TAG'S MARC BOLAN and T-REX INFORMATION PAGES
Welcome to TAG's Marc Bolan and T-Rex Information Section
THIS SECTION IS BEING UPDATED - UNTIL IT IS WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY THE RESOURCES HERE :-)
FACT FILES
TV APPEARANCES and VIDEO RELEASES
This isn't totally complete, but is still very useful
TOUR DATES
This isn't totally complete, but is still very useful!
T-REX MUSIC USED IN FILMS/MOVIES
This is terribly out of date. If any fan wants to send us a list of the films featuring Marc Bolan and T.Rex songs, we'd love to update this page. TANX.
TV and VIDEO LISTINGS
This is also out of date. If any fan wants to send us a list of more entries, we'd love to update this page. TANX.
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ARTICLES, PHOTOS and OTHER INTERESTING THINGS
PHOTOS FROM THE FUND RAISING EVENT FOR THE MARC BOLAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
This comes with a report by Mike and we'd like to say a huge "TANX" to him for the photos and report on the event.
PHOTO GALLERY 1
Marc Bolan and T-Rex Photos.
PHOTO GALLERY 2
More Marc Bolan and T-Rex Photos.
PHOTO GALLERY 3
This Gallery is from the 'Zinc Alloy' Period and shows a shorter hair Marc with Tony Visconti (dig that mullet man!) and
T-Rex band member Paul Fenton. There are shots of Marc 'laying down' guitar and Paul recording the drum tracks however the majority are of Marc,
Tony and Paul with a sound engineer (in some shots) in the 'mixing studio'.
PENCIL ART
Thirty Three artworks based on photographs sent in by member John. Many Tanx.
MARC'S FLYING V and FREDDIE MERCURY'S CLOAK
Photo of Christie's' employee Leonie Ashfield poses with Freddie Mercury's red velvet cloak, and Marc Bolan's Gibson Guitar during the
Pop Memorabilia press viewing at Christie's auction house in London, 28 March 2007.
HOW MARC MIGHT HAVE LOOKED AGED 61
Two Sketches of how Marc might have looked along with a lovely painting of Marc also shown with the 22 year-old American Artist and an image of her 'Marc Fairy' from her 'Glam Fairies' Series.
TYRANNOSAURUS REX INCLUDED IN BLUE PLAQUE
A Blue Plaque has been installed in Kidderminster (our old home tome) to commemorate the site of Frank Freeman's Dance Studio
described by John Peel as the "Best Venue outside London"! Tyrannosaurus Rex is actually listed on the Blue
Plaque and Marc Bolan is mentioned specifically in the associated News Article (reproduced here).
SKATEBOARD DEMO INCLUDED ON SKATEBOARD ALBUM
This is the archive of two articles from http://skateandannoy.com. The first is a review of an album entitled
"This is Skateboard Music". The review states:-
The only credible artist on the compilation is T.Rex.
with his song "Skateboard" that appears in demo form at the end. Amazingly, this track may only be available
on This is Skateboard Music." The second Archived article is a Blog entry from the same site by
Kilwag and is worth a read too :-) Please note the videos embedded in the page don't work as this is a screen capture.
JEWISH CHRONICLE ARTICLE (7th Sept. 2007):
Essential Reading for some fantastic details on Marc's Religous upbringing with
quotes by Marc's Older Brother Harry Feld. Nice also to see they spelt Steve Peregrin Took's name correctly!
NEWSPAPER ABOUT MARC FROM 1965!
Knit Yourself a Pop Singer: MARC AND MIKE WILL TELL YOU HOW
RUPERT and MARC (Marc Bolan, Rupert and "hippie" culture)
A Two Page pdf Article by Alan Murray. It is amusing that of course Marc's Original Drummer - Bill Legend - did some of the illustrations for 'Rupert The Bear'
MARC ART BY JEF!
This 'street' or graffiti artist whose goes by the 'name' Jef Aérosol did a nice pic of Marc !!!!
If you'd like to see it yourself it can be found on the corner of Fleur De Lis Street (corner of Shoreditch High Street), London.
TEN SEVENTIES ALBUMS YOU MUST OWN
Published in the Mail on Sunday; June 3 2007
REXMAS THEMED DESKTOP/WALLPAPER
Simply Click the link!
