Goddamnit why is there no T. Rex thread as such?

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We've got a few comparisons and discussions and observations on individual songs and bits about Bolan, and this thread is a good one about Mr. Bolan overall, so don't ignore it. But right now I'm listening to the Visconti-overseen remaster of Electric Warrior from a couple of years back and "Get It On" is playing and Jesus H perfection is in my speakers. HONOR THE BOPPING ELF!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:41 (nineteen years ago) link

I picked up a vinyl copy of Tanx last week for cheap. This record is supposed to be the beginning of the downward slide but it's still rock'n'roll to me. Not EW/Slider level, but good just the same.

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah I love that remaster. the first T Rex cd I ever bought, it sounds amazing!

Is there a delux or remastered version of Tanx on the market?

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Yup, all the albums from the first Tyrannosaurus Rex albums through Dandy in the Underworld have gotten scrubbed up and cleaned up and etc. issues, happily.

Tanx is fantastic! "Country Honey" is my secret favorite.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Tanx rules. "Electric Slim and the Factory Hen" is my favorite. The one after that (Zinc Alloy) I'm not so sure about. I always say this, but the last album, Dandy in the Underworld, is great.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link

what bolan wd have done if not dead = much more intriguin than what lennon/hendrix etc

morley wd have invited him into ZTT for a start!!

(results = awful probbly but EVEN SO)

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 18:58 (nineteen years ago) link

I love Zinc Alloy and listen to it far more often than Tanx or Dandy in the Underworld. But I sympathize with the appreciation for underappreciated TREX albums

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:00 (nineteen years ago) link

what bolan wd have done if not dead = much more intriguin than what lennon/hendrix etc

Oh man, he would be having the goddamn time of his life. Imagine what the continuing Bolan/Bowie wars would have been like!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:02 (nineteen years ago) link

Ned - T-rex: Classic or Dud?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:04 (nineteen years ago) link

(you even posted to it a couple of months ago)

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:04 (nineteen years ago) link

All my T-Rex is on vinyl -- worth it to pick up these remasters?

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link

Hahah. I am wisely shown up. :-) (I think it was because I was searching by the *hahem* correct spelling. ;-))

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link

I'd say it is, Mark -- but let us continue discussion on the other thread, which I will tweak a touch in terms of the title.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link

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