Not really knowing much of T Rex other than Bang a Gong / Get it on and Jeepster, I recently found (and now adore) Children of the Revolution, a compilation CD with 45 songs that manages to have neither of those songs on it! What a great songwriter Marc Bolan was, and he played some crunchy licks to boot. This CD has Mad Donna and Telegram Sam both of which I knew from great covers done by Heretix (Matt, remember them?!) and Bauhaus respectively. Last year I read Tony Visconti's autobiography, where he talks a length about his relationship with Marc, having 'discovered' him and producing most of his records. Just a shame that Marc didn't make it out of the 70's
Not really knowing much of T Rex other than Bang a Gong / Get it on and Jeepster, I recently found (and now adore) Children of the Revolution, a compilation CD with 45 songs that manages to have neither of those songs on it! What a great songwriter Marc Bolan was, and he played some crunchy licks to boot. This CD has Mad Donna and Telegram Sam both of which I knew from great covers done by Heretix (Matt, remember them?!) and Bauhaus respectively. Last year I read Tony Visconti's autobiography, where he talks a length about his relationship with Marc, having 'discovered' him and producing most of his records. Just a shame that Marc didn't make it out of the 70's