Single

Side 1 - Telegram Sam - 3:45

Side 2a - Cadilac - 3:50
Side 2b - Baby Strange - 3:08

Recorded at Rosenberg Studios, Copenhagen and
Chateau d'Hierouville Studios, Paris.
Cut at Trident Studios, St. Anne's Court, Soho, London.
Produced by Tony Visconti

It may seem a bit odd that the songs were recorded at
one place and cut at another, hundreds of miles away in
different countries. This was done because Marc was
eager to try different places with different surroundings
for getting new ideas for music and lyrics and/or was
touring the country at the time.

The first single on Marc Bolan's own label with the now
familiar blue and red labels and sleeves. These sleeves
are commonly referred to as picture sleeves when being
sold. They are just a basic thin paper sleeve coloured
blue with the centre missing (so you can see the disk's
label) and a red picture of Marc in the lower half and the
word T.REX in red in the top half.

Highest UK chart position: No. 1

The first picture is of the single sided Trident Studios acetate

The second picture is of the single-sided Apple Studios acetate

These two pictures are of the white label test pressing
with Marc's own handwriting on them.

Here is the promotional copy

Listen to Telegram Sam

Listen to Cadilac

Listen to Baby Strange

Here is the pushout centred edition

Here is the standard solid centred edition

Here is the jukebox centred edition

Here is a later issue of the single using the red/white EMI logo,
the smaller red T.REX and the moved (to the 6 o'clock position)
MADE IN GT. BRITAIN which would be used on May 1972
onwards releases.

This later issue just (5th May 2013) sold on
Ebay for £148.55 ($231.00)

Here's a copy that has "MADE IN GT BRITAIN" moved from
the 6 o'clock position to 4 o'clock. It has also replaced
THE GRAMOPHONE CO LTD with EMI RECORDS LTD
which would be used from November 1973 onwards releases
of Marc's work for EMI in the UK.
Note: this change is only on side 1

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and covers for the rest
of the world

Re-released single to comemorate the 10th anniversary
of the formation of Marc's own label.

As you can see, quality isn't paramount on these re-hashed singles.
Side 1's Label is lifting and directly below, the label has completely lifted

Different single, same problem.

Solid centred version of the single

Oops it did it again, no label. Quality Control, non-existent.

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YT-REX 101 A-2U
4 KT AA
T.REX101 A/II
BOBIL

Side 2
YT-REX 101 B-IIU
1 RM
AUNTY. B

Bobil and Aunty. B
are the deadwax
inscriptions of
Bob Hill, a cutting
engineer at Trident
Studios.

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YT-REX 101 A-2U
1  KT ADD
T.REX101 A/II
BOBIL

Side 2
YT-REX 101 B-IIU
7 RPM
AUNTY. B

Run-out etchings:
pushout
re-release
Side 1
TREX 101 A-1
1
13
Irrm

Side 2
TREX 101 B-1..
7 1
2

Run-out etchings:
solid
re-release
Side 1
TREX 101 A-1
1
G
Irrm

Side 2
TREX 101 B-1..
1
G

1982 edition  (courtesy of Bobby Haslett)

Ringo Starr single

Side 1 - Back Off Boogaloo

Produced by George Harrison

:Unconfirmed:
Ringo wrote the song using words Marc had used when
they were chatting to each other.

Point of contention!!!
Was "Back Off Boogaloo" released in the
United States a day earlier than in the U.K. ?
In the U.K. Apple singles were invariably
released on the Friday to get the Saturday trade.
But in the U.S. records were often released on
either Monday or Thursday. There is also the
possibility that it was released 3 days after the U.K.

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of the world

This edition has Essex in the wrong place on side 1

Hard On Love compilation album

Side 1:-
unsure of track listing but several demos of Marc
are included

Side 2:-
See above

:Note:
This was Track Record's attempt to cash in on Marc's
current success. EMI who Marc had recently signed to
had other ideas and got a court injunction preventing the
albums release.

You will note that 2406 009 has become 2406 101.
Did 009 have 21 tracks and 101 have 20 tracks to try
and circumvent the original injuction?

Hard On Love - 2406 101 track listing:-

Side 1:-
1 - Jasper C. Debussy - 2:26
2 - Lunacy's Back* - 2:20
3 - Beyond the Risin' Sun* - 2:15
4 - Black and White Incident - 1:46
5 - Observations - 2:14
6 - Eastern Spell - 1:28
7 - You Got the Power - 1:49
8 - Hippy Gumbo - 1:54
9 - Sarah Crazy Child* - 3:21
10 - Rings of Fortune* - 2:36

Side 2:-
1 - Hot Rod Momma - 2:58
2 - The Beginning of Doves* - 1:47
3 - Mustang Ford - 1:45
4 - Pictures of Purple People - 2:22
5 - One Inch Rock* - 2:16
6 - Jasmine Forty-Nine - 2:27
7 - Charlie - 1:55
8 - Misty Mist* - 1:32
9 - Cat Black - 1:22
10 - Sally Was an Angel* - 2:43

Track 2 and 3 of side 1 don't seem to have a gap between them,
so it looks like one big track rather than two average ones.

