My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... Album: 2015

A Tyrannosaurus Rex Deluxe Double Vinyl

Released as a limited deluxe double vinyl LP in the UK & Europe on January 26, 2015, on A&M Records/Universal Music (catalogue: 535389-6 / 0600753538968), Tyrannosaurus Rex’s My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair... But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows — their 1968 debut album — was reissued on 180g vinyl with mono remaster by Tony Visconti & Sean Magee plus 14 bonus tracks (demos, Joe Boyd session, Top Gear). Gatefold sleeve. A folk-psych cornerstone.

Album Overview

Release Details

Label: A&M Records / Universal Music.

Format: 2× Vinyl LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, 180 Gram.

Full Track Listing

Side A

1. Hot Rod Mama

2. Scenescof

3. Child Star

4. Strange Orchestras

5. Chateau In Virginia Waters

6. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues

Side B

1. Mustang Ford

2. Afghan Woman

3. Knight

4. Graceful Fat Sheba

5. Weilder Of Words

6. Frowning Atahualpa (My Inca Love) – Narrator: John Peel

Side C

1. Debora

2. Child Star (Take 2)

3. Hot Rod Mama

4. Strange Orchestras

5. Chateau In Virginia Waters (Take 3)

6. Mustang Ford

7. Pictures Of The Purple People

8. Afghan Woman

Side D

1. Highways

2. Puckish Pan

3. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues

4. Knight

5. Scenescof

6. Lunacy's Back

7. Frowning Atahuallpa

- 2×LP, Deluxe Limited – A&M/Universal 535389-6 – UK & Europe – 26 Jan 2015

Production and Context

Produced by Tony Visconti. Vocals/Guitar: Marc Bolan. Bongos/Percussion/Gong/Pixiephone: Steve Peregrine Took. 2015 mono remaster + bonus tracks.

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Sources

Information is drawn from my personal knowledge and supplemented by web sources, including Discogs, 45cat, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia, BBC Official Charts Company, Billboard Chart History and YouTube

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