Edited on 28th December 2024
What was Glam Rock? Glam rock was a style of rock music most popular from 1971-1975 and heavily (but not solely) guitar based. The genre was characterized by artists who tended to wear a lot of makeup and feminine style clothing while performing rock music. This was not always the case but it did grab the headlines, so if you wanted to be noticed, you wore it. The core early glam rockers include the bands T. Rex, The Sweet, Slade, Gary Glitter, Suzi Quatro, and Wizzard. Quite a few other bands flirted with Glam to gain notoriety and head off in other directions once fame had been grabbed, notably David Bowie, Roxy Music, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Alvin Stardust, Mott the Hoople etc. Some other groups were thrust into Glam without ever being Glam, groups like Chicory Tip, Mud, The Rubettes, Elton John, David Essex, and Sparks. You will notice that most of the above mentioned bands were British with the main exception of Suzi Quatro who was brought to Britain and based here by producer Mickie Most. The American version of Glam Rock, artists such as Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Lou Reed, well... they were just heavy metal groups with too much eye-liner on lets be honest.
BALL PARK INCIDENT | |
↓ U.K. Ball Park Incident (promo & release) 3rd November 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Republic of Ireland Ball Park Incident 3rd November 1972 ↓ |
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↓ Argentina Ball Park Incident (promo) 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Australia Ball Park Incident (promo
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↓ Denmark Ball Park Incident 1972 ↓ | |
↓ France Ball Park Incident December 1972 ↓ | |
↓ Germany Ball Park Incident December 1972 ↓ | |
↓ Greece Ball Park Incident 1972 ↓ | |
↓ Holland Ball Park Incident December 1972 ↓ | |
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Israel Ball Park Incident 1972 ↓ |
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New Zealand Ball Park Incident 1973 ↓ |
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South Africa Ball Park Incident 1972 ↓ |
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↓ U.S.A. Ball Park Incident (promo & release) 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Yugoslavia Ball Park Incident 1973 ↓ | |
SEE MY BABY JIVE | |
↓ U.K. See My Baby Jive 6th April 1973 ↓ |
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↓ U.K. See My Baby Jive
27th February 1976 ↓ |
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↓ Republic of Ireland See My Baby Jive
(Graphophone error) 6th April 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Australia See My Baby Jive (two editions) 1973 ↓ | |
↓ France See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Germany See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Holland See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Hungary See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Israel See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Italy See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Italy See My Baby Jive (various artists E.P.) 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Lebanon See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ New Zealand See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Portugal (Covers misspell Wizzard) See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ South Africa See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Sweden See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Thailand See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Turkey See My Baby Jive 1973 ↓ | |
↓ U.S.A. See My Baby Jive (single-sided acetate, promo & two releases) 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Yugoslavia See My Baby Jive 22nd May 1973 ↓ | |
↓ U.K. Roy Wood Dear Elaine 11th August 1973 ↓ | |
ANGEL FINGERS | |
↓ U.K. Angel Fingers
(acetate, test press, promo and various releases) 24th August 1973 ↓ |
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↓ U.K. Angel Fingers (Rare solid centred edition) 24th August 1973 ↓ | |
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Australia Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ |
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France Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ |
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Germany Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ |
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Holland Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ |
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Republic of Ireland Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ |
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↓ Portugal Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Singapore Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ | |
↓ South Africa Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Sweden Angel Fingers 1973 ↓ |
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↓ U.K. Forever 16th November 1973 ↓ | |
↓ Republic of Ireland Forever 16th November 1973 ↓ | |
I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY | |
↓ U.K. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
(Single-sided acetate) November 1973 ↓ |
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↓ U.K. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
(Test Pressing) November 1973 ↓ |
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↓ U.K. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (Warner Bros. edition) November 1973 ↓ |
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↓ U.K. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
(Harvest edition with sticker on back cover) 30th Nov. 1973 ↓ |
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Republic of Ireland I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
(Gramophone & EMI editions) 30th Nov. 1973 ↓ |
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Republic of Ireland I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
(Irish pressing with UK labels) 30th Nov. 1973 ↓ |
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Ireland I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
(As directly above but with reversed labels) 30th Nov. 1973 ↓ |
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Australia I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
(promo) 1973 ↓ |
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Germany I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 1973 ↓ |
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SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET | |
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Holland I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 1973 ↓ |
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SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET |
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SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET | |
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New Zealand I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 1973 ↓ |
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South Africa I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 1973 ↓ |
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Turkey I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 1973 ↓ |
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SORRY NO IMAGE JUST YET |
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U.S.A. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday 1973 ↓ |
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ROCK 'N' ROLL WINTER (LOOONY'S TUNE) | |
↓ U.K. Rock N' Roll Winter (Loony's Tune) 29th March 1974 ↓ | |
↓ U.K. Rock N' Roll Winter (Looony's Tune) 29th March 1974 ↓ | |
↓ U.K. (made in Holland for the U.K.) Rock 'N Roll Winter 29th March 1974 ↓ |
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↓ France Rock 'N' Roll Winter 1974 ↓ | |
↓ Germany Rock 'N Roll Winter 1974 ↓ | |
↓ Japan Rock 'N Roll Winter 1974 ↓ | |
↓ Lebanon Rock 'N Roll Winter 1974 ↓ | |
↓ New Zealand Rock N' Roll Winter 1974 ↓ | |
↓ Spain Rock N' Roll Winter 1974 ↓ | |
↓ Turkey Rock N' Roll Winter 1974 ↓ | |
↓ Yugoslavia Rock 'N Roll Winter 1974 ↓ | |
↓ U.K. (made in France and exported) Roy Wood Goin' Down The Road 7th June 1974 ↓ |
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THIS IS THE STORY OF MY LOVE (BABY) | |
↓ U.K. This Is The Story Of My Love (acetate, promo and release) 19th July 1974 ↓ | |
↓ Germany This Is The Story Of My Love (promo & release with Mixture error) 1974 ↓ | |
↓ New Zealand This Is The Story Of My Love 1974 ↓ | |
↓ U.K. (made in USA and exported) Are You Ready To Rock
20th December 1974 ↓ |
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Australia Are You Ready To Rock 1974 ↓ |
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↓ U.K. I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (re-issued with alt "B" side) 19th November 1978 ↓ | |