Acetate

Side 1 - Debora

:Note:
This is a single-sided acetate used to make the Magni-Fly
extended play EP below.

March 1972
Trident Studios
Single-sided
acetate

Extended Play

Side 1 - Debora - 3:10

Side 2a - One Inch Rock - 1:40
Side 2b - The Woodland Bop - 1:32
Side 2c - The Seal Of Seasons - 1:43

Produced by Tony Visconti
Recorded at Trident Studios, St. Anne's Court, Soho, London.

Comes with a picture sleeve with a collage of photos of
"The Move", "Procol Harum", and "Joe Cocker"
alongside Marc.
This EP was number two in a set of four comprising the
above mentioned artists.

Echo-101 - Procol Harum:-
1. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
2a. Homburg
2b. A Salty Dog

Echo-102 - Tyrannosaurus Rex
See Above

Echo-103 - Joe Cocker:-
1. With A Little Help From My Friends
2a. Delta Lady
2b. The Letter

Echo-104 - The Move:-
1. Fire Brigade
2a. I Can Hear The Grass Grow
2b. Night Of Fear

All four singles were released at the same time and had
identical front and back covers.

I have a copy of the Debora EP that has C. Fones. (or C. Fores.) etched in
the runouts of the A side. Does anyone know who he/she is ?

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of the other 3 UK disks
and the rest of the world
covers and labels

An album of similar material from the four artists was
released in Autumn (Fall) of 1972 on the Cube-Contour
label, record number 2870-195 in the UK. The album's
title was "Fantastic Original Hits".

:Note:
A test pressing of the "B" side with a different last track
(Throat of Winter) was made but discarded in favour of
this version here. This leads me to naturally suspect that
the matrix number of the test pressing was
ECHO 102 B-1U.
Picture 13 is of that rejected test pressing

Listen to The Woodland Bop

Listen to The Seal of Seasons

Pictures 9 & 10 shown here are of the promo of the
standard edition, it has a dated stamp from Fly Records.
This single was given out with the three others in the set in
a cardboard version of the sleeve but with no cutout and
Fly contact information where the cutout should be. All
along with a four page biog on each act and black and
white glossy photograph. Finally, all these loose items are
held together in a thin card wrap around sheet duplicating
the four photographs.
These were handed out to DJ's with compliments from David Ruffell,
the promotion & publicity officer for Fly Records.

Pictures 16 & 17 are of the test pressing.
I don't know who Chris Connery is !

Pic. 18 the rejected single sided
test pressing of the "B" side

Pictures 19 and 20 are of the Procol Harum single
that has the Tyrannosaurus Rex 3-track "B" side.
Thanks to Paul Eaton for this singles images

Here's a copy that missed the "dinking" process
Cheers Eagle-eyed Bobby

Is this a solid centre that was dinked by accident
or a flawless Irish copy, cheers Dave

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
ECHO 102 A-1U
1 KT AM
J S

Side 2
ECHO 102 B-2U
1 KT AL

All the above runouts
are stamped except
J S
which is etched

Solid Centre

Pushout Centre

Jukebox Centre

Double-album re-package/release of earlier released two
seperate albums "Prophets, Seers & Sages..." and
"My People Were Fair...".
Covers inverted to make it look special / different.

Produced by Tony Visconti

:NOTE:
When it was sold new, it had a DOUBLEBACK sticker
on the Prophets cover (see 3rd picture).

Highest UK chart position: No. 1 :-)

The Cube edition covers are almost identical to the Fly
edition covers with the small exceptions of the number
"4" on the inside covers.
Fly has the albums as TOOFA 3/4
Cube has the albums as TOOFA 3 only.
Also the white band at the bottom of the "My People
Were Fair..." Cube cover is slightly broader, pushing the
artwork slightly higher, thus losing a fraction off the top of
George Underwood's beautiful artwork.

:Note:
The last track of side 2 of the Cube edition is now called
"Scenes Of Dynasty".
I can see Scenescof preparing his Gorgon machine but
I just can't see Scenes Of doing the same lol.

The last two pictures are of a slightly later edition of the Cube version.
Note the absense of "TOOFA" next to the large side numbers.

