Tyrannosaurus Rex / deluxe editions

Universal Music will reissues three Tyrannosaurus Rex albums at the end of January as expansive double-CD sets, all newly remastered.

My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars On Their Brows (1968), Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages (1968) and Unicorn (1969) are the albums in question (A Beard of Stars was reissued back in March).

The new edition of the debut features both stereo and mono versions of the album, unreleased live tracks from John Peel’s ‘Top Gear’ radio show as well as a bunch of Tony Visconti home demos, five of which are previously unreleased. Visconti and Sean Magee have handled the 2014 remastering.

The deluxe Prophets, Seers & Sages: Angels of the Ages contains a mono 2014 remaster, more songs for ‘Top Gear’ programme and an enormous amount of alternate takes of the album’s songs including 23 previously unreleased.

1969’s Unicorn was the penultimate Tyrannosaurus Rex album and the last to feature Steve Peregrin Took. Again, this 2015 edition features a new mono 2014 remaster and a plethora of bonus material, including 17 previously unreleased alternates.

All three two-CD deluxe sets are released on 26 January 2015 come packaged as digipacks with new Mark Paytress essays in the booklets. Two-LP vinyl editions are also available.

My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair… (2CD deluxe)

• • UK Pre-order: My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair
• • USA Pre-order: My People Were Fair and had Sky In Their Hair
• • GERMANY Pre-order: My People Were Fair (Deluxe Edition)

My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair (2LP Vinyl)

• • UK Pre-order: My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair [VINYL]
• • USA Pre-order: My People Were Fair and had sky in their Hair
• • GERMANY Pre-order: My People Were Fair [Vinyl LP]

Prophets , Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages (2CD deluxe)

• • UK Pre-order: Prophets, Seers & Sages: The Angels Of The Ages
• • USA Pre-order: Prophets Seers & Sages: The Angels of the Ages
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Prophets, Seers & Sages (Deluxe Edition)

Prophets , Seers & Sages: Angels Of The Ages (2LP Vinyl)

• • UK Pre-order: Prophets, Seers & Sages: Angels Of The Ages [VINYL]
• • USA Pre-order: Prophets Seers & Sages: Angels of the Age [Vinyl]
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Prophets,Seers & Sages [Vinyl LP]

Unicorn (2CD deluxe)

• • UK Pre-order: Unicorn (Deluxe)
• • USA Pre-order: Unicorn (Deluxe)
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Unicorn (Deluxe Edition)

Unicorn (2LP Vinyl)

• • USA Pre-order: Unicorn [Vinyl LP]
• • GERMANY Pre-order: Unicorn  [Vinyl LP]

Track listing

My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair… (2CD version)

Disc: 1
1. Hot Rod Mama
2. Scenescof
3. Child Star
4. Strange Orchestras
5. Chateau In Virginia Waters
6. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues
7. Mustang Ford
8. Afghan Woman
9. Knight
10. Graceful Fat Sheba
11. Weilder Of Words
12. Frowning Atahuallpa ( My Inca Love )
13. Highways – BBC Top Gear 3/10/67
14. Scenescof – BBC Top Gear 3/10/67
15. Child Star – BBC Top Gear 3/10/67
16. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues – BBC Top Gear 3/10/67
17. Pictures of Purple People – BBC Top Gear 3/10/67
18. Hot Rod Mama – BBC Top Gear 3/10/67
19. Knight – BBC Top Gear 11/3/68
20. Afghan Woman – BBC Top Gear 11/3/68
21. Frowning Atahuallpa ( My Inca Love ) – BBC Top Gear 11/3/68
22. Strange Orchestras – BBC Top Gear 11/3/68
23. Deborah – BBC Top Gear 11/3/68
24. Mustang Ford – BBC Top Gear 11/3/68

