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BiasDear All,It won't take 1,000 words to review this.Bolan like all artists had his highs and lows. Some of the very early stuff is less than brillant and takes a bit of time to get into. I originally bought the early T.REX singles and was blown away with some of the stuff on B sides e.g. The King of the Mountain Cometh (Hot Love if my vinyl memory is working).This cd collection has a wide array of tracks covering Bolans very under rated catalogue.He was and still is my No1 and the music (mostly…
Dear All,It won't take 1,000 words to review this.Bolan like all artists had his highs and lows. Some of the very early stuff is less than brillant and takes a bit of time to get into. I originally bought the early T.REX singles and was blown away with some of the stuff on B sides e.g. The King of the Mountain Cometh (Hot Love if my vinyl memory is working).This cd collection has a wide array of tracks covering Bolans very under rated catalogue.He was and still is my No1 and the music (mostly the words) still help get me through the rain 30 years on.If you only have one Bolan CD (silly you)this should be it due to the span and diversity it covers. OK from time to time he lost the plot.So do we all.Fantastic Collection a MUST buy for zealots and new potetial zealots.JP!
Written by John Prior
For Current T Rex Fans Only....A little thin on Rex's best years during "Electric Warrior" & "The Slider" era, plus no live material. The best place for a new fan is the "20th Century Boy" compilation. Even die hard T Rex fans will have a difficult time listening to disc one more than once. The redeeming and condemning factor here is this set literally covers the bands entire existence. Previous sets rarely included any of the Warner/Reprise material released prior to "The Slider".The sound is suberb, even though some of the…
A little thin on Rex's best years during "Electric Warrior" & "The Slider" era, plus no live material. The best place for a new fan is the "20th Century Boy" compilation. Even die hard T Rex fans will have a difficult time listening to disc one more than once. The redeeming and condemning factor here is this set literally covers the bands entire existence. Previous sets rarely included any of the Warner/Reprise material released prior to "The Slider".The sound is suberb, even though some of the earlier material is just above demo quality.All in all (great cliche here) this set is a necessity for any long time Rex fan, but for newcomers start with "Electric Warrior" or the best of disc mentioned above. This is a little to pricey for anyone except a die-hard T Rex fan.
Written by "The Woj"
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CD 1 : 20th Century Superstar
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Road I'm On (Gloria) - T. Rex, Di Mucci?:??2Blowin' in the Wind - T. Rex, Dylan, Bob?:??3The Wizard?:??4Beyond the Risin' Sun?:??5The Third Degree?:??6San Francisco Poet?:??7Eastern Spell?:??8Hippy Gumbo?:??9Misfit?:??10Jasper C. Debussy?:??11Desdemona?:??12Midsummer Night's Scene?:??13Sara Crazy Child?:??14The Lilac Hand of Menthol Dan?:??15Sleepy Maurice?:??16Highways (AKA Misty Dust) [#]?:??17Child Star [#]?:??18Chateau in Virginia Waters [#]?:??19Puckish Pan [#]?:??20Lunacy's Back?:??21Debora [#]?:??22Hot Rod Mama?:??23Scenescof?:??24One Inch Rock [#]?:??25Salamanda Palaganda [#]?:??26Conesuala [#]?:??27Juniper Suction [#]?:??28Nickelodeon [#]?:??29Pewter Suitor?:??30The Seal of Seasons [#]?:??31Catblack (The Wizard's Hat)?:??32Chariots of Silk?:??33Iscariot?:?? -
unknown format 2 : 20th Century Superstar
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1King of the Rumbling Spires?:??2Do You Remember [Alternate Vocal Edit][#]?:??3Do You Remember [#]?:??4Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia?:??5Ill Starred Man [#]?:??6Demon Queen?:??7By the Light of a Magical Moon?:??8Lofty Skies?:??9Elemental Child?:??10Dove?:??11The Prettiest Star - T. Rex, Bowie, David?:??12Oh Baby - T. Rex, Cochran, Dib?:??13Ride a White Swan (Intro) [#]?:??14Ride a White Swan?:??15Ride a White Swan (Outro) [#]?:??16Jewel?:??17Diamond Meadows?:??18Beltane Walk?:??19Suneye?:??20Childe?:??21The Children of Rarn?:??22Hot Love [#]?:??23King of the Mountain Cometh [#]?:??24Mambo Sun [#]?:??25Cosmic Dancer?:??26Get It On?:??27There Was a Time/Raw Ramp?:??28Rip Off [#]?:?? -
unknown format 3 : 20th Century Superstar
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Jeepster?:??2Life's a Gas?:??3Sailors of the Highway?:??4Telegram Sam?:??5Cadillac?:??6Baby Strange?:??7Metal Guru?:??8Thunderwing?:??9Spaceball Ricochet?:??10Children of the Revolution?:??11Jitterbug Love?:??12Xmas Flexi Message?:??13Solid Gold Easy Action?:??14Born to Boogie?:??1520th Century Boy?:??16Highway Knees?:??17Electric Slim and The Factory Hen?:??18Left Hand Luke and The Beggar Boys?:??19The Groover?:??20Blackjack?:??21Truck On (Tyke)?:??22City Port?:??23Teenage Dream?:?? -
unknown format 4 : 20th Century Superstar
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Venus Loon?:??2Painless Persuasion V. The Meathawk Immaculate?:??3Change?:??4Till Dawn?:??5Light of Love?:??6Zip Gun Boogie?:??7Think Zinc?:??8Solid Baby?:??9New York City?:??10Chrome Sitar?:??11Dreamy Lady?:??12Christmas Bop?:??13Jupiter Liar?:??14Dawn Storm?:??15London Boys?:??16I Love to Boogie?:??17Laser Love?:??18Life's an Elevator?:??19To Know You Is to Love You (To Know Him Is to Love Him) - T. Rex, Spector, Phil?:??20Teen Riot Structure?:??21The Soul of My Suit?:??22Dandy in the Underworld?:??23Celebrate Summer?:??
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