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The 3rd Box Set in the "Easy Action" Bolan Series

King of the Gypsies | The Romanian Mountains | 06/03/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Upon hearing that Easy Action was getting ready to release this 3rd Box Set, I pre-order it right away. It arrived in this weeks mail. It is a mountain of music to go through, so I will only touch on a few things.



The Box contains 6 Discs, 5 Music and 1 DVD. I have not made it through them all, but I will say having listened to the 2 Demos Discs I was impressed, and delighted. These tapes somehow had escaped the hands of bootlegers over the years. It is wonderful to hear the songs from "Electric Warrior" and "Slider" being worked out acoustically. I will dip into the live stuff next...If you order this CD direct from Easy Action they send you a bonus disc that fits in the box. That disc is the 1971 Weeley Festival Concert recording.



The quality of the product that Easy Action releases is outstanding. The booklets, the photos. Amazon carries all the Easy Action Records releases. Check out the "Total T.Rex 1971-1972" Box, and the amazing "A Whole Zinc Of Finches" Box, which is filled with ultra-rare Tyrannosaurus Rex recordings. If you are not hip to the Tyrannosaurus Rex stuff, you should be, start with "Unicorn" or "Beard of Stars", get the remasters. It is not "Electric Warrior" it is a horse of another colour to be sure, completely impossible to classify. More acousticaly orientated.



While these releases are not cheap, they are indeed worth every penny. Treat yourself, and support this record label. Amazon has all their releases. Check out their website. It is wonderful that there is still a label with an obvious love for the music they release, and the stewardship they show for this body of Marc Bolan's work that was left behind should be commended. The task could not be in better hands."