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Marc had been dissatisfied with the production of the debut Tyrannosaurus Rex album, feeling the resulting sound was reedy and thin, so he made sure this time that for every two hours spent on recording, three would be spent on production. [1] This resulted in a more palatable sound mix, although the instrumentation remained relatively spare.
[4] [6] Intermixed during the interlude are various dinosaur sound effects courtesy of Sandy Berman; Berman had previously created similar sounds for a theme park attraction, and loaned Yankovic the sound effects. [7] At 3:53 in length, the song is considerably shorter than the original, which clocks in at 7:21.
When singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan left the mod band John's Children at the end of June 1967, he formed a new group, Tyrannosaurus Rex. After a disastrous debut gig as an electric four-piece at the Electric Garden club on July 22, Bolan stripped the group down to an acoustic duo consisting of himself on vocals and guitar and Steve Peregrin Took on backing vocals and bongos. [1]
"King of the Rumbling Spires" is a single by Tyrannosaurus Rex, released in July 1969. It featured the duo of Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrine Took and was written by Bolan. [1] It was a minor chart hit, the first by the group to contain electric guitar instead of acoustic, and was Took's last appearance with the duo on record.
The band's producer Tony Visconti credited Took with much of the sound and success of Tyrannosaurus Rex. In an interview for the documentary Marc Bolan: The Final Word, Visconti opined that "Marc and Steve were a true 50:50 partnership. Steve was a remarkable musician, he could play many instruments.
The roars and growls of the Tyrannosaurus were used numerous times for creatures in The Outer Limits (1963 TV series) in episodes such as The Invisibles, and can also be heard from various other film monsters. The toy dinosaurs Julio shows everyone at the cantina were Brontosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex plastic figures made by Marx Toys.
Dinosaur Train is an animated television series aimed at preschoolers ages 3 to 6 and created by Craig Bartlett, who also created Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold!. [2] The series features a Tyrannosaurus rex named Buddy who, together with the rest of his family, who are all Pteranodons, takes the Dinosaur Train to explore the Mesozoic, and have adventures with a variety of dinosaurs.
Tyrannosaurus (/ t ɪ ˌ r æ n ə ˈ s ɔː r ə s, t aɪ-/) [a] is a genus of large theropod dinosaur.The type species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning 'king' in Latin), often shortened to T. rex or colloquially T-Rex, is one of the best represented theropods.