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of the world

24th March 1972
Fly
TOOFA-3/4

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YCARX 47-1
TOOFA 3A-1
12
RM

Side 2
YCARX 48-1
TOOFA 3B-1
1
RO

Side 3
YCARX 43-1G
TOOFA 4A-1G
3
RR

Side 4
YCARX 44-1G
TOOFA 4B-1G
1
RM

Cube
TOOFA-3

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
TOOFA-3-1A
1
tg

Side 2
TOOFA-3-1B
tg

Side 3
TOOFA-3-2A
tg

Side 4
TOOFA-3-2B
tg

the letter B on
side 4 was originally
an A but has been
repeatedly over-
stamped as a B

tg was no doubt
the engineer,
does anyone know
his actual name ???

Bolan Boogie compilation album

Side 1:-
1 - Get It On - 4:28
2 - Beltane Walk - 2:22
3 - King of the Mountain Cometh - 3:53
4 - Jewel - 2:49
5 - She Was Born to Be My Unicorn - 2:36
6 - Dove - 2:06
7 - Woodland Rock - 2:25
8 - Ride a White Swan - 2:16

Side 2:-
1 - Raw Ramp - 5:17
2 - Jeepster - 4:13
3 - Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart - 2:45
4 - By the Light of a Magical Moon - 2:51
5 - Summertime Blues - 2:43
6 - Hot Love - 5:00

Produced by Tony Visconti

Highest UK chart position: No. 1 :-)

:Note:
This was the last release of Marc's on the Fly label and
the third to last of any Fly release (The Move's two albums
"The Move" and "Shazam" joined together to form
TOOFA 5/6 would be 2nd to last. And Procol Harum's
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" and "A Salty Dog" joined together
to form TOOFA 7/8 would be the last).
Fly would become Cube in May of 72.

The vinyl record labels shown here are from the original
Fly label and the new "Cube" label.

Also notice the spelling error on side 2, track 2 of the
Cube release. It says "Teepster".

The earliest edition with a "FLY 8 A-1U" matrix had a
different side 1 track listing. Track 4 was originally "The Visit",
and track 6 was originally "Dragon's Ear".

Here's an oddity, I believe this is a test pressing of the Fly
edition, but the runouts are completely out of whack.

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5th May 1972
Fly
HiFly-8

Run-out etchings:
Fly edition
Side 1
HI FLY 8 A-2U
1
R

Side 2
HI FLY 8 B-2U
1
RM

Run-out etchings:
Cube edition
Side 1
HIFLY 8 A-1E
1
H

Side 2
HIFLY 8 B-1E
1
GD

Single

Side 1 - Metal Guru - 2:30

Side 2a - Lady - 2:10
Side 2b - Thunderwing - 3:44

This and the T-Rex Disco Party single are the only Marc
Bolan/EMI singles with no printed demo label. This one
could be because EMI wanted to use the red/white EMI
logo rather than the silver/blue one, and no labels were
available at the time.

:NOTE:
The "B" sides songs are played in reverse order to what
the label says. "Lady", the shorter song is always first. It
took 40 years for this to be corrected.

Highest UK chart position: No. 1 :-)

:NOTE:
The runout etchings of the "A"side show "1A-2U", this is
because the first cut "1A-1U" had a fault and couldn't be
used (see pictures 33 and 34).

Please notice the  mis-spelling of Tony Visconti's name
on pictures 7 and 8 of this single. His name has been
wrongly typed as Toni Visconti. Also the brackets
around Marc's name are missing.

The error can be found on both sides or just one side. I
don't believe the price of the error 45 would depend on a
single or double-sided error but either/both would fetch a
higher price than the standard version.

There is another error 45 which has the "B" sides label on
both sides of the single, however the music plays correct,
i.e. Metal Guru.
The error label does not have the brackets around
Marc's name. On my copy the error side label is a lighter
blue than the correct side label. The run-out etchings are
the same.

Listen to Metal Guru

Listen to Lady

Listen to Thunderwing

Pictures 5 and 6 are from a different pressing machine,
notice the inner ring.

Here is a solid centred edition with both sides
mis-spelling Tony's first name

This is the same as the above single but
with the error corrected on side one.

The same as directly above but with a darker side 2.
Thanks to Dave Johnson for these images

This is the same as the above single but with the
error corrected on side two rather than side 1.

Here's the pushout version with just side 2 corrected.

Here's a copy with the error corrected on both sides

Here is a copy with the "B" side label on both sides.
One has brackets, the other doesn't.
Also notice the different colours of both labels. I believe
this was down to batches of labels, one from 1 batch and
one from another. Each batch not being as identical as
they should be. Quality control ain't what it was ;)

Here's a copy with the correct labels but with different colours
thanks to Dave Johnson for these scans

Here's a copy with the brackets only around Marc's name on side 1

Here's a copy with the brackets only around Marc's name on side 2
also a slightly darker side 2 label

Pictures 27 and 28 are the jukebox edition
without brackets around Marc Bolan.

