Bolan Boogie Explained

Bolan Boogie
Type:compilation
Artist:T. Rex
Cover:Bolan Boogie (T.Rex album) cover art.jpg
Released:5 May 1972
Recorded:1969–1971
Genre:Glam rock, psychedelic folk
Length:45:44
Label:Fly
Chronology:T. Rex compilation album
Prev Title:The Best of T. Rex
Prev Year:1971
Next Title:Great Hits
Next Year:1973

Bolan Boogie is a compilation album by the English glam rock band T. Rex. After Marc Bolan had left Fly Records to form his own label distributed through EMI/T. Rex Wax Co, his former label released this compilation in 1972 with recent single A- and B-sides recorded in 1970 and 1971, many of which had not appeared on previous albums. Also included are album tracks from Tyrannosaurus Rex's Unicorn (1969), A Beard of Stars (1970) and T. Rex's T. Rex (1970).

Release

Bolan Boogie was released in May 1972 by the Fly record label. With T. Rextacy at its absolute peak that spring following the group's acclaimed shows at the Empire Pool in Wembley, the compilation quickly reached number one on the UK Albums Chart, spending three weeks at the top, although it would also be Bolan's last album to do so.[1]

Personnel

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Bolan Boogie!Chart (1972)!Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[2] 17
UK Albums Chart1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: T. Rex . . 27 February 2015.
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian)

    . David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 302.