Bolan's Zip Gun album

Side 1:-
1 - Light of Love - 3:16
2 - Solid Baby - 2:37
3 - Precious Star - 2:53
4 - Token of My Love - 3:40
5 - Space Boss - 2:49
6 - Think Zinc - 3:25

Side 2:-
1 - Till Dawn - 3:02
2 - Girl in the Thunderbolt Suit - 2:20
3 - I Really Love You Babe - 3:33
4 - Golden Belt - 2:41
5 - Zip Gun Boogie - 3:26

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded at Music Records Inc., Hollywood, USA.

The last album to fully feature Mickey Finn

Highest UK chart position: did not chart :(

:NOTE:
There are two sets of labels, the 1st is the older EMI design with
"Made In Gt. Britain" at the 6 o'clock position and
"The Gramophone Co. Ltd." at the 8 o'clock position.
The 2nd is the newer EMI design with "Made In Gt. Britain" at the
4 o'clock position and "The Gramophone Co. Ltd." replaced by
"EMI Records Ltd." at the 8 o'clock position.

Click HERE for labels and
covers for the rest of the world

Side 2
BLNA 7752 B - 2
1 GG

Nilsson (Harry) Duit On Mon Dei album (guitar work)

Side 2:-
3 - What's Your Sign

:Unconfirmed and doubtful:
Nilsson gives credit to Gloria Jones (and the Zodiac Singers) but Marc
only gets a mention on the inner sleeve.

Listen to What's Your Sign

Big Smash Hits (Various Artists Promo-only album)

Side 1:-
1 Suzi Quatro – Your Mamma Won't Like Me - 3:24
2 Bad Company – Good Lovin' Gone Bad - 3:35
3 Elton John – Philadelphia Freedom - 5:43
4 Olivia Newton-John – Have You Never Been Mellow - 3:30
5 Grand Funk Railroad– Bad Time - 2:54
6 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel – Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - 3:54
7 Pilot – January - 3:30
8 Bimbo Jet – El Bimbo - 2:27
9 Frankie Valli – My Eyes Adored You - 3:29
10 Richard Rodney Bennett – Overture from 'Murder On The
     Orient Express' / Prelude To Murder - 2:16

Side 2:-
1 John Lennon – Stand By Me - 3:31
2 George Harrison – Dark Horse - 3:53
3 Ringo Starr – Snookeroo - 3:25
4 Eric Burdon Band – Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - 4:17
5 T•Rex – Zip Gun Boogie - 3:17
6 Geordie – Ride On Baby - 2:42
7 Kool & The Gang – Spirit Of The Boogie - 4:52
8 Three Dog Night – You - 3:03
9 Rufus – Once You Get Started - 4:23
10 Alice Cooper – Department of Youth - 3:17

Side 1 - New York City - 3:55

Side 2 - Chrome Sitar - 2:36

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded at Music Recorders Inc., Hollywood.

Highest UK chart position: No. 15

Listen to New York City

Listen to Chrome Sitar

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Here's the solid centred edition, thanks to Bobby Haslett for the scans

Here's the white label test pressing >>>

Here's a copy with New York City labels on both sides >>>

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 10 A-1
1
GM
...

Side 2
YMARC 10 B-1
2 L

Ike & Tina Turner single (guitar work)

Side 1 - Baby Get It On (Disco version)

Side 2 - Baby Get It On

Marc may have contributed to both sides.

Recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood Carlifornia

:Unconfirmed and doubtful:
Marc may also have played guitar on the single tracks
"Nutbush City Limits" and "Sexy Ida" (Part 2)

Cheers Bobby

June 1975
U.S.A.
United Artists
UA-XW598-X

and

20th June 1975
U.K.
United Artists
UP 35766

Run-out etchings:
UK promo edition
Side 1
UP  35766 A-1
1
G

Side 2
UP  35766 B-1
1
G*

Run-out etchings:
UK edition
Side 1
UP  35766 A-1
1
H

Side 2
UP  35766 B-1
1
O*

Side 1a - Do You Wanna Dance
Side 1b - Sitting On The Dock

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded at Music Recorders Inc., Hollywood.

Side 1 - Dreamy Lady

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded at Music Recorders Inc., Hollywood.

Side 1 - Dreamy Lady

Side 2a - Do You Wanna Dance
Side 2b - Dock Of The Bay

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded at Music Recorders Inc., Hollywood.

Highest UK chart position: No. 30

This single was the only other Marc Bolan EMI single to not have a
printed demo version available.

