 |    HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND WELCOME TO THIS MONTHS UPDATE
At TAG HQ, if we thought September was busy - we didn't know what was coming up this month! Our Rexmas Cards are now For sale on eBay at £3.00 for a pack of six with envelopes. They are at the same price as they have been since 2007!
Unfortunately, we were not able to bring you the Special Offer Packs we have produced in previous years due to a change in our supplier's prices and conditions :-(
A4 SIZED 2014 CALANDARS
OK OK We Listened!!! Due to public demand we are selling 2014 Calendars which we are buying from a different supplier this year.
They have been listed on eBay at £5.99 + P&P and you can Buy Them Here (opens in a new window)
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|  THE MARC BOLAN ROSE
Whether you own or don't own a Wall plaque, you can now order your rose bushes using one simple link below. This is because not everyone who bought a Wall Plaque took up their allowance to Two Rose Bushes Each
SIMPLY CLICK HERE to Buy Your Rose Bushes (Opens in a new window to assist the Pay Pal cart)
IF YOU LIVE IN THE UK ... You should use the UK option which includes the Rose Bushes AND the shipping of your Rose Bush(es). We also need your telephone number for the carrier so they can arrange the delivery with you (if needed) and there is space for that when you order.
IF YOU LIVE IN EUROPE ... Please pay us for your Rose Bushes, using the link above, but the Rose Grower will contact you to invoice you for the shipping as it varies country to country.
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| MARC'S SHRINE NEW PHOTO GALLERY
We have added three galleries of photos from the anniversary.
15th SEPTEMBER, 2013
16th SEPTEMBER, 2013
OVER NIGHT FROM THE 15th TO THE 16th SEPTEMBER, 2013
   
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Another Video from Marc's Shrine over the anniversary period has been added to the 2013 Shrine Video Player |
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| MARC'S SHRINE NEW PHOTO GALLERY
We visited Marc's Shrine again and you can see photos of our visit on the 7th October Here. We hope you enjoy seeing them, especially people who left tributes at The Shrine in September. The photos do show the effect of slugs and snails on paper and card tributes left which aren't laminated. A video will follow as soon as we have time to edit it :-)
One of the most important reasons we visit the Shrine as often as we can is to make sure it is clean, tidy, polished and also to keep a record of tributes as they fade, get eaten and sadly some also go 'missing'.
TAG can assure everyone that we never remove tributes except when the paper is so faded/washed out/bleached/eaten by bugs that it cannot be read at all. The same is true of flowers. They are left until they are dead, and faded and have deteriorated to the point they are detremental to the look of the site. We have no idea why some tributes remain for year-on-year and others go missing in days!    
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| LIMITED EDITION WALL PLAQUES - WE ONLY HAVE THREE LEFT
If you want to order one get your skates on or you will have missed them. All individually numbered with certificate and extra pack. The Wall Plaque comes with TWO MARC BOLAN ROSE BUSHES (which will be delivered directly from the nursery). As you are already members, the free membership offer will be used to extend your membership by another two years, so you won't lose out. CLICK HERE |
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| THAT'S ALL FOR THIS UPDATE
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner. |
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| WELCOME TO THIS FREE SITE UPDATE
It is now just Eleven days until the Thirty-Sixth Anniversary of Marc Bolan's Passing at 5:00am on the 16th September, 1977. A day when the lives of so many people changed. Not just us fans, but of course Marc's family and especially Marc's son Rolan Bolan who wasn't even Two-years-old at the time of his dad's death. Rolan's mum (or should we say 'Mom') Gloria's life would never be the same and from the personal meetings with Marc's parents I know how devastated they were, by the death of their younger son.
With Laser Love & KALMIYH,
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|   MARC'S SHRINE MEET-UPS
Everyone reading this is cordially invited to visit Marc's Shrine on either Sunday 15th or Monday 16th September for fan get-togethers between around 11:00am and 6:00pm. If you are on Face Book there are three ESSENTIAL Pages for you. They all open in new tabs/windows :-
1) MARC BOLAN'S ROCK SHRINE FACEBOOK PAGE
2) FAN GET-TOGETHER - SUNDAY 15th SEPTEMBER 2013
3) FAN GET-TOGETHER - MONDAY 16th SEPTEMBER 2013
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|  LIMITED EDITION WALL PLAQUES
WE ONLY HAVE FOUR LEFT
If you want to order one get your skates on or you will have missed them.
