Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Jeepster
2. Electric Warrior/There Was A Time
3. Dark Lipped Woman
4. Guitar Jam #1
5. Get It On
6. Guitar Jam #2
7. Planet Queen
8. Guitar Jam #3
9. Guitar Jam #4
10. Jeepster (work in progress)
11. Life's A Gas (acoustic)
12. Gypsy Queen (My Shaky Jane)
13. Girl I & II (acoustic work in progress)
14. Guitar Jam #5
15. Get It On Blues
16. Sailors Of The Highway (4 track demo)

Disc 2:

1. Cadillac
2. Ride A White Swan
3. Hot Love
4. Get It On
5. Jewel
6. Beltane Walk
7. One Inch Rock
8. Spaceball Ricochet
9. Debora
10. Instrumental Jam
11. Elemental Child

Disc 3:

1. Ride A White Swan
2. Get It On
3. Summertime Blues
4. Spaceball Ricochet
5. Girl
6. Cosmic Dancer
7. Beltane Walk
8. Girl
9. Debora
10. Summertime Blues
11. Jam
12. Honey Don't
13. Summertime Blues version II

Disc 4:

1. Buick McKane
2. Buick McKane (& The Babe Shadow)
3. Cadillac (Marc & Mickey demo)
4. Rock On
5. Guitar Piece
6. The Slider
7. Baby Strange (acoustic work in progress)
8. Telegram Sam (Marc & Mickey demo)
9. Thunderwing
10. Buick McKane
11. Spaceball Ricochet
12. Sunken Rags
13. Baby Strange (electric demo Nov' 71)
14. Rainy Monday
15. I Knew A Girl
16. Guitar Piece
17. Baron Of Wimpole Street
18. Take Me Down To Birmingham

Disc 5:

1. Electric Boogie (unused mix oct'/Nov' 71)
2. The Electric Warrior interview part one
3. Raw Ramp (unused mix Oct'/Nov' 71)
4. The Electric Warrior interview part two
5. T. Rex studio jam
6. Jeepster
7. Life's A Gas
8. Baby Strange
9. Children Of Rarn Suite
10. Everybody's Loose (WGLG Chicago, Dec' 71)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119612 in Music
• Released on: 2007-05-28
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: Enhanced, Box set
• Original language: German

Rock 'n' Reel
"No stone has been left unturned in gathering every last home demo and outtake from this seminal twelve-month period."

Album Description
When Marc Bolan delivered the seminal album Electric Warrior to his record
company he knew he was now free to set up his own Record label and run
things his way. Over the next six months free of contracts Marc recorded
the basis of what would become his next (and biggest selling) album `The
Slider' for his own label `The T.Rex Hot Wax Co.' Alongside these tracks
this box set features tracks that never ever made it onto record and have
been included here for the very first time. This material has been gathered
together over many years from collectors, fans and auction rooms and is
controlled by the family.
6 Disc set containing totally unheard material from Marc's home recorded
tapes including huge hits like Jeepster, Telegram Sam & Get it on being
worked on from the bare bones. Newly found live tapes from the summer tour
of 1971. DVD contains unseen footage. Full Colour booklet with in depth
notes and unpublished photographs

Customer Reviews

Electric Warrior - Birth Of A Mastepiece
This is a truly mammoth set of Bolan magic. There are 5 CDs in all - Two are home demo recordings: one set of demos from Spring & one set from Autumn of 1971, two CDs cover the 1971 Summer tour & one CD (titled "The Electric Boogie") is a mix of studio out takes & interviews - plus you get a DVD (a mix of promo & live performances)- alot of the stuff on this collection was, according to the blurb in the accompanying booklet, stolen from Marc's home after his death but was returned to the family, hence this release.
The home demos are a truly fascinating (& hugely enjoyable!) insight into how Marc crafted, constructed, changed & rearranged the songs that would eventually come to form, arguably, his greatest album, "Electric Warrior" & let you hear how some of the songs might have sounded - "Jeepster" in particular !
These demo discs are just superb, featuring (on the Spring Demo CD), to reiterate, what sound like the "blueprints" for "Electric Warrior" as well as some tracks (on the Autumn demo disc)which would end up on "The Slider". There are also some unreleased tracks (on the Spring demo disc) which have a style & sound which would not have been out of place on the "Beard Of Stars" or "T.Rex" albums.
The "Electric Boogie" disc has some marvellous studio outtakes of which a personal favourite is "T.Rex Jam" which is unlike anything else I have ever heard by T.Rex - you could almost be listening to a Hendrix or Zeppelin giving it both barrels, Marc really lets rip on the guitar & Steve Currie's bass is phenomenal.
The only (slight)disappointment for me, is the two part interview on this disc (where Marc is discussing the release of "Electric Warrior" in America), in which Marc sadly demonstrates his tendency, at times, to talk himself up & make some fairly spurious claims, some of which makes him sound a little (& sometimes, very) lax with the truth.
Those moments aside, the interview does give you an idea of how much Marc really wanted to crack America & helps understand how much it might have hurt, that he didn't.
The live discs are pretty strong & feature "Electric Warrior" & "Slider" tracks, plus gems like "Elemental Child" (but some of the live tracks have previously appeared on the "T.Rex - In Concert" LP, some years ago - the one where Marc is drunk & forgets the words to "Debora" & also, I think are duplicated on the "Total T.Rex 1971- 1972" box set)
I have an inkling (although I'm not 100% sure, that the fan club might therefore,have released some of the stuff in this collection, in the past, in different guises - I'm sure someone will be able to confirm or otherwise).
All in all though, an absolute must for the Bolan fanatic. A really excellent box set,with 5 marvellous CDs a "bonus" DVD, a lovely insert booklet & couple of photos to boot.
I would suggest more a set for the Bolan completist / collector than the "enthusiast" but hey, give it a shot - it's fantastic !