July 11, 2017 Playlist

"Electric Warrior" by T-Rex (1971)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
T. Rex "Electric Warrior"  1971 (UK)
Popular consciousness seems to give David Bowie credit for inventing "glam rock" when he adopted his Ziggy Stardust persona, but more than a year before that happened Marc Bolan was already storming the charts with funky three-chord stompers coated in glitter. If you include four albums made under the original name Tyrannasaurus Rex, this was the sixth album featuring the songs of Marc Bolan, the visionary and sole constant member of the band. However those first five records were mostly twee acid folk rock which sound as if they were recorded by elves and fairies, and which were strictly for the hippie underground. Then in 1970 two non-album singles "Ride A White Swan" and "Hot Love" (their first to use the shorter "T. Rex" name) topped the British charts, and a new teenie bopper sensation was born. Electric Warrior was the first album's-worth of new songs by the suddenly hot band, and it is a very well-known and acclaimed classic rock masterpiece (you know, one of those albums that "really rocks"). Bolan remained a very psychedelic songwriter, and turned out to be a surprisingly heavy/funky guitarist (you would NEVER have guessed that based on his early elf-pop albums). T. Rex's follow-up The Slider is nearly as good, and like EW features the immortal backup vocals of "Flo & Eddie" (ex-Turtles/ex-Mothers), AKA Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (you may recall "Mark Volman" did Zappa stage hijinks based on the similarity of his name to "Marc Bolan"). Sadly, Bolan's fortunes soon went into decline after that and he died in a car crash in 1977. Part of the problem with his career was an obsession with "making it big in America" and ensuing drug depression after that never panned out: T. Rex has remained a one-hit wonder in America on the strength of "Get It On (Bang A Gong)" from this album.
(N) = New Release
   
Artist Song Album Year Country
The AssociationWantin' Ain't Gettin'Insight Out1967USA
GypsyI Was So YoungGypsy1970USA
NazzWildwood BluesNazz1968USA
Black Lips We Know
Satan's Graffiti Or God's Art...? (N)2017 (Vice)USA
The Black Angels I DreamtDeath Song (N)2017 (Partisan)USA
 
 
Chuck Berry Eyes Of ManChuck (N)2017 (Dualtone)USA
Alex G BrickRocket (N)2017 (Domino)USA
Wood Chickens Desert HighwayCountrycide (N)2017 (Big Neck)USA
Guided By Voices Packing The Dead ZoneAugust By Cake (N)2017 (GBV Inc.)USA
Can Halleluwah (single edit)The Singles (N - reissue compilation)1971 (2017 Mute)Germany/Japan
Damaged Bug Bunker FunkBunker Funk (N)2017 (Castle Face)USA
   
 
OkkoGanges DeltaSitar & Electronics1971Netherlands
Martin DennyThe Enchanted SeaExotic Moog1969USA
Blue PhantomPsycho-NebulousDistortions1971Italy
   
 
T. Rex Mambo Sun Elecric Warrior
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1971
 UK
T. RexTelegram SamThe Slider 1972
UK
T. RexLife's A GasElecric Warrior
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1971
UK
T. RexRip OffElecric Warrior
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1971
UK
Tyrannosaurus RexScenescof DynastyProphets, Seers & Sages The Angels Of The Ages1968
UK
Syd BarrettNo Good TryingThe Madcap Laughs1970
UK
   
 
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard The Tale of the Altered Beast:
   1. A New World
   2. Altered Beast I
   3. Alter Me I
   4. Altered Beast II
   5. Alter Me II
   6. Altered Beast III
   7. Alter Me III
   8. Altered Beast IV
   9. Life / Death
Murder Of The Universe (N)2017 (ATO)Australia
Thurston Moore CuspRock N Roll Consciousness2017 (Ecstatic Peace)USA
The Sword Mist & Shadow (live)Greetings From...  (N)2017 (Razor & Tie)USA
The Residents The Crash At CrushThe Ghost Of Hope (N)2017 (Cherry Red)USA
   
 
MaduraLivin' In AmericaMadura II1973USA
Kevin AyersSee You Later
   / Didn't Feel Lonely 'Til I Thought Of You		The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories1974UK
Larry NormanHa Ha WorldUpon This Rock1970USA
Goose Creek SymphonyThe Corn Won't Grow, So Rock 'n' RollWelcome To Goose Creek1971USA
Crazy HorseDance, Dance, Dance (Neil Young)Crazy Horse1971USA
 
  
The Soft MachineFaceliftThird1970UK
      
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