TYRANNOSAURUS REX My People Were Fair…1968 UK 1st *STEREO* FLAWLESS SOUND
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£ 127 Sold For
Mar 14, 2014 Sold Date
Mar 4, 2014 Start Date
£   20 Start price
16   Number Of Bids
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TYRANNOSAURUS REX My People Were Fair…1968 UK 1st *STEREO* FLAWLESS SOUND

SUPERB COPY, BARELY PLAYED, G&L FLIPBACK, LYRIC INSERT

TYRANNOSAURUS REX
My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair… But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows

UK REGAL ZONOPHONE (SLZR 1003 FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (July 1968)
LOVELY *COMPLETE* ORIGINAL COPY - SEEN JUST A FEW SPINS AND PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT WITH NOTHING TO FAULT

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE RED/SILVER REGAL ZONOPHONE LABELS
MATRIX: YCARX 43-1G / YCARX 44-1G
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/A and 1/P
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending" DATE CODED '6807' (1968, July)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INSERT PRINTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THICK CARD
AND THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLACK

Until he joined John's Children, in March, 1967, Marc Bolan had never even owned an electric guitar. And once he quit the band, it is said, he abandoned it as quickly as everything else which that band represented -- freakbeat pop, adrenaline psych, electric soup. In fact, Bolan never lost sight of his electric destiny, even as Tyrannosaurus Rex sawed away on their acoustic toys, a point which producer Tony Visconti cottoned onto the first time he ever saw the duo play, "Marc sitting cross-legged on stage playing his strange little songs in a wobbly voice, while Steve Took was banging on his bongos."
Visconti himself was a novice producer, "holding out for something really different and unusual. I thought Marc was perhaps that." He was, and the album which he and Took delivered emphasised all the qualities which Visconti had spotted that night at the UFO club. My People Were Fair approaches the listener from a totally unique angle.
The Bolan voice, hardened from the slight warble which carried through his early solo material (still noticeable on the backups he performed for John's Children), remains uncompromising, but it blends so perfectly with the bizarre, almost Eastern-sounding instrumentation that the most lasting impression is of a medieval caravansary whose demented Bedouin cast has suddenly been let loose in a recording studio. It is an irresistible affair, if absolutely a child of its psychedelically-inclined time -- "Frowning Atahuallpa" even recruits DJ John Peel to read a Tolkien-esque fairy tale. But one of Bolan's loveliest compositions is here -- the gentle and deceptively melodic "Child Star," layered by harmonies which hit you sideways and are all the more mighty for it; one of his weirdest, too, is included, the mutant fairy dance of "Strange Orchestras," which sounds like it was recorded by one. Together with fellow highlights "Chateau in Virginia Waters" and "Graceful Fat Sheba," both are so far ahead of the material Bolan had been composing just a year earlier.
But it's hard not to be drawn to the actual dynamics of My People Were Fair, the uncanny way Tyrannosaurus Rex take the slightest musical instruments, pixie phones, glockenspiels and a Chinese gong included, to make them sound like the heaviest rock & roll band on the planet. Anyone could play power chords, after all. But who else would play them on acoustic guitar?

Side 1:
Hot Rod Mama
Scenescof
Child Star
Strange Orchestras
Chateau In Virginia Waters
Dwarfish Trumpet Blues
Side 2:
Mustang Ford
Afghan Woman
Knight
Graceful Fat Sheba
Weilder Of Words
Frowning Atahualpa (My Inca Love)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Both labels are clean, fresh and unmarked - less than a handful of light spindle traces are visible - clearly seen very little play
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both vinyl surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen
VINYL Audio: MINT
In keeping with its barely played status my one careful play-check at loud volume found nothing to fault - no audible issues of any kind - the sound performance is exceptionally clean - a really stunning copy which plays like-new
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Lovely example - one of the finest I've seen with a deep, glass-like glossy sheen to the front laminate, a remarkably clean back just some creasing/discolouation to the white to the 'pinched' spine - all spine text is clear and bold
LYRIC INSERT: MINT
Looks untouched - clean, fresh and unmarked

POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVES WITH ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)

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