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MARC BOLAN T-REX T-REX THE GROUP S FIRST ALBUM WITH THE CHANGED NAME: FROM TYRANNOSAURUS REX TO T-REX - ORIGINAL 1970 REPRISE RECORDS STEREO LP RS-6440
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
WHITE LABEL PROMO
IN ADDITION, THE PROMOTIONAL TIMING STRIP ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE ITEM AS PROMOTIONAL
RARE ORIGINAL WRAPAROUND COVER THE COVER HAS A VERY UNUSUAL CONSTRUCTION: THE WRAPAROUND POSTER WHICH DOUBLES AS A FRONT PANEL, COMPLETELY SEPARATES FROM THE POCKET WHICH HOLDS THE RECORD LEAVING ONLY A NONDESCRIPT WHITE/BROWN CARDBOARD SLEEVE WITH TRACK LISTING WHEN DETACHED ON THIS COPY, THE FOLDOUT PART POSTER IS PRESENT, COMPLETE AND BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED.
ORIGINAL REPRISE LABEL WITH RIVERBOAT LOGO AND WITHOUT WEA LOGO ALONG THE LABEL S EDGE, WHITE PROMOTIONAL VERSION
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE
COVER STILL HAS A NIFTY PLUG STICKER STILL AFFIXED TO THE BACK PANEL , ADVERTISING THE GROUP S HIT SINGLE RIDE A WHITE SWAN .
CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS
FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.
MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL DEAD WAX ENDS WITH -1B/-1B . ON SOME LABELS, SUFFIX 1 DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
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The fifth Tyrannosaurus Rex album was also the first T. Rex set, as Marc Bolan abbreviated the band name at the same time as enlarging everything else -- most notably the group s sound. Transitional through and through, T. Rex is the obvious successor to Beard of Stars, but it s clearly looking toward Electric Warrior, a point proven when the band hit the tour and TV circuits early in 1971. But Jewel, Sun Eye, Beltane Walk, and One Inch Rock are all bona fide Bolan classics and, if T. Rex itself was to be overshadowed by the simultaneous success of the Ride a White Swan single pointedly not included on the album , then that only allowed Bolan more time in which to plan his next move. In many ways, this is the quintessential Bolan album, the last to be made before his entire life was swallowed up by superstardom, but the first to begin imagining what that could be like. Certainly he has an awful lot of fun revisiting one of his earliest ever compositions, The Wizard, while his ambition is writ large throughout the opening and closing snippets of The Cildren of Rarn, excerpts from a full-fledged concept album that he was then contemplating. You also get Is It Love?, one of his most contagiously underrated compositions ever, but really, there s not a sour moment to be found all album long. And it might just be the last Bolan album that you could say that about NO DAVE, YOU ARE WRONG -- THERE WASN T A SOUR NOTE TO BE FOUND ON THE NEXT TWO T-REX ALBUMS EITHER, OP.ED .
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY DAVE THOMPSON, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
THE WHITE LABEL PROMO, RADIO STATION-, AUDITION OR DEMONSTRATION COPIES AND RELEASES such as the one we have here were often distributed to the radio stations before the record was released to the public, sometimes as much as four months ahead. These records are generally considered to be the first among equals : the VERY FIRST generation and the VERY FIRST pressings of the particular title a PROTOTYPE and the earliest known official pressing of the record.
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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. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record is pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy dynaflex type , vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.
c The record comes in the original stock inner sleeve.
d White Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 50:1.
e Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER
THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD .
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