Listen to Dreamy Lady

Listen to Do You Wanna Dance

Listen to Dock Of The Bay

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Thanks Bobby

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 11 A-1
2 GR

Side 2
YMARC 11 B-1
1 GT

Side 1 - Christmas Bop

Side 2a - Metal Guru
Side 2b - Telegram Sam

Produced by Marc Bolan

:Note:
Not released or even pressed, it was withdrawn after suggestions that
Marc could be accused of plagiarism (the company (EMI) was mindful
of the problems George Harrison had experienced with 'My Sweet
Lord' and its similarity to Ronnie Mack's He's So Fine). However two
sets of original labels are circulating    (see both sets opposite).

The top set of labels sold at auction on 16th November 2004 for £896.00
(please remember this was just the two circles of paper, no vinyl.)

Update: The same set of labels but slightly clearer images.
However notice the word "RECORD" on the side two label has
a flaw. Is this a new flaw or were the original labels edited to
remove the flaw ?

Listen to Christmas Bop

These 7th and 8th pictures are of the single that was released after
Marc's death. Also Metal Guru and Telegram Sam have changed
position in the running order of side 2. A copy of the single did
however sell for £620.00 on Ebay a few days before Christmas
2005 (roughly 30 years to the day of it's expected release date)

Another copy of this later single was recently on Ebay (starting
price of £49.99) but has only 1 bidder with 6 days to go.
It eventually sold for £280 with 27 bidders.

It would seem the world is full of gullible people, another copy of the
"repress" just (27-Nov-2015) sold on Ebay for £455.99 (approx $685.44)

Here's another version of the single, this time a lot closer to the original.

Futuristic Dragon album

Side 1:-
1 - Futuristic Dragon (Introduction) – 1:52
2 - Jupitar Liar – 3:43
3 - Chrome Sitar – 3:14
4 - All Alone – 2:50
5 - New York City – 3:58
6 - My Little Baby – 3:09
7 - Calling All Destroyers – 3:53

Side 2:-
1 - Theme for a Dragon – 2:01
2 - Sensation Boulevard – 3:43
3 - Ride My Wheels – 2:28
4 - Dreamy Lady – 2:53
5 - Dawn Storm – 3:42
6 - Casual Agent – 2:52

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded at Music Recorders, Hollywood, USA.

Mickey Finn plays percussion on New York City. Davey Luton,
Paul Fenton, and Bobbye Hall Porter (female) play percussion on all
other tracks.

Highest UK chart position: No. 50

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Here's a copy with both versions of the labels

Here's the test pressing >>>>

Another test pressing but this copy is by
Marc Bolan rather than T. Rex as above.
This copy came in a wrap-around sleeve
which is identical to the standard sleeve
minus the text along the top spine,
simply because there is no top spine ;)

30th January 1976
T.Rex Wax
Company EMI
BLN-5004

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
BLN 5004 A-1
HTM
1 G

Side 2
BLN 5004 B-1
HTM
1 GO

1st edition sleeve
with straight cut
corners and entry
groove on side 1

1st edition labels
with "Gramophone"
at the 7 o'clock and
"Gt. Britain" at the
6 o'clock positions

2nd edition sleeve
with round corners
and entry groove
on side 2

2nd edition labels
with "EMI " at the
7 o'clock and
"Gt. Britain" at the
4 o'clock positions

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
BLN 5004 A-1
HTM
2 GT

Side 2
BLN 5004 B-1
HTM
1 RD

Runouts on this test
pressing are the same
as a standard pressing

Side 1 - London Boys

Side 2 - Solid Baby

Produced by Marc Bolan

:Note:
"London Boys" was recorded in London but "Solid Baby" was
recorded  at Music Recorders Inc. in Hollywood, California.

Highest UK chart position: No. 40

The promo of this single has a "purchase tax code" embossed in the pushout
centre. The tax code is "MT" from the first 6 months of 1963. I believe all the
"promo's" of London Boys had this tax code embedded. This is the first UK
single of Marc's since January 1969's Pewter Suitor to have a tax code
embossed. No other Bolan/T. Rex singles after Pewter Suitor are embossed.

Listen to London Boys

Listen to Solid Baby

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Two B side labels on this single >>>

No label on the B side of this single.>>>

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 13 A-1
1 H HTM

Side 2
YMARC 13 B-1
1 O HTM

embossed          
tax code >>>

Gloria Jones

Side 1 - Get It On (Part One)

Side 2 - blank

Produced by Marc Bolan

Gloria Jones single

Side 1 - Get It On

Side 2 - Get It On (Part Two)

Produced by Marc Bolan

:Note:
Marc wrote and produced this single

Listen to Get It On

Listen to Get It On (Part Two)

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
EMI 2437 A-1
1
HTM
G

Side 2
EMI 2437 B-2
1
...
G

Side 1 - Hot Love

Side 2 - Get It On

Produded by Tony Visconti
Recorded in London.

