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| 1. 20th century boy | |||
| 2. Get it on | |||
| 3. Telegram Sam | |||
| 4. Ride a white swan | |||
| 5. Jeepster | |||
| 6. Hot love | |||
| 7. Childrean of the revolution | |||
| 8. Metal guru | |||
| 9. I love to boogie | |||
| 10. Debora (original full length version) | |||
| 11. Groover | |||
| 12. Truck on (Tyke) | |||
| 13. Teenage dream | |||
| 14. New York City | |||
| 15. King of the rumbling spires | |||
| 16. By the light of the magical moon | |||
| 17. Summertime blues | |||
| 18. Cosmic dancer | |||
| 19. Light of love | |||
| 20. Dreamy lady | |||
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84 of 87 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Essential Starter to T.Rex,
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This review is from: The Essential Collection: 25th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)
There are a number of T.Rex great hits album’s but if you are new to T.Rex then this is the one to go for. The T.Rex catalogue is so vast that no single CD release can do full justice to Bolan’s work and this CD is no exception. It has most of the hits including Get it On, Ride A white Swan, Telegram Sam and I Love to Boogie. While it contains the Children of the Revolution used in the recent 3g advert (and Moulin Rouge) it misses out of Celebrate Summer which was not a hit 1st time around but has seen a revival with its use in the summer Woolworth’s advertising campaign. It also misses out on Soul of my Suit his last hit from 1977. This CD has entered the charts on a number of occasions over the past few years. If you can grab the one which includes a DVD of some of Marcs’ last performances, not his best as it is confined to a television studio. Ideally this should have been a double CD release to do justice but for starters it will give you an insight then after this buy Electric Warrior.
38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The best Bolan compilation,
By Greg Farefield-Rose (Hertfordshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Essential Collection: 25th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)
Marc Bolan ended the 60s as a cult star playing hippy, pixie acoustic music and hanging out with John Peel. He then went through a massive transition and re-emerged in the early 70s as a highly successful, fully-fledged glam-rocker who came to epitomise the first half of that hedonistic decade.This single disc compilation covers both periods and contains all the classic hits such as the excellent Hot Love, Jeepster and Children Of The Revolution. Also included is Cosmic Dancer, another superb song which has risen in prominence in recent years after its appearance in the film Billy Eliot. With his hippy background, Bolan always had more about him than the likes of Slade and Gary Glitter though he wasn't as arty as David Bowie or Roxy Music. He always thought that he was going to be a massive star and had the looks, charisma and arrogance to define his time as well as a superb, swaggering rock'n'roll voice. This backed by a gift for catchy melodies, crunching guitar riffs and (now) rather sickly sounding orchestrations was the recipe for success and T Rex reigned supreme for a couple of years. This CD contains all of those big hits and the best of Bolan's other songs. The only unfortunate omission for me is the absence of the ballad Life's A Gas though this is much better than virtually every other T Rex compilation on the market where a hit or two is missed out altogether, presumably for legal reasons. Yes, Bolan's business assets were (and are) a mess. This first really became evident in the mid 70s when the hits started stalling and Marc's drug use started to get out of control. Coming out of the other side of this bleak period as punk dawned, he started to make a promising comeback before tragically dieing in 1977 in a car accident near Barnes Common. The Essential Collection is the best T Rex compilation for those who want just one album with all the hits. An excellent purchase with some of the best teen anthems ever written.
24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Does what it says on the cover...,
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This review is from: The Essential Collection: 25th Anniversary Edition (Audio CD)
What can you say? If you want a shot of T-Rex, stick this on and enjoy. 20th Century sounds awesome all buffed up on CD. If you own all these tracks on vinyl or tape, do your ears a favour and get the CD, you can hear the wood in the sticks and the steal in the strings.
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