ROBERT (HAWKWIND) CALVERT ON MARC
Left Click to Listen/Right Click to Save
5 Minutes 26 Seconds (5.0 meg) "Were you ever involved with David Bowie? Unrealised suggestion of a TV collaboration with Marc Bolan.
On Bertolt Brecht. Car crashes, and the nature of coincidence" (text from NikTurner.com). Spotted by Club Member Nick on his namesake's
web site: www.nikturner.com (opens in a new window)
TONY NEWMAN (T-REX)
Videos and Photo Gallery of Marc's 1977 T-Rex Drummer guesting with 'Never The Bride' on the 23rd February 2009 at the Bull's Head in Barnes.
BRITISH MUSIC EXPERIENCE - 02 LONDON REVIEW
Written by Linda after her recent visit to this permanent exhibition
GADGET SHOP FEATURES MARC T-SHIRT
This is from the 'Gadget Shop 'Rexmas 2009' Catalogue which was included as an insert for many magazines in the run-up to Rexmas.
Nice to see Marc was featured for their "Guitar Rock Star" item :-) What a shame they didn't sell the T-Shirt as an 'add-on'!
CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Many people will know this, but for people who have forgotten (it's our age isn't it?) or didn't know check out this
photo (which has now been saved in the archives). As you'll see its from Clockwork Orange
and originates from the Malcom McDowell web site (he played the main character in this film). The 'T.Rex' labels were already
on the photos when I saved them. However they missed another smaller Ride A White Swan promo-image of Marc
'n Mickey which I've circled. Its interesting in this very late 60's version of 'the future' the CD has never arrived and
Vinyl is still King!
Click Here to see the Image
NEIL TENNANT: PETSHOP BOYS
Many tanx to John Hunt for sending this scan in. John said "I mentioned a while back that I'd found something on the Pet Shop Boys
website mentioning that Neil Tennant had once interviewed Marc Bolan. I've now managed to print it out and scan it and I've attached it. I hope it's clear enough." Yep - lovely John :-) Tanx.
Click Here to see the Scan
HARRODS and TONY VISCONTI SIGNING
On the 11th February Fee and Ruth visited Harrods to see Marc's 'signed' guitar and then we were off to Covent Garden to meet up with Tony Visconti at one of his book signing.
MARC'S FIBREGLASS GUITAR SCUPTURE
Photo Gallery from the London 'Guitar Town' Exhibition, plus the Auction Results.
The Lyrics to Gloria's Song written for Marc
If The Roses Don't Come in Spring This Year - Listen to an MP3 Here
TRIBUTE BANDS
Over the years there have been quite a number of tribute bands and this is just a couple (to be going on with)
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SPOOKY
SYCAMORE OF SORROW
This poem appears on page 9 of Marc's 1969 book of poetry 'Warlock of Love". The poem can be found on Page 9
(and of course Marc died in the 9th Month. His choice of the Sycamore is interesting, given that 'The Bolan Tree' is a Sycamore.
The Strange Case of the Painting September 16th
Rene Magritte's Painting of a Tree at Dawn with the Moon in the same phase as it was in 1977.
MARC IN THE TREES- A PAIR OF PHOTOS
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ROCK SHRINES BOOK
There are a number of books which cover 'Rock Shrines' and this is one of the best! Fab Book listing the Top Forty Main Rock Shrines in the world (with ten additional listings allocated 1/5th page each). With lots of additions in 'pouches'.
In the case of Marc, these include a copy of his Death Certificate and he is given four full pages too :-) There is a mention of Golders Green and his first home in Hackney, but the majority of the article is about Marc's Rock Shrine in Barnes, London. Its clear that this book is going to sell-and-sell! With people buying this book world-wide.
When they open it up they will find some FAB Coverage of Marc Bolan largely due to his Rock Shrine in Barnes, London. I have the most amazingly warm feeling of happiness knowing that my wife Fee's dedication to the site since I first met her back in 1978 is credited, as it is in this book :-)
Sincerely,
TAG Chairman: Kevin Warner.
More Info on the ROCK SHRINES Book Here
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