Once again Cube/Fly trying to cash in on Marc's fame with a re-release
of two of his biggest hits on one single.

"tone" is Tony Bridge, who was a cutting engineer at The Record Plant
in New York at the time of this release.

2nd April 1976
Cube Records
BUG-66

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
BUG-66.A-1
tone
1 C

Side 2
BUG-66.B-1
1 C

demo

small ring version

large ring version
NCB high

NCB middle

NCB low

Debora compilation album

Side 1:-
1 - Debora - 3:10
2 - A Beard Of Stars - 1:36
3 - Great Horse - 1:40
4 - Dove - 2:00
5 - Hot Rod Mama - 3:06
6 - Chariots Of Silk - 2:26

Side 2:-
1 - By The Light Of A Magical Moon - 2:48
2 - She Was Born To Be My Unicorn - 2:34
3 - Mustang Ford - 2:54
4 - The Travelling Tragition - 1:44
5 - Salamanda Palaganda - 2:10
6 - Elemental Child - 5:23

Produced by Tony Visconti
Recorded at Trident and Advision, London.

This is basically a "Best Of" album from Tyrannosaurus Rex's four albums.
2 tracks from the 1st album (My People Were Fair...)
3 tracks from the 2nd album (Prophets, Seers & Sages...)
2 tracks from the 3rd album (Unicorn)
5 tracks from the 4th album (A Beard Of Stars)

There are at least 4 versions of the album:-
126.308 on the Intercord label
126.308 on the Cube label
126.308 on the Cube label that includes "Marketed by Intercord..."
136.317 on the Cube label (again Marketed by Intercord...)

1976
Germany
Intercord
126.308

and

1977
Cube-Intercord
126.308

and later

Cube-Intercord
136.317

Run-out etchings:
126.308
Side 1
A-2919 A2/S3A 76
Made In Germany

Side 2
A-2919 B1/S3A 76
Made In Germany

Run-out etchings:
136.317
Side 1
A-2919 A2/S3A 76
Made In Germany

Side 2
A-2919 B1/S3A 76
Made In Germany
II

Hot Rock compilation double album

Side 1:-
1 - Hot Love - 4:55
2 - Metal Guru - 3:45 (more than likely 2:30, or is it a super secret 12" remix)
3 - 20th Century Boy - 3:40
4 - One Inch Rock - 2:25
5 - Ride A White Swan - 2:15
6 - Mambo Sun - 3:40
7 - Girl - 2:30
8 - Mad Donna - 2:15

Side 2:-
1 - Get It On - 4:25
2 - The Groover - 3:15
3 - The Motivator - 4:00
4 - Tenement Lady - 5:00
5 - Broken Hearted Blues - 2:03
6 - Life Is Strange - 2:35
7 - Buick Mackane - 2:26
8 - Chariot Choogle - 3:45

Side 3:-
1 - Jeepster - 4:10
2 - Truck On (Tyke) - 3:05
3 - Children of the Revolution - 2:30
4 - Mister Mister - 3:30
5 - The Slider - 3:25
6 - Life's a Gas - 2:25
7 - Shock Rock - 1:45
8 - Born to Boogie - 2:05
9 - Woodland Rock - 2:30

Side 4:-
1 - Telegram Sam - 3:45
2 - Solid Gold Easy Action - 2:20
3 - Light of Love - 3:15
4 - Jitterbug Love - 2:55
5 - Spanish Midnight - 1:15
6 - Teenage Dream - 5:00
7 - I Really Love You Babe - 3:30
8 - Zip Gun Boogie - 3:20

Spotlight On T. Rex compilation double album

Side 1:-
1 - Mambo Sun
2 - Cosmic Dancer
3 - Monolith
4 - Planet Queen
5 - Girl
6 - The Motivator
7 - Life's A Gas
8 - Rip-Off

Side 2:-
1 - Get It On
2 - Jeepster
3 - Beltane Walk
4 - The King Of The Mountain Cometh
5 - Jewel
6 - Lean Woman Blues
7 - Woodland Rock
8 - Ride A White Swan

Side 3:-
1 - The Visit
2 - Raw Ramp
3 - Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart
4 - By The Light Of A Magical Moon
5 - Summertime Blues
6 - Hot Love
7 - Childe
8 - The Time Of Love Is Now

Side 4:-
1 - Diamond Meadows
2 - Root Of Star
3 - Is It Love?
4 - One Inch Rock
5 - Summer Deep
6 - Seagull Woman
7 - Suneye
8 - The Wizard

This compilation consists of:-
All 11 tracks from the Electric Warrior album
13 tracks from the T. Rex (brown) album. (The only tracks missing are the
The Children Of Rarn duo).
2 tracks from The A Beard of Stars album
1 track from the Get It On single
2 tracks from the Ride a White Swan single
All 3 tracks from the Hot Love single

Side 1 - I Love To Boogie

Side 2 - Baby Boomerang

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded in London.

