Product Description
Like his contemporary, friend, rival and peer David Bowie, Marc Bolan’s journey from ace face Mod in the London of the Swinging ‘60s to ground-breaking megastar in the early-‘70s was a fascinating one. Having progressed through noise-heavy protro-Psychedelia with his first band John’s Children, Bolan transitioned into a mystical hippy poet with the John Peel endorsed Tyrannosaurus Rex before shortening the name, "going electric" and officially kicking off the 1970s (and inventing Glam Rock in the process) with his band T.Rex.

This box set tells that incredible journey via every surviving BBC Session we could get our hands on.

This box set is the most ambitious and complete collection of BBC recordings so far. As we know, over the years the BBC have wiped and lost many sessions and concerts which were recorded in the late ‘60s and ‘70s. This collection is a testament to the tenacity and dedication of one man. That man is collector and part-time sleuth Clive Zone.

Clive has spent over 6 years collecting and researching this box set pulling in favours from the Bolan community and compiling the very best sources where possible. A few of the sessions and concerts did exist in the BBC archive but those which did not have been sourced from BBC Transcription Discs, off air recordings made on reel-to-reel tape recorders and in one or two instances cassette tapes.

The sound recording on one or two tracks may not be up to 2013 standards but as no other source exists we thought the fans would rather hear something than nothing.

Disc One opens with the one and only session recorded by Marc’s first band, John’s Children, recorded for the BBC Radio One – Saturday Club in June 1967 and also includes all of the sessions recorded for John Peel’s Top Gear programme between November 1967 and December 1968.

Disc Two contains 4 Top Gear sessions plus 3 interviews for the Night Ride programme recorded in June 1969 and the In Concert performance recorded in January 1970.

Disc Three contains the Top Gear session from October 1970, 2 songs from the long lost Bob Harris session from November 1970, a Dave Lee Travis session from December 1970 and 5 songs recorded live for the December 1970 broadcast of the John Peel Sunday Concert.

Disc Four features 8 songs recorded for the Radio One Club and broadcast in March and July of 1971 plus a session recorded for the Bob Harris “Sound of the Seventies” show in August 1971 plus an interview with Tony Norman in 1971, Keith Altham in 1972 and a stunning recording of Telegram Sam for the January 1972 Peter Powell show.

Disc Five and Disc Six contain mixes which were exclusively recorded for the BBC between May 1972 and January 1974 plus interviews with Marc which he did with Johnny Moran, Nicky Horne, Anne Nightingale and David Hamilton.

The set has been compiled and researched by Clive Zone, with a new essay by Mark Payress (Author, 'Marc Bolan – A 20th Century Superstar'). It was mastered to the highest possible quality by Keiron McGarry at Universal Mastering – London and designed by Phil Smee at Waldo’s Design and Dream Emporium – St Albans.

[tracklisting]CD 1
1. Jagged Time Lapse - John's Children
2. Interview With John Hewlett - John's Children
3. The Perfumed Garden Of Gulliver Smith - John's Children
4. Daddy Rolling Stone - John's Children
5. Hot Rod Mama - John's Children
6. Top Gear Jingle - Marc Bolan
7. Highways (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
8. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues (With Chat ) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
9. Scenescof (With Interview) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
10. Child Star (With Interview) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
11. Pictures Of Purple People (With Interview) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
12. Hot Rod Mama (With Interview) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
13. Knight (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
14. Frowning Atahuallpa (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
15. Strange Orchestras - Tyrannosaurus Rex
16. Afghan Woman (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
17. Deborah (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
18. Mustang Ford (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
19. Stacey Grove (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
20. One Inch Rock (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
21. Salamanda Palaganda (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
22. Eastern Spell (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
23. Wind Quartets (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
24. Juniper Suction (Poem) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
25. Juniper Suction (With Interview) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
26. The Friends (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
27. Consuela (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
28. The Seal Of Seasons (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
29. Evenings Of Damask (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
30. The Travelling Tragition - Tyrannosaurus Rex

