Updated on 3rd May 2025

...................T. REX...................

 
Above images by Bob Lampard, Jean-Louis Rancurel, and Pete Saunders

...............Solid Gold Easy Action / Born to Boogie...............

 

TO SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION PAGE 2

BACK TO MARC BOLAN DISCOGRAPHY PAGE 4

                                                        
(Additional information and scans supplied by Martin Banger, George Courter and Steve Moon)

Australia

EMI T.REX-10074

Released 25th January 1973

 

Front                                      Back

Australia

EMI T.REX-10074
promotional copy
 (A rather silly idea of a dark blue "A" on a dark
blue label makes the promo hard to notice)

Released 25th January 1973

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 3 A
YAPA1081

Side 2
YMARC 3 B
7YAPA1082-2

Australia

EMI T.REX-10074

 Shoddy editing on both sides, look at
the full stop after the "P" of R.P.M.

Released 25th January 1973

Highest position in Australian charts: 39
Number of weeks in Australian charts: 1

Side 1                                                Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
YMARC 3 A
YAPA1081

Side 2
YMARC 3 B
7YAPA1082-2
     
     
     

Austria

Ariola 12461 AT

Released December 1972

Highest position in Austrian charts: 13
Number of weeks in Austrian charts: 2


Front                                             Back
 

Austria

Ariola 12461 AT

Released December 1972

Side 1                                              Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
C 12461 A-1
Made In Austria (faintly stamped)

Side 2
C 12461 B-1
Made In Austria (faintly stamped)
 

Austria

Ariola 12461 AT

Manufactured in Austria to help
 demand in the German market

Released December 1972

Side 1                                              Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
C 12461 A-1
Made In Austria (faintly stamped)

Side 2
C 12461 B-1
Made In Austria (faintly stamped)
     
 

Belgium

EMI 4C 006 94009

Released 1972

Front                                        Back

  
 

Belgium

EMI 4C 006 94009

Released 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

 

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
C006 94009 A

Side 2
C006 - 9400 9 B
 

Belgium

EMI 4C 006 94009
promotional copy
Some people believe this was a promo
rather than an alternate edition.

Released 1972

 

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
C006 94009 A

Side 2
C006 - 9400 9 B

  

Brazil

EMI MARC 3

Released 1973

Front                                      Back

Brazil

EMI MARC 3
promotional copy

Released 1973

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC 3A

Side 2
MARC 3B
     
     
     
 

Denmark

EMI MARC 3

Released 1972

Front                                        Back

  
 

Denmark

EMI MARC 3

Pressed in Sweden for the Danish market

Released 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC - 3 - A

Side 2
MARC - 3 - B
     
     
     
Solid Gold Easy Action Finland side 1

Finland

EMI MARC 3
4-pronged version

Released 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC  3  A

Side 2
MARC  3  B

 Solid Gold Easy Action Finland side 2

Finland

EMI MARC 3
8-pronged version
Specially produced in Finland by EMI for RAY
(Raha-automaattiyhdistys)
Finland's Slot Machine Association,
a charity that ran most of Finland's Jukeboxes.

Released 1972


Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC 3 A

Side 2
MARC 3 B
 T. Rex Solid Gold Easy Action France front

France

CBS REX 1160

Released 1973

 

Front                                        Back

 T. Rex Solid Gold Easy Action France back
 T. Rex Solid Gold Easy Action France side 1

France

CBS REX 1160

Released 1973

 

Side 1                                      Side 2

 

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
REX 1160 A

Side 2
REX 1160 B

 T. Rex Solid Gold Easy Action France side 2
 T. Rex Solid Gold Easy Action France front

France

CBS REX 1160

Not a CBS Exclusive

Note: This copy has a slightly more orange tint to
the top T. REX. And has a much darker tint to the
bottom T. REX. It also has a different shape cutout.

Released 1973

 

Front                                        Back

 T. Rex Solid Gold Easy Action France back
 T. Rex Solid Gold Easy Action France side 1

France

CBS REX 1160

Not a CBS Exclusive

Note: As you can see, this copy has no CBS Exclusive
tag on either side. Although this copy and the one
above look like different shades of blue they are in
fact identical. One was taken with a scanner (this
one) and the other was taken with a camera.

