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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This CD was produced by serious Bolan fans for serious Bolan fans. What is presented is a nice mix of mid '77 work in progress and studio versions of some "Dandy" album songs. These mastertape quality tracks have superior clarity and though fully digital somehow retain a rich analog sound. If you are looking for new songs, greatest hits or a CD to play at parties then this is not it. But however if you wish to enter a time warp and sit behind the glass at these mellow recording sessions, get this CD pull up a chair and feel the love.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Though much of Marcs work from his final year is available thanks to the series of excellent T.REX Unchained releases this package puts these tracks into the context of an album. At last we know where Marc was going next and get at leats a hint of what the follow up to Dandy in the Underworld might have been like. Thanks to to the lady, an ex studio employee that kept these tapes safe over all those years, we have a glimpse of Marcs plans for future T.Rex. This disc contains both Marcs lyrical exploration of his recent past in a version of Dandy in the Underworld and a statement of intent, a manifesto for the new age of Bolan in Write me a Song. Perhaps a poppier direction as indicated in the Marc shows television series but true to Marcs vision of himself as a rock based pop performer. So though much of what is here is known to fans already The Final Cuts presents fresh takes, a clarity and sound quality not available before on even the most well known songs. We get a collection of nimble wordy rockers such as Hot George, lush balladry such as 20th Century Baby and a whole collection of glorious pop in Love & the Foxey Boy, Mellow Love and Shy Boy. T.Rex became the ultimate power pop band in 1977 and I can imagine him alongside the Buzzcocks and the Skids championing a whole new generation of artists in the followup series to Marc. So as the years fly past and another anniversary approaches just Keep a Little Marc in your Heart.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A fantastic album,with some excellent insights into where Marc was taking the T.Rex sound. An absolute must for fans.
Some of these tracks (plus more besides) appeared on a vinyl album,on the Marc On Wax label, in the '80s, called "Billy Super Duper", if with a little more (some may say too much !) production than the "Billy" tracks on this CD.There have also been releases of some of these songs (although I assume recorded at different sessions) on the Unchained series.
This is a marvellous CD & some of the songs,would, I am sure have been propelling Marc back into the charts.
It's one marvellous collection & just goes to show how well Marc had turned the corner, after a couple of years of being so prematurely written off. As I say, a must for all fans of Marc & his music & one in the eye for those cynical critics, who seemes to revel in slating Marc & underplaying his influence on those bands that followed on(how wrong they are)
Some of these tracks (plus more besides) appeared on a vinyl album,on the Marc On Wax label, in the '80s, called "Billy Super Duper", if with a little more (some may say too much !) production than the "Billy" tracks on this CD.There have also been releases of some of these songs (although I assume recorded at different sessions) on the Unchained series.
This is a marvellous CD & some of the songs,would, I am sure have been propelling Marc back into the charts.
It's one marvellous collection & just goes to show how well Marc had turned the corner, after a couple of years of being so prematurely written off. As I say, a must for all fans of Marc & his music & one in the eye for those cynical critics, who seemes to revel in slating Marc & underplaying his influence on those bands that followed on(how wrong they are)
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Currently re-discovering and re-purchasing my teenage Bolan T.Rex catalogue, this recent release of some of Marc's very last studio takes got me so curious I had to buy.. Read more
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Write Me A Song
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