Tanx: Expanded And Remastered (Digipak) (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  Glam Rock
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Label: Rhino Records (USA)
• UPC: 081227328627
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106728398
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #56460 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #17976 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #30 in Glam Rock (See Top 100 Glam Rock Bestsellers)

This two-disc 2002 edition is packaged in a digipak and plastic slipcase.

Disc one includes seven non-album single sides in addition to the original album.

Disc two includes 23 "work in progress" versions and demos, which mirror the original album's running order.

Includes a 16 page color booklet featuring lyrics, photos, and memorabilia.

Includes liner notes by Mark Paytress (Marc Bolan's biographer).

Marc Bolan & T. Rex: Marc Bolan (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Mickey Finn (vocals, congas, percussion); Steve Currie (bass guitar); Bill Legend (drums).

Additional personnel: Howard Casey (saxophone); Tony Visconti (Mellotron, background vocals).

Recording information: Chateau d'Herouville, France (1972).

Conventional wisdom concerning Marc Bolan is that TANX was the beginning of the end, but the two-disc 2002 reissue of the album goes a long way toward rectifying that false impression. TANX certainly tweaks the T. Rex formula, bringing Flo and Eddie's harmonies forward in the mix and adding horns and more keyboards. The songwriting is more varied as well, with ballads like "Broken Hearted Blues" and soulful rockers like "Mad Donna" amid the usual glam boogie. Although the TANX album proper did not score any hit singles in the States, this expanded 2002 edition collects several utterly essential singles that were released around the same time, including the immortal "20th Century Boy" and "Children of the Revolution." These songs led to a renewal of interest in T. Rex when they were used in an SUV ad and the film MOULIN ROUGE, respectively. There's also an entire second disc of alternate takes and demos of TANX tracks, making this the ultimate version of the album for the Marc Bolan completist.

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