T. Rex Truck On (Tyke) alt version Picture Disc

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EA45047

5060446072776                          15th  May 2020

A: Truck on (Tyke) 3.31 (Bolan)

   Early version recorded at Munich 18^th June 1973

Published by Spirit Music Holdings Inc

B: Satisfaction Pony   3.28 (Bolan)

   Early demo version recorded at Los Angeles    6^th May 1973

Published by Spirit Music Holdings Inc

P 2020   Easy Action / Light of Love Foundation

C 2020   Easy Action / Light of Love Foundation

• Limited pressing Picture Disc 
• 500 copies
• In white & blue house bag

The last year of recordings of the classic line up of T. Rex {Marc Bolan, Steve Currie, Mickey Finn, Bill Legend) and with Tony Visconti producing. Recorded in both U.S & Germany less than a month apart.

‘Truck On’  having been demoed acoustically in Tony Visconti’s flat with wife Mary ( Hopkins ) harmonising in October 1971 it took 20 months to actually record the song, which was then issued as a single within the next 5 months  in November 10973 and was the first T.Rex single to not enter the top 10 stalling as it did at 13 . This version is less polished and much more appealing to fans than the released version it’s been argued.

Satisfaction Pony a re- recorded final version ended up on the B side of the Teenage Dream single in February 1974

These recordings from Marc’s own tapes (part of the material stolen from his & Gloria s house and now repatriated with the estate)