Pictures 29 and 30 are the pushout centre edition
without brackets around Marc Bolan.

Pictures 31 and 32 are from a different pressing machine,
notice the inner ring.

Same pressing machine as directly above but a pushout version

Pictures 35 and 36 are the jukebox edition with brackets around
Marc's name. Also a completely washed out blue of side 2

Here's the exact same copy as directly above but without the washed
out look of side 2. Thanks to Dave Johnson for these images

Here's a Royal blue side one and a dark blue side 2 pushout

Here's a pushout copy with no brackets around Marc Bolan
and Tony spelled wrong on both sides (cheers Bobby)

Pictures 43 and 44 are of the double-sided acetate.
The "B" side has "Like a" Lady marker-penned out and
"Thunderwing" is spelled without the "w".

Pictures 45 and 46 are of a single-sided test pressing with
Marc's own writing on it. The pressing came with a letter
of authenticity, so it's definitely Marc's writing.

Pictures 47 and 48 are of a two-sided test pressing.

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Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 1A-2U
3 KT GRL
Bobil

Side 2
YMARC 1B-1U
4 KT GRD
AUNTY. B

Bobil and Aunty. B
are the deadwax
inscriptions of
Bob Hill, a cutting
engineer at Trident
Studios.

The Slider album (Test Pressing)

Side 1:-
1 - Metal Guru – 2:25
2 - Mystic Lady – 3:09
3 - Rock On – 3:26
4 - The Slider – 3:22
5 - Baby Boomerang – 2:17
6 - Spaceball Ricochet – 3:37
7 - Buick Mackane – 3:31

Side 2:-
1 - Telegram Sam – 3:42
2 - Rabbit Fighter – 3:55
3 - Baby Strange – 3:03
4 - Ballrooms of Mars – 4:09
5 - Chariot Choogle – 2:45
6 - Main Man – 4:14

Recorded at Rosenberg Studios, Copenhagen, and
Chateau D'Herouville, France, and Sunset Sound Recorders, California.
Produced by Tony Visconti

Highest UK chart position: No. 4

:NOTE:
The accompanying letter states that Chariot Choogle will be released
as a single "next month". Since the single should have been released
on 7th July (cancelled), that puts the release of this test pressing
at early June. Unsure if this is a double sided test pressing or two
single sided test pressings.

The last four pictures are of another test pressing, this copy owned by
Bob Harris. This copy is of two single sided test pressings.
They sold at auction for £2,600 (which included a test pressing of
Telegram Sam) on 26th January 2021.
The album has a date stamp of 29th June 1972

Was Marc playing with the name of his group. He will have probably
seen the name of David Bowie's latest album "The Rise And Fall Of
Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars".

He tries two different names:-
1: Total Wrecks and the Space Cadets
2: The Locamotivehead Dress Sneaker Rino Eared Rollerskated Shop Band

Marc wrote all the text on the covers but nothing on the labels.

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
BLN 5001 A-2U
MARK ILPA.-1U
Bobil ∆ Solid Gold
Is gold

Side 2
BLN 5001 B-2U
Mark ILP.B-1U

THE MAD MONK
4

Revelations: A Musical Anthology For Glastonbury Fayre album
(Various Artist Compilation Album)

Side 1:-
1 - The Grateful Dead - Dark Star

Side 2:-
1 - Brinsley Schwarz - Love Song
2 - Mighty Baby - A Blanket In My Muesli

Side 3:-
1 - Marc Bolan - Sunken Rags
2 - Pete Townshend - Classified
3 - David Bowie - Superman
4 - Hawkwind - Silver Machine And Welcome (to The Future)
5 - Skin Alley - Sun Music

Side 4:-
1 - Daevid Allen And Gong - Glad Stoned Buried Fielding Flash
     And Fresh Fest Footprints In My Memory

Side 5:-
1 - The Pink Fairies - Do It
2 - The Pink Fairies - Uncle Harry's Last Freak-Out

Side 6:-
1 - The Edgar Broughton Band - Out Demons Out

Recorded at various studios and gigs around the world
It is generally believed that only the 3rd album is of material from the
Glastonbury Fayre.
Marc Bolan's piece is from a home recording demo

:NOTE:
This album came with a large fold out poster that when folded acted
as the front and back of the sleeve.
A 32 page booklet
A fold-out pyramid
A fold-out “Geodesic Dome”
A fold-out poster with track listing
All encased in a clear plastic protector with text giving information
about the album and the price.

