TYRANNOSAURUS REX My People Were.. LP REGAL ZONOPHONE 1968 UK orig+mono LRZ 1003
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TYRANNOSAURUS REX
MARC BOLAN, STEVE PEREGRIN TOOK
Before T. Rex assaulted the world with their glam rock party in the early '70s, there was the folk duo
Tyrannosaurus Rex. Although both bands were fronted by flamboyant singer/guitarist/songwriter Marc Bolan,
the earlier outfit was the polar opposite of the style of music that would later become synonymous with Bolan.
Tyrannosaurus Rex originally formed in September of 1967 as a duo after Bolan split from his previous band,
John's Children. Joining Bolan in the band was percussionist/bongo player Steve Peregrin Took
"MY PEOPLE WERE FAIR AND HAD SKY IN THEIR HAIR...
BUT NOW THEY'RE CONTENT TO WEAR STARS ON THEIR BROWS"
Produced by Tony Visconti1968 LP REGAL ZONOPHONE RECORDS LRZ 1003 MONO
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
LAMINATED (on front) SINGLE SLEEVE + FLIPS
NOTES: Red labels with silver lettering and 'Sold subject to resale price conditions' text at the foot of the labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: REGAL ZONOPHONE - RED LABEL w/SILVER STRIPE - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: (rear) LRZ 1003
Catalog on labels: LRZ 1003 (XCARX.43) / LRZ 1003 (XCARX.44)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): XCARX 43-1G
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): XCARX 44-1G
Other / Label (on Side A, at right & left spindle hole, stamped/embossed): KT
On labels: Made in Gt. Britain
The Gramophone Co. Ltd. All rights of the manufacturer........of this record prohibited
? 1968
Produced by Tony Visconti for Straight Ahead Productions
Sold in U.K. subject to resale price conditions, see price lists
Rights Society / Publishing: Cromwell Music, Mecolico, BIEM, NCB
On Back Sleeve: File under POPULAR : Pop Groups
Children's Story read by John Peel All songs written by Marc Bolan, Published by Cromwell Music Ltd. Produced by Tony Visconti for Straight Ahead Productions ? 1968
E.M.I. RECORDS (The Gramophone Company Ltd)..... Made and Printed in Great Britain 6807 TPS Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents Pending LRZ 1003 SLRZ 1003
tracklisting
Side A: HOT ROD MAMA - SCENESCOF - CHILD STAR - STRANGE ORCHESTRAS
CHATEAU IN VIRGINIA WATERS - DWARFISH TRUMPET BLUES
Side B: MUSTANG FORD - AFGHAN WOMAN - KNIGHT - GRACEFUL FAT SHEBA
WEILDER OF WORDS - FROWNING ATAHUALLPA
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Until he joined John's Children, in March, 1967, Marc Bolan had never even owned an electric guitar. And once he quit the band, it is said, he abandoned it as quickly as everything else which that band represented -- freakbeat pop, adrenalined psych, electric soup. In fact, Bolan never lost sight of his electric destiny, even as Tyrannosaurus Rex sawed away on their acoustic toys, a point which producer Tony Visconti cottoned onto the first time he ever saw the duo play, "Marc sitting crosslegged on stage playing his strange little songs in a wobbly voice, while Steve Took was banging on his bongos." Visconti himself was a novice producer, "holding out for something really different and unusual. I thought Marc was perhaps that." He was, and the album which he and Took delivered emphasized all the qualities which Visconti had spotted that night at the UFO club. My People Were Fair approaches the listener from a totally unique angle. The Bolan voice, hardened from the slight warble which carried through his early solo material (still noticeable on the backups he performed for John's Children), remains uncompromising, but it blends so perfectly with the bizarre, almost Eastern-sounding instrumentation that the most lasting impression is of a medieval caravansary whose demented Bedouin cast has suddenly been let loose in a recording studio. It is an irresistible affair, if absolutely a child of its psychedelically-inclined time -- "Frowning Atahuallpa" even recruits DJ John Peel to read a Tolkien-esque fairy tale. But one of Bolan's loveliest compositions is here -- the gentle and deceptively melodic "Child Star"...(AllMusic)
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