News 21 Jun 2013

Marc Bolan at the BBC / 6CD box set

By Paul Sinclair

Universal Music will issue Marc Bolan at the BBC, a new six-CD box set of BBC recordings, on 26 August 2013.

This set is said to combine all of the surviving BBC recordings with previously unreleased sessions taken from BBC Transcription Discs, off air recordings made on reel-to-reel tape recorders and the occasional cassette tape.

The box contains 16 previously unreleased Tyrannosaurus Rex tracks, and over 20 T.Rex tracks never before issued. There are also a dozen interviews many of which have never been commercially available.

The 117 track box set kicks off with some June 1968 John’s Children recordings and the curtain closes at the end of disc six with a couple of T.Rex tracks broadcast on the David Hamilton show, less than a month before Bolan’s untimely death.

The box presentation echoes the Kinks at the BBC box set, which its retro Radio Times (BBC TV and Radio listing mag) design. That box was robust and put together with care and attention, so that bodes well for this Bolan box.

International bargain hunters should check out the Amazon UK price which is – at the time of writing – massively cheaper than everywhere else.

Marc Bolan at the BBC: Full track listing:

DISC ONE – John’s Children and Tyrannosaurus Rex

John’s Children – BBC Radio One – Saturday Club : TX 17-6-1968
01: Jagged Time Lapse ( 2:38 )
02: Interview with John Hewlett ( 0:53 )
03: The Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith ( 2:46 )
04: Daddy Rolling Stone ( 2:12 )
05: Hot Rod Mama ( 3:11 )
06: Top Gear jingle – ( 0:12 )
BBC Radio One – Top Gear : Recorded 30-10-1967
07: Highways with chat ( 1:54 )
08: Dwarfish Trumpet Blues with chat ( 2:36 )
09: Scenescof with interview ( 2:18 )
10: Child Star with chat ( 3:02 )
11: Pictures of Purple People with interview ( 2:50 )
12: Hot Rod Mama with interview ( 3:00 )
BBC Radio One – Top Gear : Transmitted 24-3-1968
13: Knight with chat ( 2:30 )
14: Frowning Atahuallpa with chat (4:41 )
15: Strange Orchestras ( 1:53 )
16: Afghan Woman with chat ( 2:04 )
17: Deborah with chat ( 3:18 )
18: Mustang Ford with chat ( 3:17 )
BBC Radio One – Top Gear : Transmitted 14-7-1968
19: Stacey Grove with chat ( 1:53 )
20: One Inch Rock with chat ( 1:43 )
21: Salamanda Palaganda with chat ( 2:11 )
22: Eastern Spell with chat ( 1:35 )
23: Wind Quartets with chat ( 2:59 )
BBC Radio One – Voice of Pop : Transmitted 21-9-1968
24: Juniper Suction – Poem ( 0:31 )
25: Juniper Suction – song with interview ( 1:46 )
BBC Radio One – Top Gear : Transmitted 10-11-1968
26: The Friends with chat ( 1:23 )
27: Conseuala with chat ( 2:24 )
28: The Seal of Seasons with chat ( 1:40 )
29: Evenings Of Damask with chat ( 2:25 )
30: The Travelling Tragition ( 1:47 )

Disc 2 –Tyrannosaurus Rex

BBC Radio One – Top Gear : Transmitted 16-2-1969
01: Pewter Suitor with chat ( 1:21 )
BBC Radio One – Top Gear : Transmitted 11-5-1969
02: Interview with Brian Matthews ( 1:33 )
03: Chariots of Silk ( 2:32 )
04: Once Upon The Seas of Abyssinia with chat ( 2:29 )
05: Nijinsky Hind with chat ( 2:23 )
06: The Misty Coast of Albany with chat ( 2:27 )
07: Iscariot with chat ( 2:03 )
BBC Radio One – Night Ride : Recorded 11-6-1969
08: A Star of Youth – Poem with Interview ( 1:04 )
09: A Ship of Rhythm – Poem with Interview ( 1:36 )
10: The Winged Man With Eyes Downcast To The Moon – Poem with interview ( 0:54 )
BBC Radio One – Top Gear : Transmitted 17-11-1969
11: Interview with Brian Matthews ( 0:57 )
12: Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart ( 2:37 )
13: Pavilions Of Sun ( 2:52 )
14: A Day Laye ( 2:01 )
15: By The Light Of A Magical Moon ( 2:47 )
16: Wind Cheetah ( 2:33 )
BBC Radio One – In Concert – Recorded 1-1-1970 ( complete with chat )
17: Hot Rod Mama – Live ( 2:17 )
18: Deborah – Live ( 3:44 )
19: Pavilions Of Sun – Live ( 3:36 )
20: Dove – Live ( 4:27 )
21: By The Light of the Magical Moon – Live ( 3:49 )
22: Elemental Child – Live ( 7:05 )
23: The Wizard – Live ( 9:21 )

