Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream? 5LP: 2023

T.Rex
May 25, 2023
1 min read

Marc Bolan's forays into soul music including the abandoned album Bolan wrote and produced for Sister pat Hall

The 24-page 12x12 book features a new essay by Bolan authority, Mark Paytress along with photos and ephemera

Pressed on 140g orange vinyl

This instalment in the acclaimed ‘Year’ series of the works of Marc Bolan and T. Rex takes in a period of changeduring which Bolan was very active in recording studios in the US and Europe.

T.Rex 1973: Whatever Happened To The Teenage Dream? (5LP)

Release Date: May 26, 2023

This 5LP set includes the “Tanx” and“Zinc Alloy” albums, and the non-album hit singles and their B-sides. LP4 features demos and outtakes from both albums, whilst LP5focuses on Bolan’s forays into soul music, including highlights of the abandoned album he wrote and produced for Sister Pat Hall.

The singles included are Children Of The Revolution, Solid Gold Easy Action, 20th Century Boy, The Groover, Truck On (Tyke) andTeenage Dream.

The 12x12 booklet contains a brand new 16,000 word essay by acknowledged Bolan authority Mark Paytress (author of the definitive Bolan biography), detailing Bolan’s life through this eventful period. Also featured are many previously unpublished photos taken by Keith Morris in the course of 1973, as well as ephemera from the era.

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 Tenement Lady

2 Rapids

3 Mister Mister

4 Broken Hearted Blues

5 Shock Rock

6 Country Honey

7 Electric Slim and the Factory Hen

8 Mad Donna

9 Born to Boogie

10 Life Is Strange