All individually numbered with certificate and extra pack.
The Wall Plaque comes with TWO MARC BOLAN ROSE BUSHES (which will be delivered directly from the nursery starting on the 1st November 2013).
Plus free membership offer
CLICK HERE
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|   MARC BOLAN
A history in Words and Drawings
(1947 - 1977)
by J. M. ESCRIHUELA
The book is now available for immediate despatch, exclusive to TAG. All the copies have been hand-numbered and signed by the author.
This version in English is limited to just FIFTY COPIES.
Each is signed and numbered by the author.
TO ORDER YOUR BOOK - CLICK HERE (link will open in a new window)
WANT TO ORDER YOUR BOOK - BUT DON'T HAVE PAY PAL.
No problem, you can send us a cheque or you can make a direct bank transfer. Details are given on the book ordering page using the link above.
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION SO WE DO NOT EXPECT THEM TO TAKE LONG TO SELL OUT.
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| MARC'S SHRINE NEW PHOTO GALLERY
We visited Marc's Shrine again in July and you can view the Gallery of Photos HERE. We have visited the site again since July, but haven't been able to sort through the photos to make a gallery yet.
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| MARC'S SHRINE NEW VIDEO
The Video from our July Visit to Marc's Shrine has been added to the 2013 Shrine Video Player. The free site Video Player does not have the 'View Full Screen' Option activated. If you want this facility you should use the Members Video Player in the Members Site. |
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| ROLAN BOLAN SUES WESTMINSTER MUSIC LTD : Feld-v-Westminster
Last month on the members site we reported Rolan Bolan's law suit. For those who don't know about it, you can read the details on this off site link:- CLICK HERE TO READ IT NOW
We have saved the official court document which is mentioned in the BBC News report above and have included here in case the original disappears from the site. Its a long document at 43 pages, but well worth reading.
CLICK HERE TO READ IT NOW |
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| WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS UPDATE
The Next Members Update will be at the beginning of October with photos and videos from Marc's Shrine. The next Free Site update will follow as soon as possible after that.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner. |
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| WELCOME TO THIS BELTANE MEMBERS UPDATE
PHOTO GALLERY FROM MARC'S ROCK SHRINE - 26th APRIL, 2013
   
We hope you enjoy this extensive gallery from our visit
last Friday when the sun was wonderful and the site
was dappled in sunlight shining through the new leaves
as they unfurl in the first days of Spring. |
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| NEW VIDEO: METAL GURU - DISC TWO - 51 MINUTES 40 SECONDS
Last month we uploaded Disc One of this Three DVD Set so here is Disc two. I'm sure you've guessed that Disc Three will be coming next month.
Watch Parts One & Two Here. |
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| MARC'S MUSICAL MUSEUM - NEW ALBUM
This month we have two new albums for you.
1) TILLERS CHOICE (1998) Fifteen Years after the original Twenty Three Tracks were collected into this album.
2) BOLONIC COLLECTION - VOLUME 1.
As usual it has been added to the MARC'S MUSICAL MUSEUM MAIN PAGE. |
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| MARC'S ROSE
Many Tanx to everyone who has ordered rose bushes so far. We will be confirming the orders soon. We have now paid for all the roses which cost us over £2,000, so as we are now overdrawn, and paying interest our overdraft (never good!), so it will really help us if you can order your rose bushes ASAP.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A PLAQUE(S) ...
Please Use this link
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PLAQUE
Please Use this link to buy a plaque and an option of either one or two rose bushes. This link also includes an extension of your membership by two full years completely free. We have not had time to list this link on the Free Site as planned in the middle of April, but will be soon, so at the moment you still have a head start on the general public. |
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| GET YOUR ORDERS IN FOR THE NEW BOOK BY JUAN MANUAL ESCRIHUELA
See the update dated 12th March for details. This Limited Edition signed book will be listed on the Free Site later this month. CLICK HERE TO BUY (link will open in a new window) |
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| NEW NEWSLETTER - ISSUE NUMBER 010 - MAY 2013
The new Newsletter will be with you in a few days. In the meantime, you can go to the full Listing of Newsletters by CLICKING HERE. We will also be adding the first of a new collection of archive Fanzines along with the May Newsletter. |
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| WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS UPDATE
The next Members Update will be with you next week with the Newsletter, Fanzine Archive PDF, as well as a video from Marc's Shrine on the 26th April, 2013. The next Full Update will then be at the beginning of June.
KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secretary Fee Warner. |
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|  WELCOME TO THIS FREE SITE UPDATE
Its a busy time for us at TAG. Not only with a visit to Marc's Shrine to clean, tidy and polish again earlier this month, but also with the work behind-the-scenes to do with the MARC BOLAN Rose. Orders are now being taken for the Rose.
MEMBERS
You should log in and order via the Members Site.
ALREADY OWN A PLAQUE
You should have already been sent a password to access Your Ordering Page. If you have bought a plaque and have not received an Email please EMAIL US
DON'T HAVE A PLAQUE YET?
You can now buy a Special Offer Pack with a Wall Plaque, One or Two Rose Bushes and Two Years Membership to TAG's Marc Bolan & T.Rex Club. If you live in the UK the price includes all P&P (for the plaque and the Rose Bush(es). If you live in Europe the price includes P&P for the plaque, but NOT for the Rose Bush(es). You will be billed by the Rose Grower for that before your Rose Bush(es) are despatched.
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| MARC'S SHRINE - 7th MARCH, 2012
There is a Photo Gallery showing our latest Visit to Marc's Shrine. We would have included our photos from the January 2013 visit, but unfortunately the memory card became corrupted so we lost the photos :-(. We made sure that didn't happen this time and took plenty fo photos of the site as the bulbs grow. We will be visiting again before the end of March because by then more bulbs will be out.
Many Tanx to Club Member Crystel from Germany for her wonderful gifts. Check out the photo gallery Crystel :-)
As well as the Photo Gallery we have uploaded a new Video (the first of 2013) into the 2013 Video Player |
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|  FORTHCOMING BBC4 PROGRAMME TO FEATURE MARC'S SHRINE
We were astounded that Marc's Shrine is to be included in a BBC4 Series of six programmes entitled "PAGANS AND PILGRIMS". Episode One was broadcast on the 7th March, 2013) and here is the info for the fourth programme in the series which will be broadcast on Thursday 28th March. Here is the description for that programme:-
"This week, Ifor sets out on perhaps his most surprising journey in a bid to understand the appeal of shrines. For those outside the Catholic and Orthodox Church, the ancient tradition of visiting a shrine to venerate the bones of a dead person - however holy - can seem quite alien. Ifor's voyage to understand why saintly relics have played such a major role in our religious history begins at an unlikely starting point: at the side of a road in South London where T-Rex frontman, Marc Bolan, suffered a fatal car crash.
Fans still come here to remember a man most of them never met. Even things celebrities have merely touched can change hands at auction for eye-watering prices. Is today's celebrity memorabilia the modern day equivalent of what, in mediaeval times, would have been called relics?"
We have added a new Video to the Video Player (along with the first trip to the tree video - see above) and this clip is from the start of Episode One.
How Brilliant.
And Marc is being included because of his Shrine. They do not have The very fact that Marc's Shrine is being featured is a testiment to how important and significant it is. And because Marc's Shrine is considered important, it raises Marc's Profile along with it. Realistically Marc's Shrine, firstly being recognised by the English Tourist Board and now being used as the ultimate Rock Shrine has been risen above the level of 'just' a Shrine for a dead Rock Star to something far more Special.
Something far more Significant.
Many fans talk of their 'Pilgrimage' to the Shrine and as the programme information says for a "man most of them never met*" . Many save up for many years to be able to make just one visit to it.
* We wonder if whoever wrote this knew of the Bessie Smith line of Marc's lyrics?
As the programme suggests that is exactly what Pilgrims did in the mediaval times when they visited places of personal significance. We at TAG are also very aware that for many fans the dream of the Pilgrimage to Marc's Shrine will never be realised which is why TAG posts regular Photos and Videos. We like to think that our photos and videos allow people to do their own 'Virtual Pilgrimage'.
We also add tributes to the Shrine which we are sent by fans who cannot pin the messages on the Memory Board themselves, and we get messages from fans delighted to see their own tribute on the tree and/or Memory Board.
