing Ltd.

Edsel Records.