CD 2
1. Pewter Suitor (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
2. Interview With Brian Matthew - Tyrannosaurus Rex
3. Chariots Of Silk - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
4. Once Upon The Seas of Abyssinia (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
5. Nijinsky Hind (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
6. The Misty Coast of Albany (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
7. Iscariot (With Chat) - Tyrannosaurus Rex
8. A Star of Youth - Poem With Chat - Tyrannosaurus Rex
9. A Ship Of Rhythm - Poem With Chat - Tyrannosaurus Rex
10. The Winged Man With Eyes Downcast To The Moon - Poem With Chat - Tyrannosaurus Rex
11. Interview With Brian Matthew - Tyrannosaurus Rex
12. Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
13. Pavilions Of Sun - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
14. A Day Laye - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
15. By The Light Of A Magical Moon - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
16. Wind Cheetah - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
17. Hot Rod Mama - Tyrannosaurus Rex
18. Deborah - Tyrannosaurus Rex
19. Pavilions Of Sun - Tyrannosaurus Rex
20. Dove - Tyrannosaurus Rex
21. By The Light Of The Magical Moon - Tyrannosaurus Rex
22. Elemental Child - Tyrannosaurus Rex
23. The Wizard - Tyrannosaurus Rex

CD 3
1. Ride A White Swan - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
2. Jewel - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
3. Elemental Child - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
4. Sun Eye - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
5. My Baby's Like A Cloudform - T. Rex
6. Funk Music - T. Rex
7. Summertime Blues - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
8. Jewel - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
9. Hot Love - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
10. Debora - T. Rex
11. Elemental Child - T. Rex
12. Woodland Bop Medley: Woodland Bop/ Consuela / The King Of The Mountain Cometh / Woodland Bop - T. Rex
13. Ride A White Swan - T. Rex
14. Jewel - T. Rex

CD 4
1. Woodland Rock - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
2. Beltane Walk - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
3. Seagull Woman - Marc Bolan
4. Hot Love - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
5. Interview With Keith Altham - T. Rex
6. Jeepster - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
7. Get It On - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
8. Electric Boogie - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
9. Bob Harris Jingle - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
10. Sailors Of The Highway - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
11. Girl - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
12. Cadillac - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
13. Jeepster - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
14. Life's A Gas - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
15. Christmas Jingle - Marc Bolan, T. Rex
16. Interview with Tony Norman - T. Rex
17. Telegram Sam - Marc Bolan
18. Interview With Keith Altham - T. Rex

CD 5
1. Metal Guru - T. Rex
2. Interview With Andrew Salkey - T. Rex
3. The Slider - T. Rex
4. Mystic Lady - T. Rex
5. Rock On - T. Rex
6. Main Man - T. Rex
7. Interview With Johnny Moran - T. Rex
8. Children Of The Revolution - T. Rex
9. Solid Gold Easy Action - T. Rex
10. 20 th Century Boy - T. Rex
11. Free Angel - T. Rex
12. Interview With Nicky Horne - T. Rex
13. Rapids - T. Rex
14. Mad Donna - T. Rex
15. The Groover - T. Rex
16. Midnight - T. Rex

CD 6
1. Interview With Annie Nightingale - T. Rex
2. Blackjack (Big Carrot) - T. Rex
3. Truck On (Tyke) - T. Rex
4. Sitting Here - T. Rex
5. Teenage Dream - T-Rex
6. Interview With Michael Wale - T. Rex
7. Light Of Love - T. Rex
8. Explosive Mouth - T. Rex
9. Zip Gun Boogie - T. Rex
10. Space Boss - T. Rex
11. New York City - T-Rex
12. Dreamy Lady - T. Rex
13. Do You Wanna Dance - T. Rex
14. Interview - T. Rex
15. Interview - T. Rex
16. I Love To Boogie - T. Rex
17. Celebrate Summer - T. Rex[/tracklisting]
Amazon USA
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Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00D605FCE/?tag=imwan-21

Looks very interesting. but I already have two box sets on Bolan. A third maybe pushing it but...... it's Marc!

After nearly two months at a higher cost, the UK pre-order price has now dropped to £37.62, which is very close to the original discounted price which had been valid only for a few days when the listing first appeared:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00D605FCE/?tag=imwan-21

The release date is drawing near, so it's probably worth locking in at this price.

If it gets to 20 Pounds, i'm in.

Got the shipping email this morning.

Got mine.

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