Obscure & Unusual

T.Rex
Oct 5
2 min read

Updated: Nov 19

Marc Bolan & T.Rex Releases

The hidden corners of the Bolan vault – where the cosmic bop gets weird, rare, and wonderfully odd.

Every fan knows Electric Warrior and The Slider, but Marc’s catalogue is littered with strange, limited, and downright peculiar pressings that only the deepest diggers ever find. Here’s the ongoing list of the weirdest and rarest – the ones that slipped through the cracks.

#1 Marc Bolan & T.Rex – Golden Greats!

Japan-only compilation oddity

Label: SMS Records – SP28-5321 • Format: Vinyl LP • Released: 1988

Tracklist

A1 Ride A White Swan • A2 Hot Love • A3 Get It On • A4 Jeepster • A5 Telegram Sam • A6 Metal Guru

B1 Children Of The Revolution • B2 Solid Gold Easy Action • B3 20th Century Boy • B4 The Groover • B5 Teenage Dream • B6 Light Of Love • B7 I Love To Boogie

Why it’s obscure: Japan-only release on a tiny label, bizarre track order, and a cover that looks like it was designed by someone who’d only heard descriptions of glam.

#2 Tyrannosaurus Rex – BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert

The acoustic era captured raw

Label: Windsong International – WINCD 032 • Format: CD Album • Released: 1993

Tracklist

1 Hot Rod Mama • 2 Debora • 3 Pavilions Of Sun • 4 Dove • 5 By The Light Of A Magical Moon • 6 Elemental Child • 7 The Wizard

Why it’s obscure: One of the few official releases of the full hippie-era BBC sessions – pure woodland mysticism before the glitter hit.

More vault oddities coming soon – keep watching this space for the Japanese picture discs, the misprinted German sleeves, the flexi-discs that never were, and the bootlegs even Marc forgot about.

Got a weird Bolan rarity? Drop it below – the Electric Warrior’s archive is never complete!