Marc Bolan Home Demos Volume 2: Tramp King of The City LP

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EALP142

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5060446071984

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Description

Limited Edition - 750 Copies!
Restored & Remastered!
Pressed on Vinyl LP!

Tramp King of The City is Volume 2 of a series of 4 LPs of home demos restored and remastered for vinyl from recently acquired materials returned to the estate. These embryonic recordings of songs some of which would find their way on to the iconic Slider album .. many did not and remained unreleased. Included here are recordings made in Tony Viscontis flat in 1971 and Truck On was not released until the end of 1973. This version includes some additional vocals by Tonys then wife Mary Hopkin.

Limited to 750 copies world wide. Designed to represent the period when the material was recorded. Includes inner bag with full liner notes by Andrew J. Gardner of the Bolan Society. Taken directly from Marcs own tapes (originally stolen from the home of Marc & Gloria and recently repatriated to Gloria and her charity, The Light of Love Foundation) and audio restored and mastered by Anders Peterson at Ghost Sound Sweden.

Taken directly from Marcs own tapes (originally stolen from the home of Marc & Gloria and recently repatriated to Gloria and her charity The Light of Love Foundation) and audio restored and mastered by Anders Peterson At Ghost Sound Sweden

Features:
• Limited Edition - 750 Copies
• Vinyl LP
• Inner bag with full liner notes by Andrew J. Gardner
• Taken from Marc's own reels
• Audio restored & mastered by Anders Peterson at Ghost Mastering & Post, Sweden
• All royalties go to Light Of Love Foundation for The Marc Bolan School of Music & Film

Musicians:
Marc Bolan, vocals, guitar
Mickey Finn, congas (Side One: Tracks 2-8)
Mary Hopkin, backing vocal (Side One: Track 3)

Selections:
Side One:
1. Sunken Rags
2. Cadillac
3. Truck On (Tyke)
4. Metal Guru
5. Thunderwing
6. Spaceball Ricochet
7. Telegram Sam
8. Rock On
9. Buick MacKane
10. Sugar Baby
Side Two:
1. The Slider
2. Buick MacKane & The Babe Shadow
3. Baby Strange
4. Slider Blues
5. This Is My Life
6. Is It True
7. Just Like me
8. Take Me Down To Birmingham