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Unicorn was the last of Tyrannosaurus Rex's albums to feature Took; Bolan fired him with effect from completion of an American tour in September 1969, refusing to include Took's songs on the next album. [6] In 2004, the album was remastered and reissued by A&M Records with 15 bonus tracks. In 2015, a two-disc deluxe edition was released by A&M ...
T. Rex (originally Tyrannosaurus Rex) were an English rock band formed in London in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan, who was their leader, frontman and only consistent member. Though initially associated with the psychedelic folk genre, Bolan began to change the band's style towards electric rock in 1969, and shortened their ...
The T. Rex discography consists of four "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and ten "T. Rex" studio albums (one of which was a revision of another album, with a different name and tracklisting, for release in different territories; and another of which was released posthumously), 11 live albums, 28 compilation albums, 21 box sets, one remix album, 18 extended ...
The album had been preceded in January 1970 by the fifth and final Tyrannosaurus Rex single "By the Light of a Magical Moon", although it failed to chart. In November 1972, at the height of T. Rextacy, the album was combined with Unicorn as a double album repackage by Cube Records, which charted at number 44 in the UK. [7]
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]
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Took developed his own songwriting and in early 1969, with recording just complete on Tyrannosaurus Rex's third LP, Unicorn, Took suggested to Bolan that the duo could perform some of his own material; Bolan refused. By this time, their lifestyles were in direct conflict.
Tyrannosaurus, which roamed western North America, was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs. It appears this Tyrannosaurus was about 13-15 years old, two-thirds adult size, 25 feet (7.6 meters ...