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The Essential Collection: 25th Anniversary Edition [Original recording remastered]

Marc Bolan & T Rex | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (16 Sep 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Universal Music TV
  • ASIN: B00006JS7C
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,764 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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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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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.
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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.

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Marc Bolan in my opinion is a legend and still would be churning out music if it was not for his untimely death. However, we have all had some of his records in our collection this cd has just about all of them and transports you back to those halcyon days. This cd is a must for all children of the 70's and for those who just wish they were a part of it. Yes the lyrics are whacky but Marc Bolan was a genius. In short this cd should be a major part of everyones collection.
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