Promotional single

Side 1 - Chariot Choogle - 2:45

Side 2 - The Slider - 3:19

Recorded at Rosenberg Studios, Copenhagen and
Chateau d'Hierouville Studios, Paris.
Produced by Tony Visconti

:Note:
This single was a review or sampler single for the
upcoming LP "The Slider".
It was however only issued in very limited numbers
(possibly 50) and was supplemented by the white hand
written editions (shown).

Listen to Chariot Choogle

Listen to The Slider

There was a demo released in New Zealand
on the 14th September 1972 but with
"The Slider" as the "A" side.

The New Zealand single has an alternative label, notice
the two letters "K/A" on either side next to the timings.

 
Here is a picture of the French test pressing >>>>>>
thanks to pierre champion for these images>>>>>

Here's the South African edition with
Chariot Choogle as the "A" side.

A copy of this South African edition just (15th Nov-2015)
sold on Ebay for £223.14 (US $338.99)

Here's the Singaporean edition, with Chariot Choogle as the "A" side.
A copy of the Singaporean single sold on Ebay on
29th July 2015) for £415.99 (approx $651.79).
Another copy sold on on Ebay on 30th August 2017 for £121.57

7th July 1972
T.Rex Wax
Company
EMI
SPSR-346

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
SPSR 346 A-1U
R KT
BOLAN 1.A.

Side 2
SPSR 346 B-1U
R KT
BOLAN 1B

Run-out etchings:
New Zealand edition
Side 1
SPSR 346 A

Side 2
SPSR 346 B

Alternate images
courtesy of
Bobby Haslett

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
REX 8384 A
GP

Side 2
REX 8384 B

The Slider album

Side 1:-
1 - Metal Guru – 2:25
2 - Mystic Lady – 3:09
3 - Rock On – 3:26
4 - The Slider – 3:22
5 - Baby Boomerang – 2:17
6 - Spaceball Ricochet – 3:37
7 - Buick Mackane – 3:31

Side 2:-
1 - Telegram Sam – 3:42
2 - Rabbit Fighter – 3:55
3 - Baby Strange – 3:03
4 - Ballrooms of Mars – 4:09
5 - Chariot Choogle – 2:45
6 - Main Man – 4:14

Recorded at Rosenberg Studios, Copenhagen, and
Chateau D'Herouville, France, and Sunset Sound Recorders, California.
Produced by Tony Visconti

Highest UK chart position: No. 4

:NOTE:
Apparently the front and back cover photographs were
taken by Tony Visconti but credit was given to Ringo Starr.

:NOTE:
The 1st two pictures of the front and back are of the
immediately withdrawn sleeve with no red text.

The front and back (5th & 6th pictures) have printing errors.
A big black mark on Marc's right shoulder on the front
which also obscures part of the "T" in T. REX. And a
smaller black triangular mark on his same shoulder on the
back which also obscures part of the"R" in SLIDER.
The black/dark grey is also darker so Marc's right eye is
all black where on the "proper" sleeve there is a hint of
lighter shade, or eyeball around the iris. On the back,
Marc's shoulder where it joins the neck is totally missing
the line.

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of the world

The original labels

The slightly newer labels with the redundant "T. REX" removed

An album that combines both versions of the labels

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
BLN 5001 A-2U
MARK ILPA.-1U
5 KT RO
Bobil ∆ Solid Gold
Is gold

Side 2
BLN 5001 B-2U
Mark ILP.B-1U
3 KT L
THE MAD MONK
∆

The Best Of T. Rex (compilation album)

Side 1:-
1 - Hot Love
2 - Summertime Blues
3 - One Inch Rock
4 - Ride A White Swan
5 - Raw Ramp

Side 2:-
1 - Get It On
2 - Life's A Gas
3 - Deborah
4 - Woodland Rock
5 - Jeepster

:NOTE:
A compilation album released by a record club of Germany
to no doubt cash in on the popularity of The Slider album.
This has no connection to the similar titled album released a year
earlier on the Fly label. That album was all Tyrannosaurus Rex
material, this album is mainly T. Rex material.

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
xxxx 0625  589 S1
28 664 1 S1
℗ 1972
320
1
B

Side 2
0625  589 S2
28 664 1 S2
℗ 1972
320
1
B

Single

Side 1 - Children Of The Revolution - 2:28

Side 2a - Jitterbug Love - 2:54
Side 2b - Sunken Rags - 2:57

Produced by Tony Visconti
Recorded at Chateau d'Hierouville Studios, Paris.
Sunken Rags was recorded at the Rosenberg Studios
in Copenhagen.