Released 1973

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
REX 1160 A

Side 2
REX 1160 B

 T. Rex Solid Gold Easy Action France side 2

Germany

Ariola 12461 AT

Released December 1972

Highest position in German charts: 5
Number of weeks in German charts: 12


Front                                                Back


 

Germany

Ariola 12461 AT

Released December 1972

 

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
C 12461 A-1
Made In Germany (stamped)
 S

Side 2
C 12461 B-2
Made In Germany (stamped)
 S

  
 

Germany

Ariola 12461 AT
alternate release

Released December 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
C 12461 A-1
Made In Germany (stamped)

Side 2
C 12461 B-2
 Made In Germany (stamped)

  

Germany

Ariola 12461 AT
mismatched label version

Released December 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
C 12461 A-2
Made In Germany (stamped)

Side 2
C 12461 B-1
Made In Germany (stamped)
     
     

Greece

EMI MARC 3

Released 1972

Front                                      Back

Greece

EMI MARC 3
solid centre edition

Notice that side 2 says Limired
Also that some t's are edited to be i's.

Released 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC 3 A
24 11 72

Side 2
MARC 3 B
SORRY NO IMAGE AT PRESENT

Greece

EMI MARC 3
pushout centre edition

Released 1972


Side 1                                      Side 2

Greece

EMI MARC 3
information printing blanks

Released 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2
 

Holland

Ariola 12461 AT

Released 1972

Front                                        Back
 

Holland

Ariola 12461 AT

Released 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
12461 . A
R

Side 2
12461 . B
R
     

Republic of Ireland

EMI MARC 3
On the UK (England) version Bob Hill totally misspelt
Marc's name as MARK BALON.
On the Irish version it's MARK BOLAN.

Released 1st December 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC 3 A - 1U
KT 2
NALOBKRAM.
BOBIL'SLAST.

Side 2
MARC 3 B 1U
KT 2
RAYS FIRST.
WOBILYNIB.

Republic of Ireland

EMI MARC 3
Identical to the above record but with ℗ 1972
in a more central position on side 1
(cheers Bobby)

Released 1st December 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Republic of Ireland

EMI MARC 3
On this single the titles have been pushed right
down as if to make room for the EMI badge.

Released 1st December 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC 3 A - 1U
KT 2
NALOBKRAM.
BOBIL'SLAST.

Side 2
MARC 3 B 1U
KT 2
RAYS FIRST.
WOBILYNIB.

Republic of Ireland

EMI MARC 3
Later edition with EMI badge.

Released 1st December 1972

Side 1                                      Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
MARC 3 A - 1U
KT 2
NALOBKRAM.
BOBIL'SLAST.

Side 2
MARC 3 B 1U
KT 2
RAYS FIRST.
WOBILYNIB.
     

Israel

CBS REX 1160

The Hebrew wording in the white box roughly translates to:-
The duo T. Rex with their top hit,
Solid Gold Easy Action and Born to Boogie.

Released 1973

Front                                        Back

Israel

CBS REX 1160

Released 1973

Side 1                                      Side 2

 

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
REX 1160A
Q

Side 2
REX 1160B
Q
 

Italy

EMI 3C 006 94009

Released possibly 27th November 1972

Front                                        Back

Italy

EMI 3C 006 94009

Released possibly 27th November 1972

Going off the runout etchings, is it possible
that the Italian version was released before
the U.K. version ?

Side 1                                             Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
94009 - A - 27-11-72  I

Side 2
94009 - B - 27-11-72  I
 

Italy

EMI 3C 000 60027

jukebox edition with completely unrelated "A" side

Grandmother Says by Yellowstone and Voice

Released 1972

Side 1                                              Side 2

Run-out etchings:
Side 1
93931 - A - 27-10-72  I

Side 2
94009 - A - 27-11-72 I




 

 

                                                            

TO SOLID GOLD EASY ACTION PAGE 2

BACK TO MARC BOLAN DISCOGRAPHY PAGE 1