Marc Bolan at the BBC: The Best of the BBC Recordings

Marc Bolan at the BBC: The Best of the BBC Recordings

John’s Children & T. Rex

Album
Label Universal Release date Format 2×CD Country 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Tracklist 118:14

CD 1

1 Hot Rod Mama (BBC Radio One/ Saturday club: TX 17/6/1968) John's Children 3:07
2 Dwarfish Trumpet Blues (with Chat) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: recorded 30/10/67) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:32
3 Child Star (with Interview) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: recorded 30/10/67) Tyrannosaurus Rex 3:00
4 Pictures of Purple People (with interview) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: recorded 30/10/67) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:49
5 Knight (with chat) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: transmitted 24/3/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:26
6 Strange Orchestras (BBC Radio One Top Gear: transmitted 5/5/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 1:53
7 Deborah (with chat) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: transmitted 5/5/68 1) Tyrannosaurus Rex 3:16
8 Mustang Ford (with chat) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: transmitted 5/5/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 3:16
9 One Inch Rock (with chat) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: transmitted 14/7/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 1:37
10 Salamanda Palaganda (with Chat) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: transmitted 14/7/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:04
11 Wind Quartets (with chat) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: transmitted 25/8/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:53
12 Juniper Suction (poem) (BBC Radio One – Voice of Pop: transmitted 21/9/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 0:31
13 Juniper Suction (with interview) (BBC radio One – Voice of Pop: transmitted 21/9/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 1:42
14 Consuela (with chat) (BBC Radio One Top Gear: transmitted 10/11/68) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:29
15 Interview with Brian Matthew (BBC radio One Top Gear: transmitted 11/5/69) Tyrannosaurus Rex 1:32
16 Chariots of Silk (BBC live – Top Gear 11/5/69) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2:30
17 Once Upon the Seas of Abyssinia (with chat) (BBC radio One Top Gear: transmitted 11/5/69) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:26
18 Iscariot (with chat) (BBC Radio One – Top Gear: recorded 5/5/1969) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:01
19 The Winged Man With Eyes Downcast to the Moon – poem with chat (BBC radio One – Night Ride: recorded 11/6/1969) Tyrannosaurus Rex 0:49
20 By the Light of a Magical Moon (BBC live – Top Gear 17/11/69) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2:44
21 Wind Cheetah (BBC live – Top Gear 17/11/69) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2:31
22 Hot Rod Mama (BBC radio One/ in Concert / recorded live 1/1/1970 (complete with chat)) Tyrannosaurus Rex 2:15
23 Pavilions of Sun (BBC radio One / in Concert/ recorded live 1/1/1970 (complete with chat)) Tyrannosaurus Rex 3:35
24 Dove (BBC radio One/ in Concert / Recorded live 1/1/1970 (complete with chat)) Tyrannosaurus Rex 4:26

CD 2

1 Ride a White Swan (BBC live – Top Gear 27/10/70) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2:01
2 Jewel (BBC live – Top Gear 27/10/70) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 3:31
3 Summertime Blues (BBC live – Dave Lee Travis 9/12/70) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 3:33
4 Hot Love (BBC live – Dave Lee Travis 9/12/70) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 3:08
5 Woodland Rock (BBC live – radio 1 club 9/3/71) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2:24
6 Jeepster (BBC live – 20/07/1971) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 3:08
7 Get It On (BBC live – 20/07/1971) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 4:38
8 Electric Boogie (BBC live – 20/07/71) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 1:52
9 Cadillac (BBC live – Bob Harris 3/08/71) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2:47
10 Life’s a Gas (BBC live – Bob Harris 03/08/71) Marc Bolan & T. Rex 2:18
11 Telegram Sam (BBC Radio One – Peter Powell Show: Broadcast 29/1/1972) Marc Bolan 2:48
12 Metal Guru T. Rex 2:04
13 Children of the Revolution T. Rex 2:23
14 Solid Gold Easy Action (BBC mix) T. Rex 2:03
15 20th Century Boy T. Rex 3:40
16 The Groover (David Hamilton Show – June 1973) T. Rex 2:59
17 Truck On (Tyke) (BBC mix) T. Rex 3:10
18 Explosive Mouth (BBC mix) T. Rex 2:31
19 New York City T. Rex 3:29
20 Dreamy Lady (David Hamilton Show: recorded 23/9/1975) T. Rex 3:07
21 I Love to Boogie T. Rex 2:16