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| THAT'S IT FOR THIS UPDATE
Until the next update, KALMIYH
Written by Kevin Warner (TAG Chairman), typed and html'ed by TAG Secrerary Fee Warner. |
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| WELCOME TO THIS FREE SITE UPDATE
The Members Site has also been updated as it was in February as well as January. For all the updates, including our fantastic pdf Newsletters which is a wonderful way to make sure our updates can be archived nicely and can of course be printed off should you wish. All members receive a News Bulletin whenever the site is updated, so why not Join The Club now. |
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| MARC'S SHRINE ON BING MAPS
These are images from Bing Maps which like Google maps allow you to 'walk' around places in the world. These images are included in the new 33 page Members pdf Newsletter (Issue 007), but are also available to non-members Here. |
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| MARC'S SHRINE PHOTOS AND VIDEO
We haven't had time to include photos from our visits to Marc's Shrine this year, but should be able to include them with our next update. |
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| MARC'S SHRINE IN 1991
These photos were shared with us on our Facebook page. It is Marc's Shrine in 1991 and we felt sure you'd be interested to see how it looked back then. Many Tanx to one of our wonderful German Members - Gudrun Heckl See Gudrun's Photos Here |
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| MARC'S SHRINE AND TAG IN THE GUARDIAN UK NEWSPAPER FRIDAY 25th JANUARY, 2013
This is included in the Members Newsletter Issue 007, but for the benefit of free site visitors here is the link and text to this guardian article from Friday 25th January, 2013. If you notice Marc is the only Rock Star included from the UK. No mention of Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix of others ... just Marc. Nicely written by someone who is clearly up-to-date. Nice to see links included to our own site here and also to our Face Book Page:- https://www.facebook.com/MARC.BOLANS.SHRINE page too.
"Marc Bolan's Rock Shrine, Barnes, London
The creator of glam rock tragically met his end in 1977 aged 29 when his car hit a tree on Gipsy Lane at the side of Queen's Ride. Now a site of pilgrimage for thousands of fans, the "Bolan tree" and Rock Shrine, which features a bronze bust of the star, unveiled by his son Rolan Bolan in 2002, attracts most fans on the anniversary of his death on 16 September, when they can sign the official Marc Bolan Shrine Visitor's Book.
The tree is now safeguarded by the T-Rex Action Group which became legal guardian of the shrine, runs a web fanzine and recently created a Marc Bolan rose, in flamboyant cerise, to be available for sale this year."
Visit the Original Guardian Page using this link:- http://www.guardian.co.uk |
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| SPOTLIGHT ON THE TAG SITE: FEBRUARY HISTORY
Many members won't know that this web site was formed in 2000 as an amalgamation of three web sites:-
1) Fee's own Marc Bolan & T.Rex Web Site founded in 1996. This contained an illustrated Biography, Articles, Photos and listings and reviews of events and had a Black, Grey, and White colour scheme.
2) The original TAG web Site established in 1999 with a Black, White and Red colour scheme, was dedicated specifically to TAG's project to build steps at Marc's Shrine and to Save The Tree.
3) The Official Marc Bolan Fan Club Web Site (1999 - May 2000). The colour scheme Fee chose for the OMBFC Web Site is the Blue, Red and White one you see here now. In 1999 Fee was approached to design a web site for www.Marc-Bolan.com. When the domain was sold in May 2000, the entire site which was Fee's work was removed and the back-bone of that site was merged with the other two web sites to form the TAG Marc Bolan Web Site, which at that time was entirely free.
The TAG Members Site As the web site grew and more videos and mp3's were added to the site the cost of paying for the domain names, server space and ever increasing band width became prohibitive to maintain as a free site with all the fees being paid out of Kevin and Fee's own pocket. That is when the site was split so that TAG can maintain the free site while being able to expand the Members Site to include more Videos, More Photo Galleries and well, more of everything. New for 2013 is the addition of a pdf archive of out of print fanzines and other things of interest and for February the new addition is the original hand typed 1979 edition of The Marc Bolan Biography written by Paul Sinclair (Rowland). In March the reprinted typeset version of Paul's Book will be included.
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| THE MARC BOLAN ROSE
We have been asked how the project is going and to date there is no further news. Obviously at the moment everything is still 'sleeping' but we look forward to bringing you more news as soon as we can. Naturally, Members will be notified first. If you havbe missed anything you can catch up on the main MARC BOLAN Rose page and you can still but one of our wonderful Limited Edition Wall Plaques which will give you preferential allocation of Rose Bushes as soon as they go on sale :-) |
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31sth October, 2013 
MARC BOLAN RIP - 36 YEARS ON MONDAY 16th SEPTEMBER
