T. REX

The Slider (Deluxe Edition)

$24.98 CD

"Bolan at the height of his wit" (4 stars) -- Rolling Stone

"Though more acoustic and less immediate than Electric Warrior, The Slider is every bit its equal, arguably its superior." (5 stars) -- LA Weekly

This Tony Visconti-produced 1972 classic was Bolan and Co.'s best-selling LP in both the U.S. and U.K., delivering the signature tracks "Metal Guru," "Telegram Sam," and "Rock On." This remastered deluxe edition includes a second disc with alternate versions of virtually every song on the album, plus new liner notes and rare photos.

With Marc Bolan's T. Rex, the blues got its first pair of platforms since Little Richard. Uniting lust, fantasy, and the 12-bar shuffle within the slickest of production packages, T. Rex's first plugged-in masterpiece, 1971's Electric Warrior, forged a teen-friendly sound that would long prosper as "glam." Seeing U.S. chart action courtesy of the timeless "Get It On (Bang A Gong)," the album would serve more as an oracle from which rockers far and wide would glean chops and style. Bowie would make use of the sonic sheen; punk rockers would employ its musical primitivism; and '80s hair bands would take Bolan's glitzy persona as a model for performance excess.

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