Highest UK chart position: No. 2

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Here is the promotional edition
with both sides mentioning the film

Listen to Children of the Revolution

Listen to Jitterbug Love

Listen to Sunken Rags

Here is the standard single with
the film mention on both sides

Here is the standard single but with the
film mention removed from the "B" side

Here is the solid centred edition

Here's a pushout centre that you can't pushout

Here's another oddity from the collection of Bobby Haslett.
Nothing unusual I hear you say,
a solid labelled record that's been stamped.
Well yes but in this case the stamps came first.

Here's a similar yet totally different oddity.
A pushout labelled record that has blue rings.
The blue rings are under the text as are the fingerprints.

Here is a white label test pressing of
the single with Marc's own handwriting

Here are two white label test pressing of
the single with more information written

There are five versions of the runout etchings:-

#1 = This etching is from the test pressing
Note the error in "YMARC", the M is mispressed
and there is a larger gap between the hyphen and the 1.

#2 = Note the errors in "YMARC" it appears like "Y  YYYY  MARC"
with the 4 Y's almost on top of each other.
Also "CHROME", which would have been "CROME" but the cutting
engineer saw his mistake as soon as he added the R and changed it to a H.

#3 =  Note the extra Y's have been removed from "YMARC"
but a space has appeared between the M and the A.

#4 = The gap between M and A of YMARC has been reduced.

#5 = This has a thinner stamp of YMARC and a use of 2U rather than 1U.
(although, the 1 remains, so it looks like a 12)
and the error on CHROME has been fixed with a whole new etching.

This copy is badly pockmarked and is missing the slightly
raised ring near the centre. Is this an Irish version ?
Thanks Patrick Mclarnon for these images

Here's an oddity. Notice the pre-1967 DECCA label design in the
background on side 1 and the pre-1969 RCA Victor label design on side 2.
This copy has the 3rd type of runout etchings.

I've altered the colour settings so you can
see the Decca and RCA Victor labels clearer

Here's a copy made in Germany to help the demand of the
British market. Thanks to Bobby Haslett for finding this one.

Run-out etchings:

push-out centre
Side 1
YMARC 2A-1U
15 KT GRG
BOBIL IZ CHROME
YOUR TOES

Side 2
YMARC 2B-1U
1 LH
FOR BIG BOB

Side 2
YMARC 2B-1U
FOR BIG BOB

Side 2
YMARC 2B-1U
FOR BIG BOB

Side 2
YMARC 2B-1U
5
FOR BIG BOB

Side 2
YMARC 2B-1U
FOR BIG BOB
Made In Germany

Listen to Rock On

Here's a promo that didn't work too well (label-wise)

The standard U.S. single

The Canadian version >>>

Run-out etchings:
promo
Side 1
REP-1122
QAA-5447-D.J.
1A S

Side 2
REP-1122
QAA-5446-D.J.
1B S

Run-out etchings:
release
Side 1
QAA-5447 1C
T1
5

Side 2
QAA-5446 1C
T1
5

Ride A White Swan (compilation album)

Side 1:-
1 - Ride A White Swan
2 - Debora*
3 - Child Star
4 - Cat Black (The Wizard's Hat)
5 - Conesuala
6 - Strange Orchestras

Side 2:-
1 - One Inch Rock*
2 - Salamanda Palaganda
3 - Lofty Skies
4 - Stacey Grove
5 - King Of The Rumbling Spires
6 - Elemental Child

* "Debora" and "One Inch Rock" are electronically
enhanced stereo and therefore different to the
Regal Zonophone and Magni Fly single versions
which are mono.

Produced by Tony Visconti

Highest UK chart position: No. 1

There are 3 editions of the cover:-
An all blue textured front and back
An all blue glossy front and matt back
A blue glossy front and white matt back
All version were made by Garrod & Lofthouse in England

I suppose this is a case of what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Eighteen months previous, Fly released a Best Of album, titled Flyback.
EMI could see pound signs abound so released their version on the budget
label MFP (Music For Pleasure), and gave it the title Ride A White Swan.

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Here's a copy with the wrong side 2 label,
but the music is from "Ride A White Swan".

