[Review] Tyrannosaurus Rex: My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair… But Now They’re Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows (1968)
The original pothead pixies, Tyrannosaurus Rex puts the tokin’ in Tolkien.
The original pothead pixies, Tyrannosaurus Rex puts the tokin’ in Tolkien.
The pair returned to the studio for a second album so quickly that the bongoes were still warm from their last recording session.
Believe us it’s mischievous and it daily does aggrieve us, that our platinum pixie poet and his acidkick did leave us.
Bolan and Took go deeper down the rabbit hole on their third and most musical adventure to date.
A slightly more electric affair, otherwise notable for the addition of Mickey Finn in place of Steve Peregrin Took.
All aboard for the electric T. Rex train! Before he banged a gong, he rode a swan.
The name gets shorter and the star gets bigger with Bolan’s new electrified sound.
T. Rex plugged in, and the world tuned in to hear the “new” glam wunderkind.
Bolan continues his winning ways as top mail with this instant, inscrutable classic.
The perfectly polished “Metal Guru” marc’d the second musical miracle leading up to The Slider.
A greatest hits package released at the height of T-rextasy, this topped the UK charts.
Best. Glam. Album. Ever(yone who uses single-word sentences should be beaten with a large dictionary).
At the height of T. Rexstasy, an international anthem. Fly your freak flag, brothers and sisters!
Released at the height of T. Rextasy, this compilation highlights the acoustic Tyrannosaurus Rex years before the breakthrough Electric Warrior.
Bolan proves that scoring hits is as easy as picking foxes from a tree, whatever that means.