Disc: 2
1. Highways – Take 4 – Joe Boyd Session
2. Child Star – Take 2 – Joe Boyd Session
3. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues – Take 2 – Joe Boyd Session
4. Chateau In Virginia Waters – Take 3 – Joe Boyd Session
5. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues story
6. Hot Rod Mama
7. Scenescof
8. Child Star
9. Strange Orchestras
10. Chateau In Virginia Waters
11. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues
12. Mustang Ford
13. Afghan Woman
14. Knight
15. Graceful Fat Sheba
16. Weilder Of Words
17. Frowning Atahuallpa ( My Inca Love )
18. Deborah – A – Side
19. Puckish Pan – Stereo Tony Visconti Home Demo
20. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues – Tony Visconti Home Demo
21. Knight – Tony Visconti Home Demo
22. Scenescof – Tony Visconti Home Demo
23. Knight with bass guitar – Tony Visconti Home Demo
24. Lunacy’s Back – Tony Visconti Home Demo
25. Marc Bolan Interview – BBC Radio

My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair… (2LP vinyl version)

LP 1
1. Hot Rod Mama
2. Scenescof
3. Child Star
4. Strange Orchestras
5. Chateau In Virginia Waters
6. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues
7. Mustang Ford
8. Afghan Woman
9. Knight
10. Graceful Fat Sheba
11. Weilder Of Words
12. Frowning Atahuallpa ( My Inca Love )

LP 2
1. Debora – A – Side
2. Child Star – Take 2 ( Joe Boyd session )
3. Hot Rod Mama – John Peel’s Top Gear session 1967
4. Strange Orchestras – John Peel’s Top Gear session 1968
5. Chateau In Virginia Waters – Take 3 ( Joe Boyd session )
6. Mustang Ford – John Peel’s Top Gear session 1968
7. Pictures of Purple People – John Peel’s Top Gear session 1967
8. Afghan Woman – John Peel’s Top Gear session 1967
9. Highways – John Peel’s Top Gear session 1967
10. Puckish Pan – Tony Visconti’s Home Demo
11. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues – Tony Visconti’s Home Demo
12. Knight – Tony Visconti’s Home Demo
13. Scenescof Dynasty – John Peel’s Top Gear session 1967
14. Lunacy’s Back – Tony Visconti’s Home Demo
15. Frowning Atahulla – – John Peel’s Top Gear session 1968

Prophets, Seers & Sages: Angels Of The Ages

Disc: 1
1. Deboraarobed
2. Stacey Grove
3. Wind Quartets
4. Conesuala
5. Trelawny Lawn
6. Aznageel The Mage
7. The Friends
8. Salamanda Palaganda
9. Our Wonderful Brownskin Man
10. Oh Harley (The Saltimbanques)
11. Eastern Spell
12. The Travelling Tragition
13. Juniper Suction
14. Scenescof Dynasty
15. One Inch Rock – Single A
16. Nickelodeon – Take 1
17. Stacey Grove (BBC Top Gear – 11/6/68)
18. One Inch Rock (BBC Top Gear – 11/6/68)
19. Salamanda Palaganda (BBC Top Gear – 11/6/68)
20. Eastern Spell (BBC Top Gear – 11/6/68)
21. Wind Quartets (BBC Top Gear – 11/6/68)
22. Juniper Suction – Poem – BBC
23. Juniper Suction – BBC
24. Top Gear – Jingle BBC 14/10/68
25. Conesuala – BBC Top Gear 14/10/68
26. The Travelling Tragition – BBC Top Gear 14/10/68

