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Release Date: Oct 09, 2000
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Liner Note Author: Mark Paytress.
There have been many T. Rex compilations with the title The Essential Collection released since Marc Bolan's heyday of the mid-'70s -- not all of them essential and several of them from Universal alone. (The 2000 edition of The Essential Collection featured the same number of tracks as this, and an overlapping track listing.) Still, this Essential Collection is among the best of all T. Rex compilations since it includes all of the group's Top 40 hits (no small feat) and since it equitably surveys the career of Bolan and co., from their first hit ("Ride a White Swan") to their last ("I Love to Boogie"). It also features a trio of singles from Bolan's pre-glam Tyrannosaurus Rex project -- "Debora," "One Inch Rock," and "King of the Rumbling Spires" -- and a clutch of enlightening album tracks, including "Cosmic Dancer," probably the most beautiful moment in the T. Rex catalog. ~ John Bush
There have been many T. Rex compilations with the title The Essential Collection released since Marc Bolan's heyday of the mid-'70s -- not all of them essential and several of them from Universal alone. (The 2000 edition of The Essential Collection featured the same number of tracks as this, and an overlapping track listing.) Still, this Essential Collection is among the best of all T. Rex compilations since it includes all of the group's Top 40 hits (no small feat) and since it equitably surveys the career of Bolan and co., from their first hit ("Ride a White Swan") to their last ("I Love to Boogie"). It also features a trio of singles from Bolan's pre-glam Tyrannosaurus Rex project -- "Debora," "One Inch Rock," and "King of the Rumbling Spires" -- and a clutch of enlightening album tracks, including "Cosmic Dancer," probably the most beautiful moment in the T. Rex catalog. ~ John Bush
Tracks:
1 - 20th Century Boy
2 - Telegram Sam
3 - Children of the Revolution
4 - Solid Gold Easy Action
5 - Metal Guru
6 - Groover
7 - I Love to Boogie
8 - Truck On (Tyke)
9 - Teenage Dream
10 - New York City
11 - King of the Rumbling Spires
12 - By the Light of the Magical Moon
13 - Summertime Blues
14 - Cosmic Dancer
15 - Light of Love
16 - Dreamy Lady
17 - London Boys
18 - Laser Love
19 - Debora
20 - One Inch Rock
21 - Jeepster
22 - Ride a White Swan
23 - Hot Love
24 - Get It On
2 - Telegram Sam
3 - Children of the Revolution
4 - Solid Gold Easy Action
5 - Metal Guru
6 - Groover
7 - I Love to Boogie
8 - Truck On (Tyke)
9 - Teenage Dream
10 - New York City
11 - King of the Rumbling Spires
12 - By the Light of the Magical Moon
13 - Summertime Blues
14 - Cosmic Dancer
15 - Light of Love
16 - Dreamy Lady
17 - London Boys
18 - Laser Love
19 - Debora
20 - One Inch Rock
21 - Jeepster
22 - Ride a White Swan
23 - Hot Love
24 - Get It On