Right now would have been the late Marc Bolan’s 78th birthday, and it’s being marked by the disclosing of some beforehand unreleased T. Rex music. “I’m Dazed” was initially laid to tape in March 1975 at Paris’ Château d’Hérouville, however this model out right now was recorded at Munich’s Musicland Studios on April 22, 1975, notes Uncut. Produced by Bolan and engineered by Reinhold Mack, the track options T. Rex’s traditional lineup: Bolan, Steve Currie, Gloria Jones, Davey Lutton, and Dino Dines. Hearken to it beneath.
“I’m Dazed” is the newest in a long term of particular T. Rex releases, compilations, reissues, and field units that Bolan’s property and enterprise entities have shared over the previous years. Earlier right now, English Heritage additionally commemorated Bolan’s birthday by putting in a blue plaque at his former house in London.
Again in 2020, T. Rex have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by Ringo Starr, who referred to as Bolan “a poet.” Following Starr’s speech, the induction ceremony included a video that includes remarks from Billy Idol and Joan Jett, in addition to archival footage of Tony Visconti, Elton John, David Bowie, and John Lydon praising the band.
Revisit the Sunday Assessment of T. Rex’s 1972 traditional The Slider, and examine Electric Warrior at No. 20 in “The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s.”