Run-out etchings:

All blue textured
Side 1
SMFP 5274 A-1
1

Side 2
SMFP 5274 B-1
2

Run-out etchings:

blue and white
Side 1
SMFP 5274 A-2
1

Side 2
SMFP 5274 B-2
1

Run-out etchings:

Wrong label
Side 1
SMFP 5274 A-1
RP

Side 2
SMFP 5274 B-1
1
AL

11 promotional Album (compilation album)

Side 1:-
1 - Tell Me Baby - Windows
2 - Funny Girl - Windows
3 - Summertrain - Sandy Coast
4 - A Place Near The Sea - Sandy Coast
5 - Get On The Good Foot (part One) - James Brown

Side 2:-
1 - Get On The Good Foot (part Two) - James Brown
2 - This World - The Staple Singers
3 - Are You Sure? - The Staple Singers
4 - The King Of The Mountain Cometh - T. Rex
5 - Beltane Walk - T. Rex

The very odd thing about these Japanese promotional albums is the
matrix codes (or album titles):-

Album 4 is given the matrix PR-5045               43 - 3 - 15
Tracks 1 & 2 = Desdemona & Remember Thomas A Becket

Album 8 is given the matrix PR-5133               47 - 7 - 10
Tracks 7, 8, 9 & 10 = Debora & One Inch Rock &
Get It On & Hot Love

Album 11 is given the matrix PR-5136            47 - 10 - 1
Tracks 9 & 10 = The King of the Mountain Cometh & Beltane Walk

Album 12 is given the matrix PR-5061            43 - 11 - 15
Tracks 5 & 6 = Deborah & Child Star

1st October 1972
Japan
MGM
PR-5136

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
(ʃ) PR - 5136A
M2
A - 0 - 1

Side 2
PR - 5136ѬB
A -0 - 1

Single

Side 1 - The King of the Mountain Cometh - 3:57

Side 2 - Beltane Walk - 2:27

Recorded at Trident Studios, St. Anne's Court, Soho, London.
Produced by Tony Visconti

Listen to Beltane Walk

The green printing can be seen on several 1973 Polydor
singles (with and without cutout) so can we assume
that the black printing was the original ?

November 1972
Japan
Cube-Polydor
DW-1065

Run-out etchings:
Promo
Side 1
(ʃ) DW - 1065A
12
A - 1 - 1

Side 2
DW - 1065B
A -1 - 1

black print and text

green print and text
and no cutout

Run-out etchings:
Release
Side 1
(ʃ) DW - 1065A
J12
A - 1 - 3

Side 2
DW - 1065B
A -1 - 3

Double-album re-package/release of earlier released
two seperate albums "A Beard of Stars" and "Unicorn".
Covers inverted to make it look like two seperate albums.

Produced by Tony Visconti

:Note:
This release is on the Cube label as opposed to the
other DoubleBack Toofa release, "TOOFA 3/4"
which was on both Fly and Cube labels.

:NOTE:
When purchased new, the album had a removeable
DOUBLEBACK sticker on the Unicorn cover, along
with a removeable STEREO sticker on eack disk.

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of the world

Here's the albums alternate labels >>>>

3rd Nov. 1972
Cube
TOOFA-9

Run-out etchings:
Original pressing
Side 1
TOOFA 9
A // 2 ▼420
1 1 6
04

Side 2
TOOFA 9
B // 2 ▼420
1 1 2
04

Side 3
TOOFA 9
C // 2 ▼420
1 1 1
04

Side 4
TOOFA 9
D // 2 ▼420
1 1 4
04

Run-out etchings:
Later pressing
Side 1
TOOFA-9-1-A

Side 2
TOOFA-9-1-B

Side 3
TOOFA-9-2-A
1

Side 4
TOOFA-9-2-B

Juicy Giants various artists compilation album

Side 1:-
1. - John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again
2. - The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
3. - Joe Cocker - Woman To Woman
4. - T. Rex - Hot Love
5. - John Kongos - Great White Lady
6. - Joe Cocker - High Time We Went
7. - T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
8. - Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Side 2:-
1. - T. Rex - Jeepster
2. - John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man
3. - Procol Harum - Conquistador
4. - Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora
5. - The Move - Night Of Fear
6. - Joe Cocker - Midnight Rider
7. - T. Rex - Get It On
8. - Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
JUICY 1 A//1
1 1
5
AGAIN!

Side 2
JUICY 1 B//1
1 1
9
RAYS.

Single

Side 1 - Solid Gold Easy Action - 2:16

Side 2 - Born To Boogie - 2:16

Produced by Tony Visconti
Recorded at Chateau d'Hierouville Studios, Paris.
There is a very, very slim possibility this was pressed
somewhere in Holland alongside the LynTone flexi

Highest UK chart position: No. 2

Just before Born to Boogie begins there is a short
Christmas message from Marc.

NOTE:
The demo's side 1 runout etching has a backwards:
MARKBOLAN and A-1U
I've just got hold of a 1st press EMI release copy and it also has
MARKBOLAN and A-1U in the etchings

All other releases (including a later pressed EMI release copy) have:
MARKBALON and A-2U

I've just found a copy with J T stamped just before the
MARC 3 B  1U of side 2 of the standard "polo" single.

