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TYRANNOSAURUS REX T-REX featuring MARC BOLAN UNICORN ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL BRITISH MONO PRESSING - ORIGINAL 1969 REGAL ZONOPHONE UK MONO LP LRZ-1007.
ORIGINAL U.K. PRESSING
ORIGINAL MAROON DARK RED REGAL ZONOPHONE MONO LABEL WITH SILVER PRINT
ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN STEREO
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.K. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER
ORIGINAL LAMINATED COVER
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX ENDS WITH -2/-2
MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX OF THE RECORD
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
MONO version of this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other digital format.
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The third Tyrannosaurus Rex album, and their debut U.S. release, Unicorn was also the first to steadfastly state the game plan which Marc Bolan had been patiently formulating for two years -- the overnight transformation from underground icon to above ground superstar. Not only does it catch him experimenting with an electric guitar for the first time on record, it also sees Steve Peregrin Took exchange his bongos for a full drum kit, minor deviations to be sure, but significant ones regardless. And listen closely: you can hear the future. The opening Chariots of Silk sets the ball rolling, as slight and lovely as any of Bolan s early songs, but driven by a tumultuous drum roll, a pounding percussion which might be the sound of distant gunfire, but could as easily be a petulant four-year-old, stamping around an upstairs apartment. Either way, it must have been a rude awakening for the bliss-soaked hippy acid-heads who were the duo s most loyal audience at the time -- and, though the album settled down considerably thereafter, that initial sense of alarm never leaves. By the time one reaches the closing Romany Soup, a nursery jingle duet for voice and whispered secrets, you feel like you ve just left the wildest roller coaster on earth. If the peaks are astonishing, however, the troughs are merely comparative. Pon A Hill is certainly more remarkable for the backing chorus of absurd twitters than for a fairly standard Bolan melody. But Cat Black, a song which had been around since before Bolan joined John s Children, comes on like a lost Spector classic, with apoplectic percussion and a positively soaring, wordless chorus. She Was Born to Be My Unicorn, meanwhile, drifts by on piping Hammond and tympani, while Warlord of the Royal Crocodiles is no less resonant than such a title demands. Reprising his role on the duo s first album, DJ John Peel reappears to read a brief children s story, but that truly is the only real point of contact between Unicorn and its predecessors. Indeed, in a moment of pure prescient enthusiasm, Melody Maker s review tagged the once painstakingly eclectic acoustic duo electrified teenybop and, had things not gone horribly awry between Bolan and Took during their first U.S. tour that same year, all that T Rex was to achieve in the first years of the next decade might have instead fallen into place during the final years of the 60s. Because again, you can already hear the storm brewing.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY DAVE THOMPSON, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
CONDITION:
RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions mostly sleeve scuffs - are barely visible, but are probably inaudible, and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
c The record comes in the original Made in Great Britain stock inner sleeve.
d Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more preferable to its stereo counterpart. We think that the mix is more natural, humane, organic and that the mixes are somewhat different than on the stereo version. We estimate that stereo copies of this album outnumber mono pressings by a ratio of at least 10:1.
e Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, LAMINATED, GLOSSY COVER :
THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams nothing significant
- Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.
NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:
