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Track Listings
| 1. Prelude | |||
| 2. A Daye Laye | |||
| 3. Woodland Bop | |||
| 4. Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart | |||
| 5. Pavilions Of Sun | |||
| 6. Organ Blues | |||
| 7. By The Light Of The Magical Moon | |||
| 8. Wind Cheetah | |||
| 9. A Beard Of Stars | |||
| 10. Great Horse | |||
| 11. Dragon's Ear | |||
| 12. Lofty Skies | |||
| 13. Dove | |||
| 14. Elemental Child | |||
| 15. Ill Starred Man - Take 1 (Bonus Track) | |||
| 16. Demon Queen - Take 1 (Bonus Track) | |||
| 17. Once Upon The Seas of Abyssinia- Take 3 (Bonus Track) | |||
| 18. Blessed Wild Apple Girl- Take 2 (Bonus Track) | |||
| 19. Find A Little Wood - Take 1 (Bonus Track) | |||
| 20. A Daye Laye - Take 1 (Bonus Track) | |||
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Product Description
30 track CD album. Re-issue with no slipcase.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
It is really easy to underestimate A Beard Of Stars particuarly in light of Marc's commercial breakthrough with the albums that follow but this album really does represent Marc at his peak.
There's great beauty within many of these songs - the simplicity of the acoustic sound in addition to the sparing use of electric guitar adds up to a really effective mellow and intimate feel.
The use of electric adds more variation between the songs than can be found on some Tyrannosaurus Rex previous albums.
There aren't any weak moments on this album - every song has earned the right to be on the album and that includes the couple of instrumentals.
I personally prefer it to Marc's more commercially popular albums (Electric Warrior, The Slider etc). It represents the core of Marc's unique lyrical and musical talent before the commercial sheen was added.
T.Rex were great of course but they were different. Marc in achieving his commercial aspirations made sacrifices.
However successful he became he rarely made music with such emotional purity and simplicity again.
There's great beauty within many of these songs - the simplicity of the acoustic sound in addition to the sparing use of electric guitar adds up to a really effective mellow and intimate feel.
The use of electric adds more variation between the songs than can be found on some Tyrannosaurus Rex previous albums.
There aren't any weak moments on this album - every song has earned the right to be on the album and that includes the couple of instrumentals.
I personally prefer it to Marc's more commercially popular albums (Electric Warrior, The Slider etc). It represents the core of Marc's unique lyrical and musical talent before the commercial sheen was added.
T.Rex were great of course but they were different. Marc in achieving his commercial aspirations made sacrifices.
However successful he became he rarely made music with such emotional purity and simplicity again.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is probably the best of the 21st century Fly reissues simply because it comes with - near enough - a good second album's worth of bonus cuts including some gems; 'Find a Little Wood' and 'Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia'. This is right on the borderline between the fantasy folk and the rock n roll periods and the moods and ideas collide to make this an enchanting collection. Having already bought it on vinyl, tape and the earlier CD I'm still glad I got this collection.
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With much of "A Beard of Stars " already recorded before Mickey Finn arrived on the scene this album is very much a Marc Bolan and Tony Visconti collaboration. Mickey shouldn't be undervalued though, his contributions are simple, restrained and effective. Steve Peregrin Tooks unique and wonderfull vocal and percussion, that reached it's peak on "Unicorn", is largely compensated for by Marcs electric guitars and the use of bass guitar and organ, a Woolworths childrens one by all accounts. Mickeys percussion and vocals are kept very low key and simple on the finished product so it's especially interesting to hear the bonus tracks. Songs such as "Organ Blues" started out with much more going on and then were simplified .. refined . "A Beard of Stars" is an adventure of sound with instrumentation that really is unique and some lovely romantic and yearning lyrics such as "Lofty Skies" and "Lofty Skies". Things get boppier with "Pavilions of Sun" ... and when the bass comes in on "Elemental Child", well the album is worth listening to for that moment alone.
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Another must have.
Another fan must have, this time with the band change for Mickey Finn. The feel of the albums are starting to get to where we all know and love.
Published 4 months ago by D.Hendrick
Quality product!
The forth album to be released by the rather wonderful Tyrannosaurus Rex and the first with Mickey Finn replacing Steve Peregrine Took. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mellow Guru
T-Rex.
As a T-rex fan of the 70's, it is interesting to hear some of this more obscure stuff. But still some hidden gems.
Published on 12 May 2009 by Mr. G. P. Barnett
Transitional Bolan
I remember hearing a Tyrannosaurus Rex compilation in the mid 70s and thinking how much better this early material was compared to Marc Bolan's glam rock output. Read more
Published on 16 April 2009 by John F
The Elf at His Apotheosis
If, like me, the early Tyrannosaurus Rex LPs were the real-time soundtrack to your tie-dyed youth, you may remember how "A Beard of Stars" divided the band's fanbase: hard to... Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2007 by Mr. P. D. C. Johnson
A lost genius.
amount of tracks(not including bonus tracks):14
excellent:9
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fair:2
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in the annals of music history there are five... Read more
excellent:9
v.good:1
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in the annals of music history there are five... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2007 by The evil hippy
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