Highest UK chart position: No. 13

6 o'clock position (Matrix) >>
9 o'clock position (Mother) >>
12 o'clock position (cutting engineer) >>
3 o'clock position (Stamper) >>

.
.

HTM stands for Harry T. Moss, EMI studios cutting engineer >>>

Listen to I Love To Boogie

Listen to Baby Boomerang

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Undinked copy courtesy of Bobby Haslett

Here's an Abbey Road single sided acetate

Here's another single sided acetate with no labels

Here's a single sided test pressing of the track "Baby Boomerang"

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 14 A-2
1
HTM
G

Side 2
YMARC 14 B-1
1
HTM
G

Rare undinked promo copy

Run-out etchings:
SOLID
Side 1
YMARC 14 A-2
1
HTM
M

Side 2
YMARC 14 B-1
2
HTM
GR

Side 1 - Laser Love - 3:37

Side 2 - Life's An Elevator - 2:24

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded in Los Angeles.

Highest UK chart position: No. 41

Listen to Laser Love

Listen to Life's An Elevator

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Here's the solid centre edition >>>>

Here's the test pressing >>>>

Here's a copy of the normal single without a B side label

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 15 A-1
1
HTM
M

Side 2
YMARC 15 B-1
1
HTM
GG

Gloria Jones Vixen album (production, guitar work and backing vocals)

Side 1:-
1 - I Ain't Going Nowhere
2 - High
3 - Tell Me Now
4 - Tainted Love
5 - Cry Baby
6 - Get It On, Pt. 1

Side 2:-
1 - Go Now
2 - Would You Like To Know
3 - Get It On, Pt. 2
4 - Drive Me Crazy (Disco Lady)
5 - Sailors Of The Highway
6 - Stage Coach

Marc was involved in all the tracks on this album, be it production,
guitar work, and/or backing vocals.

Normally I disregard these stickers as twaddle but this particular album
is pretty darned close to first off the presses so you never know.

Marc Bolan & Gloria Jones single

Side 1 - To Know Him Is To Love Him

Side 2 - City Port

Produced by Marc Bolan

:Note:
Most copies of the foreign single go by the title "To Know You Is To
Love You"

There is an edition of this single that isn't published by "EMI Records
Ltd." but is published by "Wizard (Bahamas) Ltd." see 5th picture,
whether this indicates it's a later edition or not, I'm not sure.

Listen to To Know Him Is To Love Him

Listen to City Port

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
EMI 2572 A-2
HTM O

Side 2
EMI 2572 B-1
1 HTM G

1st edition

2nd edition

Dandy In the Underworld album

Side 1:-
1 - Dandy In The Underworld - 4:34
2 - Crimson Moon - 3:21
3 - Universe - 2:42
4 - I'm A Fool For You, Girl - 2:16
5 - I Love To Boogie - 2:14
6 - Visions Of Domino - 2:24

Side 2:-
1 - Jason B. Sad - 3:22
2 - Groove A Little - 3:23
3 - The Soul Of My Suit - 2:34
4 - Hang-Ups - 3:26
5 - Pain And Love - 3:41
6 - Teen Riot Structure - 3:32

Produced by Marc Bolan
Possibly recorded at Music Recorders Inc., Hollywood, California

Highest UK chart position: No. 26

This is a factory sample of the album that has been signed on the back cover
by numerous people involved in the making of the album including Marc.

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

In the runouts is the word MELYS. Melys is a pseudonym of
Melvyn Abrahams, mastering and lacquer cutting engineer at both
Phonodisc and I.B.C. Studios. He was at I.B.C. for this mastering.

Press pack envelope

press pack photos

press pack info and transfer

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
BLN 5005 A-1U
1 G G
MELYS.

Side 2
BLN 5005 B-1U
1 G M
MELYS.

Gloria Jones single

Side 1 - Go Now

Side 2 - Drive Me Crazy (Disco Lady)

Produced by Marc Bolan and Gloria Jones

Listen to Go Now

Listen to Drive Me Crazy (Disco Lady)

Thanks Bobby.
possibly different to the immediately above promo
notice the fullstop after Corp on side 1.

