There Was a Time

Marc Bolan & T Rex | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 26, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: United States Dist
• ASIN: B000078JLW
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #907,918 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hot Rod Mama

2. Sara Crazy Child

3. Scenescof

4. Hippy Gumbo

5. Graceful Fat Sheba

6. Misty Mist

7. The Wizard

8. Mustang Ford

9. Menthol Dan

10. Beginning Of The Doves

11. Child Star

12. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues

13. Knight

14. Chateau In Virginia Waters

15. Pictures Of Purple People

16. Lunacy’s Back

17. Scenescof

18. Child Star

19. Hot Rod Mamma

20. Dwarfish Trumpet Blues

Editorial Reviews

An amazing historic recording of Tyrannosaurus Rex’s first ever gig, at the Middle Earth club, London on 23rd September 1967. This recording, made from the audience has been extensively balanced and cleaned by Canadian producer Robert Lanford and presents the earliest surviving recording by the duo. Also included on this set are four bonus tracks recorded late 1967 at an unknown venue in London. The outfit were formed when 19 year old Marc Bolan placed an ad in International Times during June 1967 looking for members for a new band (interestingly he would still be a member of John’s Children for another month). One person who responded was 17 year old Steve Peregrine Took and after the original six piece electric group had all their gear re-posessed the duo carried on acoustically. Middle Earth was based in Covent Garden and was one of the main Underground clubs of the time hosting regular slots by Pink Floyd, Soft Machine and the Exploding Galaxy. The T. Rex Action Group is a non-profit making organisation, with all monies being ploughed back into the releases and was formed in 1999 to promote Marc Bolan and act as a forum for like minded fans.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sound quality is poor, but the vibe survives, February 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: There Was a Time (Audio CD)

It's a nice glimpse into the earliest days of Marc & Steve. It seems to be recorded on primitive equipment (perhaps by an audience member), so it's not the kind of record you'd play at a party. But if you're a diehard fan (like me) of this era, you'll get a kick out of hearing the energy and musicianship that was evident. It also includes a few "demo" style tracks, the best of which is "Dwarfish Trumpet Blues".

Will you listen to it more than once or twice? Probably not.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars T. Rex - 'There Was A Time' (Captain Trip), August 20, 2007

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This review is from: There Was a Time (Audio CD)

Japanese label Captain Trip, as many of you know tend to release plenty of hard-to-find and obscure titles that would likely otherwise remain unavailable. This T. Rex rarity is an unreleased archive gig from their VERY first live concert performance {as a duo - Marc Bolan and Steve Peregrine Took}. Took place on September 23, 1967 at the semi-famed Middle Earth Club. Reason I'm giving this CD a two-star rating is because of it's poor sound quality, YET most of the lyrics here are somewhat understandable. If anyone ever COULD clean up the sound and reissue this disc, that would be great. My guess is that whoever discovered this archive on an aging cassette, likely did their best they could to make it sound as 'decent as possible'. Definitely for die-hards and completists.