EMI pressed single >>>

Listen to Solid Gold Easy Action

Listen to Born to Boogie

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Here is the same single but with a
lighter colour blue on the "A" side.
As with the Metal Guru single above this was no doubt a
batch of labels not having quite the same blue
(Royal Blue) as normal "T. Rex Wax Co." labels.
Herein lies the difference between the Metal Guru and
Solid Gold... singles, try and find a "solid" Solid Gold
Easy Action single that uses the lighter blue.
I doubt very much you'll find one.

Here is the same single but from the Decca pressing plant.
Note the slightly larger amount of vinyl cut out from the centre pushout.

Decca pressing with light and dark labels

Decca pressing with dark labels

Here is the solid centred edition

Here is a copy with the "B" side label on both sides

Here's a Decca version with the "B" side label on both sides

Here is a copy of the single with two songs on side 1 by
The 5th Dimension.
The songs are "Carpet Man" and "The Magic Garden".

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Here's Bobby Hasletts copy with the "B" side text allignment corrected.

Here's the runout etching of the above single.

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This is a single with what appears to be
a printing flaw on the A side EMI logo.

There is a copy of the single which has no internal text on
the "A" side (see opposite). This was because in order to
cut costs large amounts of "basic" labels were printed for
the use of various future singles and then the inner text
was added at a later date. The "B" side is normal.

Here are pictures of the single-sided test pressing, that just
(20-09-2015) sold on Ebay for £123.00 ($191.22)

Pictures 21 and 22 show the double-sided test pressing,
and the "B" side has June Childs writing on it.

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Here's the runout etchings of the 1st edition EMI pressing
and the standard "polo" centred edition.

Run-out etchings:
Promo &
1st edition EMI
Side 1
MARC 3 A-1U
2 KT A
BOBIL'S LAST.
NALOBKRAM.

Side 2
MARC 3 B-1U
1 KT A
RAYS. FIRST.
WOBILY NIB.

Ray was the name
used by Ray Staff
a cutting engineer at
Trident Studios

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Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC 3 A-2U
1  KT  MR
BOBIL'S LAST.
NOLABKRAM

Side 2
MARC 3 B-1U
3  KT  GDA
RAYS. FIRST.
WOBILY NIB.

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Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MABEL 3 A-1U
1  KT   GT

Side 2
MARC 3 B-1U
1  KT   MP
RAYS. FIRST.
WOBILY NIB.

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Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC 3 B
WOBILY NIB.

Side 2
2B

(There may be more
etchings but
unfortunately I can't
see or read them)

Run-out etchings:
Test Pressing
Side 1
MARC 3 A-1U
BOBILS LAST.
NALOBKRAM.

Side 2
MARC 3 B-1U
RAYS. FIRST.
WOBILY NIB.

Juicy Giants (compilation album)

Side 1:-
1 - John Kongos - He's Gonna Step On You Again
2 - The Move - I Can Hear The Grass Grow
3 - Joe Cocker - Woman To Woman
4 - T Rex - Hot Love
5 - John Kongos - Great White Lady
6 - Joe Cocker - High Time We Went
7 - T Rex - Ride A White Swan
8 - Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Side 2:-
1 - T Rex - Jeepster
2 - John Kongos - Tokoloshe Man
3 - Procol Harum - Conquistador
4 - Tyrannosaurus Rex - Debora
5 - The Move - Night Of Fear
6 - Joe Cocker - Midnight Rider
7 - T Rex - Get It On
8 - Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends

:NOTE:
A compilation album released by Cube records to no doubt cash in on
the popularity of the Solid Gold Easy Action single..
The green £1.49 on the front is a sticker and is notoriously hard to remove.

NOTE 2: (info from Philip S. Robinson)
1. Hot Love (3:03) (Usually 4:52) Coda severely edited (La-Las etc) fades
to finish rather than conventional ending.
2. Jeepster (3:30) (Usually 4:10) Omits verse 4 entirely, jumps to 'Girl I'm
just a vampire' line in coda after verse 3.
3. Get It On (3:16) (Usually 4:24) Goes straight to coda after middle 8
instrumental break.

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
JUICY 1 A//1
1  1     8
AGAIN!

Side 2
JUICY 1 B//1
1  1     2
RAYS.

Promotional flexi single

A two-sided flexi disc that was given to all fan club members.

Includes a couple of poems and some Christmas banter,
and a couple of intros and outros of T. Rex tunes.
Recorded by the group in November at Tony Visconti's
flat in London. Bill Legend was absent so Tony covered
for Bill.
Helping out with backing vocals was Alphi O'Leary
(Marc's chauffeur and bodyguard) and
Mickey Marmalade (Tour manager)

Produced by Tony Visconti
Probably pressed in Holland.

Listen to T. Rex Christmas Record

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
SHOL 1561 AK

Side 2
SHOL 1561 B