Here's the promo 12" version, unsure of when it was released
but must have been around the same time as the 7"

Side 2
EMI 2570 B-2U
1 R
MELYS

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
SPSLP 203 A 1
1 G

Side 2
SPSLP 203 B 1
1 HTM

Side 1 - The Soul Of My Suit

Side 2 - All Alone

Recorded at AIR Studios, 214 Oxford Street, London.
Cut at Abbey Road, London.
Produced by Marc Bolan

:Note:
"The Soul of my Suit" was recorded in London at either AIR Studios or
Abbey Road but "All Alone" was recorded  at Music Recorders Inc. in
Hollywood, California

Highest UK chart position: No. 42

Listen to The Soul Of My Suit

Listen to All Alone

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

This copy is missing its Mothers and Stampers so there
is a small possibility that it was produced in Ireland.

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 16 A-1U
1 G
MELYS.

Side 2
YMARC 16 B-1U
1 T
MELYS

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 16 A-1U
MELYS.

Side 2
YMARC 16 B-1U
MELYS

Side 1 - Dandy In The Underworld

Side 2a - Groove A Little
Side 2b - Tame My Tiger

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded in London.

Highest UK chart position: did not chart :(

This single version of Dandy... differs from the album version in that Marc
completely re-recorded the vocals and changed the word "cocaine" for
"T. Rex". So the new lyrics go:- "Exalted companion of T. Rex nights".
The track was either remixed to bring out the backing vocals and other
instruments or completely re-recorded.

Listen to Dandy In The Underworld

Listen to Groove A Little

Listen to Tame My Tiger

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Side 2 of the solid centred edition is pock-marked which might indicate an
Irish production if it wasn't for the Bolan stamp which is rarely seen on Irish
pressings.

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 17 A-1U
2 H
MELYS

Side 2
YMARC 17 B-1U
1R
MELYS

Side 1 - Celebrate Summer

Side 2 - Ride My Wheels

Produced by Marc Bolan
Recorded in London.

Highest UK chart position: did not chart :(

:Note:
Under the demo is a solid centred edition that just sold on Ebay for £103.00.
At the bottom of this section is the Test-Pressing.

Listen to Celebrate Summer

Listen to Ride My Wheels

Click HERE for labels and covers
for the rest of the world

Solid centred release (rare)
Thanks to Steve Grego for the pics and Bobby Haslett for the runouts

Here's a test pressing of the single. Cheers Bobby

Here's another copy of the test pressing with a little bit more info

Here's a test pressing sleeve. Who is Roger Scott?

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 18 A-1U
1
P
CELEBRATE WITH
MARC + MELY

Side 2
YMARC 18 B-1U
1
G
MELYS

Normal pushout
promo

Solid Centred
promo (rare)

Normal pushout
release

Run-out etchings:
solid centre
Side 1
YMARC 18 A-1U
1
O
CELEBRATE WITH
MARC + MELY

Side 2
YMARC 18 B-1U
1
A
MELYS

Bolan's Best + 1 extended play

Side 1a - Ride A White Swan - 2:15
Side 1b - The Motivator - 3:59

Side 2a - Jeepster - 4:10
Side 2b - Demon Queen - 1:37

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

Listen to The Motivator

Listen to Demon Queen

Here's the promo pressed on a different machine, the 1st promo
has a "polo" centre, this one has a "normal" centre.

Here's a copy witht the track timings
moved across a little on both sides.

The same as directly above but with a different font used for "Made In England"

Same as directly above but with the timings moved over on side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
ANT-1.A-1
1 D

Side 2
ANT-1.B-1
1 D

Gloria Jones single

Side 1 - Bring On The Love (Why Can't We Be Friends Again)

Side 2 - Cry Baby

Side 2 written & produced by Marc Bolan

Listen to Cry Baby

Run-out etchings:
Promo Side 1
EMI 2720 A-DJ-1U
1 G

Promo Side 2
EMI 2720 B-1
1 G

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
EMI 2720 A-1U
1 M

Side 2
EMI 2720 B-1
1 M

Steve Harley - Hobo With A Grin album (guitar work and backing vocals

Side 1:-
2 - Amerika The Brave - 4:56 (guitar work)

Side 2:-
1 - Someone's Coming - 4:36 (backing vocals)

Recorded at either Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, Record Plant, Los Angeles,
or Abbey Road, London

Listen to Amerika The Brave

Listen to Someone's Coming

Steve Harley single

Side 1 - Someone's Coming - 4:36

Marc had no involvement in the side 2 track "Riding the Waves (For Virginia
Woolf)"

Backing vocals by Marc Bolan and Gloria Jones