Disc: 2
1. Deborah – Take 2 June 1968
2. Stacey Grove – Take 2 16/5/68
3. Wind Quartets – Take 4 10/6/68
4. Conesuala – Take 8 22/4/68
5. Trelawny Lawn – Take 3 8/8/68
6. Aznageel The Mage – Take 3 8/8/68
7. The Friends – Take 5 8/8/68
8. Salamanda Palaganda – Take 4 10/6/68
9. Our Wonderful Brownskin Man – Take 7 4/7/68
10. Oh Harley (The Saltimbanques) – Take 5 4/7/68
11. Eastern Spell – Take 12 16/5/68
12. The Travelling Tragition – Take 1 June 68
13. Juniper Suction – Take 1 14/7/68
14. Scenescof Dynasty – Takes 3 & 4 16/5/68
15. Nickelodeon – Take 5 10/6/68
16. One Inch Rock – Take 5 22/4/68
17. Wind Quartets – Take 1 16/5/68
18. Conesuala – Take 4 22/4/68
19. Trelawny Lawn – Take 1 8/8/68
20. Aznageel The Mage – Take 1 8/8/68
21. The Friends – Take 3 8/8/68
22. Salamanda Palaganda – Take 3 10/6/68
23. Our Wonderful Brownskin Man – Take 6 4/7/68
24. Oh Harley (The Saltimbanques) – Take 2 4/7/68
25. Eastern Spell – Take 2 16/5/68
26. The Travelling Tragition – Take 2
27. Juniper Suction – Take 3 14/7/68
28. Nickelodeon – Take 6 10/6/68
29. One Inch Rock – Take 4 16/5/68
30. Conesuala – Take 3 10/6/68

Unicorn (1969)

Disc: 1
1. Chariots of Silk
2. ‘Pon A Hill
3. The Seal of Seasons
4. The Throat of Winter
5. Cat Black (The Wizards Hat )
6. Stones for Avalon
7. She Was Born To Be My Unicorn
8. Like A White Star, Tangled and Far, Tulip That’s What You Are
9. Warlord of The Royal Crocodiles
10. Evenings of Damask
11. The Sea Beasts
12. Iscariot
13. Nijinski Hind
14. The Pilgrims Tale
15. The Misty Coast of Albany
16. Romany Soup
17. Pewter Suitor – Single A – Side
18. King Of The Rumbling Spires – Single A – Side
19. Do You Remember ( Cult ) – Single B – Side
20. Once Upon A Sea Of Abyssinia from 20th Century Superstar
21. Demon Queen from 20th Century Superstar
22. Ill Starred Man from 20th Century Superstar
23. Blessed Wild Apple Girl from The Best of T.Rex
24. Chariots Of Silk – Live on BBC Top Gear 11/5/69
25. Once Upon The Seas of Abyssinia – Live on BBC Top Gear 11/5/69
26. Nijinsky Hind – Live on BBC Top Gear 11/5/69
27. The Misty Coast of Albany – Live on BBC Top Gear 11/5/69
28. Iscariot – Live on BBC Top Gear 11/5/69

Disc: 2
1. Pewter Suitor – Take 3 Previously Unreleased
2. Chariots Of Silk – Take 1 from Unicorn
3. ‘Pon A Hill – Take 2 Previously Unreleased
4. The Seal Of Seasons – Take 5 Previously Unreleased
5. The Throat Of Winter – Take 2 Previously Unreleased
6. Cat Black (The Wizards Hat) – Take 1
7. Stones For Avalon – Take 2 Previously Unreleased
8. She Was Born To Be My Unicorn – Take 1
9. Like A White Star, Tangled And Far, Tulip That’s What You Are – Take 1
10. Warlord Of The Royal Crocodiles – Take 4 Previously Unreleased
11. Evenings Of Damask – Take 4 Previously Unreleased
12. The Sea Beasts – Take 3 Previously Unreleased
13. Iscariot – Take 4 Previously Unreleased
14. Nijinsky Hind – Take 5 Previously Unreleased
15. The Pilgrim’s Tale – Take 1
16. The Misty Coast Of Albany – Take 3 Previously Unreleased
17. Romany Soup – Take 1 Previously Unreleased
18. King Of The Rumbling Spires – Take 1 Previously Unreleased
19. King Of The Rumbling Spires – Take 3 Previously Unreleased
20. Do You Remember (Cult) – Take 2 Previously Unreleased
21. Once Upon The Seas Of Abyssinia – Take 3 Previously Unreleased
22. Demon Queen – Take 1
23. Ill Starred Man – Take 1
24. Blessed Wild Apple Girl – Take 2
25. The Lion And The Unicorn (live The Lyceum, London, 11th April 1969)
26. Interview – Blue Thumb promo 7″ Previously Unreleased