Disc 3 – T.Rex

BBC Radio One – Top Gear : Recorded 26-10-1970
01: Ride A White Swan ( 2:04 )
02: Jewel ( 3:34 )
03: Elemental Child ( 7:46 )
04: Sun Eye ( 2:01 )
BBC Radio One – Sounds of the 70s : Transmitted 16-11-1970
05: My Baby’s Like a Cloud Form ( 1:25 )
06: Funk Music – Jam ( 1:46 )
BBC Radio One – Dave Lee Travis show : Recorded 9-12-1970
07: Summertime Blues ( 3:35 )
08: Jewel ( 3:21 )
09: Hot Love ( 3:10 )
BBC Radio One – In Concert : Transmitted 20-12-1970 ( complete and different )
10: Debora ( 5:36 )
11: Elemental Child ( 8:54 )
12: Woodland Bop medley with Woodland Bop / Conesuala / The King Of The Mountain
Cometh / Woodland Bop ( 7:29 )
13: Ride A White Swan ( 3:10 )
14: Jewel ( 7:53 )

Disc 4 – T.Rex

BBC Radio One – Radio One Club : Recorded 9-3-1971
01: Woodland Rock with chat ( 2:28 )
02: Beltane Walk ( 2:23 )
03: Seagull Woman – Backing Track ( 2:20 )
04: Hot Love ( 2:49 )
05: Interview with Keith Altham ( 3:53 ) – 16th April 1971
BBC Radio One – Radio One Club : Recorded 20-7-1971
06: Jeepster ( 3:11 )
07: Get It On ( 4:41 )
08: Electric Boogie with chat ( 1:55 )
BBC Radio One – Sounds of the 70s with Bob Harris : Recorded 3-8-1971
09: Bob’s On – jingle
10: Sailors of The Highway
11: Girl
12: Cadilac with chat
13: Jeepster
14: Life’s A Gas
15: Christmas Is A Good Time – Jingle ( 0:18 )
16: Interview with Tony Norman ( 9:44 ) – 4th December 1971
17: Telegram Sam ( 2:50 ) – Peter Powell show – 29th January 1972
18: Interview with Keith Altham ( 15:38 ) – 5th February 1972

Disc 5 –T.Rex (all mixes done specifically for the BBC )

01: Metal Guru ( 2:08 )
02: Interview with Andrew Salkey – 13th May 1972 ( 7:01 )
03: The Slider ( 3:29 )
04: Mystic Lady ( 3:07 )
05: Rock On ( 3:18 )
06: Main Man ( 4:14 )
07: Interview with Johnny Moran – 26th August 1972 ( 14:35 )
08: Children of the Revolution – transcription September 1972 ( 2:29 )
09: Solid Gold Easy Action ( 2:06 )
10: 20th Century Boy ( 3:41 )
11: Free Angel ( 2:13 )
12: Interview with Nick Horne – 6th March 1973 ( 7:35 )
13: Rapids ( 2:47 )
14: Mad Donna ( 2:16 )
15: The Grover – David Hamilton show – June 1973 ( 3:00 )
16: Midnight ( 3:04 )

Disc 6 – T.Rex

01: Interview with Anne Nightingale – June 26th 1973 ( 4:50 )
02: Black Jack – Big Carrot ( 3:21 )
03: Truck On ( Tyke ) ( 3:11 )
04: Sitting Here ( 2:19 )
05: Teenage Dream ( 5:19 )
06: Interview with Michael Wale- January 11th 1974 ( 12:23 )
07: Light of Love ( 3:29 )
08: Explosive Mouth ( 2:32 )
09: Zip Gun Boogie ( 3:21 )
10: Space Boss ( 2:57 )
11: New York City ( 3:33 )
12: Dreamy Lady – David Hamilton Show – 23rd September 1975 ( 3:09 )
13: Do You Wanna Dance – 23rd September ( 2:34 )
14: Interview with David Hamilton for Insight ( 3:34 )
15: : Interview with Anne Nightingale for Insight ( 5:49 )
16: I Love To Boogie– David Hamilton Show – 18th June 1976 ( 2:17 )
17: Celebrate Summer – David Hamilton Show – 19th August 1977 ( 2:12)

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